What is "breynia"

Breynia is a plant genus in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to Southeast Asia, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Australia, and the island of Réunion.

The name Breynia is a conserved name, in other words, it is recognized despite the existence of an earlier use of the same name to refer to a different plant. Breynia L. 1753 is in the Capparaceae, but it is a rejected name. We here discuss Breynia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. 1776.

• Breynia baudouinii Beille – Vietnam
• Breynia calcarea (M.R.Hend.) Welzen & Pruesapan – W Malaysia
• Breynia carnosa Welzen & Pruesapan – Vietnam
• Breynia cernua (Poir.) Müll.Arg. – Northern Territory of Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Philippines, Borneo, Java
• Breynia collaris Airy Shaw – Papua New Guinea
• Breynia coriacea Beille – Vietnam
• Breynia coronata Hook.f. – Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
• Breynia discigera Müll.Arg. – Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
• Breynia disticha J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. – Vanuatu, New Caledonia; naturalized in West Indies, Gambia, and scattered oceanic islands
• Breynia diversifolia Beille – Vietnam
• Breynia fleuryi Beille – Vietnam
• Breynia fruticosa (L.) Müll.Arg. – Vietnam, Thailand, S China
• Breynia glauca Craib – Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Borneo
• Breynia grandiflora Beille – Vietnam
• Breynia heyneana J.J.Sm. – Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia
• Breynia indosinensis Beille – Vietnam, Laos
• Breynia lithophila Welzen & Pruesapan – Thailand
• Breynia massiei Beille – Laos
• Breynia microphylla (Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.) Müll.Arg. – Sumatera, Java, Sulawesi
• Breynia mollis J.J.Sm. – New Guinea
• Breynia oblongifolia (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. – Papua New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory
• Breynia obscura Welzen & Pruesapan – W Malaysia
• Breynia platycalyx Airy Shaw – W New Guinea
• Breynia podocarpa Airy Shaw – Papua New Guinea, Northern Territory
• Breynia pubescens Merr. – Maluku
• Breynia racemosa (Blume) Müll.Arg. – Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Myanmar, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
• Breynia repens Welzen & Pruesapan – Thailand
• Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston – Réunion, India, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, E Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia
• Breynia rhynchocarpa Benth. – Northern Territory of Australia
• Breynia rostrata Merr. – Vietnam, S China
• Breynia septata Beille – Vietnam
• Breynia stipitata Müll.Arg. – Northern Territory, Queensland
• Breynia subangustifolia Thin – Vietnam
• Breynia subindochinensis Thin – Vietnam
• Breynia tonkinensis Beille – Vietnam
• Breynia vestita Warb. – New Guinea, Kai Island in Maluku Province of Indonesia
• Breynia virgata (Blume) Müll.Arg. – Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands
• Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. – China, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Indochina, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines

Breynia subterblanca (C.E.C.Fisch.) C.E.C.Fisch, synonym of Sauropus subterblancus (C.E.C.Fisch.) Welzen