Helicanthes elasticus

Helicanthes elasticus (Desv.) Danser, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Tweede Sect. Sect. 2, 29(6): 55 1933. (Syn: Loranthus elasticus Desv.);     Helicanthes elasticus (Desv.) Danser SN Dec 20 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Helicanthes elasticus (Desv.) Danser, parasitic shrub on trees, wild from Siddapur area of Karnataka Was just […]

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Croton zeylanicus

Croton zeylanicus Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 107 1865. (Syn: Croton hypoleucus Dalzell [Illegitimate]; Oxydectes zeylanica (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze);   KROH-tun — Greek: kroton (tick) due to the seed’s similarity in shape … Dave’s Botanaryzey-LAN-ee-kus — of or from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: Ceylon croton • Malayalam: പൊരിവട്ട porivatta • Marathi: पांढरी pandhari […]

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47. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Nov.’14

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Nov.’14- more than 10,000 species : 3 posts by 3 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindiais the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with more than 2,08,000 messages so far & […]

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Callistemon speciosus (Cultivated- USA)

Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 155 1826. (syn: Callistemon glaucus (DC.) Sweet; Callistemon heleogiton Domin; Callistemon salignus var. paludosus (R.Br.) F.Muell.; Callistemon speciosus (Sims) DC.; Callistemon speciosus var. glaucus DC.; Melaleuca paludosa R.Br.; Metrosideros crassifolia Dum.Cours.; Metrosideros glauca Dum.Cours.; Metrosideros glauca Bonpl. [Illegitimate]; Metrosideros speciosa Sims):   Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more […]

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Echeveria species/ hybrids- Shimla

      Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Succulent for identification 19: Some Sempervivum sp. : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). Kindly help with identification of this cultivated Sempervivum sp..Place: Shimla The plant uploaded seems to be Sempervivum tectorum Its an echeveria..   not a sempervium… leaf shape color translucency etc are very different… […]

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Eleocharis species- Bangladesh

    Cypreaceae ID from Bangladesh SM 180 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Habitat: Wild It looks like an Eleocharis species. Need photograph of an inflorescence to confirm identity of the species.          

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Eucalyptus leucoxylon

Eucalyptus leucoxylon F.Muell., Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 33 1855. (syn: Eucalyptus gracilipes Naudin; Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. angulata Benth.; Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. erythrostema Miq.; Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. leucoxylon ; Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. rostellata Miq.; Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. rubra Guilf.; Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. rugulosa Miq.);   Eucalyptus leucoxylon, commonly known as Yellow Gum, Blue Gum or […]

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Haworthia fasciata

Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 54 1821. (Syn: Aloe fasciata (Willd.) Salm-Dyck ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Aloe fasciata var. major Salm-Dyck; Aloe subfasciata Salm-Dyck ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Apicra fasciata Willd.; Catevala fasciata (Willd.) Kuntze; Catevala subfasciata (Salm-Dyck ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze; Haworthia browniana Poelln.; Haworthia fasciata f. browniana (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer ……..; Haworthia […]

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Myriophyllum tetrandrum

Myriophyllum tetrandrum Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 1: 470 1820. (syn. Myriophyllum indicum sensu C.B.Clarke) as per Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 ;      Myriophyllum ? from Hooghly 23/11/12 sk: 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8) Attaching photographs of an aquatic herb that seems to me a […]

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Climber from Assam

      ID of climber from Assam KD 07 Dec’14 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Attached images are vegetative part of a unknown climber. No flowering is found. Please ID the plant.  Date :12.12.2014 Location: Assam Family : ?? Genus & species : ?? Habitat: Grows wild on hilly slopes Habit […]

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Nepenthes species- young seedling- Sri Lanka

  HALDU 2 2014/12/20 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Please ID this Nepanthaceae plant. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Mar 2013. It is difficult to identify a Nepenthes species with an young seedling. Sri Lanka’s native species is Nepenthes distillatoria L. But in Colombo and Nuwara Eliya, the Borneo Exotics, the most […]

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Echeveria species/ hybrids- Shimla

      Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight:: Crassulaceae:: For id from Shimla- NS 23 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Please suggest id for this herb, recorded from Shimla.. I must say the pics are not enough to conclude anything.. Even I have posted same plant clicked at Solan. Echeveria cultivar, 50%, if […]

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Commelina appendiculata

Commelina appendiculata C.B.Clarke, Commelyn. Cyrtandr. Bengal. t. 13 1874. (Syn: Commelina alba Buch.-Ham. ex C.B.Clarke);   Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. 13 ; Monogr. 186 ; leaves sessile linear or linear-lanceolate, spathes very long-peduncled lanceolate deeply cordate complicate, seeds oblong smooth appendaged at both ends, or in the dorsal cell smaller or 0. C. communis […]

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Sempervivum cultivars- California

      Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight : Crassulaceae For ID : California : 17DEC14 : AK-23 :    5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Another very tiny plant seen in Los Angeles on 5/10/14. Again I do not have any idea. Another Sempervivum cultivar. Thanks for suggested id. I will try searching further.   […]

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Crassulaceae member- MNP, Mumbai

      Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight : Crassulaceae For ID : MNP,Mumbai : 18DEC14 : AK-30 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) At the BBC Show in MNP, Mumbai on 30/3/13. Small, cultivated, potted plant.            

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