Gymnosperms Fortnight: Rough position in the Plant Kingdom : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. There are various classifications of all land plants. I have found this one useful to know the position of Gymnosperms within them. According to The Plant List There are about 1000 species of Gymnosperms belonging to 14 families […]
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Trees @ PhotoInk in Delhi
Trees @ PhotoInk in Delhi : 1 post by 1 author. I’ve been travelling in Kachchh since the last few days and happened to meet Raghu Rai who was also in Kachchh yesterday. He mentioned that his photographs of trees taken over the last forty years are currently on display at the PhotoInk […]
JRF Opening at RANWA
Fwd: JRF Opening at RANWA : 1 post by 1 author. Kindly find attached herewith the advertisement for relevant details Please feel free to circulate among your interested colleagues
Discussions on limitations of The Plant List
Fwd: New version of The Plant List : 7 posts by 6 authors. With the release of The Plant List in 2010 taxonomists around the world were greatly relieved with the hope of finding accepted names at one place. Unfortunately there were more conflicts than solutions. I have already sent more than 1000 […]
Megistostigma burmanicum
Megistostigma burmanicum (Kurz) Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 23: 119 1969. (Syn: Tragia burmanica Kurz); Id of stinging climber from Arunachal Pradesh: Attachments (9 + 2). 9 posts by 5 authors. Pl help me identifying this stinging herb from Arunachal Pradesh. Date/Time- June, 2009 Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Khaari, East kameng District, Arunachal […]
Megistostigma
Megistostigma burmanicum (Kurz) Airy Shaw Species as per Flora of India Vol 23 (2012) (Editors N. P. Balakrishnan, T. Chakrabarty, M. Sanjappa, P. Lakshminarsimhan & P. Singh- by Botanical Survey of India): Megistostigma burmanicum (Kurz) Airy Shaw
Friend of trees depicted in a dance performance
friend of trees depicted in a dance performance : 2 posts by 1 author. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIfmI27Nh_Q http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saalumarada_Thimmakka
Mitrephora
Mitrephora heyneana (Hook. f. & Thomson) Thwaites Images by Muthu Karthick at Megamalai wls, Theni dist., TN (Id by Navendu Page) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos click on the links) A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner- Nordic Journal of Botany 33: 257–299, 2015- Species in India with distribution: Mitrephora andamanica Thoth. […]
Euphorbia esula (Cultivated)
Euphorbia esula L., Sp. Pl. 461 1753. (Syn: Euphorbia esula var. cyparioides Boiss.; Euphorbia kaleniczenkii Czern. ex Trautv.; Euphorbion esulum (L.) St.-Lag.; Galarhoeus esula (L.) Rydb.; Galarhoeus esula (L.) H. Hara; Keraselma esula (L.) Raf.; Tithymalus esula (L.) Hill); Euphorbia esula, commonly known as green spurge or leafy spurge, is a species of spurge […]
Alseodaphne
Alseodaphne owdenii R.Parker (NE-Assam, Bhutan, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life) Alseodaphne semecarpifolia Nees
Tree with fruits in Sri Lanka
Sl 14 191113 : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 4 authors. Can you please ID this tree with fruits. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Oct 2012. Could this be a tree related to Calophyllum? No.
Maranta arundinacea ?- Malaysia
SL 7 191113 : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 4 authors. Please ID this rhizome, Zingiberales – Alpinia?. Photo was taken in Malaysia in Dec 2012. Do you have pictures of leaf/leaves? I think, this is young Alpinia galanga efi page on Alpinia galanga May be the rhizomes of Maranta arundinacea? […]
How many flowering plants are in India?
How many flowering plants are in India? : 5 posts by 5 authors. We all must be grateful to Sir J.D.Hooker, who with his associate taxonomists produced a masterpiece of work published as ‘Flora of British India’ with its jurisdiction as British Indian Empire (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malayan Peninsula, […]
Ipsea malabarica
Ipsea malabarica (Rchb.f.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 812 1890. (Syn: Pachystoma malabaricum Rchb.f.; Spathoglottis malabarica (Rchb.f.) Pradhan); Ipsea malabarica from Palakkad : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 3 authors. Ipsea malabarica collected from Muthikulam forests at an altitude of 1600m during 19-23 Nov. 2013 Nice to see […]
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Jasminum species- Cirebon, Indonesia
Plant of Cirebon 2 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Could you help me to id our plant please. It is like Jasminum. Thank you. Jasminum sp
Ornamental Plant: MNP,Mumbai
Ornamental Plant For ID : MNP,Mumbai : 171113 : AK-2 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. A small ornamental plant seen at Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai. Id please. This could be Curculigo species.
Zehneria hookeriana
Zehneria hookeriana (Wight& Arn.) Arn., J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 275 1841. ; As per efi thread: W.J.J.O. DE WILDE & B.E.E. DUYFJES in THAI FOR. BULL. (BOT.) 32: 15–31. 2004 write: 1. Zehneria maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) Arn. Type: S India, Wallich 6702 A–D, Wight 1116.— Zehneria maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) Arn. var. oblonga V. […]
Emilia ramulosa
Emilia ramulosa Gamble, 120 1921. ; Images by Alka Khare – Id by Muthu Karhick Herbs. Leaves all cauline, 3-5 x 0.6-1 cm, linear oblong, auricled at base, glabrous above, white curled-hairy below, margins recurved. Heads solitary or 2-3 on long terminal peduncles of 10-25 cm high. Flowers homogamous. Involucre bracts uniseriate, 0.8-1 cm long, […]
Hypochaeris glabra ?
Hypochaeris glabra L., Species Plantarum 2: 811 1753. (syn: Achyrophorus balbisii Hornem.; Crepis molokaiensis H.Lév.; Cycnoseris australis Endl.; Hyoseris tenella Thunb.; Hypochaeris balbisii Rchb.; Hypochaeris balbisii Loisel.; Hypochaeris capensis Less.; Hypochaeris glabra var. erostris Coss. & Germain ….; Hypochaeris minima Willd. ex d’Urv.; Hypochaeris minima Cirillo; Hypochaeris pumila Phil.; Hypochaeris radicata subsp. glabra (L.) Mateo & […]
