Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia

Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 214 1938. (Syn: Plumeria casildensis Urb.; Plumeria domingensis Urb.; Plumeria gibbosa Urb.; Plumeria hypoleuca Gasp.; Plumeria lanata Britton; Plumeria leuconeura Urb.; Plumeria multiflora Standl.; Plumeria pilosula Urb.; Plumeria sericifolia C.Wright ex Griseb.; Plumeria trinitensis Britton; Plumeria tuberculata Lodd.; Plumeria tuberculata subsp. sericifolia […]

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Convallaria majalis (Cultivated)

Convallaria majalis L., Sp. Pl. 814 1753. (syn: Convallaria bracteata Dulac [Illegitimate]; Convallaria fragrans Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Convallaria latifolia Mill.; Convallaria linnaei Gaertn.; Convallaria majalis f. abchasica Ponert ……………; Convallaria mappii C.C.Gmel.; Convallaria scaposa Gilib. [Invalid]; Convallaria transcaucasica Utkin ex Grossh.; Lilium convallium Garsault [Invalid]; Lilium-convallium majale (L.) Moench; Polygonatum majale (L.) All.);   Images by Gurcharan […]

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Nervilia falcata

Nervilia falcata (King & Pantl.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 402 1911. (Syn: Pogonia falcata King & Pantl.);       Nervillia infundibulifolia: Today at Kanakeshwar,Alibag This is very interesting. But, this is very different from Nervilia infundibulifolia for sure. I imagine, what can this be? 🙁 I just discussed with Dr. … and he […]

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Gentiana coronata

Gentiana coronata (D.Don ex Royle) Griseb., Prodr. 9: 109 1845. (Syn: Ericala coronata D.Don ex G.Don; Eyrythalia coronata D.Don; Varasia coronata (Royle) Soják (Unresolved)); Images by Suresh Rana (ID Gurcharan Singh), inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details). Gentiana species from Paddar valley J&K: Sharing Gentiana species from Paddar valley Kindly confirm ID Bot. […]

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Iberis amara

Iberis amara L., Sp. Pl. 649 1753. (Syn: Biauricula amara (L.) Bubani; Biauricula resedifolia (Pourr. ex Timb.-Lagr.) Bubani; Crucifera iberis E.H.L.Krause; Iberis affinis Jord.; Iberis amara subsp. amara L.; Iberis amara subsp. forestieri (Jord.) Heywood; Iberis apricorum Giraudias; Iberis arvatica Jord.; Iberis bicolor Rchb.; Iberis bicorymbifera Gren. & Godr.; Iberis contracta subsp. vinetorum (Pau) M.B. […]

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Nectar & Host Plants

Nectar & Host Plants;     Nectar Plant List: Attaching herewith list of Nectar Plants, compiled from various sources. By Faruk Mhetar – farukarise@gmail.com   Adenostemma lavenia  These plants are shrubs. >>Adenostemma lavenia Is an evergreen.   Ageratum conyzoides L.  Asteraceae IT is an erect, herbaceous annual 30 – 80 cm tall   Angelonia biflora […]

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Salacia agasthiamalana

Salacia agasthiamalana Udayan, Regy Yohannan & Pradeep, Edinburgh J. Bot. 69(2): 255. 2012 [18 Jun 2012]     Scandent bushy shrubs; branchlets lenticellate, blackish. Leaves 5-6.5 3 x 2- 3.5 cm, elliptic, acute, acuminate or rounded-retuse at apex, acute or cuneate at base, coriaceous, margin serrate in young leaves become crenate in mature leaves, venation […]

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Murdannia nimmoniana var. sahyadrica

Murdannia nimmoniana (J. Graham) Bole & M. R. Almeida var. sahyadrica (Ancy and Nampy) Nandikar comb. & stat. nov., Phytodiversity 2015: Vol. 2 (1): 56-112 ;     Murdannia sahyadrica, a new species of Commelinaceae from the Northwestern Ghats, India: Here is an addition to the flora of India. Murdannia sahyadrica, a new species of […]

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Impatiens mohana

Impatiens mohana Ratheesh, Sujana & Anil; A new plant species from Kerala: I am herewith sharing a paper entitled Impatiens mohana (Balsaminaceae), a new scapigerous Balsam from Wayanad, Western Ghats, India for your future reference. Kindly see the attached file. Congratulations … for new published species. By the way it would be interesting to know […]

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Hemiphragma heterophyllum

Hemiphragma heterophyllum Wall., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 612 612 1822.; China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Tibet, Bhutan, India, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Nepal, Philippines (Luzon), Assam, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Magway, Shan) as per Catalogue of Life;   Tiny flowers, up to 1 cm across blooms during March-May. Leaves are dimorphic- on […]

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Hemiphragma

  Hemiphragma heterophyllum Wall. (China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Tibet, Bhutan, India, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Nepal, Philippines (Luzon), Assam, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Magway, Shan) as per Catalogue of Life)                             Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering […]

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Ixeris

Ixeris polycephala Cass. (Images by Nidhan Singh, D S Rawat and Nidhan Singh, (Inserted by Gurcharan Singh))  Ixeris page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Ixeris page (Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by …). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody […]

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Sphagneticola (Wedelia) species

Sphagneticola (Wedelia) species;         At Salt Lake, Near Kolkata– 28/10/08 (?); Wedelia – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia IDENTIFY THIS WEDELIA. – indiantreepix | Google Groups Wedelia chinensis. – indiantreepix | Google Groups

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Paphiopedilum fairrieanum

IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR)Paphiopedilum fairrieanum (Lindl.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch 467 1892. (Syn: Cordula fairrieana (Lindl.) Rolfe; Cypripedium assamicum Linden ex K.Koch & Fintelm.; Cypripedium fairrieanum Lindl.; Paphiopedilum fairrieanum var. bohlmannianum Mato; Paphiopedilum fairrieanum f. bohlmannianum (Mato) Braem; Paphiopedilum fairrieanum var. giganteum Pradhan; Paphiopedilum fairrieanum var. nigrescens Pradhan);       PAPHIOPEDILUM FAIRIEANUM:   In 2002 […]

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Gochnatia spectabilis

Gochnatia spectabilis (D.Don) Less., Linnaea 5 261 1830. (Syn: Eupatorium spectabile (D.Don) Spreng.; Leucomeris spectabilis D.Don (Unresolved)); Images by Aarti Khale (ID D S Rawat), Nidhan Singh, D S Rawat, and Nidhan Singh (Inserted by Gurcharan Singh) (Please click links for all images)                              […]

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Gochnatia

Gochnatia spectabilis (D.Don) Less. (Images by Aarti Khale (ID D S Rawat), Nidhan Singh, D S Rawat, and Nidhan Singh (Inserted by Gurcharan Singh) (Please click links for all images))                                                         […]

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Asyneuma thomsonii

Asyneuma thomsonii (C.B.Clarke) Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38(2): 350 1921. (Syn: Campanula thomsonii Hook.f.; Phyteuma thomsonii (Hook.f.) C.B.Clarke; Symphyandra stylosa Royle [Invalid]);    Images by Gurcharan Singh   Asyneuma thomsonii (C.B.Clarke) Bornm. from Dachhigam, Kashmir: Asyneuma thomsonii (C.B.Clarke) Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38(2): 350 1921. Syn: Campanula thomsonii Hook. f.; Phyteuma thomsonii (Hook.f.) C.B.Clarke; Symphyandra […]

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Asyneuma

  Asyneuma fulgens (Wall.) Briq. (Images by Muthu Karthick (ID by Umesh Kumar Tiwari))   Asyneuma thomsonii (C.B.Clarke) Bornm. (Images by Gurcharan Singh)   Haridasan & Mukerjee1(1996) have described following species of Asyneuma in India Asyneuma fulgens (Wall.) Briq. A. thomsonii (C.B. Clarke) Bornm. Reference: Haridasan, V.K. and Mukerjee, P.K. 1996. Campanulaceae. In; Hajra, P.K. and […]

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