Hibiscus hastatus

Hibiscus hastatus L. f., Suppl. pl. 310. 1782 (“1781”) (syn: (≡) Hibiscus tiliaceus subsp. hastatus (L. f.) Borss. Waalk.; (≡) Talipariti hastatum (L. f.) Fryxell);    Images by Dr.Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Shrub or small tree differering from T. tiliaceum in unevenly 3-lobed leaves, with terminal lobe twice as long as lateral lobes; […]

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Dunbaria glandulosa

Dunbaria glandulosa (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Prain (syn: Atylosia glandulosa (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Dalzell; Atylosia glandulosa Dalzell & A.Gibson; Atylosia rostrata Baker; Cajanus glandulosus Dalzell & A.Gibson); Asia1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10:   Bangladesh(N)3, 6, India(N)1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, Myanmar(N)2, 3, Nepal(N)3, 10, Thailand(N)2 India:   Assam1, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli7, Goa9, Gujarat5, Karnataka9, […]

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Dunbaria

Dunbaria glandulosa (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Prain      Dunbaria species ?- Imphal, Manipur  

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ROLE OF INSTRUMENTATION FOR FOOD SAFETY

Workshop at CEPCI- reg : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) We would like to invite you to attend the workshop titled   “ROLE OF INSTRUMENTATION FOR FOOD SAFETY” from 17th TO 19th AUGUST 2015 at Cashew Bhavan, Kollam. The workshop brochure and registration form is enclosed. Kindly circulate the information to the candidates. […]

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Corydalis pseudojuncea

Corydalis pseudojuncea Ludlow & Stearn, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot. 5(2): 62 1975; S-Tibet, W-Nepal, India (Kumaon) as per Catalogue of Life; Perennial herbs, about 12-30 cm tall. Stem slender, weak and glabrous. Root stocks fascicled, thick, spindle-shaped, storage roots. Radical leaves few, normally solitary, biternate and rarely tri-ternate, leaflets deeply incised narrow, broadly […]

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Young seedlings

  NA20/07 Require Id for the plant covering ground : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Identification required for the plant with a pattern similar to numeric shape of “8” Location where photographed : Thane, Maharashtra Date: 15th June 2015 These seems to be the young seedlings. Let the plants to become mature with […]

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Sesbania sesban var. bicolor

Sesbania sesban var. bicolor (Wight & Arn.) F.W.Andrews (syn: Sesbania aegyptiaca var. bicolor Wight & Arn.; Sesbania atropurpurea Taub.);   India; also cultivated in tropics (from GRIN);  Brazil (U); China (N); Yunnan ; India (N);  Mauritius (I) as per ILDIS;     Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Sesbania for id :: Panipat :: NS OCT 111/111 : 5 posts by […]

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Vatica lanceifolia

Vatica lanceifolia (Roxburgh) Blume, Mus. Bot. 2: 31 1856. (syn: Vateria lanceifolia Roxburgh); Medium-sized tree. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 12-18 x 5-7cm, acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous, lateral veins 10-12 pairs; petioles 1-2 cm, thickened above. Calyx 4mm, lobes ovate, acute. Petals cream-coloured, 2-2.5 x 0.3-0.4cm. Stamens 2-3mm. Ovary ovoid, 2mm, style ± as long, thickened above, 3-branched. […]

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Jatropha maheshwarii

Jatropha maheshwarii Subram. & Nayar, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6: 331 1965. ; Image by Padmanabha Iyer & S.Kasim (Both identified by Dr. N. P. Balkrishnan), (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade & J.M.Garg) Identification of Plant specimen- Euphorbiaceae : 12 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2) Pl help me to identify the attached specimen. The leaf stalk […]

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Principles and Practices of Wildlife Management

Fwd: BNB-HOPE Environment Science Lecture Series: : 1 post by 1 author. BNB-HOPE Environment Science Lecture Series: Lecture No 7: “Principles and Practices of Wildlife Management”  by Dr. Sasikumar Menon   Wildlife provides many benefits to human beings such as food, fuel wood, medicines and other products apart from the aesthetics. Thus, conservation of wildlife and […]

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Helixanthera intermedia

Helixanthera intermedia Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 10: 317 1929. ; India: Evergreen forests, on a limited number of hosts, i. e. Cinnamomum spp., Helicteres isora, Machilus macrantha, etc. Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as per BSI Flora of India; Glabrous shrubs. Leaves ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, base obtuse, truncate, or sub-cordate ; petiole 1 […]

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Hibiscus talbotii

Hibiscus talbotii (Rakshit) T.K.Paul & M.P.Nayer, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22: 198 1980 publ. 1982.; References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 (unresolved) IPNI  Flora of Karnataka  India Biodiversity Portal  IBIS Flora  Malvaceae of Southern Peninsular India: A Taxonomic Monograph By V. V. Sivarajan, A. K. Pradeep (1996)  Biodiversity in India, Volume 2 By T. Pullaiah (2006)

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Epipactis royleana

Epipactis royleana Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 461 1840. (syn: Amesia royleana (Lindl.) Hu; Arthrochilium royleanum (Lindl.) Szlach.; Cephalanthera royleana (Lindl.) Regel; Helleborine royleana (Lindl.) Soó; Limodorum royleanum (Lindl.) Kuntze);   Epipactis (Orchidaceae) species for ID: July 2015_DSR_2 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) This wild ground orchid was shot in Munsyari (Uttarakhand) […]

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Crotalaria species- Nilgiris, Tamilnadu

    Crotalari of Nilgiris of June 15 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Crotalaria like…Nilgirs, Tamilnadu, 1900 MSL. v shaped braching, 3 feet long. Tri-foliate leafs. Upper part of stem, leaf and calyx tomentose and rusty, lower parts don’t have this character. All branches seem to end in flower, no further branching […]

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Justicia vahlii

Justicia vahlii Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 14 1821. (Syn: Justicia diffusa var. vahlii (Roth) C.B.Clarke; Justicia vahlii var. vahlii ; Rostellaria vahlii (Roth) Nees; Rostellularia vahlii (Roth) Nees; Rostellularia vahlii var. rupicola J.L.Ellis); India and Pakistan (from Flora of Pakistan) Stout, much branched annual herbs, rootstock somewhat woody; stem quandrangular, pubescent. Leaves opposite, 2.5-4 x […]

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Abutilon ‘Alpha Centauri’

  Malvaceae Fortnight: Abutilon ‘Alpha Centauri’ from California-GSJULY08/08 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Abutilon ‘Alpha Centauri’, evergreen shrub with showy white flowers, photographed from Farmers Market, Mountain View, California. 

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Micropera pallida

Micropera pallida (Roxb.) Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1522 1832. (syn: Aerides pallida Roxb.; Camarotis apiculata Rchb.f.; Camarotis pallida (Roxb.) Lindl.; Dendrocolla apiculata (Rchb.f.) Zoll. ex Rchb.f.; Micropera apiculata (Rchb.f.) Garay; Saccolabium saxicolum Ridl.; Sarcanthus apiculatus (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.; Sarcanthus thorelii Guillaumin; Sarcochilus cochinchinensis G.Nicholson; Sarcochilus roxburghii Hook.f.); E. India to W. Malesia (from WCSP) […]

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