Plectranthus ‘Mona lavendar’

Plectranthus ‘Mona lavendar’;     Garden Flower For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 011213 : AK-3 : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors. A garden plant with purple flowers seen at the Lalbagh Nursery on 25/11/13. Id please. Likely to be Plectranthus “Mona lavendar” Thanks for a possible id of this ornamental flower. Pictures on […]

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Pinus pinaster (UK)

Pinus pinaster Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 367 1789. (Syn: Pinus corteana Beissn. [Invalid]; Pinus detritis Carrière [Invalid]; Pinus glomerata Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Pinus halepensis var. maritima Loudon; Pinus helenica K.Koch [Invalid]; Pinus lemoniana Benth.; Pinus maritima Lam. [Illegitimate] ..; Pinus minor Loudon [Invalid]; Pinus monspeliensis Salzm. ex Duval-Jouve [Invalid]; Pinus neglecta H.Low ex Gordon [Invalid]; Pinus […]

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Pinus ayacahuite (Cultivated- UK)

Pinus ayacahuite Ehrenb. ex Schltdl., Linnaea 12: 492 1838. (Syn: Pinus ayacahuite subsp. neorecurvata Silba; Pinus ayacahuite var. oaxacana Silba; Pinus buonapartea Roezl ex Gordon [Invalid]; Pinus colorado Parl. [Invalid]; Pinus don-pedrii Roezl; Pinus durangensis Roezl ex Gordon [Invalid]; Pinus hamata Roezl; Pinus loudoniana var. don-pedrii (Roezl) Carrière); Pinus ayacahuite, also called ayacahuite pine[1] and […]

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45th Tree Appreciation Walk in Sagar Upvan (BPT Garden), Colaba, Mumbai

    45th Tree Appreciation Walk in Sagar Upvan (BPT Garden), Colaba, Mumbai on 8th Dec,13 : 1 post by 1 author. Ephemerals of SGNP, Borivali, were the ‘Show Stopper’ of our previous Walks in the forest………since they have completed their short life cycle and gone back in the arms of mother nature……..we, once again, […]

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Chamaecyparis pisifera (Cultivated- USA)

Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl., Syn. Conif. 64 1847. (Syn: Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filifera Hartw. & Rümpler …; Chamaecyparis plumosa (Ed.Otto) Beissn.; Chamaecyparis squarrosa Siebold & Zucc. ex Endl.; Cupressus pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) F.Muell. ..; Cupressus squarrosa Lawson ex Gordon; Retinispora lycopodioides Gordon; Retinispora pisifera Siebold & Zucc.; Retinispora plumosa Carrière; Retinispora squarrosa Siebold & […]

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Chamaecyparis obtusa (Cultivated)

Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl., Syn. Conif. 63 1847. (Syn: Chamaecyparis acuta Beissn. ……………………….);   Chamaecyparis obtusa (Japanese cypress, hinoki cypress or hinoki; Japanese: 檜 or 桧, hinoki) is a species of cypress native to central Japan.[2][3] It is a slow-growing tree which grows to 35 m tall with a trunk up to 1 m […]

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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (USA)

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A.Murray bis) Parl., Ann. Mus. Imp. Fis. Firenze 1: 181 1864. (Syn: Chamaecyparis allumii (Webster) Heydt; Chamaecyparis boursieri f. viridis Hartwig & Rümpler ……….; Cupressus fragrans Kellogg; Cupressus lawsoniana A.Murray bis; Cupressus lawsoniana f. alumnii (Webster) Geerinck ……….; Cupressus nutkanus Torr.; Retinispora lawsoniana (A.Murray bis) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan);   Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson cypress) is a […]

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Chamaecyparis

   Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.    Species with description & keys in Flora of China :   Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsumura Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray bis) Parlatore Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold & Zuccarini) Endlicher Chamaecyparis obtusa var. formosana (Hayata) Hayata Chamaecyparis obtusa var. obtusa Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zuccarini) Endlicher Chamaecyparis thyoides (Linnaeus) Britton et al. […]

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Pinus species- Manali, Himachal

    Gymnosperms fortnight :: Pinaceae » ¿ Pinus laricio ? in Manali :: DV04 : 2 images. 3 posts by 2 authors. ¿ Pinus laricio ? ¿ Poir. ? OR ¿ Savi ? Dear friends, this ID Pinus laricio is based on the placard – could be wrong too.At The Plants List, could find […]

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Eucalyptus species- Ooty, Tamilnadu

  Banglore-Ooty November 2013 :: Requesting ID of this plant :: 25112013 :: ARK-03 : Attachments (4). 6 posts by 3 authors. Requesting to please ID this plant captured growing on the roadside in Ooty in November 2013. I could not make out if it was a tree or a climber…. These are young leaves […]

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Chrysophyllum species- Kottayam, Kerala

  Please help me for identifying this species : (mixed thread): 1 correct image as above. Please help me for identifying this species collected from Kottayam district of Kerala Chrysophyllum sp          

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Eleutheranthera ruderalis ?

Eleutheranthera ruderalis ?;           Please help me for identifying this species : Attachments (1). Please help me for identifying this species collected from Kottayam district of Kerala Eleutheranthera ruderalis ?

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34. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st October’13

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st October’13- more than 9000 species : 3 posts by 3 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 1,74,000 messages so far & membership […]

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Calathea crotalifera (cultivated)

Calathea crotalifera S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 86 1889. (Syn: Calathea insignis Petersen; Calathea insignis Petersen ex Eggers [Illegitimate]; Calathea quadratispica Woodson; Calathea sclerobractea K.Schum.; Phyllodes insigne (Petersen) Kuntze; Phyllodes insignis (Petersen) Kuntze); Images by Aarti Khale (Identified by Pudji Wododo) (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Ornamental For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 301113 : AK-2 […]

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Calathea lutea (Cultivated)

Calathea lutea (Aubl.) E.Mey. ex Schult., Mant. 1: 8 1822. (Syn: Calathea cachibou (Jacq.) Lindl. ex Horan.; Calathea discolor G.Mey.; Calathea lutea (Aubl.) G. Mey.; Calathea magnifica C.V.Morton & Skutch; Calathea marantina KOCH; Maranta cachibou Jacq.; Maranta casupo Jacq.; Maranta disticha Buc’hoz; Maranta lutea Aubl.; Maranta lutea Lam. ; Phrynium casupo (Jacq.) Roscoe; Phrynium luteum […]

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Andrographis neesiana

Andrographis neesiana Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1561 1850. ; Images by Santhan P. (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Herbs, branches strigose. Leaves 2-4 x 2 cm, ovate-elliptic, acute at both ends, glabrous, ciliate, nearly sessile; nerves 5 pairs. Panicle 2-5 x 4 cm, congested, terminal, strigose. Flowers densely arranged; calyx lobes 6 mm […]

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