Andira inermis (Cultivated)

Andira inermis (Wright) DC. (Syn: Andira excelsa Kunth; Andira grandiflora Guill. & Perr.; Andira jamaicensis (Wright) Urb.; Geoffroea inermis Wright; Geoffroea jamaicensis W. Wright; Geoffroea jamaicensis var. inermis Wright; Geoffroea jamaicensis inermis W. Wright; Glycyrrhiza undulata Ruiz & Pav. ex G. Don; Vouacapoua inermis (Wright) A.Lyons;          Andira racemosa Lam.);        Request Tree ID: 0012 : […]

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Posting through Google groups/ docs

1. Slide presentations: First slide via Google Docs & 2nd via Google groups. 2. Write up for posting through Google Groups: Today Dinesh ji came up with the idea of using insert function (a blue square on left of link) to allow normal size images being posted from Group forum. It should be a big sigh of relief […]

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Melaleuca nodosa (Australia)

Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 276 1797. (Syn: Callistemon juniperinus (Rchb. ex Spreng.) Heynh.; Melaleuca juniperina (Rchb. ex Spreng.) Sieber ex Rchb.; Melaleuca juniperoides DC.; Melaleuca nodosa var. tenuifolia (DC.) Cheel ex A.R.Penfold; Melaleuca tenuifolia DC.; Metrosideros gracilis K.D.Koenig & Sims [Illegitimate]; Metrosideros juniperina Rchb. ex Spreng.; Metrosideros juniperoides […]

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Pterospermum reticulatum

IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Pterospermum reticulatum Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 69 1834. (Unresolved) (syn: Pterospermadendron reticulatum Kuntze (Unresolved)); India: In evergreen forests of Western Ghats at low elevations. Karnataka, Tatnil Nadu and Kerala; sometimes planted as a roadside tree as per BSI Flora of India; Common name: South-Indian Kanak Champa […]

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Picris

Picris hieracioides L. (Images by Nidhan Singh (Validated by Gurcharan Singh), Gurcharan Singh & Alok Mahendroo (Id by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))    ‎Picris page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Picris page (Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with […]

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Eria species

Eria species;           Eria sp. flowering:  Photographed at my farm at Shahapur earlier this month. Unfortunately couldn’t observe it in full bloom as the inflorescence was destroyed in thundershowers. Presume this is Eria dalzelli.      Gori Valley Tour: Orchid 6 for id..: This one was a single shot of an […]

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Paphiopedilum callosum (Hong Kong)

Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb.f.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch 457 1892. (Syn: Cordula callosa (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Cypripedium callosum Rchb.f.; Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer;       Cypripedium schmidtianum Kraenzl.; Paphiopedilum callosum var. angustipetalum Guillaumin; Paphiopedilum callosum var. schmidtianum (Kraenzl.) Pfitzer; Paphiopedilum callosum var. viniferum (Koop. & N.Haseg.) Cavestro; Paphiopedilum callosum var. viniferum (Koop. & N.Haseg.) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Paphiopedilum crossii f. […]

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Pimelea linifolia subsp. linifolia (Australia)

Pimelea linifolia Sm., Spec. Bot. New Holland 3: 31-33, pl. 11 31 1794. (Syn: Banksia linifolia (A. Cunn. ex Meisn.) Kuntze; Banksia spathulata (Labill.) Kuntze; Calyptrostegia cernua (R. Br.) C. A. Mey.; Calyptrostegia linifolia (A. Cunn. ex Meissn.) C. A. Mey.; Calyptrostegia spathulata (Labill.) C. A. Mey.; Pimelea cernua R. Br.; Pimelea collina A. Cunn. ex […]

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Spiraea × vanhouttei (Germany)

Spiraea × vanhouttei (Briot) Carrière, Rev. Hort. 48(13): 260 260 1876. (Syn: Spiraea aquilegiifolia var. vanhouttei Briot); Slovakia (I), Germany (I), Hungary (I), Romania (I), Croatia (I), China, USA (I) (Arkansas (I), Connecticut (I), Illinois (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), North Carolina (I), New York […]

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Actinotus minor (Australia)

Actinotus minor (Sm.) DC., Prodr. 4: 83 1830. (Syn: Eriocalia minor Sm.); Images by Ushaprabha Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Flora-Australia-64: Actinotus minor., not helianthi. Cute. They look like synthetic….made up from silky cloth/paper     References: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2621055 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinotus_minor

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Actinotus

Actinotus minor (Sm.) DC. (Australia) (Images by Ushaprabha Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg))

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Isopogon anemonifolius (Australia)

Isopogon anemonifolius (R.A. Salisbury) KNIGHT, Cult. Prot. 93 93 1809. (Syn: Atylus anemonifolia (Salisb.) Kuntze; Isopogon anemonifolius var. glaber R.Br.; Isopogon anemonifolius var. pubescens R.Br.; Isopogon anemonifolius var. pubiflorus Benth.; Isopogon anemonifolius f. simplicifolia Cheel; Isopogon tridactylitis (Cav.) Roem. & Schult.; Protea anemonifolia R.A. Salisbury; Protea apifolia Sm. ex Meissn.; Protea tridactylites Cav.); Australia (near […]

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Tabernaemontana species

     Flora of Andaman22-050111-PKA3: I had seen this Tabernaemontana sp. near Radhanagar Beach (Havelock,  Andaman).  Date/Time: 20-12-2010 / 10:30AM Location: Near Radhanagar Beach, Havelock, Andaman & Nicobar Habitat: Wild Plant habit: Tree (Approx 4 m)  Family: Apocynaceae. This could be Tabernaemontana heyneana?  Tabernaemontana sp., but not T. heyneana.     Garden Plant for ID: […]

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Doronicum kamaonense

Doronicum kamaonense (DC.) Alv.Fern., 294 2001. (Syn: Doronicum roylei DC.; Fullartonia kamaonensis DC.); Images by Alok Mahendroo (Id by Gurcharan Singh) & Dinesh Valke (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)   dor-ON-ih-kum — from the Arabic darawnaj … Dave’s Botanarykah-may-oh-NEN-see — of or from Kumaun, a region of Western […]

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Doronicum

Doronicum kamaonense (DC.) Alv.Fern. (Images by Alok Mahendroo (Id by Gurcharan Singh) & Dinesh Valke (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Doronicum page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Doronicum page (Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by […]

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Santalum acuminatum (Australia)

Santalum acuminatum (R. Br.) A. DC., Prodr. 14(1): 1856. (syn: Eucarya acuminata (R.Br.) Sprague & Summerhayes; Fusanus acuminatus R.Br.; Mida acuminata (R.Br.) Kuntze; Santalum angustifolium A.DC.; Santalum cognatum Miq.; Santalum densiflorum Gand.; Santalum lanceolatum Schltdl.; Santalum preissianum Miq.) as per Catalogue of Life;     Australia (Western Australia, S-Northern Territory, South Australia, S-Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria) as per […]

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Justicia candicans (Cultivated)

Justicia candicans (Nees) L.D.Benson, Trees Shrubs Southw. Deserts ed. 3: 218 1981. (Syn: Adhatoda candicans Nees; Dianthera candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.; Dianthera candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl.; Ecbolium candicans (Nees) Kuntze; Jacobinia candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hook. f. & B.D. Jacks.; Jacobinia candicans var. subglabra (S. […]

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