Dear Tapas Da,

I am sending the link please.
https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/3srtIXooQRk/m/RsEAhdNhCAAJ

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju


On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 11:16 PM Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I would like to see the images once again please.
>
> Kind regards,
> Tapas
>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 10:50 PM Saroj Kumar Kasaju <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Any further discussions on this issue?
>>
>> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https%3A%2F%2Fivh.bsi.gov.in%2Fphanerogams-Details%2Fen%3Flink%3DMH00001112%26column%3DszBarcode&ved=0CBoQjhxqFwoTCNDmmpy6gZIDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAI&opi=89978449
>>
>> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https%3A%2F%2Fivh.bsi.gov.in%2Fphanerogams-Details%2Fen%3Flink%3DMH00001114%26column%3DszBarcode&ved=0CBoQjhxqFwoTCKDblfS6gZIDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAj&opi=89978449
>>
>> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F282182721_Notes_on_Phyllanthus_narayanaswamii_Gamble_Euphorbiaceae_and_Dimeria_lawsonii_Hookf_Fischer_Poaceae_-_from_the_state_of_Tamil_Nadu&ved=0CBoQjhxqFwoTCOjpwJm7gZIDFQAAAAAdAAAAABBB&opi=89978449
>> https://efloraofindia.com/2021/03/10/phyllanthus-narayanswamii/
>>
>> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/South-Indian%2520Gooseberry.html&ved=2ahUKEwjG9dW0u4GSAxW6SmwGHX6MO3kQh-wKegQIHBAE&usg=AOvVaw1gJr5Rwoa1BTwqCKXoeCRp
>>
>> Thank you
>> Saroj Kasaju
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Saroj Kumar Kasaju <[email protected]>
>> Date: Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 3:33:14 PM UTC+5:45
>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:438737] Phyllanthus rangachariarii Murugan,
>> Kabeer & G.V.S.Murthy submission AS27 December 22
>> To: ashutoshsharma11sn <[email protected]>, tchakrab <
>> [email protected]>
>> Cc: JM Garg <[email protected]>, efloraofindia <
>> [email protected]>
>>
>>
>> That would be a great news Tapas Da!
>> Thank you
>> Saroj Kasaju
>>
>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2022 at 3:31 pm, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> May be a new species in the making.
>>
>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2022, 11:38 J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I think Tapas ji may be able to resolve this issue.
>>
>> On Sun, 25 Dec 2022 at 14:22, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Images from
>> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282182721_Notes_on_Phyllanthus_narayanaswamii_Gamble_Euphorbiaceae_and_Dimeria_lawsonii_Hookf_Fischer_Poaceae_-_from_the_state_of_Tamil_Nadu
>> loks different  compared to Ashutosh Ji's images !
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Saroj Kasaju
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 25, 2022 at 1:39 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Tapas ji,
>> What do you say?
>> Why images posted by Ashutosh ji look so thick.
>> Why images of Phyllanthus narayanswamii look different as per
>> https://efloraofindia.com/2021/03/10/phyllanthus-narayanswamii/
>> https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:354846-1
>> http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=3940&cat=7
>>
>> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282182721_Notes_on_Phyllanthus_narayanaswamii_Gamble_Euphorbiaceae_and_Dimeria_lawsonii_Hookf_Fischer_Poaceae_-_from_the_state_of_Tamil_Nadu
>>
>> On Sun, 25 Dec 2022 at 13:09, ashutoshsharma11sn <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Garg ji,
>>
>> This is only *Phyllanthus narayanswamii* Gamble, there should not be any
>> doubts about its identity. The only doubt we have is about its status as a
>> species (as discussed with Dr. Tapas sir) as it is close to* P.
>> gardnerianus* and *P. simplex *but this can be only resolved after
>> molecular studies.
>> There is absolutely no chances of my plant being *P. macraei*. I think
>> you may be are confused because of the misidentified plant images posted on
>> Flora of Peninsular India Website. If you will closely check with the gbif
>> specimens its perfectly matching along with illustration showing thickened
>> recurved leaf margins on the herbarium sheet
>> https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/912222572
>>
>> Thanks and regards
>> Ashutosh Sharma
>> On Sunday, 25 December, 2022 at 12:52:03 pm UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:
>>
>> Any more thoughts, Ashutosh ji?
>>
>> On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 at 21:39, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> It still seems a mystery to me.
>>
>> On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 at 17:09, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The image marked as A is *Phyllanthus macraei *Mull.Arg., now called 
>> *Cathetus
>> rheedei *(Wight) R.W. Bouman.
>> The image marked as B is *Phyllanthus stylosus *Griff. (syn. *P.
>> griffithii *Mull.Arg.), now known as *Cathetus stylosus *(Griff.) R.W.
>> Bouman
>> The image marked as C is *Phyllanthus gageanus *(Gamble) M.Mohanan, now
>> known as *Nymphanthus gageanus *(Gamble) R.W. Bouman ex Chakrab. & N.P.
>> Balakr.
>> The image marked as D is the lectotype of *Phyllanthus roeperianus *Wall.
>> ex Mull.Arg., now known as *Cathetus roeperianus *(Wall. ex Mull.Arg.)
>> Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr.
>>
>> With regards,
>> Tapas
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 4:26 PM Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> This is not at all P. macraei.
>>
>> On Sun, 18 Dec 2022, 16:24 J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Tapas ji,
>> What about its id as *Phyllanthus macraei* as per GBIF
>> <https://www.gbif.org/species/5382353> specimen
>> <https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simple.html?src=//api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fmedialib.naturalis.nl%2Ffile%2Fid%2FU.1472314%2Fformat%2Flarge>
>>  and
>> images at
>> https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/09/phyllanthus-macraei/ ?
>>
>> On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 at 16:11, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Two persons, one from Delhi University and the other from IISC Bangalore
>> had contacted me for initial identifications of their specimens for
>> initiating molecular studies. Unfortunately none of them have published
>> their findings yet. One person published a new species, P. palakondensis.
>> The other person from Delhi shared me images from three localities of TN
>> and AP and asked me to name them. I found that the supposed morphological
>> differences between P. gardnerianus and P. narayanswamii are not standing
>> good due to presence of intermediate plants (images). However, P. simplex
>> stands separate for its much narrower and thinner leaves and presence of
>> bisexual cymules, absent in the other two.
>> Meanwhile Bouman et al. (2022) recognized these species as distinct under
>> the genus Cathetus. They had not studied DNA samples of P. narayanswamii.
>> In concusion, in my opinion, morphologically P. naraynswamii is same as
>> P. gardnerianus but different from P. simplex.
>> I hope molecular data and field observations will eventually clarify the
>> situation.
>> With regards,
>> Tapas
>>
>> On Sun, 18 Dec 2022, 15:48 J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Forwarding again for Id assistance please.
>>
>> Some earlier relevant feedback:
>> This is not at all P. rangachariarii. Just now I noticed that the male
>> sepals are 6.
>> The characters of the plant point to very close alliance to Phyllanthus
>> clarkei in almost all characters. But I have some doubts because P. clarkei
>> in not known from peninsular India so far and the leaves here are stiffly
>> coriaceous. The glands in male flowers appear to be 6 instead of 3.
>> So, please study your plant very carefully once again and compare with P.
>> clarkei (now called Cathetus clarkei).
>> With regards,
>>
>> Tapas
>>
>> Even closer to P. gardnerianus but leaves sessile and thickly
>> coriaceous.- from Tapas ji
>> Thanks for pointing the mistake in id. You are absolutely correct it
>> can't be *Phyllanthus rangachariarii* owing to the characters you
>> mentioned i.e. 6 perianth and glands in male flowers instead of 4 in
>> *P. rangachariarii*). Additionally my plant is much smaller is height
>> not taller than 2 feets while *P. rangachariarii* is a much bigger shrub
>> upto 2 metre tall.
>> I also checked type material images available on BSI virtual herbarium,
>> confirming the same.
>>
>> https://ivh.bsi.gov.in/phanerogams/en?search_bar=Phyllanthus+rangachariarii&selection=Scientific_Name
>> With best regards
>>
>> Ashutosh Sharma
>> This must be *Phyllanthus narayanswamii* Gamble
>> Under shrub upto 2 metre tall. Leaves alternative,sessile, elliptic
>> coriaceous with thickened recurved margins. Perianth lobes 6 with 6 small
>> glands in male flowers. Fruit capsule globose with verrucose glands. All
>> these characters are matching with *Phyllanthus narayanswamii *Gamble
>> So our plant is *Phyllanthus narayanswamii* Gamble, which is already
>> reported from the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve where I have clicked this
>> plant.
>> Tapas sir I hope the identity is correct now!
>> With best regards
>>
>> Ashutosh Sharma
>> Syn.  of  *Phyllanthus virgatus *G.Forst. ? ? Looks different from
>> images at
>> http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=3940&cat=7
>>  !
>> Now , *Cathetus virgatus* (G.Forst.) R.W.Bouman ??
>> Please compare with *Phyllanthus macraei *Müll.Arg. . Now:  *Cathetus
>> rheedei* (Wight) R.W.Bouman
>>
>> https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FMacrae%27s%2520Leaf-Flower.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FMacrae%2527s%2520Leaf-Flower.html&tbnid=y_CcsFWbZQlm0M&vet=12ahUKEwiMqv75s_P7AhVMhNgFHTQvB68QMygAegQIARBT..i&docid=ic-GNIA7lTEb8M&w=600&h=449&q=Phyllanthus%20macraei&client=safari&ved=2ahUKEwiMqv75s_P7AhVMhNgFHTQvB68QMygAegQIARBT
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Saroj Kasaju
>> Someone recently united P. narayanswamii under P. virgatus but kept P.
>> gardnerianus distinct. Bouman et al. (2022) maintained all as distinct. I
>> am fully confused here. P. virgatus is a Pacific species while P. simplex
>> is Asian. Someone recently informed me that P. narayanswsmii is distinct
>> from P. gardnerianus by habit, habitat and DNA data.
>> My studies based on specimens and images indicate that narayanswamii and
>> gardnerianus should be merged but considering the confusions, I will not go
>> for any taxonomic changes. Let someone clarify these 3 species with field
>> data combined with DNA studies.
>> With regards,
>>
>> Tapas
>> Thanks for your valuable comments Tapas sir. I agree with your views and
>> meanwhile someone clarify these 3 species based on field data combined with
>> DNA/molecular studies, Garg ji in my opinion we should keep it as a
>> separate species on our website under page *Phyllanthus narayanswamii*
>>  Gamble.
>> Please note than Verwijs *et al.* 2019 while synonymizing  P.
>> *narayanswamii*  under *P. virgatus* have also mentioned some difference
>> "The nervature of the leaves on the type of *P. narayanswamii* differs a
>> little bit from other specimens of* P. virgatus *in the prominent
>> nervature on the lower side of the leaf blade". Also it is notable that
>> when the publication of Verwijs *et al. *came in October 2019, at around
>> same time (just two months before in August) came another publication in
>> Phytotaxa entitled "Taxonomic and habitat update to *Phyllanthus
>> narayanswamii *(Phyllanthaceae): an endemic and endangered species from
>> southern India" which is not referred in the publication of Verwijs *et
>> al. *because as I mentioned earlier they got published round same time*.* So
>> before this publication only little data was available about *P.
>> narayanswamii* with no any images, so who knows if the publication on *P.
>> narayanswamii* taxonomic and habitat update would have came earlier,
>> Verwijs *et al. m*ay have retained the distinct species status of *P.
>> narayanswamii* as they retained the status of *P. gardnerianus* and *P.
>> tararae. *They have also mentioned in their paper abstract that "The
>> species complex around *Phyllanthus virgatus* remains taxonomically
>> difficult" and we are suffering from the same thing here...
>> Thanks and regards
>>
>> Ashutosh Sharma
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: *Ashutosh Sharma* <[email protected]>
>> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 at 12:35
>> Subject: [efloraofindia:438048] Phyllanthus rangachariarii Murugan,
>> Kabeer & G.V.S.Murthy submission AS27 December 22
>> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>> Dear members,
>>
>> Here's a new addition to eFloraofIndia website.
>>
>> *Phyllanthus rangachariari*i Murugan, Kabeer & G.V.S.Murthy
>> Family - Phyllanthaceae
>>
>> This rare species is narrow endemic to Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve,
>> Tamil Nadu
>>
>> Photographed in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu
>> In November 2022
>>
>> With best regards
>> Ashutosh Sharma
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