Gurcharan ji ... my meagre attempt (compiled from internet ... eFlora) ...
could not find key for *P. tenellus*
1b. Plant monoecious, with both male and female flowers; leaf blade often
less than 1 cm.
3a. Fruits indehiscent, fleshy.
4a. Leaf base oblique; fruit a drupe, pale green or yellowish white,
10–13 mm in diam.; stamens 3 or 4.
5a. Leaves linear-oblong, 0.8–2.3 × 0.15–0.6 cm; stamens 3, fused
......................................................................... 1.
*P. emblica*
5b. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, 2.4–10 × 1.9–4.5 cm; stamens 4, free
................................................................... *P.
acidus*
4b. Leaf base symmetrical; fruit a berry, purple-black when mature, 6–10
mm in diam.; stamens (3–)5(or 6).
6a. Fruits 3-celled.
7a. Fruiting sepals persistent; male sepals 6; fruit ca. 10 mm in
diam. .............................................. 2. P. glaucus
7b. Fruiting sepals deciduous; male sepals 5; fruit ca. 6 mm in
diam. ............................................... 3. P. flexuosus
6b. Fruits 4–12-celled.
8a. Stamens 4 or 5(–7), filaments all free; fruit ca. 8 mm in diam.,
4-seeded ...................................... 4. P. oligospermus
8b. Stamens 5, filaments 3 connate and 2 free; fruit ca. 6 mm in
diam., 8–16-seeded .............................................. 5. *P.
reticulatus*
3b. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, not fleshy, brown or brownish when mature.
9a. Male sepal margins fimbriate, serrulate, or erose.
10a. Ovary with dense, rugose-undulate or curved pubescence or densely
setose.
11a. Ovary with dense, rugose-undulate or curved pubescence; leaf
blade 3–7 mm wide, base oblique .. 6. P. chekiangensis
11b. Ovary and fruits with very dense, soft prickles; leaf blade
6–10 mm wide, base symmetrical ........ 10. P. forrestii
10b. Ovary smooth or tuberculate.
12a. Female sepals 5.
13a. Stipules 3–5 mm; female pedicel ca. 10 mm; stamens 4
......................................................... 8. P. fimbricalyx
13b. Stipules 1–1.5 mm; female pedicel 20–35 mm; stamens 2
..................................................... 11. P. hainanensis
12b. Female sepals 6.
14a. Stamens 4.
15a. Branchlets glabrous; female sepals 1.2–2(–3.8) mm,
obscurely erose or subentire; fruiting pedicel
1–1.5(–2.5) cm
.....................................................................................................................................
7. P. sootepensis
15b. Branchlets rufous puberulent; female sepals ca. 3.5 mm;
fruiting pedicel ca. 5 cm .................. 9. P. gracilipes
14b. Stamens 2.
16a. Young branchlets puberulent; leaf blade 18–30 × 8–13 mm;
inflorescence a bisexual axillary
fascicle, usually with several male and 1 female flowers
....................................................................... 12.
P. pulcher
16b. Branchlets glabrous; leaf blade 3–13 × 3–7 mm;
inflorescence 1-flowered.
17a. Branchlets terete, glabrous; pedicels 2–8 mm; styles
connate at base ............................. 13. P. franchetianus
17b. Branchlets angular, minutely papillate along upper side;
pedicels 10–15 mm; styles free .... 14. P. leptoclados
9b. Male sepal margins entire.
18a. Stamens 3, filaments ± free.
19a. Shrubs; leaf blades thinly papery or membranous; male disk
cup-shaped ................................ 17. P. clarkei
19b. Herbs, branching mainly near base; leaf blades leathery or
thinly leathery; male disk of separate glands.
20a. Leaves ± distichous; stems usually ascending; female pedicel
ca. 5 mm,
disk orbicular, undivided; capsule with scalelike
protuberances
...................................................................... 15. *P.
virgatus*
20b. Leaves spiral; stems spreading; female pedicel 1.5–2 mm,
disk of separate glands; capsule smooth
.....................................................................................................
16. *P. maderaspatensis*
18b. Stamens 2–4, filaments 2 free, others connate.
21a. Leaf blade margin hispidulous; ovary and fruits tuberculate
.............................................................................
18. *P. urinaria*
21b. Leaf blade not hispidulous; ovary and fruits smooth.
22a. Male sepals 5 or 6; stamens 3.
23a. Herbs.
24a. Perennial herbs; leaf blade elliptic or obovate, lateral
veins 3 pairs; male sepals and disk glands 6.. 19. P. arenarius
24b. Annual herbs; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, lateral veins
4–7 pairs; male sepals and disk glands 5 .. .................. 20. *P.
amarus*
Referred from http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF11/Phyllanthus.pdf
Regards.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dinesh ji
> With such a good collection of Phyllanthus species from your area, it would
> be good if you could incorporate a key for the identification of these. I
> had done this when uploading species of Alternanthera.
>
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> 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 7:46 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Thanks very much, tanay.
>> Regards.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:38 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Awesome Dinesh, your collection of Phyllanthus is helping me to learn as
>>> well as see the great variation in this genus.
>>> tanay
>>> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Phyllanthaceae (leaf flower family) » *Phyllanthus fraternus*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> fil-LAN-thus -- flower leaf; it appears to flower from a leaf like stem
>>>> FRA-ter-nus -- pertaining to a brother; brotherly
>>>>
>>>> *commonly known as*: gulf leaf-flower • Bengali: bhui-amla, হাজারমণি
>>>> hazarmani • Hindi: भुईंआंवला bhuinanvalah, हजारमणी hajarmani, कनोछा kanocha
>>>> • Kannada: ಕಿರುನೆಲ್ಲಿ kirunelli, ನೆಲನೆಲ್ಲಿ nelanelli • Malayalam:
>>>> കീഴാര്നെല്ലി kiizhaarnelli • Manipuri: চকপা হৈক্রূ chakpa-heikru •
>>>> Marathi:
>>>> भुईआवळी bhuiavali • Mizo: mithi-sunhlu • Sanskrit: भूम्यामलकी bhumyamalaki,
>>>> तमालकी tamalaki • Tamil: கீழாநெல்லி kila-nelli • Telugu: నేల ఉసిరి nela
>>>> usiri
>>>>
>>>> *Native to*: India; naturalized elsewhere in tropics
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *References*:
>>>> • Flowers of India ...
>>>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Gulf%20Leaf-Flower.html
>>>> • eFlora ...
>>>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242442520
>>>> • NPGS / GRIN ...
>>>> http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?423496
>>>> • IMPGC ... http://www.impgc.com/plantinfo_A.php?id=441&bc=
>>>> • ENVIS - FRLHT ...
>>>> http://envis.frlht.org.in/botanical_search.php?txtbtname=Phyllanthus+fraternus+WEBSTER&gesp=1646|Phyllanthus+fraternus+WEBSTER<http://envis.frlht.org.in/botanical_search.php?txtbtname=Phyllanthus+fraternus+WEBSTER&gesp=1646%7CPhyllanthus+fraternus+WEBSTER>
>>>> • DDSA ... http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Views attached from:
>>>> ... Vaghbil, Thane.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For more views:
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Phyllanthusfraternus&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags&z=m
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tanay Bose
>>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi)
>>> 9830439691(Mobile)
>>> 9674221362 (Mobile)
>>>
>>>
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