Flora and Ethnobotany of West Dinajpur District, West Bengal

    Fwd: Flora and Ethnobotany of West Dinajpur District, West Bengal (India)” [1 Attachment] : 1 post by 1 author. 09.09.2013 Dear Friends and Juniors and Seniors, This is to inform you that I have published a book with my student Dr. Sunit Mitra entitled “Flora and Ethnobotany of West Dinajpur District, West Bengal […]

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Tragia plukenetii

Tragia plukenetii Radcl.-Sm., Kew Bull. 37: 688 1983. (Syn: Croton hastatus L.; Tragia cannabina L.f. [Illegitimate]; Tragia cannabina var. hastata (L.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Tragia involucrata var. cannabina Müll.Arg.; Tragia tripartita Beille [Illegitimate]);   Karunchenthatti         Euphorbiaceae fortnight :: Tragia involucrata from Chennai BRS 003 : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 2 authors. Sharing the images […]

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Carex species ?- Pune

    efloraofindia:”For Id 19082013MR1’’ grass at Pune : Attachments (2). 7 posts by 3 authors. Aug 2013 Pune requesting identification of this grass growing wild  I could find only one grass genus, Cenchrus, having such spine. Dear Carex Experts, Can it be a

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Flora of Goa & Sawantwadi by Dr.D.G.Dalgado

    Flora of Goa & Sawantwadi :   …………………………….. Incidently, there is one more species H.dalgadianum found in Maharashtra, which Dr. Almeida informs me was named by Dr.[Mrs] Almeida after my great grand-uncle Dr.D.G.Dalgado [a surgeon] who wrote a book in Portuguese titled [Flora of Goa & Sawantwadi]. Do you have a copy of your […]

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Capparis roxburghii

Capparis roxburghii DC., Prodr. 1: 247 1824. (Syn: Capparis aguba Banks ex DC.; Capparis bisperma Wight ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Capparis corymbosa Roxb. [Illegitimate]);   Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah, D. Muralidhara Rao, K. Sri Ramamurthy (2002- Description & Keys- Capparis grandis, Capparis nilgiriensis, Capparis decidua, […]

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Embelia species ?- Sapling at Shahapur

  Please identify this sapling – NS050913 – 2 : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 2 authors. At Shahapur. Unfortunately have no further information. Is it a species of Litsea ? Very hard to say, but the texture of the leaves reminds me of Embelia sp. Thanks but the leaves were initially too large so […]

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Cleome austroarabica (Oman)

Cleome austroarabica D.F.Chamb. & Lamond, Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 51 1994.;   Images by Aarti S. Khale   Capparaceae and Cleomaceae Fortnight : Cleome austroarabia subsp mascatensis : Oman : 050913 : AK-13 : Attachments (3). 6 posts by 4 authors. sharing pictures of this Cleome species from Oman. A small wild plant, commonly found. […]

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Cleome brachycarpa

Cleome brachycarpa (Forssk.) Vahl ex DC., Prodr. 1: 240 1824. (Syn: Cleome brachycarpa var. angustifolia Gilg; Cleome brachycarpa f. diversifolia (Hochst. & Steud. ex T.Anderson) N.Terracc.; Cleome brachycarpa f. latifolia N.Terracc.; Cleome brevisiliqua Schult. & Schult.f.; Cleome diversifolia Hochst. & Steud. ex T.Anderson; Cleome moschata Stocks ex T.Anderson; Cleome parviflora R.Br. ex DC. [Illegitimate]; Cleome […]

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Acalypha malabarica

Acalypha malabarica Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 42 1865. (Syn: Ricinocarpus malabaricus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze); Keys at Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (Description & Keys– Acalypha ciliata, Acalypha indica, Acalypha lanceolata & Acalypha malabarica) as below: Capsules hispid, bracts with glandular hairs- Acalypha malabarica Capsules glabrous, bracts […]

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Maerua apetala

Maerua apetala (Spreng.) M. Jacobs, Blumea 12(2): 207 207 1964. (Syn: Capparis apetala Roth; Capparis linifolia Roxb.; Crateva apetala (Roth) Spreng.; Maerua linearis (DC.) Pax; Niebuhria apetala (Roth) Dunn; Niebuhria linearis DC.; Niebuhria linifolia Voigt);   India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life; Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, […]

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Liparis rostrata

Liparis rostrata Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 44 1876. (Syn: Leptorchis diodon (Rchb. f.) Kuntze (Unresolved);  Leptorchis rostrata (Rchb. f.) Kuntze (Unresolved); Leptorkis diodon (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Leptorkis rostrata (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Liparis diodon Rchb.f.);           Flora of Chakrata 2013- Liparis rostrata for validation : Attachments (6). 4 posts by 3 authors. This small, terrestrial orchid was […]

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Arivela

Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. (Images by Surajit Koley)   ‎Arivela page (Cleomaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Arivela page (‎Cleomaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by D.S.Rawat). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of […]

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Maerua crassifolia (Oman)

Maerua crassifolia Forssk.,  Fl. aegypt.-arab. 113. 1775, nom. cons. (Syn: Maerua hirtella Chiov.; Maerua uniflora Vahl);     Maerua crassifolia is a species of plant in the Capparaceae family. It is native to Africa, tropical Arabia, and Israel, but is disappearing from Egypt. Foliage from this plant is used as fodder for animals, especially camels, […]

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Cleome rupicola

Cleome rupicola Vicary, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16: 1158 1847. (Syn. Cleome stocksiana Boiss.);   Species with description & Keys as per Flora of Pakistan : Cleome ariana Hedge & Lamond Cleome brachycarpa Vahl ex DC. Cleome dolichostyla Jafri Cleome fimbriata Vicary Cleome heratensis Bunge et Bien. ex Boiss. Cleome oxypetala Boiss. Cleome rupicola Vicary […]

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Ceropegia huberi

Ceropegia huberi Ansari, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 219 1969.;   Images by Sushant More and Prashant Awale  Habit: Twiner Notes: Along Western Ghats. Endemic Maharashtra: Kolhapur,Ratnagiri, Satara (From India Biodiversity Portal Attributions- G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram)     Ceropegia huberi […]

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Asystasia species ?- at Kaas

      Request for flower ID (X-7) : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Requesting id for this flower (picture taken at Kaas in late Sep, 2012). Please check Asystasia sp.      

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Corbichonia decumbens

Corbichonia decumbens (Forssk.) Exell, J. Bot. 73: 80 1935. (syn: Glinus mucronatus Klotzsch; Glinus trianthemoides B.Heyne ex Roth; Orygia decumbens Forssk.;                  Portulaca decumbens (Forsk.) Vahl);       Herb for identification 040913MK01 : Attachments (5). 3 posts by 2 authors. Please help me in identification of this herb. Habitat: dry open land (fallow land) Alt.: […]

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