Cleistanthus collinus (Garari) in Narsapur forest, AP W IMG 0165

''Cleistanthus'' is a

plant Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

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of the

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Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis. 2009. "Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the ...

, tribe Bridelieae, first described as a genus in 1848. It is widespread in much of the Old World Tropics in Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Cleistanthus collinus ''Cleistanthus collinus'' is a plant species first described by Roxburgh, with its current name after Bentham and Hooker; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae. The IUCN categorizes this species as vulnerable. No subspecies are listed in ...

'' is known for being

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and may be the agent of

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s or

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References

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q5131114 Phyllanthaceae genera