Bromeliaceae member- Hong Kong

  SK1398 31 AUG 2018 : 14 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)- around 400 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated There is Flora Hongkongense by George Betham available online for download in BHL. Any idea about family?   Commelinaceae ? I thought Orchidaceae 😟 ! Bromeliaceae.

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Moringa oleifera ?

Moringa oleifera ?;   Unknown seedlings in tray : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Found in Auroville Botanical Gardens. No need to ID. Just sharing…. OK, … could be moringa 

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Asteraceae member- Munnar, Kerala

  Asteraceae sp. for ID at Munnar-PKA60 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – around 420 kb each. This Asteraceae herb was seen at Shola Forest near Munnar.These are the only pics available with me..  

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Euphrasia species- Lahaul, Himachal

  Euphrasia species- Lahaul, Himachal (mixed thread): 3 images. I am presenting here some Euphrasia images from Lahaul, taken by myself and … ……………. My thinking is that it is a plant different from the Euphrasia found in VOF. Any thoughts on this will be welcome.

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Palm Jumeirah, Archipelago in Dubai

Palm Jumeirah, Archipelago in Dubai : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Another biomimicry, an architectural wonder in Dubai. A huge urban complex created on sea in the shape of the celebrated date palm.

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Dracocephalum wallichii

Dracocephalum wallichii Sealy, Bot. Mag. 164: t. 9657 1944. (syn: Dracocephalum calanthum C.Y.Wu [Illegitimate]; Dracocephalum speciosum Benth. [Illegitimate]; Dracocephalum wallichii var. wallichii ; Ruyschiana wallichii House); Common name: Wallich’s Dragonhead Himalaya to SC. China as per WCSP; East Himalaya; Nepal; Tibet; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; Dracocephalum wallichii submission : 7 posts by […]

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97th Tree Appreciation Walk at Kanheri Caves, SGNP

97th Tree Appreciation Walk at Kanheri Caves, SGNP on 21st Oct,18 at 8 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Dear Friends,  The monsoon has left Mumbai in a great hurry…….grasses have stopped growing…..shedding and burying its seeds for the future…..greens of yesterday slowly blending in to golden hue……there is a silence and […]

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Leptospermum hybrids- Hong Kong

  SK1471 26 Sep 2018 : 15 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Cultivated Can it be Nerium by any chance? /species/a—l/a/apocynaceae/nerium/nerium-oleander No its not Nerium. I know the plant, but dont know the name.  i have been looking at the flowers and […]

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Symplocos lancifolia

Symplocos lancifolia Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 133 1846. (syn: Bobua arisanensis (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; Bobua formosana (Brand) Kanehira & Sasaki; Bobua lancifolia Miers; Bobua leptostachya Miers; Bobua microcarpa (Champ.) Nemoto; Bobua pseudolancifolia Hatus.; Bobua suishariensis (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; Bobua trichoclada (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; Dicalix lancifolia […]

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Psychotria asiatica (Hong Kong)

Psychotria asiatica L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 929 1759. (Syn: Antherura rubra Lour.; Aucubaephyllum lioukiense Ahlb.; Polyozus lanceolata Lour.; Psychotria antherura Schult. [Illegitimate]; Psychotria esquirolii H.Lév.; Psychotria reevesii Wall.; Psychotria reevesii var. pilosa Pit.; Psychotria rubra (Lour.) Poir.; Psychotria rubra var. pilosa (Pit.) W.C.Chen; Psychotrophum asiaticum (L.) Crantz; Uragoga rubra (Lour.) Kuntze); Indo-China to […]

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Reevesia thyrsoidea (Hong Kong)

Reevesia thyrsoidea Lindl., Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts 2: 112 1827. ; China (Guangdong, S-Guangxi, Hainan), Cambodia, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   SK1431 11 Sep 2018 : 12 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 13 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Wild   aquilaria sp? Aquilaria sinensis (Lour.) Spreng. ?? […]

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Ligustrum sinense

Ligustrum sinense Lour. (syn: Ligustrum calleryanum Decne.; Ligustrum chinense Carrière, orth. var.; Ligustrum deciduum Hemsl.; Ligustrum fortunei C.K.Schneid.; Ligustrum indicum (Lour.) Merr.; Ligustrum matsudae Kaneh. ex T.Shimizu & M.T.Kao; Ligustrum microcarpum Kaneh. & Sasaki; Ligustrum microcarpum var. shakaroense (Kaneh.) Shimizu & T.C.Kao; Ligustrum nokoense Masam. & T.Mori; Ligustrum ovalifolium multiflorum Bowles; Ligustrum shakaroense Kaneh., no […]

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Elaeocarpus grandiflorus (Cultivated)

Elaeocarpus grandiflorus J. E. Smith (syn: Elaeocarpus grandiflorus var. angustifolius Gagnep.; Monocera grandiflora (J. E. Sm.) Hook.; Perinka grandiflora (J. E. Sm.) Rafin.); Java, peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Pahan, Selangor), Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Philippines (Busuanga), Laos, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; As per efi thread: E. grandiflorus is with broader leaf compared to those of E. hainanensis. […]

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Begonia silletensis

Begonia silletensis (A.DC.) C.B.Clarke (syn: Casparya silletensis A.DC.); Assam; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life; Fwd: Strawberry : 4 posts by 1 author. 8 images. This is from Rajnagar, Kumarghat, Unakoti, Tripura Kindly identify Begonia sp  I think this is Begonia silletensis References: Catalogue of Life  India Biodiversity Portal  Asian Flora  bee-paysage  xuite

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Castanopsis armata

Castanopsis armata (Roxb.) Spach (syn: Castanea armata (Roxb.) F.N.Williams; Castanea falconeri Hance;  Castanea sphaerocarpa Lindl.; Castanopsis falconeri Hance; Castanopsis sphaerocarpa (Lindl.) Lindl.; Castanopsis tribuloides var. armata (Roxb.) Kurz; Quercus armata Roxb.; Quercus catungea Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don); Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   MS Sept,2018/09 Castanopsis ferox ? for id/confirmation : […]

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Syzygium impressum (Hong Kong)

Syzygium impressum N.H.Xia, Y.F.Deng & K.L.Yip ; Hongkong as per Catalogue of Life;   SK1484 03 Oct 2018 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)- around 400 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated I guess some Syzygium sp.  Looks like Syzygium impressum but not sure.  It looks like since […]

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Osbeckia capitata

Osbeckia capitata Benth. ex Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 14: 68 1850.  (syn: Osbeckia capitata Benth. ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Osbeckia glauca Wall. ex Naud.);   China (Yunnan), Bhutan, India as per Catalogue of Life;   Addition of Osbeckia capitata to efloraofindia website : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 678 kb.  Found […]

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