Phyllanthus urinaria

Phyllanthus urinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthus
Species:
P. urinaria
Binomial name
Phyllanthus urinaria
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllanthus cantoniensis Hornem.
  • Phyllanthus cantoniensis Schweigg.
  • Phyllanthus urinaria Wall. non L.

Phyllanthus urinaria, commonly called chamber bitter,[3] gripeweed, shatterstone, stonebreaker (but can refer to other Phyllanthus species as well) or leafflower, is a species of suffruticose (woody at the base and herbaceous above) plant in the family Phyllanthaceae.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Phyllanthus urinaria (leafflower)". Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International) Invasive Species Compendium. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Phyllanthus urinaria​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 September 2015.