Kindly suggest name of this Phyllanthus

Tapas Chakrabarty

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May 18, 2020, 7:45:32 AM5/18/20

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Is it not Phyllanthus urinaria?

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Tapas Chakrabarty

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May 18, 2020, 8:08:21 AM5/18/20

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This shows prostrate habit. Photographed by S. Kasim ji.

On Mon, 18 May 2020, 17:15 Tapas Chakrabarty, <tcha...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it not Phyllanthus urinaria?

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Dinesh Valke

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May 18, 2020, 10:08:45 AM5/18/20

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Dear Tapas ji, to me the posted plant (3 attached pictures) do not look P. urinaria to me. The leaves of posted plant do not seem to have a clear tip that I know for P. urinaria.

P. simplex comes to my mind, but the leaves of posted plant look relatively shorter in length. I may be wrong with my observations.

Regards.

Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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May 18, 2020, 10:10:25 AM5/18/20

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Tapas ji, the picture from Flowers of India is of Phyllanthus urinaria. I missed asserting about it in my above response.

Regards.

Dinesh

Tapas Chakrabarty

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May 18, 2020, 10:13:43 AM5/18/20

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Dinesh ji,

The prostrate habit is unique. The subsessile flowers and fruits point to P. urinaria which is an erect herb. The problem can be solved only if Kashim ji can collect specimens for further studies.

Regards,

T. C.

Tapas Chakrabarty

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May 18, 2020, 10:17:14 AM5/18/20

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This should be Phyllanthus gardnerianus instead.

Dinesh Valke

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May 18, 2020, 10:20:31 AM5/18/20

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Thanks very much Tapas ji for quick resolution.

Regards,

Dinesh

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