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Phyllanthus niruri
stone breaker tea
As recorded: Phyllanthus niruri L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Phyllanthaceae
- Collected by
- Lyons, T.
- Collector number
- 9
- Date
- August 16, 1940
- Locality
- Peale Island. P.A.A. Compound near green house
- Island
- Wake Island
- Elevation
- 4 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 16, 1940, Lyons, T. also collected 10 other specimens.
Phyllanthus niruri observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1940. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 337 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.
2026-10-26
Zárate, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
(c) Ezequiel Racker, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-17
Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia
(c) helva18_08, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-30
Ikere-Ekiti 361101, Ekiti, Nigeria
(c) Babajide Agboola, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-27
Ilha de São Vicente, São Vicente, SP, BR
(c) sabpds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-20
Sandoval 7705, X5021 Córdoba, Argentina
(c) Fernandez Guillermina, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-09-19
CR8X+FMQ, Mahewa East, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 211007, India
(c) Sayan Saha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Phyllanthus niruri. BISH 144040. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956622360. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/144040.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956622360 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026