Acanthus volubilis Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 56 1831. (syn: Dilivaria scandens Nees; Dilivaria volubilis (Wall.) Nees); E- & NE-India, peninsular Malaysia (scattered), Andamans (Middle Andamans, South Andamans), Nicobars (Great Nicobar Isl.), Myanmar [Burma] (Ayeyarwady, Bago, Rakhine, Taninthayi), Philippines (Mindoro, Sibuyan, Panay, Basilan), Sumatra, Sulawesi, Borneo, Moluccas, New Guinea, Singapore as per Catalogue of Life; […]
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Strobilanthes pulneyensis
Strobilanthes pulneyensis C. B. Cl., Fl. Brit. India 4: 438 1884. (syn: Nilgirianthus circarensis (Gamble) Bremek.; Strobilanthes circarensis Gamble; Strobilanthes punctatus Bedd.; Xenacanthus pulneyensis (C.B.Clarke) Bremek.); India (E- & S-India) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Palani Coneflower • Malayalam: Chonayamkallu Kurinji Profusely branched shrubs; branchlets densely hirtus. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, densely hirtus; nerves […]
Honey bee on Cosmos species
Fwd: SYMBIOSIS 1165 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of honey bee visiting flowers of Cosmos.
Cleyera
Cleyera japonica var. wallichiana (DC.) Sealy (China (W-Sichuan, W-Yunnan), SE-Tibet, India (Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya), Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life)
Strobilanthes lurida
Strobilanthes lurida Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1515 1850. (syn: Didyplosandra lurida (Wight) Bremek.); India (SW-Ghats (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)) as per Catalogue of life; Common name: Lurid Coneflower • Malayalam: മുട്ടകന്നികുരിന്ജീ Muttakannikurinji Large straggling branched shrubs; stem thick, virgate, swollen at nodes, glabrous. Leaves opposite, ca 20 x10 cm, ovate-elliptic, obtuse towards base, crenulate […]
Sida alii (Pakistan)
Sida alii Abedin, Pakistan J. Bot. 11: 46 1979.; Pakistan as per Catalogue of Life; Id please..which species of Sida? scrub forest Punajb Pakistan..Thankyou : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)- around 700 kb each. Please check Sida ovata Thank you Sir. however i am still confused. Did you cross check ? why […]
Pakistan- near Sharqpur area, Punjab
Id please..from punjab Pakistan.. : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) this picture was captured from riparian forest near Sharqpur area, Punjab, Pakistan in August 2017. Please identify the species. Just a wild guess … could this be some Rubiaceae ground cover?
Strobilanthes urceolaris
Strobilanthes urceolaris Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 74 1923. (syn: Nilgirianthus urceolaris (Gamble) Bremek.); India (SW-Ghats (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Pitcher Coneflower • Malayalam: പന്ജിക്കുരിന്ജീ Panjikkurinji Shrubs; branchlets densely hirtus. Leaves to 9 x 5 cm, ovate, acute at either ends, densely scabrous, crenate, nerves 7-8 pairs; petiole 3 […]
Pycnarrhena
Pycnarrhena pleniflora Hook. fil. & Thoms.
Mallotus paniculatus
Mallotus paniculatus (Lam.) Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 189 1865. (syn: Croton appendiculatus Elmer; Croton paniculatus Lam.; Echinus trisulcus Lour.; Lasipana tricuspis Raf. [Illegitimate]; Mallotus albus (Roxb. ex Jack) Müll.Arg.; Mallotus chinensis Lour.; Mallotus chinensis Müll. Arg.; Mallotus cochinchinensis Lour.; Mallotus paniculatus var. paniculatus ; Mappa cochinchinensis Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Ricinus chinensis Thunb.; Rottlera alba Roxb. ex Jack; Rottlera cochinchinensis (Lour.) […]
Alchornea
Alchornea tiliifolia (Benth.) Müll.Arg. The page on Alchornea Sw. (Euphorbiaceae) is missing : 2 posts by 2 authors. The genus Alchornea Sw. is represented in India by three species: 1. Alchornea mollis Müll.Arg. 2. Alchornea rugosa (Lour.) Müll.Arg. 3. Alchornea tiliifolia (Benth.) Müll.Arg. There is no mention of the genus in the eFI page.
PST needs more editorial and reviewer board members
Fwd: PST needs more editorial and reviewer board members : 4 posts by 4 authors. Plant Science Today needs more editorial and reviewer board members. If interested, submit your application at https://goo.gl/forms/DHytS3QLSbJqHoLf2 Kindly forward the mail to your colleagues as well. not familiar with this journal can you or … send one or two sample copies […]
Psychopsis ‘Mariposa’
Psychopsis ‘Mariposa’; Psychopsis mariposa : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 13 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated References: http://orchidnature.com/orchid-identification-psychopsis-mariposa/ https://orchids-shop.com/psychopsis-mariposa-three-lip.html http://www.rv-orchidworks.com/orchidtalk/phalaenopsis-oncidium-intergenerics-bloom/36170-psychopsis-mariposa.html https://www.orchidweb.com/orchids/oncidiinae/hybrids/psychopsis-mariposa-peloric-papilio-x-kalihi
Psychopsis
Oncidium hybrids- Hong Kong
Oncidium hybrids- Hong Kong
SK1439 14 Sep 2018 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) – around 600 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 13 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Oncidium cultivar ?? Another Oncidium hybrid. yes also a very popular flower for silk flower industry What is a silk flower industry? ha ha definition: economic […]
Pavetta hongkongensis (Hong Kong)
Pavetta hongkongensis Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 104 1934. (Syn: Tarenna kwangsiensis Hand.-Mazz.); S. China to Vietnam as per WCSP; China South-Central; China Southeast; Hainan; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; SK1406 03 Sep 2018 : 36 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : […]
Fimbristylis fimbristyloides
Fimbristylis fimbristyloides (F.Muell.) Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 623 1917. (syn: Abildgaardia fimbristyloides F.Muell.; Fimbristylis dallachyi F.Muell. ex Benth.; Fimbristylis disticha var. dallachyi (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Domin; Fimbristylis lacei Turrill; Fimbristylis nanofusca Tang & F.T.Wang; Iria fimbristyloides (F.Muell.) Kuntze); Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland as per WCSP; Borneo; China South-Central; China […]
Herpetospermum darjeelingense
Herpetospermum darjeelingense (C.B.Clarke) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner, Taxon 60: 134 2011. (syn: Edgaria darjeelingensis C.B. Clarke; Edgaria darjeelingensis var. clarkiana S.N. Biswas); Tibet, N-India, Nepal, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life; Identified specimen : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Name: Edgaria darjeelingenesis Family: Cucurbitaceae Place: Hooker Road, Darjeeling, West Bengal any […]
Gagea species- Punjab, Pakistan
Which species of Gagea?? Id please..from Scrub forest Punjab, Pakistan…Thankyou : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Is It resemble with Gagea reticulata Sir? Sir, picture was taken in February 2017 and i dont know the elevation actually Difficult for me to say anything. Pl. check at Systematic revision of the genus Gagea […]
