Goeppertia crocata (É.Morren & Joriss.) Borchs. & S.Suárez (syn: Calathea crocata É.Morren & Joriss.; Phyllodes crocata (É.Morren & Joriss.) Kuntze); Brazil Northeast; Brazil Southeast as per Catalogue of Life; Calathea crocata E.Morren & Joriss. : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)- around 600 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit […]
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International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) 2018
Fwd: New Publication “International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) 2018” : 2 posts by 2 authors. we are pleased to inform you that the New International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) 2018, has been published and is readily available with us in stock, We are […]
Plectranthus species ?- Munnar, Kerala
Urticaceae sp-3 for ID- Munnar-PKA59 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) This herb was seen at Shola Forest near Munnar.Family: Urticaceae.Requesting ID.. This is not an Urticaceae member. It is Plectranthus sp. Lamiaceae
Biophytum sensitivum (Hong Kong)
Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC., Prodr. 1: 690 1824. (syn: Biophytum cumingianum Edgew. & Hook. fil.; Biophytum cumingii Klotzsch; Biophytum poterioides Edgew. ex Hook. fil.; Biophytum sesbanioides Edgew. ex Hook. fil.; Oxalis cumingiana Turcz.; Oxalis sensitiva L.; Toddavaddia sensitiva (L.) Kuntze); Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Hong […]
Centranthera cochinchinensis var. nepalensis
Centranthera cochinchinensis var. nepalensis (D. Don) Merr., Anniv. Vol. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 56 1942. (Syn: Centranthera nepalensis D. Don; Razumovia cochinchinensis var. nepalensis (D. Don) Merrill); China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, India, Nepal, Darjeeling, Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir) as per Catalogue of Life; As per efi thread: After detailed study the only main difference that I […]
Torenia concolor (Hong Kong)
Torenia concolor Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 32:pl. 62 1846. (syn: Pentsteira grandiflora Griff.; Torenia albomarginata Bonati; Torenia alboviolacea Bonati; Torenia annamitica Bonati; Torenia colorans C. Morr.; Torenia concolor var. formosana T. Yamaz.; Torenia longiflora C. Morr.; Torenia radicans Vaniot; Torenia rubens Benth. ex Maxim.); China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines (c) […]
Sharma, Varun
Published Articles Dilawar, M. E., and Sharma, V., (2016). A new breeding location of Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis, and notes on other birds in Son Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh, India. Indian BIRDS 11(2):35-38. Sharma, V., (2015). Pollination in Bergenia stracheyi (Hook.f. & Thomson) Engl. by Bombus rufofasciatus Smith in Lahaul Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, North West Himalaya. Experiment Findings – Researchgate.net. 2pp. DOI: […]
Trees of Our Life
A small book on trees : 9 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1)- trees.jpg- 5 Mb. I am happy to show my small publication entitled “Trees of Our Life” (Botany, Chemistry, medicine) Thanks and Congrats, Santhan ji, for the nice work. May I get a synopsis of the book. congratulations. looks good. yes synopsis and […]
Begonia hybrid- Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
SK1475 30 Sep 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)- around 400 kb each. Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Cultivated Not native, a cultivar, no idea which! rex again. same question. label?
Dendrobium hybrids- Hong Kong
SK1477 01 Oct 2018 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Dendrobium hybrid ? Yes a Dendrobium hybrid. Thanks a lot for sharing!! nice green dendrobium hybrid flowers
Allium cepa ?
Allium cepa ?; Plant for ID :: Govindghat-Ghangaria, Uttarakhand :: Aug 2018 :: ARKSEP-36 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Is it possible to ID these buds seen along the Govindghat-Ghangaria trail, Uttarakhand in Aug 2018. They were seen very close to the river. pyaaz kali Looks like flower buds of Allium […]
Pilea mollis (Cultivated- Hong Kong/ USA)
Pilea mollis Wedd., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 8: 251 1856. (syn: Adicea mollis (Wedd.) Kuntze); Colombia (La Guajira), Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal, Miranda) as per Catalogue of Life; Pilea mollis Wedd. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) – around 700 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit […]
Acalypha pendula (Cultivated- Hong Kong)
Acalypha pendula C.Wright ex Griseb., Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen Jahresber. 1865: 176 1865. (syn: Acalypha chamaedrifolia var. pendula (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Müll.Arg.); W. & C. Cuba to Hispaniola as per WCSP; Acalypha pendula C.Wright ex Griseb. : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit […]
Medinilla magnifica (Cultivated- Hong Kong)
Medinilla magnifica Lindl., Paxt. Fl. Gard. i: 55 t. 12. 1850. (syn: Axinaea bracteata Zipp. ex Bl.; Dactyliota bracteata (Bl.) Bl.; Hypenanthe bracteatum (Bl.) Bakh. fil.; Medinilla bracteata Bl. (ambiguous synonym); Medinilla bracteata Hort. Veitch (ambiguous synonym); Medinilla superba Teijsm. & Binn. ex Triana); Philippines (Batan, Babuyanes, Camiguin, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Negros, Mindanao), Moluccas, Taiwan (I), trop. […]
Soleirolia soleirolii (Hong Kong)
Soleirolia soleirolii (Req.) Dandy, Feddes Repert. 70: 4 1965. (syn: Helxine soleirolii Req.; Parietaria repens Soleir. ex Mutel; Parietaria soleirolii (Req.) Spreng.; Soleirolia corsica Gaud.); Baleares, Corsica, Italy, Sardinia, Belgium (I), Denmark (a), France (I), Ireland (I), Northern Ireland (I), Spain (I), Portugal (I), Azores (Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Sao Jorge, Faial), Madeira (I) (Madeira […]
Ananas comosus var. microstachys
Ananas comosus var. microstachys (Mez) L.B.Sm., Contr. Gray Herb. 104: 72 1934. (syn: Acanthostachys ananassoides Baker; Ananas ananassoides (Baker) L.B.Sm.; Ananas ananassoides var. nanus L.B.Sm.; Ananas ananassoides var. typicus L.B.Sm., not validly publ.; Ananas comosus var. ananassoides (Baker) Coppens & F.Leal, nom. superfl.; Ananas genesio-linsii Reitz; Ananas guaraniticus Bertoni; Ananas microstachys Lindm., nom. superfl.; Ananas […]
Guzmania ‘Yellow Diane’
Guzmania ‘Yellow Diane’; SK1472 26 Sep 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)- around 600 kb each. Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Cultivated bromeliad. yellow tufted Guzmania. many varieties, one popular is yellow ”Diane” https://garden.org/plants/photo/379104/ unless your was designated something else Thank you …! It was not […]
Plerandra
Hippeastrum species/ hybrids- Munnar, Kerala
Crinum Sp. at Munnar- PKA15 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Seen this herb near a stream in Shola Forest near Munnar. Looks like some Crinum sp. i have been looking at these beautiful. pink crinums for the last whole week. its by a stream as … says, in nature that’s their home […]
Hedyotis acutangula (Hong Kong)
Hedyotis acutangula Champ. ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 171 1852. (syn: Hedyotis elegans Wall. ex Kurz; Hedyotis helferi Hook.f.; Hedyotis lawsoniae (DC.) Benth. ex Hook. [Illegitimate]; Oldenlandia acutangula (Champ. ex Benth.) Kuntze; Oldenlandia elegans (Wall. ex Kurz) Kuntze; Oldenlandia helferi (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Wendlandia lawsoniae DC.); SE. China to Indo-China as per […]
