Sida species- Nasik

      Wild Weed For ID : Nasik : 281013 : AK-3 : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 3 authors. Found on 7/10/2010 growing wild in Nasik with a yellow flower. Id please. Any Sida sp? Could be a Sida species.          

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Goniothalamus keralensis

Goniothalamus keralensis E.S.S.Kumar, Shaju, Roy et Raj Kumar, Taiwania, 58(3): 171‒175, 2013;       A New Species of Gonithalamus from Kerala, India : Attachments (1). 10 posts by 9 authors. Kindly see the attached novelty in Goniothalamus from Kerala, India A New species of Goniothalamus from Kerala, India.pdf This is a very nice paper. The […]

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Euphorbia candelabrum (Cultivated)

Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy, Mitt. Geogr. Ges. Wien 1: 169 1857. ;    Images by Surajit Koley – Id by N.P.Balakrishnan (For more photos & complete details, click on the link), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight : ID please : Mumbai garden : MN 17: 1 image. 2 posts by 2 authors. Kindly […]

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Stachys byzantina (Cultivated- USA)

Stachys byzantina K.Koch, Linnaea 21: 686 1849. (Syn: Eriostomum lanatum Hoffmanns. & Link; Stachys lanata Jacq. [Illegitimate]; Stachys olympica Poir.; Stachys taurica Zefir.);       Flower for ID – New York – 251013 – RK – 2 : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 3 authors. Woolly plant – Pics taken at the Cloisters. 20/06/13 – […]

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Euphorbia tortirama (Cultivated)

Euphorbia tortirama R.A.Dyer, Fl. Pl. South Africa 17: 644 1937.; Images by Aarti Khale – validation by N.P.Balkrishnan    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight : Euphorbia tortirama : BBC Show,Mumbai : 071113 : AK-32 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors. Sharing pictures of Euphorbia tortirama seen at the BBC Show in Maharashtra Nature Park. Yes, this is […]

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Impatiens benthamii

Impatiens benthamii Steenis, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg sér. 3, 17:385. 1948 (Syn: (=) Impatiens radicans Benth. ex Hook. f. & Thomson); Images by (Karuna Das – Id by Rajib Gogoi & Wojciech), (For more photos & complete details, click on the link)       Impatiens oppositifolia L. from Shillong, Meghalaya : Attachments (6). 5 posts by […]

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National Taxonomy Congress

    Fwd: National Taxonomy Congress : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Please find an attachment on the above subject.  Kindly note that there is no registration fees involved.  You have to give your willingness in time. Taxonomy Congress_Circular.pdf National Taxonomy Congress – Postponed : National Taxonomy Congress, which was supposed to be held […]

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Light requirement for Succulents

    A Query on light requirement for Succulents : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. I have kept six plants in the yellow plate (seen below) indoors in low light….        

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Euphorbia luteoviridis

Euphorbia luteoviridis D.G.Long, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 44: 163 1986. ;   Images by D.S.Rawat – Id by N.P.Balakrishnan, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)     EUPHORBIACEAE FORTNIGHT: Euphorbia-2 for ID from Uttarakhand_DSR_28 : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors. This strictly wild Euphorbia was shot near Munsyari at the altitude of 2800m. It resemble […]

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Euphorbia ingens (Cultivated)

Euphorbia ingens E.Mey. ex Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 87 1862. (syn: Euphorbia similis A.Berger); Angola; Botswana; Caprivi Strip; KwaZulu-Natal; Malawi; Mozambique; Northern Provinces; Swaziland; Zambia; Zimbabwe as per Catalogue of Life;       Euphorbiaceae Fortnight : Euphorbia ingens : For ID Confirmation : Nairobi,Kenya : 071113 : AK-35 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors. […]

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Euphorbia polygona (Cultivated)

Euphorbia polygona Haw., Misc. Nat. 184 1803. ; Images by Aarti Khale – Id by N.P.Balakrishnan    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight : For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 061113 : AK-6 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors. Seen at the Flower Show in Mumbai. Id please This seems to be Euphorbia polygona Haw. Please see efloraofindia […]

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Euphorbia palustris (Cultivated- USA)

Euphorbia palustris L., Sp. Pl. 462 1753. (Syn: Euphorbia brachiata Jan [Invalid]; Euphorbia palustris var. angustifolia Pers.; Euphorbia sauliana Boreau ex Boiss.; Galarhoeus nudus (Velen.) Prokh.; Galarhoeus palustris (L.) Haw.; Tithymalus fruticosus Gilib. [Invalid]; Tithymalus nudus (Velen.) Prokh.; Tithymalus palustris (L.) Garsault [Invalid]);   Images by Alka Khare    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight : 05112013 ARK-17 : […]

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Jatropha species- Fiji

 Image by Siva (Identified by Vijayasankar)     FJ 17 061113 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Please ID this ornamental plant with pink flowers. Photo was taken in Fiji in Sep 2013. Jatropha sp., probably J. integerrima.      

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Dalechampia scandens var. velutina

Dalechampia scandens L. var. velutina (Wight) Müll.Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 1245. 1866; Chakrab. & N. P. Balakr. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 32: 603. 2008. Dalechampia velutina Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. t. 1881. 1852; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 467. 1888 as per Flora of India Vol 23 (2012).   Dalechampia velutina Wight, […]

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Buxus wallichiana

Buxus wallichiana Baill., Monogr. Buxac. 63 1859. ;     EUPHORBIACEAE FORTNIGHT: Buxus wallichiana from Uttarakhand_DSR_21 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Buxus wallichiana Bail., once in Euphorbiaceae, is now in Buxaceae, however, a post by … tempted me to share this species here. This tree with distribution between 2000-3000m in Uttarakhand is locally […]

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Euphorbia flanaganii (Cultivated)

Euphorbia flanaganii N.E.Br., Fl. Cap. 5(2): 314 1915. ;  Images by Gurcharan Singh & (Aarti Khale – validation by N.P.Balkrishnan), (For more photos & complete details, click on the links, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight: Euphorbia flanagani N. E. Br. from California-GS-27 : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author. Euphorbia flanagani N. E. Br, […]

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Literature of Conopodium

    Literature please : 2 posts by 2 authors.  I need the literature of Conopodium majus ssp. majus (or any species mentioned below). Hope anyone can help me. Conopodium  W.D.J. Koch in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 12(1): 118 (1824)   C.  arvense (Coss.) Calest. in Webbia [1]: 279 (1905)   C.  bunioides (Boiss.) Calest. in Webbia […]

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Euphorbia x martinii (Hybrid- California)

Euphorbia × martinii Rouy, Ill. Pl. Eur. 13: 107 1900. (Syn: Euphorbia × cornubiensis Radcl.-Sm.; Euphorbia × malahidensis Radcl.-Sm. [Illegitimate]);   Images by Gurcharan Singh, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight: Euphorbia x martinii Rouy ‘Ascot Rainbow’ from California-GS-13 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Euphorbia x martinii Rouy ‘Ascot Rainbow’ Cultivar of another hybrid […]

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Euphorbia ‘Black Bird’

    Euphorbiaceae Fortnight: Euphorbia ‘Black Bird’ from California-GS-14 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Euphorbia ‘Black Bird’ known as cushion spurge is an evergreen perennial with bushy growth and dark purple velvety leaves, producing yellow cyathis subsequently.  Photographed from a nursery in Sunnyvale, California      

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