Lasianthus species ?- Reiek, Mizoram

  MS Nov,2018/06 Lasianthus sp. for ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Reiek, Mizoram Date : 10-11-2018 Habit : Shrub Habitat : Wild  Pl. check with species so far in efi at  /species/m—z/r/rubiaceae/lasianthus Does not match with comparative images at Lasianthus‎. Fruits also look different in construction. Can it be […]

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Northeast India- pink cup shaped fungus

  Please help me identify this pink cup shaped plant. Is it a parasitic plant?? : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Location- Northeast India, mountainous forest.  Wild,  Habitat- attached to the stem of a herbaceous plant.  Colour- pink Structure – cup shaped  fungus check out: scarlet elf cup Any idea about the correct […]

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Paphiopedilum villosum var. annamense (Cultivated)

Paphiopedilum villosum var. annamense Rolfe, Bot. Mag. 133: t. 8126 1907. (Syn: Paphiopedilum villosum f. annamense (Rolfe) Braem); China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to N. Indo-China as per WCSP; China South-Central; China Southeast; Laos; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;     Paphiopedilum villosum (Lindl.) Stein : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around […]

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Rhododendron ‘Will Silent’ (Cultivated- USA)

Rhododendron ‘Will Silent’;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 27NOV18 : AK-24 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Climber inside the conservatory with red flowers seen in Oct. Kindly suggest id. This has been identified by their Planthotline as Rhododendrum ‘Will Silent’.  References: https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/rhododendron_willsilent.htm http://www.vireya.net/gallery-hybW.htm

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Rhododendron praetervisum (Cultivated- USA)

Rhododendron praetervisum Sleumer, Blumea 21: 376 1973. ; Borneo (Sabah) as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 27NOV18 : AK-22 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Plant seen inside the Conservatory with purple flowers. Have no idea what they can be. […]

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Strobilanthes tetrasperma (Hong Kong)

Strobilanthes tetrasperma (Champ. ex Benth.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 649 1917. (syn: Acanthopale debilis (Hemsl.) C. B. Cl. ex S.Moore; Acanthopale radicans (T. Anderson ex Benth.) C.B. Clarke ex Benoist; Acanthopale tetrasperma (Champ.) Hand.-Mazz.; Championella debilis (Hemsl.) Bremek.; Championella tetrasperma (Champ. ex Benth.) Bremek.; Ruellia tetrasperma Champ. ex Benth.; Strobilanthes […]

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Pouzolzia pentandra ?

Pouzolzia pentandra ?;   herb for id, mm 9 24 11 2018 : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) This herb was seen growing in Eravikulam WLS, Munnar, Kerala, in the Nilgiris in the first week of October 2018. I would very much appreciate if it could be identified Thanks, … Appears interesting.  I guess Gonostegia pentandra […]

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Crepidiastrum denticulatum (Hong Kong)

Crepidiastrum denticulatum (Houtt.) Pak & Kawano, 56 1992. (syn: Chondrilla denticulata (Houtt.) Poir.; Chondrilla hastata (Thunb.) Poir.; Crepidiastrum denticulatum var. cornutum A. N. Sennikov (ambiguous synonym); Crepidiastrum denticulatum var. cornutum Sennikov (ambiguous synonym); Crepidiastrum denticulatum f. pallescens (Momiy. & Tuyama) Yonek.; Crepidiastrum denticulatum var. petiolaris (Vorosch.) V.Yu. Barkalov; Crepidiastrum denticulatum var. pinnatipartita (Makino) V.Yu. Barkalov; […]

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Salvia madrensis (Cultivated-USA)

Salvia madrensis Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald 327 1856.; NW. Mexico as per WCSP;   Salvia madrensis : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 10DEC18 : AK-21 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Seen at the garden in October. Hope the id is correct. Did you check the leaves?     I have specially […]

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Aster baccharoides (Hong Kong)

Aster baccharoides (Benth.) Steetz (syn: Aster brevipes Benth.; Diplopappus baccharoides Benth.); China (Fujian, Guangdong, E-Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang) as per Catalogue of Life; SK1591 22 Nov 2018 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)- around 700 kb each. Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 2 November 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Wild Which Asteraceae ??  Aster […]

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Bignonia capreolata (USA)

Bignonia capreolata L., Sp. Pl. 624 1753. (syn: Anisostichus capreolata (L.) Bureau; Batocydia capreolata Mart. ex DC. [Invalid]; Bignonia capreolata var. atro-sanguinea Hook.f.; Bignonia capreolata f. lutea Heineke; Doxantha capreolata (L.) Miers); C. & E. U.S.A. as per WCSP;   Climber for ID : Bignoniaceae : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 11NOV18 : […]

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Callicarpa dichotoma (Cultivated-USA)

Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) K.Koch, Dendrologie 2(1): 336 1872. (syn: Callicarpa dichotoma f. albifructa Moldenke; Callicarpa gracilis Siebold & Zucc.; Callicarpa japonica var. angustifolia Sav.; Callicarpa japonica var. dichotoma (Lour.) Bakh.; Callicarpa purpurea Juss.; Porphyra dichotoma Lour.); C. & S. Japan to Vietnam as per WCSP; Alabama; China North-Central; China South-Central; China Southeast; Delaware; Japan; Korea; […]

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Eriocaulon nepalense

Eriocaulon nepalense Prescott ex Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. VI, 1: 610 1831. (Syn: Eriocaulon nantoense var. parviceps (Hand.-Mazz.) W.L.Ma; Eriocaulon nantoense var. trisectum (Satake) C.E.Chang; Eriocaulon nepalense Kunth [Illegitimate]; Eriocaulon nepalense var. nepalense ; Eriocaulon pullum T.Koyama; Eriocaulon schochianum var. parviceps Hand.-Mazz.; Eriocaulon senile Honda; Eriocaulon senile f. pilosum […]

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Ensete species- Atlanta, USA

  Musa Species for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 06DEC18 : AK-17 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Musa Species seen at the garden. Ensete ventricosum    Inflorescence required for identify

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Ilex verticillata (USA)

Ilex verticillata (L.) A. Gray, Manual (ed. 2) 264 1856. (syn: Ilex bronxensis Britton; Ilex fastigiata E. P. Bicknell; Ilex verticillata var. cyclophylla B.L. Rob.; Ilex verticillata var. fastigiata (E.P. Bicknell) Fern.; Ilex verticillata var. padifolia (Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray ex S.Watson; Ilex verticillata subsp. tenuifolia (Torr.) E. Murray; Ilex verticillata var. tenuifolia (Torr.) S. […]

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Medinilla succulenta (Cultivated- USA)

Medinilla succulenta (BI.) Bl. (syn: Medinilla crassifolia Mor.; Melastoma succulentum Bl.); peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Johor), Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Borneo as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 19NOV18 : AK-14 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Plant seen […]

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