Forster, J.R. & Forster J.G.A. (29 November 1775), Characteres Generum Plantarum Edn. 1: 145, t. 73 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Breynia disticha J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

• Comment: For note entitled `BREYNIA versus MELANTHES' see L.Croizat, Bull. Bot. Buitenzorg ser. 3, 17 (1942) 211–212. Nom. cons. vs. Breynia L. (1753) (ref. I.C.B.N. (1983) No. 4303).

Müller Argoviensis, J. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1866), Euphorbiaceae (p.p.). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2): 440 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 20 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melanthesa Blume legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 35 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melanthesa Blume legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 477 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 213 [secondary reference]

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 599-601 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 115 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 424-425 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 401 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 266 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melanthesa Blume legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 594 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 208 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 401 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 174 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 121 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melanthesa Blume legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW, NI (naturalised)

Earp, C. (2013), The date of publication of the Forsters' Characteres Generum Plantarum revisited. New Zealand Journal of Botany 51(4): 252-263 [secondary reference]

• Comment: The author asserts that the 1775 editions of the Forsters' Characteres Generum Plantarum are not effectively published and that effective publication occurred only with the 1776 quarto edition. Proposals to conserve genera and to suppress other editions are also mooted. The 1775 publication date is maintained here until the outcome of these proposals is known.

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: 89 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melanthesa Blume legitimate

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