Gentiana hugelii

Gentiana hugelii Griseb., Prodr. 9: 108 1845. (Syn: Gentiana marginata var. hugelii (Griseb.) S.Agrawal; Qaisera hugelii (Griseb.) Omer (Unresolved);   Images by Gurcharan Singh, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click links to see details). Campanulaceae and Gentianaceae Week: Gentianacea-Gentiana carinata/coronata/hugelii: This mail was originally meant for Botany colleague from Kashmir. I am sending it again with […]

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Bergia aestivosa

Bergia aestivosa (Wight) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 198 1840. (Syn: Elatine aestivosa Wight);  Afghanistan (Nangarhar), Pakistan (Sind, Kurram, Pakistani Punjab, Lahore), India (Punjab, West Bengal, Tripura, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), ?Iraq, Java as per Catalogue of Life;   References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver. 1.1  India Biodiversity Portal  Species with description […]

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Bergia

Bergia suffruticosa (Delile) Fenzl   Bergia ammannioides Roxb. ex Roth     BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Distribution): Bergia aestivosa Wight & Arn. (lndia: Punjab West Bengal, Tripura, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; Pakistan, Iraq and Indonesia (Java)) Bergia ammannioides Roxb. (India: Grows mainly in tropical and subtropical regions in muddy […]

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Elatinaceae

Bergia suffruticosa (Delile) Fenzl   Bergia ammannioides Roxb. ex Roth     BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Jayashree Bhattacharya): Bergia  L. Elatine L. Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎ ‎‎Elatinaceae are now with images : 1 post by 1 author. Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎ ‎‎Elatinaceae are now with images. […]

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Enicostema

Enicostema axillare (Poir. ex Lam.) A.Raynal Images by Arvind Kadus (ID Vijayasankar Raman), Gopal Shinde (ID JM Garg), Viplav Gangar, Aditya Dharap, P. Santhan and Prashant Awale, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click links to see details and more images).        Biosystematic Studies on Enicostema axillare (Lam.) A. Raynal subsp. axillare (Gentianaceae) in Peninsular India by Shahina P.M., Santhosh Nampy- Pakistan Journal of Biological […]

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Sansevieria cylindrica (Cultivated)

Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 85: t. 5093 1859. (Syn: Acyntha cylindrica (Bojer ex Hook.) Kuntze; Cordyline cylindrica (Bojer ex Hook.) Britton; Sansevieria angolensis Welw. ex Carrière; Sansevieria cylindrica var. patula N.E.Br.);    Images by Bhaskar K – identified by Anil Thakur (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)  Fwd: [efloraofindia:177613] Identification please 251213KB1 : Attachments (5). 2 […]

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Tanacetum cinerariifolium

Tanacetum cinerariifolium (Trevir.) Sch.Bip., 58 1844. (Syn: Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium (Trevir.) Vis.; Chrysanthemum rigidum Vis.; Chrysanthemum turreanum Vis.);   Images by Gurcharan Singh, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Click link to see details).    Tanacetum cinerariifolium (Trevir.) Sch. Bip. from Kashmir: Tanacetum cinerariifolium (Trevir.) Sch. Bip., Tanaceteen 58. 1844 Syn: Pyrethrum cinerariifolium Trevir. (basionym);Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium (Trevir.) Vis. […]

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Ruellia species

    efloraofindia:”For Id 08092011MR1’’ ?Zinia Pune: Request for identification is this called Zinia? Date/Time-Sep 2011 Location-Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Garden Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Plant Height/Length- about 1.5 feet Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-Green Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- dark purple Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-Not seen This should be any […]

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Cassia nealiae

Cassia nealiae H.S.Irwin & Barneby;  images by Dinesh Valke KASS-ee-uh — from an ancient Greek name kasia used by Dioscoridesx — hybridNEE-lee-ay — named for Hawaiian ethnobotanist Marie C. Neal (1889-1965) commonly known as: Neal’s hybrid cassia • Marathi: सफेत बहावा saphet bahava Originally produced in: Hawaii     Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) :: Cassia x nealiae at […]

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1. Other important informations- links

Other important informations- links;     Please, say NO with reason Info. about how to send ID requests  Unique subject line for plants meant for ID   error???- Gmail full- what to do  how to upload pics for iD  Request to all the members- not to collect specimen from the wild how can i upload the […]

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Senna splendida

Senna splendida (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby (Syn: Cassia splendida Vogel; Cassia splendida var. angustifolia Benth.);    Image by  Ken  Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae)– Senna splendida: This is a small tree, native to (chiefly) Brazil that is occasionally grown in Southern California, USA. Light orange-yellow flowers for a few weeks in Fall./wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC06159.jpg

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Photographs that help in id

Most members often go out on short or longer trips to places that often are difficult to visit again if some crucial photographs are missing. When moving in a group, or visiting a convenient place, it is always helpful if one or two laptops are handy, and those without laptop carry an external storage drive […]

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Lysiphyllum

Lysiphyllum diphyllum (Buch.-Ham., in Symes) de Wit   Lysiphyllum hookeri (F. Muell.) Pedley

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Bauhinia grandidieri (USA)

Bauhinia grandidieri Baill.;      Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae)- Bauhinia grandidieri: This is the Blue Orchid Tree (really a shrub), Bauhinia grandidieri, a native of Madagascar, growing at Fullerton, CA, USA.http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z93/fastfeat/PHTO0041-2-1.jpg

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Cassia angolensis (USA)

Cassia angolensis Hiern;           Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae)– Cassia angolensis: Angolan native. This is a rare tree, shown here at Fullerton Arboretum (Fullerton, California, USA). It may well be the only specimen in the USA. It sets pods regularly, but seeds fail to mature properly. I have considered grafting this on the locally-plentiful […]

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Cassia leptophylla (USA)

Cassia leptophylla Vogel; images shared by Kenneth Gerby       Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae)–Cassia leptophylla: As this site is dedicated to posting pictures of species found growing in India, I don’t want to post many species from the US, but these species should grow somewhere there locally. Perhaps they are in the trade there? I will limit […]

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Bauhinia monandra (Cultivated)

                               Bauhinia monandra Kurz (Syn: Bauhinia kappleri Sagot; Bauhinia krugii Urb.; Bauhinia porosa Baill.; Bauhinia punctiflora Baker; Bauhinia richardiana Voight; Bauhinia subrotundifolia sensu auct. (misapplied); Caspareopsis monandra (Kurz) Britton & Rose; Caspariopsis monandra (Kurz) Britton & Rose [Spelling variant]);   Bauhinia monandra is a species of leguminous trees, of the Fabaceae family.[2] Common names include pink […]

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Peltophorum dubium (Florida, USA)

Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub. (Syn: Brasilettia dubia (Spreng.) Kuntze; Caesalpinia dubia Spreng.; Peltophorum vogelianum Benth.; Peltophorum vogelianum Walp.; Peltophorum vogelianum f. ferruginea Chodat & Hassl.; Peltophorum vogelianum f. glabrata Chodat & Hassl.; Peltophorum vogelianum f. intermedia Chodat & Hassl.); Images by Kenneth  Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae)– Peltophorum dubium:  Tropical American species, this is very commonly escaped in Central […]

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Senna candolleana (Cultivated- USA)

Senna candolleana (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby (Syn: Cassia bicapsularis var. chilensis Benth.; Cassia candolleana Vogel; Cassia closiana Phil.; Cassia emarginata Clos; Cassia obtusa Clos; Cassia quebracho Steud.);     Images by Gurcharan Singh   Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) Week: Senna candolleana from California: Senna candolleana (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby, syn: Cassia candolleana Vogel Photographed from University of California […]

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