Dear Tapas sir, Thanks for pointing the mistake in id. You are absolutely correct it can't be *Phyllanthus rangachariarii* owing to the characters you mentioned i.e. 6 perianth and glands in male flowers instead of 4 in *P. rangachariarii*). Additionally my plant is much smaller is height not taller than 2 feets while *P. rangachariarii* is a much bigger shrub upto 2 metre tall.
I also checked type material images available on BSI virtual herbarium, confirming the same. https://ivh.bsi.gov.in/phanerogams/en?search_bar=Phyllanthus+rangachariarii&selection=Scientific_Name With best regards Ashutosh Sharma On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 05:00 Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Even closer to P. gardnerianus but leaves sessile and thickly coriaceous. > > On Sun, 11 Dec 2022, 23:17 Tapas Chakrabarty, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Ashutosh ji, >> >> I am sorry for misguiding you! >> >> This is not at all P. rangachariarii. Just now I noticed that the male >> sepals are 6. >> The characters of the plant point to very close alliance to Phyllanthus >> clarkei in almost all characters. But I have some doubts because P. clarkei >> in not known from peninsular India so far and the leaves here are stiffly >> coriaceous. The glands in male flowers appear to be 6 instead of 3. >> So, please study your plant very carefully once again and compare with P. >> clarkei (now called Cathetus clarkei). >> >> With regards, >> Tapas >> >> On Sun, 11 Dec 2022, 15:47 Ashutosh Sharma, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Tapas sir, yes definitely these are the first and only >>> photographic evidence of this rare endemic Phyllanthus species. >>> >>> With best regards >>> Ashutosh Sharma >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 15:23 Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I think this is the first field photographs of this rare endemic. >>>> >>>> With regards, >>>> Tapas >>>> >>>> On Sun, 11 Dec 2022, 13:58 J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks a lot, Ashutosh ji, for the wonderful addition. >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>>> From: Ashutosh Sharma <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 at 12:35 >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:438048] Phyllanthus rangachariarii Murugan, >>>>> Kabeer & G.V.S.Murthy submission AS27 December 22 >>>>> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dear members, >>>>> >>>>> Here's a new addition to eFloraofIndia website. >>>>> >>>>> *Phyllanthus rangachariari*i Murugan, Kabeer & G.V.S.Murthy >>>>> Family - Phyllanthaceae >>>>> >>>>> This rare species is narrow endemic to Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve, >>>>> Tamil Nadu >>>>> >>>>> Photographed in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu >>>>> In November 2022 >>>>> >>>>> With best regards >>>>> Ashutosh Sharma >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkfUKt28TAcaaX%3DCzaMzMYwZe6ugus_wLcj0DPvT71on6%2Brug%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkfUKt28TAcaaX%3DCzaMzMYwZe6ugus_wLcj0DPvT71on6%2Brug%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>> >>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkfUKsVq9jSiuTbp1B_HtMJe5OMT5MKK3rmnU_Fch1k4zhxNQ%40mail.gmail.com.
