Pachyrhizus

Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb.  images & identification by Dr. Karuna Kanta Das & Aarti S. Khale     Pachyrhizus page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Pachyrhizus page with images of species (done by …) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If […]

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Pouzolzia species

Pouzolzia species;         Poulzolzia species in India: There are at least three four species of Pouzolzia in our database not identified conclusively. Could you kindly share the key of Old World species (or the whole paper if in electronic form) from this publication: The Old World species of Pouzolzia (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). […]

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Seseli mucronatum

Seseli mucronatum (Schrenk) Pimenov & Sdobnina, Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 78(4): 139 1973. (syn: Libanotis dolichostyla Schischk.; Libanotis subsimplex Popov; Ligusticum mucronatum (Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Leute; Ligusticum thomsonii C.B. Clarke; Ligusticum thomsonii var. evolutior C. B. Cl.; Neogaya mucronata Schrenk; Neogaya urbismalora Popov; Pachypleurum mucronatum (Schrenk ex Fisch. & […]

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Agathis robusta (Cultivated)

Agathis robusta (C.Moore ex F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey, Syn. Queensl. Fl. 498 1883. (Syn: Agathis palmerstonii (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey; Agathis robusta subsp. nesophila Whitmore; Agathis robusta var. palmerstonii (F.Muell.) Silba; Agathis robusta subsp. palmerstonii (F.Muell.) Silba; Dammara bidwillii Guilfoyle; Dammara palmerstonii F.Muell.; Dammara robusta C.Moore ex F.Muell.); Images by D S Rawat, Raman Arunachalam, Alka Khare, Satish Sherikar (Id […]

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Gagea lutea ?

Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 30: t. 1200 1809. (Syn: Gagea elegans Wall. ex G.Don ………………);           Flower for ID (25/06/2011-NSJ-01): Flower for ID. Looks like Lily. Habitat – WildLocation – Near Drass, LadakhAltitude – 3300 m (Approx)Photo Taken in June 2011(On a plateau) I hope Gagea elegans Leaves please. […]

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Geranium incanum (Cultivated- USA)

Geranium incanum Burm.f., Spec. Bot. Geran. 28 1759. (Syn: Geranium elongatum Salisb.; Geranium incanum var. b ; Geranium incanum var. multifidum (Sweet) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt; Geranium multifidum Sweet);   Forming ground cover with highly distinctive filiform leaf segments; flowers 22-30 mm across, pink to purple darker veins, on two-flowered elongated peduncles;   Differentiated from G. […]

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Geranium sanguineum (Cultivated- USA)

Geranium sanguineum L., Sp. Pl. 683 1753. (Syn: Geranium grandiflorum Gilib. [Invalid]; Geranium lancastriense Mill.; Geranium prostratum Cav.; Geranium sanguineiforme Rouy & Foucaud);   A popularly cultivated large-flowered species with 5-7-lobed leaves and 1-flowered peduncles, flowers purple, 25-35 mm across.    Geranium sanguineum from California: Geranium sanguineum L. One of the two commonly grown Geranium […]

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Erodium moschatum

Erodium moschatum (L.) L’Hér., Hort. Kew. 2: 414 1789. (Syn: Erodium australe Salzm. ex Nyman; Erodium dentatum Dumort.; Erodium moschatum (L.) Willd.; Erodium robertianum C.A.Mey. ex Nyman; Geranium cicutarium var. moschatum L.; Geranium moschatum (L.) Burm.f.; Geranium moschatum (L.) L.);   Easily distinguished from E. cicutarium by taller habit, larger leaves with shallowly divided leaflets; […]

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Dimorphotheca ecklonis (Cultivated)

Dimorphotheca ecklonis DC., Prodr. 6:71. 1838 (“1837”) (Syn: (≡) Osteospermum ecklonis (DC.) Norl.); Images by D S Rawat, Ankush Prakash & Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)     African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum;   Low perennial herb or almost a subshrub usually less than 60 cm tall […]

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Habenaria cephalotes

Habenaria cephalotes Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 322 1835. (Syn: Plantaginorchis cephalotes (Lindl.) Szlach.);     Nilgiris: Orchid for identification 031112MK02: Please help me to identify this orchid found on grasslands of high altitude. Leaf: up to 10cm long Plant height: up to 20cm long Flower: 1cm across Date: 22 Oct 2012 Place: Western Catchement, […]

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Caralluma adscendens var. fimbriata

Caralluma adscendens var. fimbriata (Wall.) Gravely & Mayur., Ind. Sp. Gen. Car. 13 1931. (Syn: Caralluma fimbriata Wall.);    Images by Sushant More & Gopal Shinde (Id by Subbiah Karuppusamy) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)         carrluma: common name: carrluma Botanical name: Caralluma fimbriata Family : Apocynaceae […]

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Brassica rapa subsp. rapa

Brassica rapa L. subsp. rapa  (Syn: (≡) Brassica campestris var. rapa (L.) C. Hartm.; (=) Brassica campestris subsp. rapifera (Metzg.) Sinskaya; (=) Brassica napus var. quadrivalvis (Hook. f. & Thomson) O. E. Schulz; (=) Brassica quadrivalvis Hook. f. & Thomson; (=) Brassica rapa subsp. rapifera Metzg.; (=) Brassica rapa var. septiceps L. H. Bailey; (=) […]

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Brassica juncea subsp. integrifolia

Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 50:157. 1909 (Syn: Brassica integrifolia (H. West) Rupr. [≡ Brassica juncea subsp. integrifolia var. integrifolia]; Brassica juncea var. agrestis Prain [= Brassica juncea subsp. integrifolia var. rugosa]; “Brassica juncea var. capitata M. Tsen & S. H. Lee, nom. nud.” [= Brassica […]

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Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis

Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo, Zhukovsky, La Turquie Agricole 534. 1933 (Syn: Cucumis chito C. Morren [≡ Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. chito]); Cucumis dudaim L. [≡ Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. dudaim]; “Cucumis melo subsp. conomon (Thunb.) Greb., nom. inval.” [≡ Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. conomon]; Cucumis melo var. utilissimus (Roxb.) […]

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Cucumis melo

Cucumis melo L., Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753 (Syn: Bryonia collosa Rottler [= Cucumis melo subsp. melo]; Cucumis chito C. Morren [≡ Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. chito]; Cucumis collosus (Rottler) Cogn. [= Cucumis melo subsp. melo]; Cucumis dudaim L. [≡ Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. dudaim]; (=) Cucumis dudaim var. aegyptiacus Sickenb.; Cucumis flexuosus L. […]

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Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. momordica

Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. momordica , Field & garden crops 2:50. 1883 (Syn: (≡) Cucumis momordica Roxb. (basionym));     Cucurbitaceae Week: Cucumis melo subsp. melo Khakri from Rajasthan: This fruit popular in Rajasthan under the name Khakri was also seen by us in Pachmari, a cucumber like fruit but tasting more […]

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Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser., Prodr. 3:300. 1828 (Syn: (=) Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Naudin; (=) Cucumis melo var. reticulatus Naudin);      various cultivars sold in stores in California; Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantapulensis – efloraofindia | Google Groups     Fruits & Vegetables Week: Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantapulensis: […]

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Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. inodorus

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. inodorus H. Jacq., Monogr. melon 173. 1832 ;  Images by Gurcharan Singh      various cultivars sold in stores in California; Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. inodorus – efloraofindia | Google Groups   Fruits & Vegetables Week: Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. inodorus: Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. inodorus, […]

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Boehmeria penduliflora

Boehmeria penduliflora Wedd. ex D.G.Long, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 130 1982. (Syn: Boehmeria densiflora var. intermedia Acharya & Yonek.; Boehmeria densiflora var. penduliflora (Wedd. ex D.G.Long) Acharya & Yonek.; Boehmeria macrophylla D.Don [Illegitimate]; Boehmeria penduliflora Wall. ex Wedd.; Urtica penduliflora Wall.); China (SW-Guangxi, SW-Guizhou, SW-Sichuan, Yunnan), SE-Tibet, Bhutan, NE-India (Meghalaya), Nepal, Myanmar [Burma], Sikkim, […]

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Tinantia erecta

Tinantia erecta (Jacq.) Schltdl., Linnaea 25: 185 1852. (Syn: Commelina rosea Schltdl.; Ephemerum racemosum Moench; Pogomesia erecta (Jacq.) Standl.; Pogomesia undata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Raf.; Tinantia erecta f. puberula Standl. & Steyerm.; Tinantia fugax Scheidw. .; Tinantia latifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Schltdl. [Invalid]; Tinantia modesta Brandegee; Tinantia undata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Schltdl.; […]

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