Dianthus

Dianthus angulatus Royle (Images by (Suresh Rana – Id by Ritesh Choudhary) & (Alok Mahendroo – validation by Gurcharan Singh))  Dianthus barbatus L. (Images by Gurcharan Singh, (Mani Nair – Id by Gurcharan Singh) & Ankush Prakash)          Dianthus caryophyllus L. (Images by Gurcharan Singh)  Dianthus chinensis L. (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade(1,2,3) & Gurcharan Singh(4), (inserted […]

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Hydrangeaceae

Deutzia hookeriana (Schneid.) Airy Shaw (S-Tibet, China (NW-Yunnan), Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Nepal, Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), N-India as per Catalogue of Life) (Keys as per efi thread: Calyx teeth acute in the key is confusing. However, they look entirely different from each other. Leaves are large in D. corymbosa with green lower surface (Grey […]

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Desmos

  Desmos chinensis Loureiro (Images by Pudji Widodo (Id by Sid & Satish Chile)   Desmos chinensis Loureiro ? (Images by Padmini Raghavan (Id suggestions by Tabish, Ajinkya gadave & Mani Nair) (Inserted by J.M.Garg))  Desmos lawii (Hook. f. & Thomson) Saff. (Images by Dinesh Valke, Prashant Awale & Navendu Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos […]

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Desmodium velutinum

Desmodium velutinum (Willd.) DC. (Syn: Anarthrosyne cordata Klotzsch; Desmodium lasiocarpum (P.Beauv.) DC.; Hedysarum deltoides Poir.; Hedysarum deltoideum Schum. & Thonn.; Hedysarum deltoideum Schumach. & Thonn.; Hedysarum deltoideum DC.; Hedysarum lasiocarpum P.Beauv.; Hedysarum latifolium Roxb.; Hedysarum velutinum Willd.; Pseudarthria cordata (Klotzsch) C.Mueller; Pseudarthria cordata (Klotzsch) Müll. Hal.;                                      Desmodium latifolium (Ker. Gawl.) DC.; Desmodium latifolium var. plukenetii […]

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Desmodium alysicarpoides

Desmodium alysicarpoides Meeuwen;   Erect or suberect herbs, to 30 cm high; stem villous. Leaflets 4.5 x 2 cm, elliptic acute at apex, rounded at base, tomentose below; laterals much smaller. Racemes to 30 cm long, terminal; pedicels 2 or 3-together. Flowers blue; calyx 4.5 mm long, lobes linear-lanceolate, densely hairy, standard 3 x 2.5 […]

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Desmanthus virgatus

Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. (Syn: Acacia angustisiliqua (Lam.) Desf.;  Acacia virgata (L.) Gaertn.; Acuan depressum (Willd.) Kuntze; Acuan texanum Britton & Rose; Acuan tracyi Britton & Rose; Acuan virgatum (L.) Medik.; Desmanthus depressus Willd.; Desmanthus leptophyllus DC.; Desmanthus pernambucensis (L.) Thell.; Desmanthus pratorum Macfad.; Desmanthus strictus DC.; Desmanthus tenellus DC.; Desmanthus virgatus var. depressus (Willd.) […]

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Dendrolobium

  Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl.       Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth.     As per efi thread :According to Dr. Almeida’s ‘Flora of Maharashtra’, the pods of D. triangulare are 2 – 2.5 cms. long, slightly curved, indented on both sutures, more deeply on the lower one, joints 3 – 6, as broad as […]

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Dendrobium species

    in Mumbai from a vendor from Darjeeling; Dendrobium orchid – efloraofindia | Google Groups at Amboli maharashtra;  Orchids for id – efloraofindia | Google Groups May’09; an orchid for id – indiantreepix | Google Groups Dendrobium ‘Amitabh Bachchan’;   National Orchid Garden, Singapore;   Dendrobium Amitabh Bachchan – efloraofindia | Google Groups Orchid […]

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Dendrobium peguanum

Dendrobium peguanum Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 19 1859. (Syn: Callista pygmaea Kuntze; Dendrobium fesselianum M.Wolff; Dendrobium pygmaeum Lindl. [Illegitimate];  Dendrobium wallichii A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller [Illegitimate]);     Please identify this Bulbophyllum Orchid – NS 5 – efloraofindia | Google Groups   Please identify this orchid -NS 211110:   Photographed at my farm at Shahapur […]

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Dendrobium nobile

Dendrobium nobile Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 79 1830. (Syn: Callista nobilis (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium coerulescens Wall. ex Lindl.; Dendrobium formosanum (Rchb.f.) Masam.; Dendrobium formosanum (Rchb.f.) Masam.; Dendrobium nobile var. alboluteum Huyen & Aver.; Dendrobium nobile var. formosanum Rchb.f.; Dendrobium nobile var. nobilius Rchb.f.; Dendrobium nobile f. nobilius (Rchb.f.) M.Hiroe; Dendrobium nobile var. nobilus Burb.; […]

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Dendrobium fimbriatum

Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook., Exot. Fl. 1: t. 71 1823. (Syn: Callista fimbriata (Hook.) Kuntze; Callista normalis (Falc.) Kuntze; Callista oculata (Hook.) Kuntze; Dendrobium fimbriatum var. occulatum Hook. f.; Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum Hook.; Dendrobium normale Falc.; Dendrobium paxtonii Paxton [Illegitimate]);   Fringe-lipped Dendrobium;     Orchidaceae fortnight .. Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook.. SR2 :  Attachments (1). 3 posts […]

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Dendrobium densiflorum

Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 34 1830. (Syn. Callista densiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium clavatum Roxb.; Dendrobium schroederi Dombrain [Invalid]; Endeisa flava Raf.; Epidendrum dumunsuttu Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.);   Pineapple Orchid, Densely Flowered Dendrobium • Manipuri: মেলৈ লৈশনা Melei Leishna;    Orchidaceae Fortnight:: Dendrobium densiflorum from Kalimpong (NSJ-08) : Attachments (8). 5 posts by […]

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Dendrobium chrysanthum

Dendrobium chrysanthum Wall. ex Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1299 1830. (Syn: Callista chrysantha (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium chrysanthum var. anophthalama Rchb.f.; Dendrobium chrysanthum var. microphthalama Rchb.f.; Dendrobium paxtonii Lindl.);   Golden Flowered Dendrobium • Manipuri: Mera Leikham;   Distribution: Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China       Upper Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh– […]

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Dendrobium hybrids

   in a garden in Pune- Jan’10?; 25 June 2009 11:03AM: Bakkala Botanical Garden, Near to Sirsi, Uttara kannada; 25 June 2009 10:58AM : Bakkala Botanical Garden, Near to Sirsi, Uttara kannada; Request for id – Egg White Orchid – efloraofindia | Google Groups Orchid for ID #2 | 12Jun10AR02 – efloraofindia | Google Groups Orchid […]

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Dendrobium

  Diversity and Ecology of Dendrobiums (Orchidaceae) in Chotanagpur. Plateau, India. Kumar, P., G. S. Rawat and H. P. Wood. 2011. Taiwania, 56(1): 23-36. (Detailed description with Keys– Dendrobium aphyllum, Dendrobium bicameratum, Dendrobium crepidatum, Dendrobium cucullatum, Dendrobium fimbriatum, Dendrobium formosum, Dendrobium herbaceum, Dendrobium moschatum, Dendrobium peguanum, Dendrobium regium, Dendrobium transparens)    A New Species of Dendrobium […]

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Decaschistia crotonifolia

Decaschistia crotonifolia Wight & Arn. , Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 52 1834. (Syn: Decaschistia parviflora Kurz; Hibiscus coriaoeus B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn. (Unresolved); Hibiscus pterospermoides Wight & Arn. (Unresolved)); India: In deciduous forests of Western Ghats and Deccan plateau, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI flora of India; Selangamaram (Tamil); Kolle […]

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Decaschistia

Decaschistia crotonifolia Wight & Arn. Decaschistia rufa Craib Decaschistia trilobata Wight   BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Distribution): Decasehistia crotonifolia Wight & Arn. (India: In deciduous forests of Western Ghats and Deccan plateau, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala) Decaschistia cuddapahensis T. K. Paul & Nayar (India: Deccan plateau […]

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