Fwd: Invasive plants threaten wildlife : 2 posts by 2 authors. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/invasive-plants-threaten-wildlife/article6433166.ece Wild growth of invasive alien plants such as Senna spectabilis (calceolaria shower), Lantana, Eupatorium andParthenium is posing a threat to wildlife and indigenous plants in the forest areas of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, including the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS), a […]
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Crinum jagus (Cultivated)
Crinum jagus (J.Thomps.) Dandy, J. Bot. 77: 64 1939. (Syn: Amaryllis gigantea W.T.Aiton [Illegitimate]; Amaryllis jagus J.Thomps.; Amaryllis latifolia Lam.; Crinum bequaertii De Wild.; Crinum congolense De Wild.; Crinum giganteum Andrews; Crinum laurentii T.Durand & De Wild.; Crinum petiolatum Herb.; Crinum petiolatum var. spectabile Herb.; Crinum podophyllum Baker; Crinum spectabile Herb. ex Steud.; Crinum suaveolens […]
Fimbristylis ovata
Fimbristylis ovata (Burm.f.) J.Kern, Blumea 15: 126 1967. (Syn: Abildgaardia compressa J.Presl & C.Presl; Abildgaardia indica (Rich. ex Pers.) Nees; Abildgaardia javanensis Gand.; Abildgaardia monostachya (L.) Vahl; Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral; Abildgaardia rottboelliana Nees; Carex ovata Burm.f.; Cyperus caribaeus Pers. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus indicus Rich. ex Pers.; Cyperus monostachyos L.; Fimbristylis compressa Fern.-Vill.; Fimbristylis monostachya (L.) […]
Sarcostigma
Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn.
Orchid group on Indian Biodiversity Panel
Orchid group on Indian Biodiversity Panel : 1 post by 1 author. I am very happy to announce that Indian Biodiversity Panel has agreed & accepted my proposal to initiate online group on documenting orchid diversity of our country. On this portal, I request all my friends to please upload your orchid photos […]
Theriophonum dalzellii
Theriophonum dalzellii Schott, Aroideae 1: 15 1853. (Syn: Tapinocarpus dalzellii Schott; Theriophonum uniseriatum Blatt. & McCann); Images by Vijay Paithane (Id by Shaikh Mujaffar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Cormous herbs, corms ca. 2 cm diameter. Leaves with petioles 6.5-12.5 cm; lamina variable, usually hastate-sagittate […]
Dicranostigma lactucoides
Dicranostigma lactucoides Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 255 1855. (Syn: Chelidonium dicranostigma Prain [Illegitimate]; Chelidonium lactucoides (Hook.f. & Thomson) Prain; Glaucium lactucoides (Hook. f. & Thomson) Benth. & Hook. f.; Stylophorum lactucoides (Benth. & Hook. f.) Baill.); China (NW-Sichuan), S-Tibet, Chumbi, India (Uttar Pradesh, Garhwal), Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; Dicranostigma lactucoides […]
Dicranostigma
Dicranostigma lactucoides Hook.f. & Thomson (China (NW-Sichuan), S-Tibet, Chumbi, India (Uttar Pradesh, Garhwal), Nepal as per Catalogue of Life)
Saussurea graminifolia
Saussurea graminifolia Wall. ex DC., 536 1838. ; Images by D.S.Rawat (1) and Prashant (2,3,4-validation by D.S.Rawat) Saussurea graminifolia (Asteraceae) from Uttarakhand: Sep.2014_DSR_16 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Saussurea graminifolia (Asteraceae) photographed above Bhagwabasa near Roopkund (Chamoli) Uttarakhand 4500m altitude. Thanks for showing rare alpine beauty Saussurea graminifolia?? […]
YHAI, Rajasthan STATE BRANCH 2014-15 PROGRAM
Fwd: YOUTH HOSTELS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA, RAJASTHAN STATE BRANCH 2014-15 PROGRAM : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (11). Youth Hostels Association of India Rajasthan State Branch Org. 2014-15 Program. 01. NATIONAL ARAVALLI RANAKPUR KUMBHALGARH TREKKING EXP.2014 02. NATIONAL FAMILY DESERT ADVENTURE CAMPING JAISALMER-2014 03. MOUNT ABU FAMILY CAMPING -2014 04. THE GREAT […]
Liparis species
Litsea ghatica
Litsea ghatica Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 67 1985. ; Habit– Trees up to 6 m tall. Trunk & Bark– Bark smooth, brown. Branches and Branchlets– Branchlets terete, grey tomentose. Leaves– Leaves simple, alternate, subverticillate; petiole 1-2.5 cm long, subterete, densely tomentose; lamina 9-34 x 6-13 cm, obovate, apex abruptly acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, […]
Arenaria glanduligera
Arenaria glanduligera Edgew., Fl. Brit. India 1: 240 1874. (Syn: Dichodon glanduligerum (Edgew.) Ikonn.); Id300910ns02 : Attachments (1). 14 posts by 6 authors. This is one more. Seen at approximately 13000ft asl in Chamoli Saxifraga !! roylei may be. Saxifraga roylei I think Could this be Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)? http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Henbane.html A clearer […]
Burmannia disticha
Burmannia disticha L., Sp. Pl. 287 1753. (Syn: Burmannia bancana Miq.; Burmannia distachya R.Br. [Illegitimate]; Burmannia disticha var. sumatrana (Miq.) Hook.f.; Burmannia disticha var. summatrana (Miq.) Hook. f.; Burmannia graminifolia Warb.; Burmannia sumatrana Miq.); Burmannia disticha is distributed in South and Southeast Asia to tropical Australia. In India it is foind in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, […]
Euonymus carnosus (Cultivated)
Euonymus carnosus Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 118 1886. (Syn: Euonymus batakensis Hayata; Euonymus platycline Ohwi; Euonymus tanakae Maxim.; Genitia batakensis (Hayata) Nakai; Genitia carnosus (Hemsl.) H.L.Li & Ding Hou; Genitia tanakae (Maxim.) Nakai; Masakia carnosa (Hemsl.) Nakai); Small tree for id from Llyods Botanical Garden, Darjeeling:: NS Sept 06 : 6 […]
Alstroemeriaceae
Alstroemeria aurea Graham. (Images by N. Muthu Karthick, Identified by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Alstroemeria pelegrina L. (Kenya) (Images by Aarti S Khale, Identified by Gurcharan Singh & Tanay Bose (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Bomarea species- Darjeeling (Images by Nidhan Singh, Identified by Surajit Koley (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Alstroemeriaceae page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 […]
Phyllocephalum ritchiei
Phyllocephalum ritchiei (Hook.f.) Narayana, 438 1982.; References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 Biodiversity in India, Volume 2 edited by T. Pullaiah (Phyllocephalum ritchie (Hook.f.) Narayana); Hot spots of endemic plants of India, Nepal and Bhutan by M. P. Nayar – Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, 1996 – Science – 252 pages (Phyllocephalum ritchie (Hook.f.) […]
Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus
Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Kew Bull. 48: 719 1993. (Syn: Desmostemon zeylanicus Thwaites; Fahranheitis minor (Thwaites) Airy Shaw; Fahrenheitia zeylanica (Thwaites) Airy Shaw; Ostodes zeylanica (Thwaites) Müll.Arg.; Trigonostemon zeylanicus (Thwaites) Müll.Arg.); Images by Anurag N. Sharma Malayalam: Modakam, Modha, Vellamaram Habit– Trees up to 30 m tall. Trunk & Bark– […]
Paracroton
Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab. Images by Anurag N. Sharma
Leucas hirta
Leucas hirta (B.Heyne ex Roth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 743 1825. (Syn: Leucas helianthemifolia Benth.; Phlomis hirta B.Heyne ex Roth); Images by P. Santhan & N Muthu Karthick (Id by P. Santhan) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Erect herbs; branches covered with reflexed hairs. Leaves […]
