Great work Dinesh ji tanay On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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. >> >> -- >> 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 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/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >>>>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >>>>> 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) >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- 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.
