Pandanus dubius (Cultivated)

Pandanus dubius Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 897 1826. (Syn: Barrotia gaudichaudii Brongn.; Barrotia macrocarpa (Vieill.) Brongn.; Barrotia tetrodon Gaudich.; Hombronia edulis Gaudich.; Pandanus andamanensium Kurz; Pandanus bagea Miq. [Illegitimate]; Pandanus bidoer Jungh.; Pandanus bidur Jungh. ex Miq.; Pandanus compressus Martelli; Pandanus dubius var. compressus (Martelli) B.C.Stone; Pandanus edulis (Gaudich.) de Vriese [Illegitimate]; Pandanus hombronia F.Muell.; […]

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Valley of Flowers – photography exhibition

    Valley of Flowers – photography exhibition : 1 post by 1 author. Photography exhibition by Mr Bibhas Amonkar, on Valley of flowers national park, between 11th to 16 April at Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.          

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Alysicarpus species ?- Central Java

    Plant of Central Java 6 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).  We need to know our creeping herb please. This plant is found near the sea. Thank you ALYSICARPUS Sp.??… Thank you      

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Annona × atemoya (Cultivated- Sri Lanka)

Annona × atemoya Mabb., Paradisus 143 1998. ;    The atemoya, Annona × atemoya, is a hybrid of two fruits – the sugar-apple (Annona squamosa) and the cherimoya (A. cherimola) – which are both native to the American tropics.[1] This fruit is popular in Taiwan, where it is known as the “pineapple sugar apple” (鳳梨釋迦), […]

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Buddleja lindleyana (Cultivated)

Buddleja lindleyana Fortune, Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 30: t. 25 1844. (Syn: Adenoplea lindleyana (Fortune) Small; Buddleja insignis Dippel; Buddleja lindleyana var. sinuatodentata Hemsl.; Buddleja salicifolia Dippel [Illegitimate]; Verbena lindleyana Walp.); China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I)), Taiwan (I), Java (I), Jamaica […]

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FLORA OF GANGOTRI NATIONAL PARK WESTERN HIMALAYA, INDIA

    A High Quality Flora on High Altitude Plants : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4). I have recently procured a new flora published by Botanical Survey of India and authored by two quality taxonomists of India Dr P.K. Pusalkar and Dr D.K. Singh. After Oleg Polunin and Adam Stainton’s FLOWERS OF THE […]

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Bacopa hamiltoniana

Bacopa hamiltoniana (Benth.) Wettst., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 77 1891. (syn: Bacopa hamiltoniana var. angustisepala Hepper; Bacopa hamiltoniana var. hamiltoniana ; Cardiolophus decussata (Benth.) Griff.; Herpestis hamiltoniana Benth.; Mella hamiltoniana (Benth.) Pennell; Monniera hamiltoniana (Benth.) Kuntze; Monniera hamiltoniana (Benth.) T.Cooke); India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Chad, […]

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Bacopa floribunda

Bacopa floribunda (R.Br.) Wettst., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 77 1891. (Syn: Bacopa pubescens (Skan) Hutch. & Dalziel; Bramia floribunda (R.Br.) F.Muell.; Herpestis amara Span.; Herpestis floribunda R.Br.; Herpestis lanceolata Wight; Herpestis linearis Spreng.; Lindernia sesamoides Spreng.; Mella floribunda (R.Br.) Pennell; Monniera bicolor A.Chev.; Monniera floribunda (R.Br.) Kuntze; Moniera pubescens Skan; Stemodia floribunda (R.Br.) Roberty); China (Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan), […]

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Huernia species- Nasik

      Succulent For ID : Nasik : 030314 : AK-9 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4). Another succulent seen at a Cactus house in Nasik on 27/2/14. Cultivated, ornamental plant. May be some carrluma species exotic i think I found the closest to be Huernia deseada from the given link. http://asclepiadacitisagudisima.blogspot.in/2011/01/huernia-deseada.html […]

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Pogostemon mollis

Pogostemon mollis Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 155 1833.; Branched subshrub; branchlets several, hirsute, ascending. Leaves ovate-orbicular, to 3 x 1.5 cm, base cuneate, margin crenate, apex acute; petiole to 0.5 cm. Racemes spicate, uninterrupted, to 9 cm, mostly terminal; bracts linear. Calyx-lobes 5, subequal, 4.5 mm. Corolla white, 3 mm wide; limb obscurely 2-lipped; lobes […]

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Desmos viridiflorus

Desmos viridiflorus Saff., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 506 1912. (Syn: Unona viridiflora Bedd. [Illegitimate]); Images by E S Santhosh Kumar (Inserted by J.M.Garg)   Young shoots rufous. Leaves 12-15 x 3 cm, ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base rounded; petiole 0.6-0.8 cm long. Flowers solitary, pedicels to 4 cm long, slender; bracts 1.5-2 cm across, ovate, cordate […]

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Calender 2014

Calender 2014 : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1). Please find the attached Calender 2014 for your kind use. All these pictures have been taken by me from our compound in Riyadh, KSA. Thanks … for the lovely calendar.

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Litsea species- Kannur, Kerala

  Fwd: [efloraofindia:183409] TREE AT KANNUR IN KERALA GK6 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). please enable the ID TREE AT KANNUR IN KERALA Litsea sp? Litsea– some species in India & eFI with some keys

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Parodia herteri ?

Parodia herteri (Werderm.) N.P. Taylor, Bradleya 5: 93 1987. (Syn: Echinocactus herteri Werderm. (Unresolved); Notocactus herteri Werderm.; Ritterocactus herteri (Werderm.) Doweld (Unresolved)) ?;        Duars : cactus08 : 06Mar2014 : Coryphantha? : Attachments (1). 6 posts by 2 authors. Another beautiful looking cactus from Duars. Not Coryphantha …, Coryphantha have tubercles, not ribs and the […]

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Sinapis alba

Sinapis alba L., Sp. Pl. 668 1753. (Syn: Bonannia officinalis C.Presl; Brassica alba (L.) Rabenh.; Brassica foliosa (Willd.) Samp.; Brassica hirta Moench; Crucifera lampsana E.H.L.Krause; Eruca alba (L.) Noulet; Leucosinapis alba (L.) Spach; Napus leucosinapsis K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.; Raphanus albus (L.) Crantz; Rhamphospermum album (L.) Andrz. ex Rchb.; Sinapis alba var. alba ; Sinapis alba […]

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