Glochidion zeylanicum

Glochidion zeylanicum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Glochidion
Species:	G. zeylanicum
Binomial name
Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertn.) A.Juss. (1824)
Varieties[2]
Glochidion zeylanicum var. arborescens (Blume) Chakrab. & M.Gangop. Glochidion zeylanicum var. arunachalense Chakrab. & M.Gangop. Glochidion zeylanicum var. paucicarpum Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. Glochidion zeylanicum var. tomentosum (Dalzell) Trimen Glochidion zeylanicum var. zeylanicum
Synonyms[2]
Bradleia zeylanica Gaertn. (1791) Diasperus zeylanicus (Gaertn.) Kuntze (1891) Phyllanthus gaertneri T.Kuros. (2016) Phyllanthus zeylanicus (Gaertn.) Müll.Arg. (1866), nom. illeg.

Glochidion zeylanicum is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a shrub or tree which ranges from the Indian subcontinent through Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Japan, Malesia, and Papuasia to northern Australia and Vanuatu.^[2]

The species was first described as Diasperus zeylanicus by Joseph Gaertner in 1791. In 1824 Adrien-Henri de Jussieu placed it in genus Glochidion as Glochidion zeylanicum.^[2]

The species has a wide distribution and a large population. The IUCN assesses its conservation status as least concern.^[1]