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Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to northern South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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, with male and female flowers on separate plants. ;Species # ''

Discocarpus essequeboensis ''Discocarpus'' is a genus of the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to northern South America. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. ;Species # '' Discocarpus essequeboensis ...

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Discocarpus pedicellatus ''Discocarpus'' is a genus of the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to northern South America. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. ;Species # '' Discocarpus essequeboensis ...

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Discocarpus spruceanus ''Discocarpus'' is a genus of the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to northern South America. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. ;Species # ''Discocarpus essequeboensis' ...

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Chaetocarpus ''Chaetocarpus'' is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854. ''Chaetocarpus'' species are trees or shrubs. They are native to the Americas, Africa,Breteler, F. J. (2002)Novitates Gabonense ...

Lachnostylis ''Lachnostylis'' is a genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1846. It is native to the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is often included in '' Savia''. It is dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. ...

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Chaetocarpus echinocarpus ''Chaetocarpus'' is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854. ''Chaetocarpus'' species are trees or shrubs. They are native to the Americas, Africa,Breteler, F. J. (2002)Novitates Gabonense ...

'' (Baill.) Ducke # ''Discocarpus hirtus'' (L.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - '' Lachnostylis hirta'' (L.f.) Müll.Arg. # ''Discocarpus mazarunensis'' Croizat - '' Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus'' (Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm. ;Names in Urticaceae In 1851, Liebmann used the same name, ''Discocarpus'', to refer to some plants in the Urticaceae. Thus he created an illegitimate homonym, so his usage of the name had to be abandoned. Species names created in Urticaceae:The Plant List, synonymy for ''Discocnide mexicana'' (Liebm.) Chew
/ref> # ''Discocarpus mexicanus'' Liebm. - '' Discocnide mexicana'' (Liebm.) Chew # ''Discocarpus nicaraguensis'' Liebm. - '' Discocnide mexicana'' (Liebm.) Chew

References

Phyllanthaceae genera Phyllanthaceae Flora of South America Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch Dioecious plants {{Phyllanthaceae-stub