Impatiens johnsiana, Ratheesh, Sunil, & Anil; two more new species from Kerala: I am herewith attaching two new species described by Ratheesh Narayanan and team.I would like to say few words about him, he is not only a good taxonomist but an excellent silent field worker and a great lover of RET plants of […]
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Glyptopetalum grandiflorum
Glyptopetalum grandiflorum Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 1: 21 1871. ; Glyptopetalum grandiflorum Bedd. (Celastraceae): Sharing an image of Glyptopetalum grandiflorum Bedd. (Celastraceae) Description: Shrub; branchlets terete, angled when young. Leaves elliptic-oblong, rounded or cuneate at base, entire, rarely obscurely serrate towards apex, acute or acuminate at apex, 10-15.5 x 5-6.5 cm, […]
Glyptopetalum
Glyptopetalum grandiflorum Bedd.
Clerodendrum minahassae
Clerodendrum minahassae Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 25: 409 1863. (Syn: Clerodendrum blancoi Náves ex Fern.-Vill.; Clerodendrum minahassae var. grandicalyx Moldenke; Siphoboea commersonii Baill.); Images by (Raman Arunachalam – Id by Mahadeswara Swamy) & Aarti Khale, (For more photos & complete details, click on the links, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) White Flowers For ID […]
Castilleja species
Mansoa species
Mansoa species; efloraofindia:”For Id 05102011MR6_a’ ?Garlic creeper or Lasun vel Pune: Request for validation ?Lasun vel This picture has been taken by my friend at her farm in 2009 at Pune The leaves, if crushed emit garlic-like smell. I think Mansoa alliacea. Yes …, but perhaps Mansoa hjymenaea also needs to be examined. […]
Scleria terrestris
Scleria terrestris (L.) Fassett, Rhodora 26: 159 1924. (Syn: Scleria laevis var. scaberrima Benth.; Scleria scrobiculata C.B. Clarke; Zizania terrestris L.; Diaphora cochinchinensis Lour.; Schoenus paniculatus Burm.f.; Scleria aspera Boeckeler; Scleria chinensis var. biauriculata C.B.Clarke; Scleria cochinchinensis (Lour.) Druce; Scleria elata Thwaites ..; Scleria exaltata Boeckeler; Scleria haematostachys Boeckeler; Scleria hasskarliana Boeckeler; Scleria hirsuta Boeckeler; Scleria […]
Leycesteria gracilis
Leycesteria gracilis (Kurz) Airy Shaw, Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3166 t. 3166 1927. (Syn: Lonicera gracilis Kurz); Images by Sheila (ID by Sheila and Vijayashankar) SHRUB ID………11/12/2011………S.S……….052…….. NEAR LAVA. WEST BENGAL.: Beautiful purple berries. Taken 15th April 2011. Near Lava. West Bengal. Please can someone id this. Habitat-…. Growing wild in the forest […]
Papaver bracteatum (Cultivated)
Papaver bracteatum Lindl., Coll. Bot. t. 23 1821. (Syn: Calomecon bracteatum Spach; Papaver orientale M.Bieb. (ambiguous synonym); Papaver pulcherrimum Fisch. ex Steud.); Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran), Northern Caucasus, Japan (I), Vietnam (I), Slovakia (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Papaver bracteatum Lindl. from Kashmir: Papaver bracteatum Lindl., Coll. bot. t. 23. 1821 […]
Rhynchostylis gigantea
Rhynchostylis gigantea (Lindl.) Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 356 1896. (Syn: Anota gigantea (Lindl.) Fukuy.; Gastrochilus giganteus (Lindl.) Kuntze; Saccolabium giganteum Lindl.; Anota densiflora (Lindl.) Schltr.; Anota hainanensis (Rolfe) Schltr.; Anota harrisoniana (Hook.) Schltr.; Rhynchostylis gigantea f. harrisoniana (Hook.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss; Saccolabium albolineatum Teijsm. & Binn.; Saccolabium giganteum var. illustre Rchb.f.; Saccolabium giganteum […]
Trias picta
Trias picta (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) C.S.P.Parish ex Hemsl., Gard. Chron. 18: 427 1882. (Syn: Bulbophyllum pictum E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.; Trias picta (Parish & Rchb. f.) Rolfe); ORCHIDACEAE: Trias picta (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) C.S.P.Parish ex Hemsl.: Trias picta (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) C.S.P.Parish ex Hemsl., Gard.Chron. 18: 427 (1882). Synonym:Bulbophyllum pictum E.C.Parish & Rchb.f., […]
Aerva javanica var. bovei
Aerva javanica var. bovei Webb, Niger Fl. 173 1849. (Syn: Aerva persica var. bovei (Webb) Chiov.; Aerva tomentosa var. bovei (Webb) C.B.Clarke); Images by Balkar Singh Flora of Haryana: Aerva javanica var. bovei Webb from Hisar near Jindal school: Aerva javanica var. bovei Webb Family- amaranthaceae from a waste land area near Jindal school Hisar […]
Nervilia pangteyana
Nervilia pangteyana J. S. Jalal, Kumar & G. S. Rawat, Nordic Journal of Botany Volume 30, Issue 4, pages 407–411, August 2012; Nervilia pangteyana: new orchid species.: Please find one of our new article attached. Its about a new speciesof Nervlia. We have named it Nervilia pangteyana. Species epithet is […]
Billbergia nutans (Cultivated)
Billbergia nutans H.Wendl. ex Regel, Gartenflora 18: 162 1869. (Syn: Billbergia linearifolia Baker; Billbergia minuta Mez; Billbergia nutans f. rupestris Hassl.; Billbergia nutans var. schimperiana (Wittm. ex Baker) Mez; Billbergia nutans var. striata Reitz; Billbergia schimperiana Wittm. ex Baker; Billbergia schimperiana f. rupestris Hassl.); Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Paraguay; Uruguay as per Catalogue […]
Leycesteria stipulata
Leycesteria stipulata (Hook. f. & Thomson) Fritsch, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(4): 169 169 1891. (Syn: Lonicera stipulata Hook. f. & Thomson; Pentapyxis stipulata (Hook. f. & Thomson) Hook. f. ex C.B. Clarke); Images by Sheila Unknown shrub.: Please can you identify this large rather straggly shrub. It was found along the road to […]
Trias nasuta
Trias nasuta (Rchb.f.) Stapf, Bot. Mag. 152: t. 9150 1928. (Syn: Bulbophyllum nasutum Rchb.f.; Phyllorchis nasuta (Rchb. f.) Kuntze; Phyllorkis nasuta (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Trias vitrina Rolfe); ORCHIDACEAE: Trias nasuta (Rchb.f.) Stapf. (from Hong Kong): Trias nasuta (Rchb.f.) Stapf, Bot. Mag. 152: t. 9150 (1928). Synonym:Bulbophyllum nasutum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1871: 1482 […]
Trias
Omalotheca
Omalotheca stewartii (C.B.Clarke) Holub (Image by Suresh Rana (ID by Gurcharan Singh), Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Kindly click link to see details)) Omalotheca (Asteraceae (Compositae)) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Omalotheca (Asteraceae (Compositae)) page with images of species (done by …) in efloraofindia. If you find any […]
Chaenomeles x vilmoriana
Chaenomeles x vilmoriana C. Web., Arnoldia xxiii. 64 (1963); Rosaceae Week: Chaenomeles vilmoriana from SFO, California: Chaenomeles x vilmoriana C. Web., Arnoldia xxiii. 64 (1963) A hybrid between C. cathayayensis x C. speciosa, a shrub with many erect branches, nearly glabrous; leaves elliptic to ovate, slightly serrate; flowers large white to […]
Rhaphidophora pertusa
Rhaphidophora pertusa (Roxb.) Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 45 1857. (Syn: Monstera pertusa (Roxb.) Schott; Pothos pertusus Roxb.; Rhaphidophora lacera Hassk. [Illegitimate]; Scindapsus peepla Thwaites; Scindapsus pertusus (Roxb.) Schott); Images by (Bhagyashri Ranade – identified by Dr David Scherberich & Peter Boyce) & (Badri Narayanan – identified by Vijayasankar Raman), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) efloraofindia:”For […]
