Plants of the World Online accepts 1,064 species in genus Phyllanthus. Names accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as of January 2018 are listed below – about 1000 species, with a further 1200-odd synonyms.

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Phyllanthus abditus G.L.Webster – S.W. Haiti (Massif de la Hotte) Phyllanthus abnormis Baill. – Florida, S. Central U.S. to N.E. Mexico — Drummond's leafflower Phyllanthus acacioides Urb. – Tobago Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels – Brazil (Pará) – country gooseberry, gooseberry tree, Malay gooseberry, Otaheite gooseberry or Tahitian gooseberry tree Phyllanthus acinacifolius Airy Shaw & G.L.Webster – N.E. Papua New Guinea Phyllanthus actephilifolius J.J.Sm. – W. New Guinea Phyllanthus acuminatus Vahl – Caribbean, Mexico to N.W. Argentina – Jamaican gooseberry tree Phyllanthus acutifolius Poir. ex Spreng. – S.E. Brazil Phyllanthus acutissimus Miq. – S. Myanmar to W. Malesia Phyllanthus adenodiscus Müll.Arg. – Mexico Phyllanthus adianthoides Klotzsch – Guyana to Suriname Phyllanthus aeneus Baill. – New Caledonia Phyllanthus affinis Müll.Arg. – Sri Lanka Phyllanthus ajmerianus L.B.Chaudhary & R.R.Rao – India (Rajasthan) Phyllanthus albidiscus (Ridl.) Airy Shaw – Peninsula Thailand to Pen. Malaysia, Jawa Phyllanthus albizzioides (Kurz) Hook.f. – Myanmar Phyllanthus albus (Blanco) Müll.Arg. – Philippines, Sulawesi Phyllanthus allemii G.L.Webster – Brazil (Goiás) Phyllanthus almadensis Müll.Arg. – Brazil (S.E. Bahia) Phyllanthus alpestris Beille – W. Tropical Africa Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. & Thonn. – Tropical & Subtrop. America Phyllanthus ambatovolanus Leandri – CE. Madagascar Phyllanthus amentuliger Müll.Arg. – Fiji (E. Viti Levu, Vanua Levu) Phyllanthus amicorum G.L.Webster – Tonga Phyllanthus amieuensis Guillaumin – New Caledonia (Col d'Amieu) Phyllanthus amnicola G.L.Webster – Dominican Rep Phyllanthus ampandrandavae Leandri – S. Madagascar Phyllanthus anabaptizatus Müll.Arg. – Sri Lanka Phyllanthus analamerae Leandri – W. Madagascar (Diego-Suarez) Phyllanthus anamalayanus (Gamble) G.L.Webster – S. India (Anamalai Hills) Phyllanthus andamanicobaricus Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. – Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Myanmar Phyllanthus andamanicus N.P.Balakr. & N.G.Nair – N. Andaman Islands Phyllanthus anderssonii Müll.Arg. – Windward Islands Phyllanthus andranovatensis Jean F.Brunel & J.P.Roux – S.E. Madagascar Phyllanthus anfractuosus (Gibbs) W.L.Wagner & Lorence – Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau) Phyllanthus angkorensis Beille – E. Thailand to Cambodia Phyllanthus angolensis Müll.Arg. – Malawi, Zambia, Angola Phyllanthus angustatus Hutch. – Zambia Phyllanthus angustifolius (Sw.) Sw. – Caribbean Phyllanthus angustissimus Müll.Arg. – Brazil (Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul) Phyllanthus anisolobus Müll.Arg. – Nicaragua to W. Ecuador Phyllanthus anisophyllioides Merr. – Philippines Phyllanthus ankarana Leandri – N. & W. Madagascar Phyllanthus ankaratrae (Leandri) Petra Hoffm. & McPherson – Central Madagascar (Ambositra) Phyllanthus ankazobensis Ralim. & Petra Hoffm. – Madagascar Phyllanthus anthopotamicus Hand.-Mazz. – S. China Phyllanthus aoraiensis Nadeaud – Society Islands Phyllanthus aoupinieensis M.Schmid – New Caledonia (Massif de l'Aoupinié) Phyllanthus aphanostylus Airy Shaw & G.L.Webster – New Guinea (incl. D'Entrecasteaux Islands) Phyllanthus apiculatus Merr. – Philippines Phyllanthus apodogynus Australia, New Guinea Phyllanthus aracaensis G.L.Webster ex Secco & A.Rosário – Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima) Phyllanthus arachnodes Govaerts & Radcl.-Sm. – Cambodia Phyllanthus arbuscula (Sw.) J.F.Gmel. – Jamaica Phyllanthus archboldianus Airy Shaw & G.L.Webster – New Guinea Phyllanthus ardisianthus Airy Shaw & G.L.Webster – W. New Guinea Phyllanthus arenarius Beille – Vietnam, S. China Phyllanthus arenicola Casar. – S.E. Brazil Phyllanthus argyi H.Lév. – S. China Phyllanthus aridus Benth. – N. Western Australia, Northern Territory Phyllanthus armstrongii Benth. – Northern Territory Phyllanthus artensis M.Schmid – New Caledonia (N. Ile Art) Phyllanthus arvensis Müll.Arg. – DR Congo to S. Africa Phyllanthus aspersus Jean F.Brunel & J.P.Roux – Cameroon Phyllanthus asperulatus Hutch. – Northern Province, Botswana, Mozamboque, Zimbabwe Phyllanthus assamicus Müll.Arg. – India to Taiwan Phyllanthus atabapoensis Jabl. – Colombia to N. Brazil Phyllanthus atalaiensis G.L.Webster – Brazil (Goiás) Phyllanthus atalotrichus (A.C.Sm.) W.L.Wagner & Lorence – Fiji (Viti Levu) Phyllanthus atrovirens (A.C.Sm.) W.L.Wagner & Lorence – Fiji (S. Viti Levu) Phyllanthus attenuatus Miq. – S. Tropical America Phyllanthus augustini Baill. – Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro) Phyllanthus australis Hook.f. – S. & E. Australia, Tasmania Phyllanthus austroparensis Radcl.-Sm. – Tanzania Phyllanthus avanguiensis M.Schmid – New Caledonia (Mt. Boulinda) Phyllanthus avicularis Müll.Arg. – Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo) Phyllanthus awaensis G.L.Webster – Ecuador (Carchi) Phyllanthus axillaris (Sw.) Müll.Arg. – W. Jamaica

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Phyllanthus baeckeoides J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl – Western Australia (near Laverton) Phyllanthus baeobotryoides Wall. ex Müll.Arg. – Assam to Myanmar Phyllanthus bahiensis Müll.Arg. – N.E. Brazil Phyllanthus baillonianus Müll.Arg. – S.W. India, Sri Lanka Phyllanthus baladensis Baill. – N.W. & Central New Caledonia Phyllanthus balakrishnanii Sunil, K.M.P.Kumar & Naveen Kum. – India (Kerala) Phyllanthus balansae Beille – Vietnam Phyllanthus balansanus Guillaumin – S.W. New Caledonia Phyllanthus balgooyi Petra Hoffm. & A.J.M.Baker – Borneo (Sabah) to Philippines Phyllanthus bancilhonae Jean F.Brunel & J.P.Roux – W. Tropical Africa Phyllanthus baraouaensis M.Schmid – New Caledonia (W. Mé Maoya) Phyllanthus barbarae M.C.Johnst. – N.E. Mexico Phyllanthus bathianus Leandri – Central Madagascar Phyllanthus beddomei (Gamble) M.Mohanan – S.W. India Phyllanthus bemangidiensis Ralim. – Madagascar Phyllanthus benguelensis Müll.Arg. – Angola Phyllanthus benguetensis C.B.Rob. – Philippines Phyllanthus bequaertii Robyns & Lawalrée – W. Central & E. Tropical Africa Phyllanthus bernardii Jabl. – Venezuela (Mérida) Phyllanthus bernierianus Baill. ex Müll.Arg. – Mozambique, Madagascar Phyllanthus berteroanus Müll.Arg. – N. Hispaniola Phyllanthus betsileanus Leandri – Madagascar Phyllanthus biantherifer Croizat – Brazil (Amazonas: Humayta) Phyllanthus bicolor Vis. – Venezuela Phyllanthus billardierei (Baill.) Müll.Arg. – New Caledonia (incl. îs. Loyauté) Phyllanthus binhii Thin – Vietnam Phyllanthus birmanicus Müll.Arg. – Myanmar Phyllanthus blanchetianus Müll.Arg. – Brazil (Bahia) Phyllanthus blancoanus Müll.Arg. – Philippines Phyllanthus bodinieri (H.Lév.) Rehder – China (S.E. Guangxi, SE. Guizhou) Phyllanthus boehmii Pax – Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa Phyllanthus boguenensis M.Schmid – Central New Caledonia Phyllanthus bojerianus (Baill.) Müll.Arg. – Madagascar Phyllanthus bokorensis Tagane – S. Cambodia Phyllanthus bolivarensis Steyerm. – Venezuela (Bolívar) Phyllanthus bolivianus Pax & K.Hoffm. – Bolivia Phyllanthus bonnardii Jean F.Brunel – Ivory Coast Phyllanthus borenensis M.G.Gilbert – Ethiopia (Sidamo) Phyllanthus borjaensis Jabl. – Colombia to S. Venezuela Phyllanthus borneensis Müll.Arg. – W. Malesia Phyllanthus botryanthus Müll.Arg. – S.W. Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire Phyllanthus bourdillonii (Gamble) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. – Bhutan, S. India Phyllanthus bourgeoisii Baill. – New Guinea to N.W. & S. Central New Caledonia Phyllanthus brachyphyllus Urb. – Haiti Phyllanthus bracteatus (Gillespie) W.L.Wagner & Lorence – Fiji (Viti Levu) Phyllanthus brandegeei Millsp. – Mexico (Baja California Sur) Phyllanthus brasiliensis (Aubl.) Poir. – Lesser Antilles to S. Tropical America Phyllanthus brassii C.T.White – Queensland (Thornton Peak) Phyllanthus brevipes Hook.f. – Arunachal Pradesh (Mishmi Hills) Phyllanthus breynioides (P.T.Li) Govaerts & Radcl.-Sm. – China (Guangxi) Phyllanthus brothersonii (J.Florence) W.L.Wagner & Lorence – Society Islands Phyllanthus brunnescens (A.C.Sm.) W.L.Wagner & Lorence – Fiji Phyllanthus brynaertii Jean F.Brunel – DR Congo Phyllanthus buchii Urb. – Hispaniola Phyllanthus bupleuroides Baill. – New Caledonia Phyllanthus burundiensis Jean F.Brunel – Burundi Phyllanthus buxifolius (Blume) Müll.Arg. – Jawa to Lesser Sunda Islands Phyllanthus buxoides Guillaumin – N.W. New Caledonia

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Phyllanthus cacuminum Müll.Arg. – Jawa Phyllanthus caesiifolius Petra Hoffm. & Cheek – Cameroon Phyllanthus caesius Airy Shaw & G.L.Webster – New Guinea Phyllanthus caespitosus Brenan – Malawi, Zambia Phyllanthus calcicola M.Schmid – N.W. New Caledonia Phyllanthus calciphilus (Croizat) W.L.Wagner & Lorence – Fiji (Fulanga, Kambara) Phyllanthus caledonicus (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. – New Caledonia (incl. î. des Pins, îs. Loyauté) Phyllanthus caligatus Jean F.Brunel & J.P.Roux – Cameroon Phyllanthus callejasii G.L.Webster – Colombia Phyllanthus calocarpus (Kurz) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. – Andaman and Nicobar Islands Phyllanthus calycinus Labill. – S.E. Sulawesi, Western Australia, South Australia Phyllanthus camerunensis Jean F.Brunel – Cameroon Phyllanthus candolleanus (Wight & Arn.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. – S.W. India, Sri Lanka Phyllanthus caparaoensis G.L.Webster – S.E. Brazil Phyllanthus caraculiensis Jean F.Brunel – Angola Phyllanthus caribaeus Urb. – S. Mexico to S. Tropical America and Windward Islands Phyllanthus carinatus Beille – Vietnam Phyllanthus carlottae M.Schmid – S.E. New Caledonia Phyllanthus carnosulus Müll.Arg. – S.E. Cuba Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter – Central & E. U.S. to N.E. Argentina – Carolina leafflower Phyllanthus carpentariae Müll.Arg. – Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales Phyllanthus carrenoi Steyerm. – Venezuela (Bolívar: Cerro Jaua) Phyllanthus carunculatus Jean F.Brunel – DR Congo Phyllanthus carvalhoi G.L.Webster – Brazil (S.E. Bahia) Phyllanthus casearioides S.Moore – New Caledonia (Touho Reg.) Phyllanthus cassioides Rusby – Bolivia Phyllanthus casticum P.Willemet – W. Indian Ocean Phyllanthus castus S.Moore – S.E. New Caledonia Phyllanthus caudatifolius Merr. – Philippines Phyllanthus caudatus Müll.Arg. – S.E. New Caledonia Phyllanthus cauliflorus (Sw.) Griseb. – W. Jamaica Phyllanthus cauticola J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl – Northern Territory Phyllanthus caymanensis G.L.Webster & Proctor – Cayman Islands Phyllanthus cedrelifolius Verdc. – KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province Phyllanthus celastroides Müll.Arg. – Borneo (S.E. Kalimantan), Sumatera (Bangka, Billiton) Phyllanthus celebicus Koord. – Sulawesi Phyllanthus ceratostemon Brenan – W. Central Tropical Africa to Chad, Zambia Phyllanthus chacoensis Morong – Brazil to Bolivia and N.E. Argentina Phyllanthus chamaecerasus Baill. – New Caledonia Phyllanthus chamaecristoides Urb. – Cuba Phyllanthus chamaepeuce Ridl. – S. Indo-China to Philippines Phyllanthus chandrabosei Govaerts & Radcl.-Sm. – India (Tamil Nadu) Phyllanthus chantrieri André – Vietnam Phyllanthus chayamaritiae Chantar. & Kantachot – Thailand Phyllanthus chekiangensis Croizat & Metcalf – S.E. China Phyllanthus cherrieri M.Schmid – New Caledonia (Mt. Arago) Phyllanthus chevalieri Beille – Chad to W. Ethiopia and Tanzania Phyllanthus chiapensis Sprague – Mexico (Chiapas: Cacote) Phyllanthus chimantae Jabl. – Venezuela (Bolívar: Macizo del Chimantá) Phyllanthus choretroides Müll.Arg. – Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais) Phyllanthus christophersenii (Croizat) W.L.Wagner & Lorence – Samoa Phyllanthus chrysanthus Baill. – New Caledonia Phyllanthus chryseus Howard – E. Cuba (Sierra de Moa) Phyllanthus ciccoides Müll.Arg. – Papua New Guinea to Vanuatu Phyllanthus ciliaris Baill. – New Caledonia (near Balade) Phyllanthus cinctus Urb. – E. Cuba Phyllanthus cinereus Müll.Arg. – Sri Lanka