Vachellia nilotica subsp. subalata ?

Vachellia nilotica (L.) P. J. H. Hurter & Mabb. subsp. subalata (Vatke) Kyal. & Boatwr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:515. 2013 (syn: (≡) Acacia nilotica subsp. subalata (Vatke) Brenan; (≡) Acacia subalata Vatke (basionym)) as per GRIN ?; Acacia nilotica subsp. subalata (Vatke) Brenan (Syn: Acacia arabica var. vediana T.Cooke; Acacia nilotica subsp. vediana (T.Cooke) Vajr. […]

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SeasonWatch

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Corydalis filiformis

Corydalis filiformis Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 68 1834. ;  Jammu & Kashmir, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, Pakistan as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Slender Corydalis Erect annual or short lived perennial herbs, stout 30-60 cm tall. Stem weak slender, bluish green, terete, grooved, branched, glabrous or almost glaucous. Root stocks thin, […]

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Aletris pauciflora

Aletris pauciflora (Klotzsch) Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 1220 1936. (Syn: Aletris mairei H.Lév.; Aletris nepalensis var. delavayi Franch.; Aletris pauciflora f. minuscula Hand.-Mazz.; Stachyopogon spicatus Klotzsch)   China South-Central; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Nepal; Tibet; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; Himalaya to SC. China as per WCSP; Common name: Few Flowered Colic-Root     VoF […]

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Nartheciaceae

Aletris pauciflora (Klotzsch) Hand.-Mazz.      Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎‎‎ Nartheciaceae are now with images : 1 post by 1 author. Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎‎‎ Nartheciaceae are now with images. I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identifications in […]

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Taxus wallichiana

Taxus wallichiana Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3(4): 803 1843. (Syn: Cephalotaxus celebica Warb.; Cephalotaxus mannii E. Pritz. ex Diels (ambiguous synonym); Cephalotaxus sumatrana Miq.; Podocarpus celebicus Hemsl.; Taxus baccata subsp. wallichiana (Zucc.) Pilg.; Taxus celebica (Warb.) H.L. Li; Taxus chinensis var. yunnanensis (W. C. Cheng & L.K. Fu) L.K. Fu; Taxus […]

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Leucas rosmarinifolia

Leucas rosmarinifolia Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 61 1830. ; Image by Kanti Patel – Id by Franklin Jose   Much-branched, low shrubs, 30-60 cm high; stem and branches terete, greenish-grey, woody, strigose or villous with erect hairs. Leaves sessile, apparently fascicled or few opposite, 2-5 x 0.3-0.5 cm, linear, obtuse, entire and revolute-margined, strigose above […]

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Opuntia monacantha

Opuntia monacantha Haw., Suppl. pl. succ. 81. 1819 (Syn: (=) Cactus monacanthos Willd.; (=) Opuntia lemaireana Console ex F. A. C. Weber; (=) Opuntia vulgaris auct. mult.; (=) Opuntia vulgaris var. lemaireana (Console ex F. A. C. Weber) Backeb.);   Common name: Drooping Prickly Pear, Cochineal Prickly Pear, Barbary Fig • Hindi: नाग फनी Nag phani • […]

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Saussurea gossypiphora

Saussurea gossypiphora D.Don, in Mem. Wern. Soc. iii. (1821) 414. 1821. (Syn: Cnicus gossypinus Wall. ex DC.;  Eriocoryne nidularis Wall. ex DC.;                        Aplotaxis gossypina DC.; Saussurea gossypina Wall.);   Images by C.S.Rana (1) and Suresh Rana (2,3)   Flora Picture of the year 2011: Suresh Rana: I am sharing the photograph of Saussurea hopefully Saussurea gossypiphora […]

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Sulcorebutia arenacea ?

Sulcorebutia arenacea (Cárdenas) F. Ritter, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 16(4): 81 81 1961. (Syn: Rebutia arenacea Cárdenas; Rebutia candiae Cárdenas; Rebutia menesesii Cárdenas; Sulcorebutia candiae (Cárdenas) Buining & Donald .; Sulcorebutia menesesii (Cárdenas) Buining & Donald .; Sulcorebutia muschii Vásquez; Sulcorebutia xanthoantha Backeb.) ?;       Flora of Chandigarh : Sulcorebutia candida from Chandiagarh Botanical Garden: […]

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Anemonastrum polyanthes

Anemonastrum polyanthes (D. Don) Holub (syn: Anemone abdurrehmanii R. A. Qureshi & M. N. Chaudhri; Anemone govaniana Lindl. (ambiguous synonym); Anemone longiscapa Wall.; Anemone narcissiflora var. polyanthes (D. Don) Finet & Gagnep.; Anemone polyanthes D. Don; Anemone scaposa Edgew.; Anemone villosa Royle);    Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Sikkim, Pakistan (Chitral, Dir, […]

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Corydalis cashmeriana

Corydalis cashmeriana Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 69 1834. (Syn: Capnoides cachemiriana Kuntze); Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kumaon), W-Nepal, S-Tibet (Kailash) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Kashmir Corydalis, Blue Corydalis Erect perennial herbs, 5-25 cm tall. Stem one to few, from axils of fleshy scales forming, small bulbils from […]

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Fimbristylis littoralis

Fimbristylis littoralis Gaudich., Voy. Uranie 413 1829. (Syn: Fimbristylis emarginata Wight ex Wall.; Fimbristylis flaccida Steud.; Fimbristylis flaccidula Zoll. [Invalid]; Fimbristylis hatsusimae Ohwi; Fimbristylis quadrangularis A.Dietr. ex Steud.; Fimbristylis tetragona A.Dietr.);          ID of Cyperaceae sp. from Assam KD 02 Oct :  3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6). Attached images are Cyperaceae […]

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Ceropegia macrantha

 Images by Prashant Awale (Inserted by Sushant More)   Ceropegia macrantha Wight, Contr. Bot. India 31 1834. (Syn: Ceropegia macrantha var. thorelii (Costantin) H.Huber; Ceropegia raizadiana Babu; Ceropegia thorelii Costantin);       VOF week: Ceropegia sp. enroute Joshimath: 15 posts by 12 authors. Attachments (5) This is my first upload from my VOF trip.Seen this […]

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Herminium josephi

Herminium josephi Rchb.f., Flora 55: 276 1872. (syn: Androcorys josephi (Rchb.f.) Agrawala & H.J.Chowdhery; Herminium forrestii Schltr.; Herminium grandiflorum Lindl. ex Hook.f.; Monorchis forrestii (Schltr.) O.Schwarz; Monorchis josephi (Rchb.f.) O.Schwarz);    WC. Himalaya to China (W. Sichuan, N. Yunnan) as per WCSP; China South-Central; East Himalaya; Nepal; Tibet; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life;   […]

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Boletus subtomentosus (Germany)

Boletus subtomentosus L., 1753 (Syn: Boletus crassipes Schaeff., 1774; Boletus cupreus Schaeff., 1774; Boletus lanatus Rostk., 1844; Boletus leguei Boud., 1894; Boletus pannosus Rostk., 1844; Boletus striipes Fr., 1874; Boletus subtomentosus var. albo-ochraceus Pilát, 1951 …………………….; Boletus xanthus (E.-J. Gilbert) Merlo 1980; Ceriomyces subtomentosus (L.) Murrill, 1909; Leccinum subtomentosum (L.) Gray, 1821; Rostkovites subtomentosus (L.) […]

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Boletus

Species listed in Nepal as per efi thread: Boletus aereus Boletus ananas Boletus asiacticus Boletus auripes Boletus bicolor Boletus dissiliens Boletus edulis Boletus granulatus Boletus griseus Boletus inedulis Boletus luridiformis Boletus luridus Boletus parasiticus Boletus porosporus Boletus pseudocalopus Boletus puverulentus Boletus reticulates Boletus violaceofuscus Boletus species- Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP   Boletus species- Shimla, Himachal […]

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Pedicularis rhinanthoides

Pedicularis rhinanthoides Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey., Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 22 22 1841.;  China (Xinjiang), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Pakistan (Pamirs, Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Deosai, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Dras, Zanskar), N-India as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Rattle Lousewort   Please help ID this Pedicularis species : 8 posts by 3 […]

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Orobanche alba subsp. alba

Orobanche alba Stephan ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 450 1800. (syn: Catodiacrum sparsiflorum Dulac; Orobanche alba f. ampla G. Beck …………; Orobanche alba var. epithymoides Rouy; Orobanche alba var. glabrata (C. A. Meyer) G. Beck; Orobanche alba f. hellebori (Miegeville) G. Beck …..; Orobanche alba var. major Rouy; Orobanche alba f. maxima G. Beck …; Orobanche alba […]

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