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Verwijs, J. I. M., Bouman, R. W. & Welzen, P. C. van, 2019, A taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus subgenus Macraea (Phyllanthaceae), Blumea 64 (3), pp. 231-252 : 236

2. Leaf blades 3.5‒10 by 2.5‒8 mm. Staminate sepals 0.5‒0.8 mm long. Pistillate sepals 1‒1.2 mm long......................................... c. var. micrantheoides a. var. chrysanthus

Phyllanthus chrysanthus Baill. var. chrysanthus : M. Schmid (1991) 50.

Shrubs, 10‒70 cm high; fertile branches minutely ridged, glabrous, distally flattened and winged; internodes 2‒4 mm long. Stipules 1.5‒2 by 0.8‒1 mm, margin entire or (extremely) erose. Leaves: petiole c. 1 mm long; blade elliptic, (2‒)5‒19(‒30) by (1‒) 2‒9 mm, 1.6‒2.1(‒5) times longer than wide, glabrous, upper surface dark green, underneath pale greyish green, sometimes reddish, especially in young leaves, base rounded or obtuse, apex rounded, rarely obtuse; lateral veins flat above, barely visible underneath. Staminate flowers solitary to 3 together, 1.3‒2 mm diam; pedicel 1‒2 mm long; sepals 0.8‒1 by 0.3‒0.6 mm, (pale) green or yellow, apex acute or obtuse; disc glands 0.2‒0.3 mm diam; stamens 0.5‒0.7 mm long. Pistillate flowers c. 2 mm diam; pedicel 1.5‒2.5 mm long; sepals 1‒1.2 by 0.5‒0.6 mm, (pale) green or yellow, apex ovate; disc annular, with six small lobes alternate to the sepals, c. 0.8 mm diam, c. 0.1 mm high; ovary oblate-ovoid, c. 0.6 mm diam, c. 0.4 mm high; stigmas c. 1 mm long, bifid for 3/4 of the length. Fruits 2.2‒3 mm diam, green, yellow or red; pedicel 2‒3.5 mm long; columella c. 0.8 mm long. Seeds c. 1.5 mm high, c. 1 mm wide, verrucae circular, in longitudinal lines.

Distribution — New Caledonia.

Habitat & Ecology — Occurring in (high) maquis shrubland and forests, on rocky, alluvium and/or serpentine soils. Altitude: 0‒1150 m.