Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 330 1906. (syn: Eotaiwania fushunensis Y.Yendo; Taiwania cryptomerioides var. flousiana (Gaussen) Silba; Taiwania flousiana Gaussen; Taiwania fushunensis (Y.Yendo) Koidz.; Taiwania yunnanensis Koidz.); Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) is a large coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, formerly listed in the segregate family Taxodiaceae. It is native to […]
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Tsuga canadensis (USA)
Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif. 189 1855. (Syn: Abies americana Mill.; Abies canadensis (L.) Dum.Cours. [Illegitimate]; Abies canadensis (L.) Michx.; Abies curvifolia Salisb.; Abies pectinata Poir. [Illegitimate]; Picea canadensis (L.) Link; Pinus americana (Mill.) Du Roi; Pinus canadensis L.; Pinus pendula Sol. ex Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Tsuga americana (Mill.) Farw.; Tsuga canadensis var. minuta […]
Podocarpus macrophyllus (Cultivated)
Podocarpus macrophyllus (Thunb.) Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. 211 1818. (Syn: Margbensonia forrestii (Craib & W.W.Sm.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Margbensonia macrophylla (Thunb.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Margbensonia sweetii (C.Presl) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan [Illegitimate]; Nageia macrophylla (Thunb.) F.Muell.; Nageia macrophylla (Thunb.) Kuntze; Podocarpus canaliculatus Carrière [Invalid]; Podocarpus forrestii Craib & W.W.Sm.; Podocarpus longifolia Gordon [Invalid]; Podocarpus macrophyllus var. […]
Podocarpus totara (Cultivated- USA)
Podocarpus totara G.Benn. ex D.Don, Descr. Pinus ed. 3: 189 1832. (Syn: Nageia totara (G.Benn. ex D.Don) F.Muell.; Podocarpus totara var. waihoensis Wardle; Podocarpus variegatus auct.); Podocarpus totara (tōtara) is a species of podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island and northeastern South Island in lowland, montane and lower […]
Sicyos edulis
Sicyos edulis Jacq., Enum. syst. pl. 32. 1760 (Select. stirp. amer. hist. 258, t. 163. 1763) (Syn: Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.; Sechium americanum Poir.) as per The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013) The Plant List (Sechium edule (Jacq.) […]
Sicyos
Sicyos angulatus L. Sicyos edulis Jacq.
Trichosanthes anamalaiensis
Trichosanthes anamalaiensis Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. III, 1: 47 1864. ; Large climbers; stem pilose, tendrils bifid. Leaves to 15 cm across, shallowly 3-5-lobed, lobes cuspidate, toothed, tomentose below, covered with circular cystolith above; petiole 5-6 cm long. Female flowers in cymes; bracts 3 cm across, deeply serrate; calyx tubular; petals 3 cm […]
Vacancy at BSIP
Vacancy at BSIP : Attachments (1)- BSIP VACANCY.pdf. 1 post by 1 author. An interesting opportunity to work in the Himalayas.
Pinus muricata (California, USA)
Pinus muricata D.Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 441 1837. (Syn: Pinus edgariana Hartw.; Pinus muricata subsp. anthonyi (Lemmon) A.E.Murray; Pinus muricata var. anthonyi Lemmon; Pinus muricata var. borealis Axelrod ex Farjon; Pinus muricata var. remorata (H.Mason) Silba; Pinus muricata subsp. remorata (H.Mason) A.E.Murray; Pinus muricata f. remorata (H.Mason) Hoover; Pinus muricata var. stantonii Axelrod […]
Pinus edulis (California, USA)
Pinus edulis Engelm., Mem. Tour N. Mexico 88 1848. (Syn: Caryopitys edulis (Engelm.) Small; Pinus cembroides subsp. edulis (Engelm.) A.E.Murray; Pinus cembroides var. edulis (Engelm.) Voss; Pinus monophylla var. edulis (Engelm.) M.E.Jones); Pinus edulis, the Colorado pinyon, two-needle pinyon, or piñon pine,[1] is a pine in the pinyon pine group whose ancestor was a […]
Picea abies (Cultivated- USA)
Picea abies (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl. 325 1881. (syn: Abies abies (L.) Druce [Invalid]; Abies alpestris Brügger; Abies carpatica (Loudon) Ravenscr.; Abies cinerea Borkh.; Abies clambrasiliana Lavallée; Abies clanbrassiliana Loudon; Abies coerulescens K.Koch; Abies communis P.Lawson [Illegitimate]; Abies commutata var. mucronata Loudon; Abies conica Lavallée; Abies cranstonii Lavallée [Invalid]; Abies elegans Sm. ex J.Knight; Abies […]
Aster species- Sri Lanka
SL 201 071213 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Please ID this ornamental plant with violet flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Sep 2012. Any Aster sp.
Callistemon species- Lalbagh, Bangalore
Callistemon For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 061213 : AK-9 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Seen on the 25th of November at Lalbagh. Flowers upright, not hanging down, pink in color. Callistemon species so far in efi.
Ornamental shrub with white flowers in Sri Lanka
SL 52 261113 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Please ID this small ornamental shrub with white flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Oct 2012.
Dalbergia species- Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal flor-10. : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Id pl, which tree these winged seeds belong to? Looks like Dalbergia fruits to me.
Pinus kesiya var. kesiya
Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon, Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 16: 8 1840. (syn: Pinus insularis var. khasyana (Griff.) Silba; Pinus kasya Royle ex Parl.; Pinus khasia Engelm.; Pinus khasya Hook.f.; Pinus khasyana Griff.); Assam to China (W. Yunnan) and Indo-China, Philippines as per WCSP; NE India: Assam; China: Yunnan; Indochina: Kampuchea [Cambodia], […]
Herb at Meghamalai sanctuary
Meghamalai 021213 TBN 1 for id : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors. Please identify this plant details of which are as follows: Date : 18.08.12 Location :Meghamalai sanctuary Altitude :approx 5000 ftHabitat :wild Habit :herb Height :few cmLeaves :as seenFlowers : Fruits :, Do not know what it is. Whether […]
Cupressus funebris (Cultivated)
Cupressus funebris Endl., Syn. Conif. 58 1847. (Syn: Cupressus funebris var. gracilis Carrière; Cupressus pendula Abel [Illegitimate]; Juniperus quaternata Miq.; Platycyparis funebris (Endl.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan); Cupressus funebris (Chinese Weeping Cypress) is a species of cypress native to southwestern and central China.[1] It may also occur naturally in Vietnam.[2] Cupressus funebris is a medium-sized […]
Phyllocladus trichomanoides (Cultivated- USA)
Phyllocladus trichomanoides D.Don, Descr. Pinus ed. 3, 2: 159 1832. (Syn: Phyllocladus cunninghamii Carrière; Podocarpus trichomanoides (D.Don) Kuntze); Phyllocladus trichomanoides (Tanekaha) is a coniferous tree native to New Zealand. Tanekaha is a medium-sized forest tree growing up to 20 m in height and 1 m trunk diameter. The main structural shoots are green for […]
Phyllocladus
Phyllocladus;
