Breynia sect. Breynia

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 : 89

Breynia sect. Breynia

Breynia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. sect. Breynia : Literature and type as under the genus.

Breynia sect. Breyniastrum Baill. (1866) 344. — Lectotype (designated here by Esser): Breynia stipitata Müll.Arg.

All species of Breynia s.str. ( Breynia in the old sense) belong in this type section. These need no new combinations, and the Malesian species are still under revision by Esser & Stuppy. A checklist of accepted names under Breynia in the old sense can be found in Govaerts et al. (2000a: 278–284). Only the two new combinations under Phyllanthus of Chakrabarty & Balakrishnan (2009) have to be synonymised with the original names in Breynia .