Tapas ji, Vijayasankar ji, In the posted plant we find the fruit to be having just about or under 1 mm stalk - is this an acceptable variation in *P. virgatus* (= *P. simplex*) ? Regards. Dinesh
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > And many thanks Garg ji for resurfacing the query, as well for forwarding > Tapas ji's response. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank you very much Tapas ji for the ID. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:30 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A reply: >>> " >>> >>> *It is Phyllanhus simplex. >>> * >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *Phyllanthus simplex* Retz., Observ. Bot. 5: 29. 1789; Müll.Arg. in DC. >>> Prodr. 15(2): 391. 1866; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 295. 1887; Gamble, >>> Fl. Madras 2(7): 1289. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 902. 1957). * Macraea >>> oblongifolia* Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(2): 27, t. 1902, f. 1. >>> 1852. *Phyllanthus simplex* var. *oblongifolius*(Wight) Müll.Arg. in >>> Linnaea 32: 32. 1863 & in DC., Prodr. 15 (2): 391. 1866; Hook.f., l. c. >>> 295. 1887. *P. virgatus* auct. non G.Forst., 1786: Chakrab. & >>> N.P.Balakr. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. Addit. Ser. 9: 98. 1992. >>> >>> var. *simplex* >>> >>> Asm.: *Bon-babri*; Guj.: *Motibhonyaanmali*; Mar.: *Bhuiavali*; Sans.: * >>> Tandameral*; Tel.: *Uchchiyusirika*. >>> >>> Herbs, annual or perennial, up to 20 cm high. >>> >>> *Fl. & Fr*. Jan. - Dec. >>> >>> *Distrib*. India: Common weed in waste places, cultivated fields, >>> roadsides, riverbanks, grasslands, forest undergrowth, up to 1500 m >>> altitude; almost throughout the country including Andaman & Nicobar Islands. >>> >>> Sri Lanka (and India) to SE. Asia, S. China, Indo-China and Malesia. >>> >>> Tapas Chakraborty" >>> >>> On 22 October 2012 15:02, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>>> >>>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>>> >>>> ... species of *Phyllanthus*. >>>> Some more information could be helpful; size of: flower OR fruit OR >>>> leaf. >>>> Regards. >>>> Dinesh >>>> >>>> Dinesh, the size of the flower must be 3-4 mm and leave not above 2 >>>> Cms., it was (the plant) was somehow around 1 foot in height. - from Rajesh >>>> ji. >>>> >>>> It may be *Phyllanthus virgatus* (*= P. simplex*). >>>> Regards >>>> Vijayasankar Raman >>>> >>>> Vijayasankar ji, I think *P. virgatus* fruits hang by long slender >>>> stalks ... please correct if wrong. >>>> >>>> Posted plant looks similar to what I have posted for ID at >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/kVPGdxvH7iA/F7x1oAgRqZIJ >>>> Regards. >>>> Dinesh >>>> >>>> Very good point Dinesh ji. Let's await for more responses. >>>> Regards >>>> Vijayasankar Raman >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 11 October 2012 16:13 >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:134731] Herb for ID : Matheran RDS 111012 >>>> To: efloraindia <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> Clicked this erect herb at Matheran on last Sunday, requesting for >>>> valid ID. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species >>>> * & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>>> alphabetically & place-wise): >>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >>>> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1980 members >>>> & 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>>> of more than 7500 species). >>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>>> India'. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >>> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>> alphabetically & place-wise): >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >>> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1980 members >>> & 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>> of more than 7500 species). >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >>> >> >> > --
