Breynia subg. Sauropus (Blume) Welzen & Pruesapan

Welzen, P. C. van, Pruesapan, K., Telford, I. R. H., Esser, H. - J. & Bruhl, J. J., 2014, Phylogenetic reconstruction prompts taxonomic changes in Sauropus, Synostemon and Breynia (Phyllanthaceae tribe Phyllantheae), Blumea 59 (2), pp. 77-94 : 91

Breynia subg. Sauropus (Blume) Welzen & Pruesapan , comb. & stat. nov.

Sauropus Blume, Bijdr. 12 (1826) 595. — Sauropus sect. Eusauropus Müll. Arg. (1863) 72; (1866) 240; Hook.f. (1887) 332, nom. inval.,Art. 21.3 (Mc- Neill et al. 2012). — Sauropus subg. Holosauropus Pax & K.Hoffm.(1922) 216,nom.inval.,Art.22.2. — Aalius Rumph. [(1743) 207;ex Lam. (1783) 1, nom. inval.,Art.32.1(d)] ex Kuntze (1891) 590, nom.illeg., nom. superfl. — Lectotype (designated by Webster 1994: 46): Sauropus albicans Blume [= Breynia androgyna (L.) Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr.].

Sauropus Blume sect. Sphaeranthi Pax & K.Hoffm. (1922) 220. — Type: Sauropus stipitatus Hook.f. [= Breynia gynophora Welzen & Pruesapan ].

Sauropus Blume sect. Retroversi Pax & K.Hoffm. (1922) 221. — Type: Sauropus retroversus Wight [= Breynia androgyna (L.) Chakrab.& N.P.Balakr.].

Sauropus Blume sect. Schizanthi Pax & K.Hoffm.(1922) 221. — Lectotype (designated by Van Welzen 2003: 331): Sauropus trinervius Wall. ex Müll. Arg. [= Breynia trinervia (Wall. ex Müll.Arg.) Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr. ].

Sauropus Blume sect. Glochidioidei Airy Shaw (1969) 51. — Type: Sauropus villosus (Blanco) Merr. [= Breynia villosa (Blanco) Welzen & Pruesapan ].