Phyllanthus carolinensis Walter

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Phyllanthus carolinensis Walter

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Jamaica, Martinique, Trinidad, British Guiana and Suriname. BRITISH GUIANA, rock crevices on sandy foreshore, river tidal flats. Mazaruni Forest Station on Mazaruni River, 23 May 1944, Maguire & Fanshawe 23573 (NY). SURINAME, weed about village, locally common, Kwatta hede on Saramacca River, river banks above village, 22 Jun 1944, Maguire 23945 (NY).

  • Discussion

    P. graminicola Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 48 : 333. 1922.

    Type. Herb. Thomas Walter, Sheet 83; holotype in BM photograph examined by Webster.

  • Distribution

    Jamaica, Martinique, Trinidad, British Guiana and Suriname.

    Guyana South America| Suriname South America|