National Conference Feb 7th to 8th.: [1 Attachment] On behalf of Dr. A.V. VeereshConvenor, Chowgule College of Arts and Science Margao, GoaHerewith sending a brochure “National Conference on Plant Science” Februvary 7 to 8, 2013.Accommodation on sharing basis only for 2 days 7th & 8th February 2013 in non AC rooms.
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Lily moth caterpillar – Polytela gloriosaeon Crinum Lily : Nasik
Caterpillar on Crinum Lily : Nasik : 060113 : AK-2: These Caterpillars are seen only on these Crinum Lilies, eating away the stem & buds. Pictures taken in our Nasik home garden on 9th & 10th August, 2012. Can you please identify these Caterpillars? these are Lily Moth Caterpillars..they feed voraciously on […]
Mangifera andamanica
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) Mangifera andamanica King (Unresolved), J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 470 1896.; Images by Ritesh Kumar Choudhary ,(Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Fl. Andaman_Mangifera andamanica_RKC02_07012013: Mangifera andamanica King Family: Anacardiaceae Loc.: Middle Andaman Date: Dec, 2009 Real big one. Thanks … for refreshing my old memories […]
Codiocarpus andamanicus
Codiocarpus andamanicus (Kurz) R.A.Howard, Brittonia 5: 57 1943. (Syn: Apodytes andamanica Kurz; Medusanthera andamanica (Kurz) Sleumer (Unresolved); Tylecarpus andamanicus (Kurz) Sleumer (Unresolved));
Codiocarpus
Stemonuraceae
Keys as per Flora of Peninsular India Gomphandra tetrandra (Wall.) Sleumer (China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Cambodia, India (Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Laos, Myanmar [Burma], Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin) as per Catalogue of Life) Flora of Peninsular India with keys at species links, if any: […]
Piper acutistigmum
Piper acutistigmum C.DC., Candollea 1: 188 1923. ; INDIA: Andaman Islands, Arunachal Pradesh(?); MYANMAR as per Nomenclatural notes on Piper Linn. (Piperaceae) from India II – PRASANTA KUMAR MUKHERJEE- Phytotaxa 338 (1): 017–032, 2018; Piper sp.(?) from kamrup district, Assam: Attached images are Piper sp.(?) collected on hilly area. It looks like Piper betle […]
Id this plant growing wild near Mankhurd region
Plz id this plant: pa75 – 7jan2013: Plz id this plant growing wild near Mankhurd region. In the dense bushes it is tough to make out the habit whether it is a shrub or something else.
DiversityIndia- Photo of Year 2012
Photo of Year 2012: Happy New Year 2013 to all. This is the time of year when we share Photo of the Year on all the DiversityIndia groups. So here is the call for posting the Photo of the Year. If you are not familiar what it is here are the guidelines. Photos […]
Pinguicula alpina
Pinguicula alpina L., Sp. Pl. 17 1753. ; Image by D.S.Rawat Insectivorous herb in Western Himalaya: Pinguicula alpina L. (Lentibulariaceae) is a rarely photographed insectivorous herb in the alpine Himalaya. It grows on moist shady slopes between 3000-3500m altitude in Uttarakhand. The species is more common in some European countries but rare here in […]
Pinguicula
Pinguicula alpina L. (Image by .S.Rawat) Pinguicula ‘Aphrodite’ (Cultivated) (Images by Gurcharan Singh) Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author Pl. go through Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae) page with images of species (done by …) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send […]
Basilicum
Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench
Author citations based on Heyne
QUERY :: commemorative epithets: heyneana, hyneanum, heynei & c: I am believing all the Indian species with the commemorative epithets: heyneana, hyneanum, heynei … are named for Dr B. Heyne, German botanist and traveller, co-author of Herbarium Maderaspatense … Origins of Plant Names Benjamin Heyne, Scottish surgeon, naturalist and botanist — Wikipedia — […]
Goeppertia makoyana (Cultivated- Oman)
Goeppertia makoyana (E.Morren) Borchs. & S.Suárez, Syst. Bot. 37: 632 (2012). (syn: Calathea makoyana E.Morren; Calathea olivaris (H.J.Veitch) G.Nicholson; Maranta makoyana (E.Morren) auct.; Maranta olivaris H.J.Veitch; Maranta iconifera W.Bull; Phyllodes mackoyana (E.Morren) Kuntze); Brazil (as per WCSP) Image by Aarti Khale (Identified by Ajinkya Gadave), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade & J M Garg) Ornamental Plant […]
Myriophyllum siamense
Myriophyllum siamense (Craib) Tardieu (Unresolved), Adansonia n.s., 5: 37 1965. ; Two new additions to Flora of India: Wishing you all a happy and prosperous New Year. Personally, its been a wonderful start for the year 2013, as two of my research papers got published. Attaching here with two of my research papers, […]
Henckelia pradeepiana
Henckelia pradeepiana Nampy, Manudev & A. Weber (Gesneriaceae) is a new species collected from Kozhikode District of Kerala, named in honour of Dr. A.K. Pradeep, University of Calicut …………………………………………. References:
Caryophyllaceae week Statistics
Caryophyllaceae week Statistics.: I have compiled the statistics of the plants from Caryophyllaceae during the family week in Dec 2012.Sorry I coudn’t contribute a single plant. 14 Genera including 38 species were contributed during the episode. The limelight was on Silene (15 sp.)followed by Cerastium:5 sp. Everybody knows the contributors. Thanks for participating […]
Ephedra gerardiana var. sikkimensis
Ephedra gerardiana var. sikkimensis Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 76 1889. (Syn: Ephedra gerardiana var. congesta C.Y.Cheng; Ephedra gerardiana var. saxatilis Stapf; Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin; Ephedra saxatilis var. sikkimensis (Stapf) Florin); Gori Valley Tour: Ephedra for specification: This uncommon Gymnosperm was shot from near Munsiyari on […]
Eugenia cotinifolia (Cultivated- Lalbagh, Banglore) ?
Eugenia cotinifolia Jacq., Observ. Bot. 3: 3 1768. (Syn: Caryophyllus cotinifolius Mill.; Eugenia dussii Krug & Urb.; Jambosa cotinifolia (Jacq.) DC. (Unresolved); Jossinia cotinifolia (Jacq.) DC.; Myrtus cotinifolia (Jacq.) Spreng.) ?; Myrcia guianensis (Aubl.) DC. (syn: Aguava guianensis (Aubl.) Raf. …………….; Eugenia cotinifolia Jacq. …………………….) as per Catalogue of Life; Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. […]
