Breynia disticha: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Genus
- Breynia
- Species
- Breynia disticha
- Scientific Name
- Breynia disticha
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Breynia disticha
Breynia disticha, commonly known as the snowbush, is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described in 1776. It is native to New Caledonia and Vanuatu in the western Pacific, but naturalized on a wide assortment of other islands around the world (West Indies, São Tomé, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Bonin Islands, Norfolk Island, Fiji, Line Islands, Society Islands, Hawaii, etc.), as well as in the U.S. state of Florida.
Breynia disticha presumably is pollinated by leafflower moths (Epicephala spp.) in its native range, like other species of plants in the genus Breynia. Leafflower moths have been reared from fruit of this species in New Caledonia. The fruit of Breynia are presumed to be toxic, causing liver injury.
...Breynia disticha in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Snowbush
- Chinese
- 雪花木
- Chinese
- 紅葉黑面神
- Chinese
- 彩葉山漆莖
- Czech
- breynie pestrolistá
- English
- Leaf-flower
- English
- Ice Cream Bush
- English
- Snowbush
- English
- Snow Bush
- English
- Snow-on-the-Mountain
- English
- Sweetpea bush
- English
- Foliage-Flower
- Japanese
- セイヨウコバンノキ
- Portuguese
- Mil-cores
- Russian
- Брейния двурядная
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Breynia androgyna
- Breynia cernua
- Breynia collaris
- Breynia coronata
- Breynia discigera
- Breynia disticha
- Breynia fruticosa
- Breynia garrettii
- Breynia glauca
- Breynia hirsuta
- Breynia macrantha
- Breynia massiei
- Breynia microphylla
- Breynia mollis
- Breynia oblongifolia
- Breynia pierrei
- Breynia platycalyx
- Breynia podocarpa
- Breynia pubescens
- Breynia quadrangularis
- Breynia racemosa
- Breynia retusa
- Breynia rhynchocarpa
- Breynia rostrata
- Breynia spatulifolia
- Breynia stipitata
- Breynia vestita
- Breynia virgata
- Breynia vitis-idaea
- Breynia yanhuiana






























































































































































