Microthlaspi

  Species with description in Flora of China : Microthlaspi perfoliatum (Linnaeus) F. K. Meyer   Thlaspi, Noccaea, Neurotropis & Microthlaspi (‎Brassicaceae) : 4 posts by 2 authors. I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Thlaspi, Noccaea, Neurotropis & Microthlaspi (Pl. click). Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India […]

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Kleinia balsamica

Kleinia balsamica (Dalzell & A.Gibson) P.Halliday, 442 1987. (Syn: Notonia balsamica Dalzell & A.Gibson); Images by Darshan Kokate (Id by Jui Pethe) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)    Fwd: Senecio cephalophorus for validation : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). sending images of Senecio cephalophorus from […]

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Halenia perrottetii

Halenia perrottetii Griseb., Prodr. 9: 129 1845. (Syn: Tetragonanthus perrottetii Kuntze);        Halenia-the only spurred gentian : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1). Nice one, we have one from Chakrata. Thanks … for showing this species..      References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved)  Type of Halenia perrottetii Griseb.  India Biodiversity Portal  Plant illustrations

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Macaranga species- Crocodile Bank, Chennai

      Tree for id (Crocodile Bank, Chennai) : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5). Can someone please help with the id of this tree.  The tree seems to be having peltate leaves. Just a guess, can it be related Macaranga peltata. I do not think it could be found wild in Madras. […]

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Campanula cashmeriana

Campanula cashmeriana Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 254 1835. (Syn: Campanula cashmeriana var. evolvulacea (Royle ex A.DC.) C.B.Clarke; Campanula evolvulacea Royle ex A.DC.; Campanula incanescens var. holosericea Korsh.; Campanula incanescens var. holosericea Korsch.; Campanula incanescens var. mollis Korsh.; Campanula kashmiriana Royle ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Campanula ruderalis Aitch. & Hemsl.; Codonopsis cashmeriana Royle [Spelling variant]); […]

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Wild herb from Dhaka

      Herb ID from Bangladesh SM122 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).   Habit: HerbHabitat: WildLocation: Dhaka City Please give nature of flowers sir… For me it could be Trianthema or Amaranthaceae sp. for time being…. They are just young plants. Please upload clicks in flowering, plus add one or two close […]

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Macrothelypteris ornata

Macrothelypteris ornata (Wall. ex Bedd.) Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 309. 1963 (syn: Aspidium ornatum (Wall. ex Bedd.) Christ; Dryopteris ornata (Wall. ex Bedd.) C. Chr.; Lastrea ornata (Wall. ex Bedd.) Copel.; Nephrodium ornatum (Wall. ex Bedd.) Christ.; Phegopteris ornata (Wall. ex Bedd.) J. Sm.; Polypodium ornatum Wall.;Thelypteris ornata (Wall. ex Bedd.) Ching);          Fern […]

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Amaranthaceae Week: Statistics

    Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week:: STATISTICS EXCELL SHEET: I have counted some 262 threads of discussion under the label Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week from my inbox. 25 genera were discussed and 62 species counted from the excel sheet prepared by me from the mentioned threads. * species each were discussed in Amaranthes and Alternanthera […]

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Exacum travancoricum

Exacum travancoricum Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 1: 24 1869. (Syn: Exacum courtallense var. travancorica (Bedd.) C.B.Clarke);    Leaves dense, fleshy, 1-1.5 x 0.6-0.8 cm, elliptic-ovate, obtuse to round at apex, attenuate at base; margins thin; midrib prominent, channeled above; nerves obscure. Pedicels 2-2.5 cm long, stout, winged. Calyx tube c.0.4-0.5 cm long, dorsally winged, […]

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Callisia gentlei var. elegans

Callisia gentlei var. elegans (Alexander ex H.E.Moore) D.R.Hunt, Kew Bull. 41: 411 1986. (Syn: Callisia elegans Alexander ex H.E.Moore);      Requesting ID of this ornamental species – Jijamata Udyan Flower Show, Mumbai – Feb 2014 :: 04JUL14 :: ARK-07 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Requesting to please ID this ornamental captured […]

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Gentiana capitata subsp. harwanensis

Gentiana capitata subsp. harwanensis (G.Singh) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov. Sect. Nat. 3: 36 1995. (Syn: Ciminalis harwanensis (G.Singh) Omer; Gentiana harwanensis G.Singh); Images by Gurcharan Singh, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details). Campanulaceae and Gentianaceae Fortnight: Gentianaceae-Gentiana harwanensis G. Singh from Kashmir-GSJUL07 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Gentiana […]

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Gentiana quadrifaria var. zeylanica

Gentiana quadrifaria var. zeylanica (Griseb.) Kusn., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 15: 403 1898. ;   Tufted herbs; stem 4-angular, angles narrowly winged. Leaves ovate, to 4 x 3 mm, estipulate, sessile, chartaceous, glabrous, 3-ribbed, midvein thickened, connate at base, base rounded, apex acute, mucronate, basal(rosette) leaves smaller than stem leaves. Cymes to 2 cm; bracts […]

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Henckelia missionis

Henckelia missionis (Wall. ex R.Br.) A.Weber & B.L.Burtt, Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 70: 350 1997-1998 publ. 1998. (Syn: Didymocarpus membranaceus Bedd.; Didymocarpus missionis Wall. ex R.Br.; Roettlera missionis Kuntze (Unresolved));    Picture of Didymocarpus missionis : 3 posts by 3 authors. Do anyone have a pictures of the following Endangered plants? 1. Didymocarpus missionis 2. Pseudoglochidion anamalayanum […]

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Litsea glutinosa ?

Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B. Robinson ?;      Plant for ID : 01072014 : RV 1 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). Please help to id this plant saw today (1.7.14) at SGNP, Borivali……. difficult to say whether it is a shrub or a tree as there were 3 to 4 of these […]

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Camassia

   Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S.Watson ? (Images by Alka Khare (Id assistance by Viplav Gangar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) 

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Streblus taxoides

Streblus taxoides (Roth) Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 2: 465 1877. (Syn: Phyllochlamys taxoides (Roth) Koord.; Trophis taxoides Roth);   Spinous shrub or small tree 2-3 m tall. Branchets curved, quite glabrous, with dark-yellow marginal hairs on one side, spines strong, 1-1.5 cm long. Leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate, 5-10 × 2-4 cm, […]

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Exacum wightianum

Exacum wightianum Arn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 11: 176 1839. (Syn: Exacum foliosum Griseb.; Lisianthius zeylanicus Spreng. (Unresolved));   Common name: Wight’s Persian Violet   Shrubs, stem 4-winged. Leaves opposite, 6 x 4 cm, broadly ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, 5-nerved, sessile. Cymes axillary and terminal; calyx lobes winged, 12 mm, lanceolate, wings to 4 mm […]

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Anemone blanda (Cultivated- USA)

Anemone blanda Schott & Kotschy, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 129 1854. (Syn: Anemone apennina subsp. blanda (Schott & Kotschy) Nyman; Anemonoides blanda (Schott & Kotschy) J. Holub); Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], , Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains, N-Cyprus), East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, […]

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