{"id":1420282,"date":"2013-11-27T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:04:16","slug":"meineckia-parvifolia","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/meineckia-parvifolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Meineckia parvifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meineckia<\/em> parvifolia<\/i> (Wight) G.L.Webster, Acta Bot. Neerl. 14: 342 1965<\/em>. (Syn: Andrachne<\/i> fruticosa<\/i> B.Heyne ex Hook.f.<\/span><\/a> [Illegitimate]; Diasperus<\/i> peltandrus<\/i> (M\u00fcll.Arg.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Diasperus<\/i> suberosus<\/i> (Wight ex M\u00fcll.Arg.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Diasperus<\/i> thwaitesianus<\/i> (M\u00fcll.Arg.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Neopeltandra<\/i> parvifolia<\/i> (Wight) Alston<\/span><\/a>; Neopeltandra<\/i> suberosa<\/i> (Wight ex M\u00fcll.Arg.) Gamble<\/span><\/a>; Peltandra<\/i> flexuosa<\/i> Thwaites<\/span><\/a>; Peltandra<\/i> parvifolia<\/i> Wight<\/span><\/a>; Phyllanthus<\/i> peltandrus<\/i> M\u00fcll.Arg.<\/span><\/a>; Phyllanthus<\/i> suberosus<\/i> Wight ex M\u00fcll.Arg.<\/span><\/a>; Phyllanthus<\/i> thwaitesianus<\/i> M\u00fcll.Arg.<\/span><\/a>);
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S. India, Sri Lanka<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Shrubs, monoecious. Leaves to 3 x 2.5 cm, ovate, apex acute, base truncate or rounded, membranous, glabrous, lateral nerves 3-4 pairs, slender; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Perianth lobes ovate or obovate, obtuse, margins hyaline. Capsule 3 mm across; seeds brown<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: October-December<\/span><\/div>\n
Moist deciduous forests<\/span><\/div>\n
Peninsular India (Endemic)<\/span><\/div>\n
(From\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi<\/span><\/a>)
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Confirmation of identification please.<\/a> : Attachments (2).\u00a0\u00a03 posts by 2 authors.<\/div>\n
Please confirm if it is Phyllanthus tenella<\/em>, Photographed at E.ghats near Udayagiri, Nellore district<\/span>.
\nBoth male and female flowers with filiform pedicels<\/span>. plant a slender herb.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This not <\/span>Phyllanthus tenellus<\/em>. Please study it in detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This plant is <\/span>Meineckia parvifolia<\/em> (Wight) G.L.Webster, Acta Bot. Neerl. 14: 342 (1965). earlier it is referred as Neopeltandra suberosa Gamble; the description matches with the description given in Flora of Madras Presidency by Gamble. Please foraward it to … for confirmation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This is the description written by me
\nDescription: Slender under shrub to 30 cm tall; base slightly woody, stems slender, angular, branches up to 15cm, internodes about 1.5-2cm. Foliar leaves alternate, stipules 1-2mm long, triangular; petiole to 3-4mm; leaf blade about 1.5-2.5×1-1.5cm, thin, glabrous, elliptic, apex apiculate; lateral nerves ca 4-5. <\/span><\/div>\n
Flowers in axillary short androgynous racemes with 4-5(-8) flowers; usu. 1 female in the axillary raceme; both male and female flowers with long pedicels (about 1.2-2cm). Flowers 5-merous. Perianth lobes 5 in both sexes; green
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Male flower: Minute, ca 2.5mm diam., perianth lobes ovate, obtuse; disk glandular, stamens 5, erect, the filaments connate below in to a column, free above; anthers reniform, yellow, dithecous. <\/span><\/div>\n
Female flowers: Perianth lobes 5, triangular, persistent, disk small, flat, ovary 5 loculed, slighitly ridged; styles 3, connate below, stigmas bifid. <\/span><\/div>\n
Fruit: Fruiting pedicel slightly thickened, capsule, ca 3-5mm diam., globose, smooth. Seeds with longitudinal very slender ridges and minute cross lines. <\/span><\/div>\n
Flower and fruiting season: Nov-December(Post monsoon)
\n<\/span>Distribution: Few plants are found in forest undergrowth in hilly areas- in Eastren ghats.
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Meineckia parvifolia
\n<\/em><\/span>Yes. It is the correct identity. I have checked it with Flora of India. There is only one doubt, the female sepals in the species are five but in the photo six sepals are seen. However, I think this only an individual variation. Thank you for the identification. It never struck my mind<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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POWO<\/a>\u00a0 specimen<\/a>\u00a0 Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 plant illustrations<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Peninsular India<\/a>
\n<\/em>Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India<\/a> (2000- Description)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meineckia parvifolia (Wight) G.L.Webster, Acta Bot. Neerl. 14: 342 1965. (Syn: Andrachne fruticosa B.Heyne ex Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Diasperus peltandrus (M\u00fcll.Arg.) Kuntze; Diasperus suberosus (Wight ex M\u00fcll.Arg.) Kuntze; Diasperus thwaitesianus (M\u00fcll.Arg.) Kuntze; Neopeltandra parvifolia (Wight) Alston; Neopeltandra suberosa (Wight ex M\u00fcll.Arg.) Gamble; Peltandra flexuosa Thwaites; Peltandra parvifolia Wight; Phyllanthus peltandrus M\u00fcll.Arg.;…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[9369],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1420282","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-meineckia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1420282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1420282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1420282"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1420282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}