Phyllanthus attenuatus Miq.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Phyllanthus attenuatus Miq.

  • Description

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    Distribution and Ecology - Outside the Guianas it occurs at Paramaribo and Orinoco. VENEZUELA. Amazonas: Prope Maypures ad flumen Orinoco, June 1854, R. Spruce 3592 (NY).

  • Discussion

    P. guyanensis Mull.-Arg. in DC., Prodr, 15(2): 376. 1866, von Klotzsch.

    Type. “Crescit in Surinamo (Kappler) not seen.

    I am following Lanjouw in accepting the name P. attenuatus as the correct one for this species. (See Lanjouw, Euphorbiaeeae of Suriname, p. 8. 1931.)

  • Distribution

    Outside the Guianas it occurs at Paramaribo and Orinoco.

    Venezuela South America| Guyana South America|