Artemisia species- Alibag, Maharastra

Artemisia sieversiana:   Local marathi name: Dawana At Alibag, Maharashtra A feedback from …: I have just commented on the Artemisia from Nubra Valley that I consider might be Artemisia sierversiana– it is clearly very different to this rather strange looking plant from Maharastra – which clearly is not A.sieversiana which Hooker gives a distribution of […]

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Acacia tanjorensis

Acacia tanjorensis “Ragup., Thoth. & Mahad.” ; MS/23/10/2016 – 7 – Request for Id of a tree : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)  I request the ID of the tree. Photographs attached herewith. No suggestion from my side. Acacia species ? Acacia ho sakta hai. Yes Accacia sp, may be A. senegal ??????? Unfortunately you […]

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Kalanchoe poincarei (Cultivated)

Kalanchoe poincarei R.-Hamet & Perrier, Bull. Géogr. Bot. 23: 148–151 1913. (syn: Bryophyllum mortagei (Ray.-Hamet & Perr.) G.E. Wickens ; Bryophyllum poincarei (Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier) R. Govaerts (ambiguous synonym) ; Bryophyllum poincarei (Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier) V. V. Byalt (ambiguous synonym) ; Kalanchoe mortagei R.-Hamet & H. Perrier; Kalanchoe poincarei var. mortagei (R.-Hamet & H. […]

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Plectranthus ciliatus (Cultivated- Kenya)

Plectranthus ciliatus E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 227 1838. (syn: Plectranthus natalensis Gürke); S. Africa as per WCSP;   Garden Plant For ID : Kenya : 05OCT16 : AK-3 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Cultivated, garden plant seen in a resort. Unfortunately, the picture of the flowers is not very clear. Orthosiphon species […]

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Identifying orchid hotspots for biodiversity conservation in Laos

Identifying orchid hotspots for biodiversity conservation in Laos : 3 posts by 3 authors. Please find one of our new publication on Orchids of Vang Vieng at the link below. It is freely downloadable. Hope you will like it. —- Citation: Kumar, P., S.W. Gale, A. Schuiteman, S. Bouamanivong & G.A. Fischer(2016). Identifying orchid hotspots […]

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Premna milleflora

Premna milleflora C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 576 1885. (syn: Gumira milleflora (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze); Tree about 60-80 ft tall, trunk about 7 ft girth. Bark greenish grey, blaze light, dun mottled with evenly distributed coarse strands of dark brown. Branchlets subtere or obtusely quadrangular, young parts pubescent, glabrous when mature. Leaves simple opposite, ovate-lanceolate, ovate, […]

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Luffa graveolens

Luffa graveolens Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 716 1832.;     Luffa graveolens Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae) from Pantnagar : DSR_Oct. 2016_3/3 : 4 posts by 3 authors. This cucurbit was seen along cultivated fields in Pantnagar area. Identified as Luffa graveolens Roxb., it also resemble to L. saccata, a new Australian species published by Telford […]

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Cuphea procumbens (Introduced)

Cuphea procumbens Ortega, Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec. 17 1797. (syn: Cuphea bilimekii Koehne; Cuphea erecta Hoffmanns.; Cuphea palustris Hemsl.; Cuphea procumbens Cav.; Cuphea purpurea hort. ex Lem.; Parsonsia bilimekii (Koehne) Standl.; Parsonsia procumbens (Cav.) A. A. Heller); C. America, naturalised around Kathmandu as per Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal; Mexico (Aguascalientes, Ciudad de […]

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Myosotis species- Darjeeling botanical garden

Androsace sarementosa for validation:  Androsace sarementosa perhaps, family primulaceae growing wild in the darjeeling botanical garden and elsewhere in the town photographed in the first week of april I hope a member of Boragnaceae, perhaps Myosotis sp. I do not know either of these two genera. However, i give my search result – Androsace spp seem […]

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Crateva adansonii subsp. odora ?

Crateva adansonii subsp. odora ?   please id the tree:  it is medium sized tree with trifolite leaves. picture of fruits are attached. tree is near to sea on paddy field. location is Alibag/raigad/maharashtra. please help to id These may be floral galls (not fruits) on Crateva species. Crataeva tapia fruits look like infected …. […]

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Myosotis scorpioides

Myosotis scorpioides L., Sp. Pl. 131 1753. (syn: Echioides palustris (Hill) Moench; Echioides perennis (Moench) Moench; Myosotis adpressa Stokes; Myosotis aspera LaMotte; Myosotis coronaria Dum.; Myosotis dumortieri Thielens; Myosotis geniculata Schur; Myosotis montana Pourr. ex Steud.; Myosotis multiflora Mérat; Myosotis nemorosa Bess.; Myosotis palustris Hill; Myosotis perennis Moench; Myosotis scorpioides subsp. multiflora (Merat) P. Foum.; […]

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Tripterygium wilfordii

Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. fil., Gen. Pl. 1: 368 1862. (syn: Tripterygium bullockii Hance; Tripterygium forrestii Loes.; Tripterygium hypoglaucum (H. Lév.) Hutchinson ; Tripterygium regelii Sprague & Takeda ; Tripterygium regelii var. occidentale T. Yamazaki; Tripterygium wilfordii var. regelii (Sprague & Takeda) Makino); China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S-Jilin, SE-Liaoning, Sichuan, N-Taiwan, Tibet, […]

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Sonerila grandiflora

Sonerila grandiflora R. Br., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4099 1831. (syn: Cassebeeria grandiflora (R. Br. ex Wall.) Kuntze);     Sonerila from south : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) ID please This sonerila from southern western ghats  Dated 25 sept 2009 Thanks, … Nice images. Pl. check comparative images at efi site: Sonerila – efloraofindia […]

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Cardamine pratensis (Europe)

Cardamine pratensis L., Sp. Pl. 656 1753.; Cardamine pratensis (cuckooflower or lady’s smock), is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia. The specific name pratensis is Latin for “meadow.” Cardamine pratensis is a herbaceous, hairless,[1] perennial plant growing to 40–60 cm tall, with pinnate leaves 5–12 cm long with […]

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Saussurea glanduligera

Saussurea glanduligera Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f., 371 1881. (syn: Saussurea glanduligera var. glanduligera ; Saussurea glanduligera var. major Hook.f.);   Ladakh flora 15, up. id pl : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location -on the way getting down from Kongmarula to Shang-sumdo  at the height of appro 4700 mtr. on 7th August 16. id […]

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