Phyllanthus rheedei

Name of species- ID(dkb-6)

Photo taken on- 30.8.2009

At- Viratnagar(Jaipur)

Phyllanthus fraternus please

As you know, this is another interesting but complicated (nomenclature wise) genus. The current name for this plant is P. kozhikodianus, if i am correct. The leaves are broad, glaucous beneath and the tepals are broadly scarious along margins.

Thanks for this new information. We were already confused about whether P. fraternus and P. amarus are distinct (if we follow GRIN) or single species under P. amarus (if we follow Kew World checklist). You have introduced another closely related species. Would you kindly list its differences from the other two species.

Adding some articles on P. kozhikodensis. Attachments (5).

Thanks a lot …, for the very useful & complete articles on Phyllanthus kozhikodianus. If possible, pl. also send us the recent work on herbaceous phyllanthus complex by R.R.Rao & al. published in ‘Phytotaxonomy’. Here, the authors have tried to clarify the confusions existed in the nomenclature/identification of certain species of Phyllanthus.
…, at FRLHT, we produce series of educational products including posters on various themes, one among them is Phyllanthus complex. In this poster (attached here, can’t help with the file size to maintain readability) we have provided pictures of common herbaceous Phyllanthus species (amarus, tenellus, debilis, fraternus, urinaria, kozhikodianus (now rheedei), rotundifolius, scbrifolius, maderaspatensis & virgatus)  and key characters to distinguish them. Hope this will be useful. (Phyllanthus complex_FRLHT.jpg 2 MB)

Thanks … for this excellent poster
This makes us wake up to re-examin our specimens we conveniently refer to P. fraternus (if perianth are 6) or P. amarus (if perianth are five). P. amarus is not common in Delhi atleast. Observing more critically I found large oval leaved plants in May June but much narrower and smaller leaved in September-October, growing at the same place. I thought them to be seasonal affect on P. fraternus. Now I feel, seeing your images, that after all our plant may not be P. fraternus, and plant growing in September-October may turn out to be different species. I will examine these critically and report back soon.

Distrib.  India: Evergreen forests as undergrowth, moist shaded places, below rocky boulders, a weed in cultivated fields, open places, roadsides, up to 1700 m altitude, common. Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal (north), Sikkim, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Native of India and Sri Lanka. Introduced into Myanmar, Indonesia, Pacific Islands and West Indies.
As given in Flora of India, volume 23. copied in public interest.

Please, have you looked at Phyllanthus tenellus?

Thanks … I had initially checked the descriptions of Phylllanthus flexuosus after the first suggested id, did not match descriptions in this: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242337406

Can it be Phyllanthus rheedei Wight ?
(FBI restricts the above in Nilghiri, but – efi thread and maybe http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintJournal/2005/June/1904.pdf)

Searched and found a plate – Plant illustration

The leaves are similar to P. rheedei and P. tenellus but without flowers it is not possible to pinpoint the identity.