Thank you Tapas da, I would be happy if I could find the plant and herbarium images so that could be added in the Nepal database.
Saroj Kasaju On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Saroj ji, > > Here is the details of *Breynia rigida *from the book Indo-Burmese > Phyllanthaceae. This species occurs in Nepal. The second image above (as > attached here aleo) is of *B. rigida.* > Hope this helps. > > Kind regards, > Tapas > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM Saroj Kumar Kasaju <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Tapas Da, >> >> Though the databases like POWO, CoL, GBIF and WP are showing its (now >> *Breynia >> rigida *(Thwaites) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.) >> distribution in Nepal there is no record in the Nepal Herbarium and no >> mention in the latest book published in 2022. >> Could you please send me its description, images and article / journal if >> you have them. >> https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77178478-1 >> >> In the mean time, while going through the images again ( though the >> images are not clear), the 6 petals which are bifurcated >> looks different. Could it be *Breynia amoebiflora *(Airy Shaw) Welzen & >> Pruesapan ( no distribution in Nepal) ? >> https://ppbc.iplant.cn/sp/546787 >> >> Please have a look. >> >> Thank you >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: tchakrab <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, November 3, 2017 at 2:55:39 PM UTC+5:45 >> Subject: Breynia compressa ( Phyllanthaceae) from Nepal >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> I found this excellent image uploaded by Saroj ji in Flicker. >> Here the male calyx segments are 6-lobed and each lobe is again >> bilobulate. This character distinguishes this species from Breynia >> quadrangularis which is always having six triangular -lanceolate lobes of >> male calyx. >> Airy Shaw (1972) and Van Welzen (2003) considered and treated both of >> these species as conspecific but B. quadrangularis is in my opinion is >> distinct on this character as the characters of the male calyx are of great >> diagnostic impotence in Breynia. >> Regards. >> Tapas. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytQSpQu1_rYvNVxevDpC_3%2BoCu3UR8nMHO4GdZMp2T_ZZg%40mail.gmail.com.
