Taxon:
Phyllanthus fluitans Benth. ex Müll. Arg.
Summary
Place of publication:
Linnaea 32:36. 1863
Verified:
03/25/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
- Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3.
- Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). URL: http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
- Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
- Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
- Jørgensen, P. M., ed. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (Catalogue of vascular plants of Bolivia) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.tropicos.org/projectwebportal.aspx?pagename=Home&projectid=13
- Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
- Wilder, G. J. & M. P. Sowinski. 2010. Phyllanthus fluitans Benth. (Euphorbiaceae) a newly reported invasive species in Florida. Wildland Weeds 13(4):14-15.
- Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
English
floating-spurge – red-root floater – German
schwimmende Wolfsmilch –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amapá | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Maranhão | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pará | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Anzoategui | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Apure | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Barinas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Bolivar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Cojedes | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Delta Amacuro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Federal District | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Guarico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Trujillo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Zulia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Chaco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Formosa | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Santa Cruz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Loreto | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | Desoto Co. |
Native
Southern America
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela [Apure, Bolivar, Zulia, Amazonas, Anzoategui, Barinas, Cojedes, Guarico, Federal District, Trujillo, Delta Amacuro]
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Amapá]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia [Santa Cruz], Ecuador [Guayas], Peru [Loreto]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Chaco, Formosa], Paraguay
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida (Desoto Co.)]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | aquarium plant | Wilder, G. J. & M. P. Sowinski. 2010. Phyllanthus fluitans Benth. (Euphorbiaceae) a newly reported invasive species in Florida. Wildland Weeds 13(4):14-15. |
Weed | | in Desoto County, Florida | Wilder, G. J. & M. P. Sowinski. 2010. Phyllanthus fluitans Benth. (Euphorbiaceae) a newly reported invasive species in Florida. Wildland Weeds 13(4):14-15. |