Pistacia chinensis Bunge, Mém. Sav. Étr. Acad. St. Pétersbourg 2: 89 1835. (Syn: Pistacia formosana Matsum.; Pistacia philippinensis Merr. & Rolfe; Rhus argyi H. Lév.; Rhus gummifera H. Lév.); Images by Gurcharan Singh & Aarti S. Khale (Identified by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Pistacia chinensis (English: Chinese pistache; Chinese: 黄连木; pinyin: huángliánmù) is […]
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54th Tree Appreciation Walk in MNP, Dharavi
54th Tree Appreciation Walk in MNP, Dharavi on 26th Oct,14 at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. Dear Friends, Under the sweltering Sun of October, the acoustic of the season has changed……..thundering, lightning and the rattle of the raindrops are the sound of past……….Crunch and the rustle of the falling leaves […]
State of Science in India
Letter to PM in state of Science in India : 1 post by 1 author. My open letter to PM: What India Wants? (2014) LabArchives, DOI:10.6070/H45B00DT Grab and comment!https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Felix_Bast/publication/267024913_My_open_letter_to_PM_Modi_What_India_wants/links/54410ffb0cf2a6a049a4b4ef?ev=pub_int_doc_dl&origin=publication_detail&inViewer=true
Pseuderanthemum species ?- Sri Lanka
PRD 16 2/10/14 : 10 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1). Please ID this small ornamental shrub with pinkish white flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec 2013. Ruspolia sp? Ruspolia saticalyx. Pseuderanthemum species To me it seems to be species of Pseuderanthemum. Thanks for the thread and discussion, this is another […]
Alnus cordata (Cultivated- USA)
Alnus cordata (Loisel.) Duby, Bot. Gall. 1: 423 1828. (Syn: Alnus cordata Desf. [Invalid]; Alnus cordata f. parvifolia Callier; Alnus cordifolia Ten.; Alnus cordifolia var. rotundifolia Regel; Alnus macrocarpa Req. ex Nyman; Alnus neapolitana Savi; Alnus nervosus Dippel; Alnus obcordata C.A.Mey. ex Steud. [Spelling variant]; Alnus rotundifolia Bertol. [Illegitimate]; Betula cordata Loisel.); NE. Corse, S. Italy (As per […]
Pereskia aculeata
Pereskia aculeata Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 s.p. 1768. (Syn: Cactus lucidus Salisb.; Cactus pereskia L.; Pereskia aculeata var. godseffiana (hort.) F.M. Knuth; Pereskia aculeata var. lanceolata Pfeiff.; Pereskia aculeata var. rotundifolia Pfeiff.; Pereskia aculeata var. rubescens Pfeiff.; Pereskia foetens Speg. in Weingart; Pereskia fragrans Lem.; Pereskia godseffiana hort.; Pereskia longispina Haw.; Pereskia pereskia (L.) […]
Indian Biodiversity Congress 2014, Chennai
Fwd: Event: Indian Biodiversity Congress 2014, Chennai, 18-20 December 2014 : 1 post by 1 author. Indian Biodiversity Congress – 2014 (IBC -2014) Central Secretariat: Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), MBC-27, Museum Bains Compound, Nanthancode, Kowdiar P.O., Thiruvananthapuram-695 003, Kerala. Telefax : +91 471-2722151, Mob: 09447216157, www.ibconline.co.in; biodiversitycongress@… Organizing Committee Office: C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC), 1 Eldams Road, […]
Alyogyne
Alyogyne hakeifolia (Giord.) Alef. (Cultivated- USA) Alyogyne huegelii (Endl.) Fryxell (Cultivated- USA)
Berberis tinctoria
Berberis tinctoria Lesch., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 306 1822. ; Images by P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) Evergreen, erect shrub, variable in size and form, often 1-2 m high, in forests to 4 m high; stems furrowed, pale brown; wood very tough, bright yellow; spines […]
21 mukhi Rudraksh
AKOCT05 : 4 posts by 4 authors. 1 image. Had been to Rishikesh last weekend and went and visited a few gem stores. They sold spatik malas, navrathan malas, etc. and also Rudraksh beads of many types. One particular Rudraksh at a State Government run shop caught my attention, the shopkeeper said this […]
Berberis nilghiriensis
IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR) Berberis nilghiriensis Ahrendt, J. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 11: 1 1945. ; A poorly known species, recorded only once, from an unspecified location in the Nilgiri Hills. Native: India (Tamil Nadu) Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Berberis nilghiriensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. […]
Cyperus flavescens
Cyperus flavescens L., Sp. Pl.: 46 (1753) (syn: Chlorocyperus flavescens (L.) Rikli; Distimus flavescens (L.) Raf.; Pycreus flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb.) as per WCSP; Pycreus flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 72 1830. (Syn: Chlorocyperus abyssinicus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Rikli; Chlorocyperus flavescens (L.) Rikli; Cyperus abyssinicus Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Cyperus durandii Boeckeler; […]
Fimbristylis complanata
Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 292 1827. (Syn: Cyperus amentaceus Rudge; Cyperus anceps Steud. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus complanatus (Retz.) Willd. [Illegitimate]; Fimbristylis amblyphylla Steud.; Fimbristylis anceps Steud. [Illegitimate]; Fimbristylis autumnalis var. complanata (Retz.) Kük. ..; Fimbristylis bequaertii De Wild.; Fimbristylis boeckeleri Steud.; Fimbristylis complanata subsp. complanata ; Fimbristylis complanata var. macrocarya Domin; Fimbristylis conferta A.Rich.; […]
Tephrosia pentaphylla
Tephrosia pentaphylla (Roxb.) G.Don (Syn: Galega pentaphylla Roxb.; Tephrosia senticosa sensu auct.; Tephrosia similis Chiov.); Africa: Ethiopia (N); Kenya (N) ; Mozambique (N); Somalia (N) ; Sudan (N); Tanzania (N) ; Uganda (N); Asia: India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh ; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Pondicherry ; Tamil Nadu ; Iran (N); Middle East: Oman (N) ; Yemen (N) […]
Stenotaphrum dimidiatum
Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn., Voy. Monde Phan.: 127 1832. (Syn: Panicum dimidiatum L.; Rottboellia complanata Sw. [Illegitimate]; Rottboellia dimidiata (L.) L.f.; Stenotaphrum complanatum (Sw.) Schrank; Stenotaphrum glabrum Trin. [Illegitimate]; Stenotaphrum glabrum var. multiflorum Döll; Stenotaphrum koenigii Schrank; Stenotaphrum madagascariense Kunth; Stenotaphrum swartzianum Nees); Common name: Pemba Grass Culms ascending from a prostrate, matty […]
Liquidambar formosana (Cultivated)
Liquidambar formosana Hance, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. V, 5: 215 1866. (Syn: Liquidambar acerifolia Maxim.; Liquidambar formosana var. monticola Rehder & E.H.Wilson; Liquidambar maximowiczii Miq.; Liquidambar tonkinensis A.Chev.); Images by Nidhan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Liquidambar formosana, commonly known as the Chinese sweet gum or Formosan gum, is a species of tree in the […]
Nymphaea alba
Nymphaea alba L., Sp. pl. 1:510. 1753 (Syn: (≡) Castalia alba (L.) Wood; (=) Castalia minoriflora Simonk.; (=) Castalia speciosa Salisb.; (≡) Leuconymphaea alba (L.) Kuntze; (=) Nymphaea alba f. csepelensis Soó; (=) Nymphaea alba f. limosa Soó; (=) Nymphaea alba var. melocarpa Casp.; (=) Nymphaea alba subsp. occidentalis (Ostenf.) Hyl.; (=) Nymphaea alba var. occidentalis […]
Silene species- England
England: 121014 TBN for id: TBN OCT 1 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Please id this, seen at “Heights of Abraham” a small hillock, on a grassy slope which is in the peak district of England; small herb. This is some Silene sp.
Eriocapitella hybrida (Introduced)
Eriocapitella hybrida (L. H. Bailey) Christenh. & Byng (Syn: Anemone hupehensis var. japonica (Thunb.) Bowles & Stearn; Anemone hupehensis var. simplicifolia W. T. Wang; Anemone hybrida (ambiguous synonym); Anemone hybrida (Hort. ex L. H. Bailey) Makino (ambiguous synonym); Anemone japonica (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc. (ambiguous synonym); Anemone nipponica Merrill; Anemone scabiosa H. Lév. & Vaniot; […]
Utricularia species- Rajgad near Pune
Rajgad, Sep 2014 :: Requesting ID of this tiny plant :: ARKSEP-24 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Yes, the flowers seem to be of Utricularia, the leaves may be any Smithia sp. Yes, the flowers seem to be of Utricularia, the leaves may be any Smithia sp. Utricularia– species […]
