PHYLLANTHUS TENELLUS (EUPHORBIACEAE), A NEW RECORD AND NATURALIZED SPECIES IN MAZANDARAN.

گونه Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb. به عنوان گزارش جديد، از غرب مازندران نام برده مي شود، اين گونه به صورت بومي شده در اغلب مناطق كم ارتفاع و در حاشيه باغ ها و مزارع ديده شده و به علت برخورداري از برگ هاي بيضي شكل با آرايش غير مارپيچي كه بيشتر دورج به نظر رسيده، همراه با گلهاي بسيار كوچك در كنار دمبرگ ها شناخته مي شود.

Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb. was lately found as naturalized species in Mazandaran province. This report represents the first record of the species for the flora of Iran. It seems that it is introduced through exotic plants commerce and often distributed in the gardens, especially in the ornamental plants nurseries. Since ornamental plants imports started in a large scale in Iran less than 50 years ago. It is a small and herbaceous plant and is easily recognized by its very small flowers in axillary cymes on the branches and leaves thin and fragile produced on lateral shoots which resembling a compound leaves.