Brownea species- Bangkok, Thailand

  SK972 10 FEB-2018 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: 15 June 2014 Altitude:  40 ft. Habit : Cultivated  Difficult with only this image. Pl. consider Brownea.  Brownea grandiceps Jacq. ??

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Myristica magnifica

Endangered B1+2c ver 2.3 Myristica magnifica Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India 2: t. 268 1872. (syn: Myristica fatua Houtt. var. magnifica (Bedd.) J.Sinclair); Kerala and Maharashtra. Endemic as per Conspectus on Indian Gymnacranthera and Myristica D. Banik, P.P. Bora, V. Sampath Kumar and R.L. Bezbaruah- Rheedea Vol. 27(1) 1–12 2017 The Plant List Ver.1.1 (unresolved)  IPNI  GBIF (with […]

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Vicia tetrasperma

Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb. (syn: Ervum tenuissimum Pers.; Ervum tetraspermum L.; Vicia gemella Crantz; Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench; Vicia tetrasperma var. gracilis (Loisel.)Asch. & Graebn.; Vicia tetrasperma var. tenuissima Sensu Fernald (misapplied name));    Common name: Lentil Vetch, Smooth Tare, Smooth Vetch, Sparrow Vetch India (N); Bihar; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir; Punjab; Rajasthan; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal & […]

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Impatiens denisonii

Impatiens denisonii Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. III, 1: 41 1864.; Common name: Denison Balsam India: Common on moist rocks and tree trunks between 1000 to 1600 m altitude. Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India; Acaulescent herbs. Leaves alternate, deeply 2-lobed at base with a broad sinus, ovate-cordate, crenate at margin, […]

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Impatiens fruticosa

Impatiens fruticosa Lesch. ex DC., Prodr. 1: 687 1824. (syn: Balsamina fruticosa Leschen. ex Steud.); Common name: Shrubby Balsam India: Southern W. Ghats, margins of sholas at an altitude of 1000 m. Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India; S-India as per Catalogue of Life; Subshrubs. Leaves to 9 x 4 cm, […]

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Impatiens munronii

Impatiens munronii Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 160 1839. (Syn: Impatiens eriantha Turcz.); Common name: Munro’s Balsam India: Southern W. Ghats, 1500 – 2000 m. Tamil Nadu as per BSI Flora of India; S-India as per Catalogue of Life;   Impatiens munronii Wight – Family Balsaminaceae : 3 posts by 2 authors. 2 images. Location- […]

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Seminar botany 2018

Fwd: Seminar botany 2018 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)- Seminar 2018.pdf – 6 MB.  It is a pleasure to invite you in the Department of Botany & Forestry, Vidyasagar University for the coming two-day National Seminar entitled “Trends in Contemporary Research in Plant Science “.  Date of the seminar: March 29-30, 2018 Venue:  […]

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Rhododendron species- Kalimpong, West Bengal

  Re: Rhododendron with white flower from Darjeeling Himalayas : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. This photo was sent by a person from Kalimpong. He says this Rhododentron has white flowers Is it Rhododendron arboreum var. album Please identify it.

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Rhodiola species- Khardung La, Ladakh

  SK975 11 FEB-2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location : Way to Khardung La, India Altitude: Around  15-16000  Date:  24 August 2014 Habit : Wild  I am not sure if I had posted it earlier as I could not find in the list of posts ! This may be possibly Rhodiola species but not developed […]

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Ctenolepis garcinii

Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm. fil.) Naud., Fl. Brit. India 2: 629 1879. (syn: Blastania garcinii (Burm. fil.) Cogn.; Bryonia agrestis Raeusch.; Bryonia garcinii (Burm. fil.) Willd.; Bryonia reniformis Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Bryonia stipulacea Willd.; Bryonia triloba Lour.; Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm. fil.) C. B. Clarke (ambiguous synonym); Ctenolepis stipulacea Benth. & Hook. fil.; Pilogyne garcinii […]

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Ficus sycomorus (Cultivated)

Ficus sycomorus L., Sp. Pl. 1059 1753. (syn: Ficus aspera hort. ex Steud.; Ficus aspera f. parcellii (H.J.Veitch ex Cogn. & Marchal) J.E.Burrows; Ficus cocculifolia Baker; Ficus coronata Spin ex Colla; Ficus glandulosa hort. ex G.Don; Ficus parcellii H.J.Veitch ex Cogn. & Marchal; Ficus scabra Sim; Ficus turbinata Willd.; Sycomorus antiquorum Gasp.);         S-Tibesti, South Africa […]

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PLANT DISCOVERIES 2017

Fwd: PLANT DISCOVERIES 2017 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Greetings of New Year and Republic Day 2018 from Botanical Survey of India !BSI documenting plant diversity of our country and publishing  “Plant Discoveries”  an dedicated annual compendium for new species, new records of Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, Lichens,Fungi, Algae.         If you are working in […]

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Ficus ingens (Oman)

Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 288 1867. (syn: Ficus caffra (Miq.) Miq. ….; Ficus ingens var. tomentosa Hutch.; Ficus ingens var. tristis Warb.; Ficus ingentoides Hutchinson; Ficus katagumica Hutchinson; Ficus kawuri Hutchinson; Ficus ovato-cordata De Wild.; Ficus pondoensis Warb.; Ficus schimperiana Hochst. ex Miq.; Ficus stuhlmannii var. glabrifolia Warb.; Ficus xanthophylla Steud. […]

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Leea species- SGNP, Borivali, Mumbai

  Flower for Id – Id12022018SH3 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Flower for Id pl.Location -SGNP, Borivali, Mumbai Date – August 2017 Leea sp. Pl. check if you can match this image at Leea  

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Moss at Kodaikanal

  Request for ID of the moss : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Place: Bombay Shola, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu Date: 20/01/18 I think micro details are required for I’d.   Sorry. I was unable to get the micro details because of the limitations of the point and shoot camera.

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Impatiens elegans

Impatiens elegans Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. n.s., 20: 67 1859. ; Common name: Elegant Balsam India: Tamil Nadu (Anamallay hills Poonachi & Kadamparai 700 m to 1500 m) and Kerala (Travancore hills). Endemic. as per BSI Flora of India;   Impatiens elegans Bedd. : 3 posts by 2 authors. 3 images. Location- Eravikulam National […]

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Impatiens coelotropis

Impatiens coelotropis C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 390 1934.; S-India as per Catalogue of Life; India: Growing among rocks under trees that border streams on open grasslands and also amongst undergrowth in moist shola forests between 2,100 m to 2,500 m. Kerala (Southern W. Ghats in Nemakad gap and Anaimudi slopes) as per BSI […]

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Summer treking 2018

Fwd: Summer treking 2018 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5)  Every year hundreds of children take participate in the Summer trekking programmes organised by Youth hostels association of India, Pl. find the attached files for more details,  

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Carex moorcroftii ?

Carex moorcroftii Falc. ex Boott, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 288 1846. (Syn: Carex melanantha var. moorcroftii (Falc. ex Boott) Kük.) ?; China South-Central; Qinghai; Tibet; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life;

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