Dinesh ji Yes you are right!!!. When explaining etymology the appropriate way is
phyll---leaf, anthus---flower Any how thanks for information. -- 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 4:41 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Gurcharan ji ... fil-LAN-thus is key to pronunciation. > Regards. > > > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> >> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > -- 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.
