Rhaphiolepis indica var. umbellata (Cultivated- USA)

Rhaphiolepis indica var. umbellata (Thunb.) H.Ohashi, 988 4 1988. (syn: Laurus umbellata Thunb.; Mespilus sieboldii Blume; Rhaphiolepis indica var. integerrima (Hook. & Arn.) Kitam.; Rhaphiolepis integerrima Hook. & Arn.; Rhaphiolepis mertensii Siebold & Zucc.; Rhaphiolepis ovata Briot; Rhaphiolepis umbellata (Thunb.) Makino; Rhaphiolepis umbellata f. ovata (Briot) C.K.Schneid.);     Rosaceae Fortnight: Rhaphiolepis umbellata ‘Minor’ from […]

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Securidaca inappendiculata subsp. inappendiculata

Securidaca inappendiculata Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar. 295 1848. (Syn: Elsota bracteata (A.W.Benn.) Kuntze; Elsota tavoyana (Wall. ex A.W.Benn.) Kuntze; Lophostylis javanica Miq.; Securidaca bracteata A.W. Benn.; Securidaca paniculata Roxb.; Securidaca paniculata Roxb. ex Wall.;  Securidaca scandens Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.; Securidaca tavoyana Wall. ex A.W. Benn.; Securidaca volubilis Blanco); China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), India (West Bengal, […]

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Securidaca

Securidaca inappendiculata Hassk. (China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), India (West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Orissa), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Java, Borneo, peninsular Malaysia (scattered), Thailand, Myanmar [Burma] (Taninthayi, Yangon), Laos as per Catalogue of Life)    Species as per Flora of Peninsular India: Securidaca inappendiculata Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal […]

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Arisaema griffithii var. pradhanii

    Help for Literature : 2 posts by 2 authors. Do anyone have access to Himalayan Plant Journal.?? Needed one paper on Arisaema, published by Dr. U.C. Pradhan Arisaema griffithii var. pradhanii (C.E.C.Fisch.) Pradhan, Himalayan Pl. J. 4(9-10): 16 (1986). A scanned copy would be much helpful.        

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If Hard disc refuses to open

    If Hard disc refuses to open : 8 posts by 7 authors. Many of us must be having their collection of photographs on hard drives, and even maintaining two copies on separate drives, as we have often heard about external hard drives getting corrupted and all data lost. I maintain two 1tb hard […]

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Molecular Phylogeny Workshop

    Fwd: [Fwd: Molecular Phylogeny Workshop] : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). I have attached info regarding the molecular phylogeny workshopthat we organize at CES. Spread the word around.        

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Ophiorrhiza hirsutula

Ophiorrhiza hirsutula Wight ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 81 1880. ;   Undershrubs; stem, peduncles, calyx and capsules rusty pubescent. Leaves opposite, 3-8 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate-lanceolate, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, round to broadly attenuate at base; petioles 0.8-2.5 cm long; stipules broadly ovate, caudately acuminate at apex, pubescent. Cymes terminal, 1.5-2.5 […]

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Symplocos kurgensis

Symplocos kurgensis C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 3: 576 1882. (Syn: Eugeniodes hebanthum (Thw. ex C. B. Cl.) Kuntze; Eugeniodes hohenackeri (C. B. Cl.) Kuntze; Eugenioides kurgense Kuntze; Symplocos hebantha Thw. ex C. B. Cl.; Symplocos hohenackeri C. B. Cl.; Symplocos macrophylla var. kurgensis (C. B. Cl.) Nooteboom); India (Mysore, Mercara, Coorg), Sri Lanka as per […]

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Porophyllum ruderale (Java)

Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass., 56 1826.;   Images by Pudji Widodo (Id by Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)         Plant of Central Java 18 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).   A kind of Asteraceae found in coastal area of Cilacap. ID […]

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Porophyllum

  Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass. (Images by Pudji Widodo (Id by Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) 

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Top 10 New Species for 2014

    on the occasion of birtheday of Carl von Linne : 1 post by 1 author. Scientists Announce Top 10 New Species for 2014http://www.esf.edu/communications/view.asp?newsID=2731

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Liliaceae member ?

Liliaceae member ?;           Fwd: [efloraofindia:188759] ID fro Nervalia : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). This can not be an Orchid. Probably a Liliaceae member. Another plant with similar spelling is Naravelia (Ranunculaceae) with only one species in India N.zeylanica. However, it is not N.zeylanica.      

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Commelina beddomei

Commelina beddomei Nandikar & Gurav nom. nov., Plant Sciences Feed 2014; 4(1):1-5. (Replaced synonym: Commelina hirsuta (Wight) Bedd. (Beddome 1880:122) [7], as ‘Commelyna’ non C. hirsuta R. Br. (Brown 1814: 62) [8] nec C. hirsuta Willd. ex Link (Sprengel et al.,1820:74) [11], C. hirsuta Hort. ex Kunth (1843:660) [12], C. hirsuta Hochst. ex A. Rich. […]

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Parsonsia

Parsonsia alboflavescens (Dennst.) Mabb. (Images by Sourav Mahmud (Id by Tapas Chakrabarty & Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) & Dinesh Valke (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))   FLOWERING PLANTS OF INDIA, DICOTYLEDONS, Vol-I (Acanthaceae-Avicenniaceae) authored by S. Karthikeyan, M. Sanjappa and S. Moorthy and published by BSI, Kolkata in 2009 is an […]

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Macaranga triloba

Macaranga triloba (Thunb.) Müll.Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 989 1866. (Syn: Macaranga cornuta Müll.Arg.; Macaranga quadricornis Ridl.; Pachystemon trilobus (Thunb.) Blume; Ricinus trilobus Reinw. ex Blume [Illegitimate]; Ricinus trilobus Thunb.; Rininus trilobus Thunb.; Tanarius cornutus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Tanarius trilobus (Thunb.) Kuntze);       Plant of Central Java 15 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2). A shrub […]

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Rhinacanthus calcaratus

Rhinacanthus calcaratus Nees, Prodr. 11: 444 1847. ;    Images by Sourav Mahmud (Identified by Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)   Shrub Id from Bangladesh (Acanthaceae family?) : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: Shrub Habitat: Hill slope Location: Bandarban, Bangladesh Flowering: March Any Phlogacanthus ? Can you ensure if leaves have acuminate apices? […]

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Gardenia coronaria

Gardenia coronaria Buch.-Ham., Embassy Ava ed. 2, 3: 307 1809. (syn: Gardenia carinata Griff. [Illegitimate]; Gardenia carinata Thwaites [Illegitimate]; Gardenia costata Roxb.; Yangapa flava Raf.); India to Pen. Malaysia (Langkawi) as per WCSP; Andaman Is.; Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Malaya; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life; Gardenia id FROM Bangladesh SM012 : 3 posts by […]

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50th Tree Appreciation Walk on Mangrove at Bhandup Pumping Station

  50th Tree Appreciation Walk on Mangrove at Bhandup Pumping Station on 25th May,14 at 7.00 am : 4 posts by 4 authors. We move in to our 50th Walk in this month………You  and us, together, months after months, seasons after seasons, have glided  through the green corridors of Mumbai…….like the historic & heritage Rani […]

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Cryptolepis sinensis

Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 254 1919. (Syn: Aganosma edithae Hance (Unresolved); Cryptolepis edithae (Hance) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Maxim.; Cryptolepis elegans Wall. ex G.Don; Cryptolepis elegans var. ciliata Costantin; Cryptolepis laxiflora Blume; Cryptolepis pauciflora Wight; Emericia sinensis (G.Don) Roem. & Schult.; Pergularia sinensis Lour.; Periploca chinensis (Lour.) Spreng.; Streptocaulon chinense (Lour.) G. […]

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