Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum (Cultivated)

Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum Yieh, China: Bull. Hort. Special Issue 1942(2): 33 1942. (Syn: Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum H.T. Chang);  Loropetalum chinense is commonly known as the Chinese fringe flower. Two forms of L. chinense exist; a white- (to pale-yellow-) flowering green-leafed variety and a pink-flowering variety with leaves varying from bronze-red when new to […]

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SANITATION

    Re: SANITATION : 2 posts by 2 authors. I got few lessons, observing activities in different bird nests. I worked on bird nests of some 13 different bird species in last 10 years and so. It was a great education for me.Attaching an image of a Magpie Robin. The image is self explanatory. […]

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Carex species- Khillenmarg, Kashmir

      Cyperaceae member for ID from Kashmir-GSFEB01/01 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Please help in ID of this member of Cyperaceae photographed from Khillenmarg in Kashmir, alt. 3000 m I think Fimbristylis sp.. It looks like a Carex species of high altitude. Need a mature specimen to identify the species. […]

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Solanum pyracanthos (USA)

Solanum pyracanthos Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 2: 22 1794. ;       Solanaceae Fortnight: Solanum pyracanthos from California-GSFEB61/64 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Solanum pyracanthos Lam. Porcupine tomato Evergreen shrub with long yellow prickles, thicker lobed leaves and blue flowers. Photographed from California. are berries red? and covered in spines? for them to get […]

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59th Tree Appreciation Walk at Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane

    59th Tree Appreciation Walk at Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane on 15th March at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. Dear Friends, It is said that there is an art to using color in the garden so that it sparkle and sings………colors are one of the major feature that drew us to […]

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Uses of 100 trees that mingled with our life

    A book on 100 trees (In Tamil ) by Dr P.Santhan : 9 posts by 8 authors. Attachments (1) I am happy to announce that I have released a book in Tamil entitled “Nam valvodu inainda 100 marangalin payangal” ( Uses of 100 trees that mingled with our life). Botanical description, related plants, […]

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Premna coriacea var. villosa

Premna coriacea var. villosa (C.B.Clarke) A.Rajendran & P.Daniel, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 38: 43 1996 publ. 2001. (Syn: Gumira villosa (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Premna coriacea (C.B. Clarke) A. Rajendran & P. Daniel; Premna villosa C.B.Clarke);   Large climbers; bark pale brown, smooth. Leaves opposite, up to 17 x 12 cm, ovate, acute or shortly acuminate at […]

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Caralluma bicolor

Caralluma bicolor V.S.Ramach., S.Joseph, H.A.John & Sofiya, Nordic J. Bot. 29: 447 2011. ;         Notes on Justicia notha and Caralluma bicolor and Amomum nilgiricum : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4) Pls find some more literature on … Caralluma bicolor                References: The Plant […]

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Justicia notha

Justicia notha C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 537 1885. (Syn: Ecbolium nothum (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze);   Clarke ; stems simple glabrous, leaves sessile oblong white-setulose on the nerves beneath, bracts elliptic, sepals linear-oblong white-setulose upwards. Rostellularia simplex, Wight Ic. t. 1542 (not Justicia simplex, D. Don). India ? ; Herb. Wight. Stems 1 foot, slender, 4-5-angular. […]

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Eleocharis khandwaensis

Eleocharis khandwaensis sp. nov. Shaikh Mujaffar, A. N. Chandore and S. R. Yadav, Nordic Journal of Botany 32: 710–712, 2014. ;       Fwd: Eleocharis khandwaensis sp. nov. (Cyperaceae) from the Madhya : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- shaikh paper.pdf Congratulation to all the authors. A nice finding        References: onlinelibrary wiley […]

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Please serialize your posts and give unique subject line to each

  Please serialize your posts and give unique subject line to each : 2 posts by 2 authors. It has been noticed that some new members do not serialize their posts, which not only makes documentation difficult, but also gives chances of threads mixing up.  Members are requested to serialize their posts each month as […]

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Lycianthes denticulata

Lycianthes denticulata (Blume) Bitter, Lycianthes 473–475 1919. (syn: Solanum denticulatum Blume; Solanum membranaceum Wight ex C. B. Cl. (ambiguous synonym); Solanum nigrum Leschen. ex Dun. (ambiguous synonym));   Java, Vietnam, India, Malaysia as per Catalogue of Life;       Solanaceae Week: Lycianthes denticulata PKFEB03/03 : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2) Lycianthes denticulata: Collected from […]

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Venu Potharaju

    List of Publications   1.                   V. Seshavatharam  &  P.Venu 1981. Some observations on the ecology of Kolleru lake. Jour. Ecol. Environ. Sci. 7: 35–44.                2.                   V. Seshavatharam & P. Venu 1981. Mineral accumulation by two submerged aquatic weeds of Lake Kondakarla. Proc. 8th Asian Pacific weed Sci. Soc. Conf. 329–333.   3.                   […]

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Jalal Jeewan Singh

    Dr. Jeewan Singh Jalal, Scientist-‘C’ Botanical Survey of India Western Regional Centre 7, Koregaon Road, Pune- 411004   PUBLICATIONS   1.        Jadhav, C.R., J.S.Jalal & J. Jayanthi (2015). Extended Distribution of Phalaenopsis deliciosa (Orchidaceae) in Goa, Weatsern Ghats, India. Richardiana 15: 161-167. 2.        Rai, I.D., J.S.Jalal, Gajendra Singh & G.S.Rawat (2014). Platanthera pachycaulon […]

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Rao Raghavendra R.

    PUBLICATIONS OF DR. R. R. RAO     BOOKS:   1.       R.R.Rao & B.A.Razi. Flowering Plants of Mansagangotri. Prasaranga Publication. Mysore.1974.   2.       S.K.Jain & R.R.Rao A Handbook of Field and Herbarium Methods. Today and Tomorrow’s Publishers. New Delhi. 1980.   3.       R.R.Rao & B.A.Razi. A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District. Today and […]

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Khan Mohammed Latif

    List of Publications of Dr. M. L. Khan   Published in journals:   S. No. Title 1.              Ray P. C., Kumar A., Devi A., Khan M. L., Krishna M. and Brockelman W. Y. 2015. Role of habitat characteristics on group density of Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in Namdapha National Park of […]

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Kotresha K.

   PAPERS AND BOOK PUBLISHED   Dr. K. Kotresha Associate professor, Taxonomy and Floristic Lab. HEAD, BOTANY DEPARTMENT Karnatak Science College, Karnatak University Constituent College, Dharwad- 580 001 Mobile: 9449897532      i. Papers / Articles:   01.  Seetharam Y. N. and Kotresha K. 1992. Floristics Studies in and Around Gulburga University, Guluburga, Karnataka Part I.  […]

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Seminar on climate change

    Fwd: CLIMATE CHANGE : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Please find attached the intimation about a seminar on climate change. Your deliberations would immensely help the scientific society to disseminate and to create awareness about the present scenario and future alarming consequences of the climate change. Hence, you are requested to […]

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