Synostemon sphenophyllus

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Phyllantheae
Genus: Synostemon
Species: Synostemon sphenophyllus

Synostemon sphenophyllus Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 33: 37. (1978)

• Homotypic
  • Sauropus sphenophyllus (Airy Shaw) Airy Shaw, Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 8: 221.(1980)
• Heterotypic
  • Sauropus convallarioides J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl, Austrobaileya 4(4): 666. (1997)

• Airy Shaw, H.K. 1978. Kew Bulletin 33: 37.
• Telford, I.R., Pruesapan, K., van Welzen, P.C. & Bruhl, J.J. 2014. Molecular data consistently recover a ‘Queensland clade’ of Synostemon (Phyllanthaceae, Phyllantheae) with distinctive floral morphology. Australian Systematic Botany 27(6): 450-461. DOI: 10.1071/SB14034 ResearchGate Reference page. 

• Synostemon sphenophyllus in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2023. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2023 Jan. 23.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Synostemon sphenophyllus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug. 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Synostemon sphenophyllus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Synostemon sphenophyllus. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 23 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Synostemon sphenophyllus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jan. 2023.

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