Acaena echinata (Australia)

Acaena echinata Nees, Plantae Preissianae 95 1844.; Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania) as per Catalogue of Life;  Plants From Australia 2018:: Acaena echinata from Victoria-NS July 01 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) I got an opportunity to visit Australia this summer, and I tried to visit places for […]

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Pinalia reticosa

Pinalia reticosa (Wight) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 679 (1891). (syn: Eria reticosa Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(1): 4, t. 1637 (1851).; Conchidium reticosum (Wight) Ormerod, Taiwania 57: 119 (2012).) Uttarakhand, S. India as per WCSP; Conchidium braccatum ?? from Matheran- 30th June2018 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (8) Saw this white […]

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MScR on Plant Systematics

Fwd: MScR on Plant Systematics Advertisement : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)- MSc – by research on Plant Systematics_04012018 DS final version.docx Here is an interesting MSc by research program in Plant Systematics with scholarships available. Please share with interested people. We do need more plant taxonomists.   

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Stereochilus dalatensis (Cultivated- Hong Kong)

Stereochilus dalatensis (Guillaumin) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 205 1972. (syn: Sarcanthus crassifolius Rolfe ex Downie [Illegitimate]; Sarcanthus dalatensis Guillaumin); China (Yunnan) to Indo-China as per WCSP; China South-Central; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   Stereochilus dalatensis from my balcony. : 6 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1) Stereochilus dalatensis from my balcony […]

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Begonia ‘Merry Christmas’

  SK1263 06 JUL 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 10 May 2018 Altitude: 4300 ft. Habit : Cultivated. Begonia Merry Christmas ?? May be as per https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Begonia_Rex_Cultorum_Group https://garden.org/plants/view/154883/King-Begonia-Begonia-Merry-Christmas/  

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Paphiopedilum hybrid- Kalimpong, West Bengal

  SK1289 15 JUL 2018 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 11 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft. Habit : Cultivated Which Paph is this ?  Why do you have the labellum missing? I am not good in hybrids, but this one looks like a hybrid of Pahiopedilum philippinense and P. lowii. […]

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Tautonym

… some trivial query :: 13 JUL 2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Often we find scientific names where genus and species are made of same names, for example: Cajanus cajan, Samanea saman, Sesbania sesban, and so on. Are such scientific names known by some term ? I got response in facebook group Indian […]

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Phalaenopsis hybrid- Kalimpong, West Bengal

  SK1282 13 JUL 2018 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) – 1 Mb or more. Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 11 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft. Habit : Cultivated Phalaenopsis cultivar. ID please ? Phalaenopsis hybrid.  

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Euonymus frigidus

Euonymus frigidus Wall., Fl. Ind. 2: 409 1824. (syn: Euonymus amygdalifolius Franch.; Euonymus austro-tibetanus Y.R. Li; Euonymus burmanicus Merrill; Euonymus crinitus Pamp.; Euonymus crinitus var. minor Pamp.; Euonymus dasydictyon Loes. & Rehder; Euonymus fugongensis Y.R.Li; Euonymus gongshanensis Y.R.Li; Euonymus porphyreus Loes.; Euonymus porphyreus var. angustifolius L.C. Wang & X.G. Sun; Euonymus porphyreus var. ellipticus Blakelock; […]

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Heracleum species ?- Assam

  Heracleum sp. from Assam KD 02 2018 : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Attached images are Heracleum sp.. Pl. Id the plant Date :.June, 2018Location: AssamFamily : ApiaceaeGenus & species : Heracleum sp. (?)Habitat: Grows wild on marshy placesHabit : Herb  Pl. check  https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/a/apiaceae/heracleum Does not seem to match with any species at Heracleum Pl. check […]

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Podocarpus species ?- Arunachal Pradesh

  Pls help me identify:  I collected this plant from a lower subtropical semi evergreen forest of Arunachal in the month of February 2011. Your plant looks interesting….. Didn’t u find any flower/fruits? Anyway….. looking for some more fotos of this plant and others too. Any chance for Podocarpus sp.? May be yes, my doubt is […]

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Maianthemum species- Sandakphu, West Bengal

  SK1197 12 JUNE 2018 : 13 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Sandakphu, India Date: 13 May 2018 Altitude: 12000 ft. Habit : Wild Plantago? Does not look like !  I think a plant with similar looking leaves was posted by you very recently from around the same area. OK …, I shall check. […]

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Fuchsia hybrid- Munnar, Kerala

  efloraindia: 101011 BRS 57:  Pl. find the attached file contain photos for id. request. Date/Time-Location- 06.10.2011, Place, Altitude, GPS-  Munnar, (Kerala) 1800 MSL Habitat- Garden Plant Habit-  Shrub Flowers Size/ Colour- red.  some Fushcia species. Yes Fuchsia sp Fushcia sp also called /ballerina/

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Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’

Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’;   for ID : (mixed thread): 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) This was taken in Tumling near Nepal on 14/10/07. This is a Fuchsia hybrid – a garden plant – probably ‘Rose of Castille’. It is Fuchsia Riccartonii.  I have seen them in Gurdum ( at Himalaya Lodge) in April,2006.  […]

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Ardisia polysticta

Ardisia polysticta Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 576 1861. (syn: Ardisia evonymifolia Pit.; Ardisia flaviflora C. Chen & D. Fang; Ardisia jagorii Mez; Ardisia lenticellata Fletcher; Ardisia nemorosa Pit.; Ardisia oldhamii Mez; Ardisia pardalina Mez; Ardisia perpunctata Elmer ex Merr.; Ardisia radians Hemsl. & Mez; Ardisia ramosii Merr.; Ardisia rectangularis Hayata; Ardisia sinuato-crenata Mez; […]

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