Dinesh ji Thanks for nice photographs of new for me plant. And yes phyll. for leaf is fine but not fil., which would mean filius, son.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Phyllanthaceae (leaf flower family) » *Phyllanthus tenellus* (syn. > *Phyllanthus > corcovadensis*) > > > fil-LAN-thus -- flower leaf; it appears to flower from a leaf like stem > ten-ELL-us -- small, delicate, tender > > *commonly known as*: long-stalked phyllanthus, Mascarene Island > leaf-flower > > *Native to*: n-e, e, s tropical Africa, islands in w Indian Ocean, s > Arabian peninsula; naturalized elsewhere > > > *References*: > • Flowers of India ... > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Long%20Stalked%20Leaf-Flower.html > • PPWS ... http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/pylte.htm > • Flora of Western Australia ... > http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/17794 > • NPGS / GRIN ... > http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?419836 > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Views attached are from: > ... Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan (Nursery) > > > For more views: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Phyllanthustenellus&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags&z=m > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.

