Species of flowering plant
Chanca piedra
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Clade:
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Rosids
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Order:
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Malpighiales
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Family:
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Phyllanthaceae
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Genus:
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Phyllanthus
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Species:
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P. niruri
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Binomial name
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Phyllanthus niruri
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Synonyms[1]
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- Diasperus chlorophaeus (Baill.) Kuntze
- Diasperus lathyroides (Kunth) Kuntze
- Diasperus microphyllus (Mart.) Kuntze
- Diasperus niruri (L.) Kuntze
- Diasperus rosellus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Niruris annua Raf.
- Niruris indica Raf.
- Nymphanthus niruri (L.) Lour.
- Phyllanthus carolinianus Blanco
- Phyllanthus chlorophaeus Baill.
- Phyllanthus ellipticus Buckley nom. illeg.
- Phyllanthus erectus (Medik.) M.R.Almeida
- Phyllanthus filiformis Pav. ex Baill.
- Phyllanthus humilis Salisb.
- Phyllanthus kirganelia Blanco
- Phyllanthus lathyroides Kunth
- Phyllanthus microphyllus Mart. nom. illeg.
- Phyllanthus mimosoides Lodd. nom. illeg.
- Phyllanthus moeroris Oken
- Phyllanthus parvifolius Steud.
- Phyllanthus purpurascens Kunth
- Phyllanthus rosellus (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus williamsii Standl.
- Urinaria erecta Medik.
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Phyllanthus niruri is a widespread tropical plant commonly found in coastal areas, known by the common names gale of the wind, stonebreaker, shatter stone , seed-under-leaf, quebra pedra and chance pierre. It is in the genus Phyllanthus of the family Phyllanthaceae.