Dear all, This must be *Phyllanthus narayanswamii* Gamble
Under shrub upto 2 metre tall. Leaves alternative,sessile, elliptic coriaceous with thickened recurved margins. Perianth lobes 6 with 6 small glands in male flowers. Fruit capsule globose with verrucose glands. All these characters are matching with *Phyllanthus narayanswamii *Gamble So our plant is *Phyllanthus narayanswamii* Gamble, which is already reported from the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve where I have clicked this plant. Tapas sir I hope the identity is correct now! With best regards Ashutosh Sharma On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 08:21 Ashutosh Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/CADkfUKvq2MgCXJ13D3XE2-DHFHDW1LkTQbXjWEsKecWJArjj5g%40mail.gmail.com.
