Cryptanthus

Cryptanthus bivittatus (Hook.) Regel     Cryptanthus species   Cryptanthus zonatus (Vis.) Beer  

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Cycas sphaerica

Cycas sphaerica Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 747 1832. (Syn: Cycas circinalis var. orixensis Haines);   Images by Prasad Dash  Cycas sphaerica 271011PD Flora of Orissa: sharing picture of another fruit plant Cycas sphaerica which i have taken from Ranpur. The ripen fruits are completely boiled in water and then sun dried for two […]

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Talinum portulacifolium

Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf., Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 2): 172 1896. (Syn: Claytonia cuneifolia (Willd.) Kuntze; Ketumbulia splendida Ehrenb. ex v. Poelln.; Orygia portulacifolia Forssk.; Portulaca cuneifolia Vahl; Talinum cuneifolium Willd.; Talinum genense Klotzsch ex v. Poelln.; Talinum indicum Wight & Arn.); Sudan, South Sudan, Senegal, Togo, Benin, ?Nigeria, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R.Congo (Zaire), Ethiopia, […]

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Darwinia fascicularis (Australia)

Darwinia fascicularis Rudge, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 11: 299 1815. (Syn: Cryptostemon fascicularis (Rudge) F.Muell. ex Miq.;                    Cryptostemon ericaeus F.Muell. ex Miq.);   Queensland to New South Wales as per WCSP;   Flora-Australia–71: 2 images. Shrub grows on the heath. Named after Erasmus Darwin, a physician, poet and botanist and grandfather of Charles Darwin-a naturalist. […]

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Papaver somniferum (Introduced)

Papaver somniferum L., Sp. Pl. 508 1753. (syn: Papaver album Mill.; Papaver album-nigrum Crantz; Papaver amoenum Lindl.; Papaver amplexicaule Stokes; Papaver glabrum Gilib.; Papaver hortense Hussenot; Papaver indehiscens Dumort.; Papaver nigrum Garsault; Papaver officinale C.C.Gmelin; Papaver opiiferum Forsk.; Papaver polycephalum hort. ex E.Vilm.; Papaver setigerum var. valdesetosum Maire; Papaver somniferum var. album (Mill.) DC.; Papaver somniferum […]

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Wulfeniopsis

  Wulfeniopsis amherstiana (Benth.) D.Y. Hong (Pakistan (Kurram, Swat, Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Afghanistan (Paktia / Khost), NW-India, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life)         Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution): Wulfenia amherstiana var. amherstiana Benth. (2700-3000 m; Afghanistan, Himalaya (Kashmir to W. Nepal). ) […]

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Actinodaphne species

  identification of this plant : 5 posts by 3 authors. 1 image. Reply from another thread: This appears to be a Lauraceae member with perulate terminal buds. However, without further details (flowering, fruiting, habit, habitat etc) it is difficult to apply a name. Actinodaphne!   When and where these images were taken? Pl. also check […]

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Juniperus species ?

Juniperus species ?;     Ornamental Plant for ID : Munnar : 261011 : AK-3: An ornamental potted plant at Munnar, Kerala taken on the 22nd of Oct, 2008. Cultivated at the resort garden where we were staying. Plant was about 3-4 feet tall, probably a young plant. Some Fir? The attached image is not […]

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Ludwigia prostrata ?

Ludwigia prostrata Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 1: 441 441 1820. (Syn: Isnardia prostrata (Roxb.) Kuntze; Jussiaea prostrata (Roxb.) Lév.; Ludwigia diffusa Hem.;  Ludwigia fruticulosa Blume; Ludwigia leucorhiza Bl.; Nematopyxis fruticulosa Miq.; Nematopyxis prostrata Miq.; Nematopyxis pusilla Miq.; Oenothera alba Noronha) ?;   India, Nepal, Laos, Vietnam, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (Yangon), Java, peninsular Malaysia, Singapore (I), Thailand, Sri […]

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Orthosiphon aristatus

Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 943 1858. (Syn: Ocimum aristatum Blume;                                      Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu; Clerodendranthus stamineus (Benth.) Kudô; Clerodendrum spicatum Thunb.; Ocimum grandiflorum Blume [Illegitimate]; Orthosiphon grandiflorus Bold. [Illegitimate]; Orthosiphon spicatus (Thunb.) Backer, Bakh.f. & Steenis [Illegitimate]; Orthosiphon spiralis (Lour.) Merr.; Orthosiphon stamineus Benth.; Orthosiphon tagawae Murata; Orthosiphon velteri Doan [Invalid]; […]

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Hakea salicifolia (Australia)

Hakea salicifolia (Vent.) B.L.Burtt, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 33 1941. (Syn: Banksia saligna (Andrews) Parm.; Conchium salicifolium (Vent.) C.F.Gaertn.; Conchium salignum (Andrews) Donn ex Sm.; Embothrium salicifolium Vent.; Embothrium salignum Andrews; Hakea florulenta Meisn. (Unresolved); Hakea mimosoides A.Cunn. ex Meisn. (Unresolved); Hakea saligna (Andrews) Knight; Hakea saligna var. angustifolia A.A.Ham.);     Flora-Australia=70: 1 post by […]

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Epilobium laxum

Epilobium laxum Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 211, t. 43, f. 2 1835. (Syn: Epilobium amplectens (C.B.Clarke) Benth. ex Hassk.; Epilobium duthiei Hausskn.; Epilobium laetum Popov; Epilobium sadae H.Lév.; Epilobium subnivale Popov ex Pavlov; Epilobium tetragonum var. amplectens Benth. ex C.B.Clarke); Western Himalaya from Chitral to Kumaun and north to the Tien Shan range as […]

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Codonopsis pilosula (Cultivated)

Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf., Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 29 1930. (Syn: Campanumoea pilosula Franch.; Codonopsis glaberrima Nannf.; Codonopsis handeliana Nannf.; Codonopsis modesta Nannf.; Codonopsis pilosula var. glaberrima (Nannf.) P.C.Tsoong; Codonopsis pilosula var. handeliana (Nannf.) L.D.Shen; Codonopsis pilosula subsp. handeliana (Nannf.) D.Y.Hong & L.M.Ma; Codonopsis pilosula var. modesta (Nannf.) L.D.Shen; Codonopsis pilosula var. volubilis (Nannf.) L.D.Shen; […]

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Grevillea buxifolia (Australia)

Grevillea buxifolia R.Br., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 174 1810. (Syn: Embothrium buxifolium Sm.; Embothrium genianthum Cav.; Grevillea collina Knight ex Sweet; Hakea buxifolia (Sm.) Christenh. & Byng; Stylurus buxifolia Knight; Stylurus collina Knight); Australia (New South Wales: coast N of Tuggerah S to Port Jackson and inland to Kulnura, Culoul Range and Windsor) as per […]

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Codonopsis lanceolata (Cultivated)

Codonopsis lanceolata (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 46 1879. (Syn: Campanumoea japonica Siebold ex Merr.; Campanumoea lanceolata Siebold & Zucc.; Codonopsis bodinieri H.Lév.; Codonopsis lanceolata var. amurae T.Koyama; Codonopsis lanceolata var. emaculata Honda; Codonopsis lanceolata f. emaculata (Honda) H.Hara; Codonopsis ussuriensis f. viridiflora J.Ohara; Codonopsis yesoensis […]

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Hernandia nymphaeifolia

Hernandia nymphaeifolia (J.Presl) Kubitzki, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 90: 272 1970. (Syn: Biasolettia nymphaeifolia C.Presl; Hernandia peltata Meisn.; Hernandia vitiensis Seem. ex Pax);    Plants of Papua 3:  Could you help me to ID our plant please. It is a tree to10 m tall,the fruits float on the sea water.  I think this is Hernandia nympahaeifolia (J. […]

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