Margaritaria | |
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Margaritaria discoidea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Subfamily: | Phyllanthoideae |
Tribe: | Phyllantheae |
Genus: | Margaritaria L.f. 1782 not L. 1775 (the latter not validly published)[1] |
Synonyms[2] | |
Margaritaria is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first published as a genus in 1782.[3][4] It is the smallest pantropical genus of the Phyllanthaceae and, formerly, of the Euphorbiaceae, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America, and various oceanic islands.[2][5]