Thanks, Tapas ji. But Phylogenetic reconstruction prompts taxonomic changes in *Sauropus*, *Synostemon* and *Breynia* (*Phyllanthaceae* tribe *Phyllantheae*) by P.C. van Welzen K. Pruesapan, I.R.H. Telford, H.-J. Esser , J.J. Bruhl- Blumea 59, 2014: 77–94 gives as below:
*Breynia quadrangularis* (Willd.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2012) 121. — *Phyllanthus quadrangularis* Willd. (1805) 585. — *Sauropus quadrangularis* (Willd.) Müll.Arg. (1863) 73. — *Aalius quadrangularis* (Willd.) Kuntze (1891) 591. — Type: Hb. Willdenow 17985 (holotype B-W; IDC microfiche 7440!), India. *Sauropus rigidus* Thwaites (1864) 284. — *Phyllanthus neo-rigidus* Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2009) 715, non *P. rigidus* Tate. — *Breynia rigida* (Thwaites) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2012) 121. — Type: Thwaites CP 2135 (holotype K; isotypes BM, CAL n.v., G, PDA n.v.), Sri Lanka (Ceylon). *Sauropus compressus* Müll.Arg. (1866) 243. — *Aalius compressus* (Müll. Arg.) Kuntze (1891) 591, as ‘compressa’. — *Sauropus quadrangularis* (Willd.) Müll.Arg. var. compressus (Müll.Arg.) Airy Shaw (1972) 337. — *Phyllanthus indo-myanmarensis* Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2009) 715, non *P. compressus* Müll.Arg. —* Breynia compressa* (Müll.Arg.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2012) 120. — Syntypes: Hooker s.n., s.d. (G-DC n.v., IDC microfiche DC herbarium 2489/5, K (2 sheets)), India, Sikkim, Regio Trop. *Sauropus quandrangularis* (Willd.) Müll.Arg. var. *puberulus* Kurz (1877) 350. — *Phyllanthus indo-myanmarensis* Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. var. *puberulus* (Kurz) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2009) 715. — *Breynia compressa *(Müll.Arg.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. var. *puberulus* (Kurz) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2012) 120. — Type: Kurz 1586 (holotype CAL n.v.), Myanmar. Is there further change in the matter pl ? On 28 August 2016 at 17:03, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > This is *Breynia compressa* (Mull.Arg.) Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr. based on > Sauropus compressus Mull.Arg. It is different and distinct from Breynia > quadrangularis (J.G. Klein ex Willd.) Chakrab. & N. P. Balakr. (Basionym: > Phyllanthus quadrangularis J.G. Klein ex Willd. = Sauropus quadrangularis > (J.G. Klein ex Willd.) Mull.Arg.). > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Lalithamba Avadhanam < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *Plant name: **Sauropus quadrangularis* (Willd.) Müll.Arg., *Linnaea 32: >> 73. 1863.* >> >> *Ver.names:* Triple nerved lizard’s foot (Eng.); Tella vusirika (Tel.). >> >> *Family: * Phyllanthaceae >> >> *Description:* >> >> Erect shrubs 0.5-1 m tall, glabrous throughout; branchlets 4-angled. >> Leaves alternate; stipules lanceolate; petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade ovate, or >> rounded, 1-2.5 × 0.5-2 cm, membranous, base rounded, apex rounded, >> mucronate. Flowers unisexual, axillary, subtended by leaves. Male flowers >> 2-3 in axils, 2-3 mm; calyx discoid, 1.5 mm in diam., 6-lobed; apex obtuse >> or retuse; disk scales very short; anthers spreading. Female flowers: >> Solitary, pedicels 0.5-1cm; lobes 5-7 mm in diam., 6-lobed, biseriate, >> outer broadly ovate, inner shorter than outer, rotund; ovary turbinate, >> apex truncate; styles 3, bifid at apex, lobes recurved. Capsules ovoid, 4-6mm >> across, woody when dry, with a lobed rim, seeds trigonous. >> >> *Habitat & location:* Limited to S.India. Rare. Found in the foot hills. >> Photographed at S.R.Puram-Porumamilla ghat, and Penchalakona forest. >> >> Thank you >> >> Regards >> >> A.Lalithamba >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. 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