Meliaceae member ?- Lalbagh, Banglore

  Aphanamixis polystachya : 4 posts by 1 author. Attachments (2) Please ID the tree photographed at Lalbagh on 9th August 2018.  Aphanamixis polystachya, (Wall.) R.N. Parker  Pithraj Tree https://ramanarunachalam.github.io/Flora-and-Fauna/Flora/Aphanamixis%20-%20Pithraj%20Tree/Pithraj%20Tree.html I am sure this is not Pithraj tree (Aphanamixis polystachya). It is different.I have seen several trees here  and upload shortly in a separate thread.. yes, […]

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Pedicularis species- Dhel Pass, GHNP, Himachal

  Pedicularis sp. for ID –.. en-route Dhel Pass – GHNP- PKA43 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Seen this herb en-route Dhel pass at GHNP at an altitude of approx. 3400m.Bot. name: Pedicularis sp.. (ID pl)Family: OrobanchaceaeDate/Time: 28-09-2014 / 10:20AM  Pedicularis megalantha? It looks me Pedicularis pectinata. Going be the following, I […]

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Miltonia hybrids- Hong Kong

  SK1464 22 Sep 2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- around 700 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated This should be a Miltonia hybrid.  

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Aseroe rubra

Aseroe rubra Labill. 1800 (syn: Aseroe actinobola Corda 1854; Aseroe junghuhnii Schltdl. 1847; Aseroe muelleriana (E. Fisch.) Lloyd 1907; Aseroe pentactina Endl. 1837; Aseroe rubra var. actinobola (Corda) E. Fisch. 1888; Aseroe rubra f. actinobola (Corda) Sacc. 1888; Aseroe rubra var. bogoriensis Pat. 1898; Aseroe rubra var. brasiliensis Ulbr. 1929; Aseroe rubra var. junghuhnii (Schltdl.) E. […]

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Clerodendrum fortunatum (Hong Kong)

Clerodendrum fortunatum L., Cent. Pl. II 23 1756. (syn: Clerodendrum angustifolium Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Clerodendrum castaneifolium Hook. & Arn.; Clerodendrum lividum Lindl.; Clerodendrum oxysepalum Miq.; Clerodendrum pentagonum Hance; Clerodendrum pumilum (Lour.) Spreng.; Volkameria pumila Lour.); China Southeast; Jawa; Philippines; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Clerodendrum fortunatum L. : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)- around […]

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Cayratia corniculata (Hong Kong)

Cayratia corniculata (Benth.) Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 347 1911. (syn: Cayratia yoshimurai (Makino) Suess.; Cissus corniculata (Benth.) Planch.; Cissus yoshimurai Makino; Columella corniculata (Benth.) Merrill; Columella yoshimurai Masam.; Vitis corniculata Benth.): China (Fujian, Guangdong), Philippines (Mindoro), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; SK1454 19 Sep 2018 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)- […]

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Help Required: In Protecting the trees in Delhi

Fwd: Help Require: In Protecting the trees : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Hope you are well.  I am writing to seek your help in finding of solutions and some experts who may offer expert inputs to protect the trees.  Actually, I am litigating a case to protect the trees in Delhi due […]

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Paddy Art 2018 – Emerald Dove

Paddy Art 2018 – Emerald Dove : 8 posts by 8 authors. Attachments (1)- 1 MB.  Giant Alive Painting * Challenging canvas of 700 sq meters of knee deep mud. * Scintillating alive medium of coloured rice seedlings that create ripples on wind. * Innovative art form that preserves traditional hand skills in paddy plantation. […]

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Murdannia vaginata

Murdannia vaginata (L.) G.Brückn., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 15a: 173 1930. (syn: Aneilema filiforme Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Aneilema pauciflorum Dalzell; Aneilema vaginatum (L.) Wall.; Aneilema vaginatum (L.) R. Br.; Commelina filiformis Steud. [Invalid]; Commelina vaginata L.; Dictyospermum vaginatum (L.) D.Y.Hong; Dilasia vaginata (L.) Raf.; Murdannia vaginata var. vaginata ; Phaeneilema vaginatum (L.) G.Brückn.; Tradescantia […]

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Aegialitis rotundifolia

Aegialitis rotundifolia Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 111 1824. (syn: Aegialinites rotundifolius C.Presl; Aegialitis annulata Kurz [Illegitimate]); Andamans, ?Nicobars, Bangladesh, Thailand, ?peninsular Malaysia, ?Sumatra, Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Rakhine, Taninthayi) as per Catalogue of Life; This species has a very restricted and patchy range in Bangladesh, India (mainly found in the Sundarbans where they are common, and […]

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Aegialitis

Aegialitis rotundifolia Roxb. (Andamans, ?Nicobars, Bangladesh, Thailand, ?peninsular Malaysia, ?Sumatra, Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Rakhine, Taninthayi) as per Catalogue of Life)   Species as per Flora of Peninsular India: Aegialitis rotundifolia

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Hibiscus obtusilobus

Hibiscus obtusilobus Garcke, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 7: 837 1849. (Syn: Hibiscus amblyocarpus Hochst. ex Webb; Hibiscus laguneoides Edgew.; Hibiscus punctatus Dalzell); India (Indian Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra), Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab), Mauritania, Niger, SE-Ethiopia, NE-Kenya, Sudan as per Catalogue of Life; Erect annual or undershrubs, about 0.3-1 m tall. Stems woody, branches pubescent with […]

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Alysicarpus poklianus

Alysicarpus poklianus Gholami & Pandey, PhytoKeys 68 (2016);   Alysicarpus hamosus : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Alysicarpus hamosus Uran, Maharashtra third week of September 2018 Alysicarpus poklianus described by A k pandey this species is very close to A hamosus. Typical hamosus has diamorophic leaves, pod hairy, hooked hairs, beads broader than long.   […]

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Finlaysonia obovata

Finlaysonia obovata Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 48 1831. (syn: Finlaysonia maritima (Blume) Backer ex K.Heyne; Guru obovata Buch.-Ham. ex Wight; Secamone maritima Blume; Tabernaemontana cirrhosa Blanco; Toxocarpus maritimus (BI.) Miq.); Bangladesh, Myanmar [Burma] (Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi, Yangon), Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.), Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl.), Borneo, Brunei, E-India, Java, peninsular […]

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