Flueggea, the bushweeds, is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806.[3][4][5] It is widespread across much of Asia, Africa, and various oceanic islands, with a few species in South America and on the Iberian Peninsula.[2][6][7][8][9][10]
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The genus is named after John Fluegge, a German cryptogamic botanist.
Members of this genus all have entire ovate leaves and minute green flowers that form at the leaf axils in the form of fascicles or cymes. The fruits are berries, of the size of peas.[8] With the exception of F. verrucosa, F. spirei, and occasionally F. virosa, they are dioecious.[11]
The genus Flueggea consists of 12[12]–16[13] species.
Many members of the genus were formerly classified under the genus Securinega.
- Species[2]
- Flueggea acicularis - S China
- Flueggea acidoton - West Indies
- Flueggea anatolica - S Turkey
- Flueggea elliptica - Ecuador
- Flueggea flexuosa - Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, SW Pacific
- Flueggea gracilis - Hainan, Palawan, Borneo, Malaysia, S Thailand
- Flueggea jullienii - Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Flueggea leucopyrus - Socotra, Sajid Island, S India, Sri Lanka, Sichuan, Yunnan
- Flueggea monticola - Sichuan, Yunnan
- Flueggea neowawraea - Hawaii
- Flueggea schuechiana - Pernambuco
- Flueggea spirei - Laos
- Flueggea suffruticosa - Siberia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan
- Flueggea tinctoria - Spain, Portugal
- Flueggea verrucosa - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
- Flueggea virosa - Africa, Madagascar, SW + S + SE Asia, Mascarenes, N Australia
- Formerly included[2]
moved to other genera (Leptopus Margaritaria Meineckia Ophiopogon )
- F. anceps - Ophiopogon japonicus
- F. angulata Raf. 1838 not (Schumach. & Thonn.) Schrank 1828 - Ophiopogon japonicus
- F. bailloniana - Margaritaria discoidea var. triplosphaera
- F. capillipes - Leptopus chinensis
- F. dracaenoides - Ophiopogon dracaenoides
- F. dubia - Ophiopogon intermedius
- F. eglandulosa - Margaritaria anomala
- F. fagifolia - Margaritaria discoidea var. fagifolia
- F. griffithii - Ophiopogon intermedius
- F. hilariana - Meineckia neogranatensis subsp. hilariana
- F. intermedia - Ophiopogon intermedius
- F. jaburan - Ophiopogon jaburan
- F. jacquemontiana - Ophiopogon intermedius
- F. japonica (Thunb.) Rich. not 1807 (Miq.) Pax 1890 - Ophiopogon japonicus
- F. major - Margaritaria anomala
- F. meineckia - Meineckia phyllanthoides
- F. nitida - Margaritaria discoidea var. nitida
- F. obovata Baill. 1861 not (Willd.) Wall. ex Fern.-Vill. 1880 - Margaritaria discoidea var. triplosphaera
- F. prolifera - Ophiopogon caulescens
- F. trichogynis - Meineckia trichogynis
- F. wallichiana Kunth 1825 not Baill. 1858 - Ophiopogon intermedius
1874 illustration from tab. 54 of D. Brandis, Illustrations of the Forest Flora of North-West and Central India, 1874
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