I strongly believe that it is Phyllanthus simplex and the variation indicated is only an individual variation due to polyploidy of this widely distributed weed. P. virgatus does not occur in India, as per reference of Webster. Our book on family Phyllanthaceae in Indian subcontinent is awaiting publication. First of all. we are offering VOLUME 23 OF FLORA OF INDIA, containing families Loranthaceae to Daphniphyllaceae, by BSI. It is in press now. Tapas Chakrabarty.
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Many thanks to Tapas ji for his response to my final query. > Am considering the posted plant to be *Phyllanthus simplex* Retz. var. * > simplex* > > > From his response, these help me: > *b. ...* Leaves mostly chartaceous; male pedicels and sepals ca 0.5 mm > long; fruiting pedicels *2 – 6 mm long*; seeds ca 1.5 mm long *... ... ... > * 30.2. var. simplex > > > > 30.2. var. *simplex* > Flowering & fruiting: Jan. - Dec. (flowers: pale yellowish white or > greenish; fruits: greenish). > Local names: Assm.: Bon-babri; Guj.: Motibhonyaanmali; Hindi: Bhuinamla; Mar.: > Bruia-vali, Motithuiavali; Sans.: Tandameral; Tel.: Uchinyusirika. > Habitat: A common weed in waste placed, cultivated fields, roadsides, > river banks, grassland, forest undergrowth, on loamy soil up to 1500 m > altitude. > Distribution: Sri Lanka and India to SE. Asia, S. China and Malesia (in > Melanesia intergrading with P. virgatus G. Forst.) > > > Thank you very much Tapas ji for the reference notes. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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'. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > --
