Gynochthodes parvifolia (Hong Kong)

Gynochthodes parvifolia (Bartl. ex DC.) Razafim. & B.Bremer, Adansonia, sér. 3, 33(2): 293 2011. (syn: Lucinaea cumingiana S.Vidal; Morinda cumingiana S.Vidal; Morinda parvifolia Bartl. ex DC.);    SE. China to Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines as per WCSP; China Southeast; Hainan; Philippines; Taiwan; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   SK1414 06 Sep 2018 : 4 posts by […]

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Melastoma dodecandrum (Hong Kong)

Melastoma dodecandrum Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 274 1790. (syn: Asterostoma repens (Desr.) Blume; Melastoma repens Desr.; Osbeckia repens (Desr.) DC.); China (Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Melastoma dodecandrum Lour. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)- around 400 kb each. Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: […]

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Rubus reflexus (Hong Kong)

Rubus reflexus Ker, The Botanical register 1815 t.461 1820. (syn: Rubus esquirolii H. Lév.); China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   SK1412 05 Sep 2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Wild Which […]

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Ardisia lindleyana (Hong Kong)

Ardisia lindleyana D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 1: 617 1839. (Syn: Ardisia kwangtungensis E. Walker; Ardisia punctata Lindl.; Ardisia tsangii E. Walker; Bladhia lindleyana (D. Dietr.) Nakai; Bladhia punctata (Lindl.) Nakai; Tinus punctata (Lindl.) Kuntze);    China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;    SK1410 04 Sep 2018 : 9 posts by 5 […]

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Adenosma glutinosum

Adenosma glutinosum (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 413 1913 publ. 1914. (syn: Adenosma caerulea R. Br.; Adenosma caerulea var. grandiflora Bonati; Adenosma caerulea var. racemosa Bonati; Adenosma caerulea var. urticifolia Bonati; Adenosma cordifolium Bonati; Adenosma glutinosum var. caeruleum (R.Br.) Tsoong; Adenosma grandiflorum Benth. ex Hance; Adenosma villosum Benth.; Digitalis sinensis Lour.; […]

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Cyperus sesquiflorus subsp. sesquiflorus

Cyperus sesquiflorus subsp. sesquiflorus (Syn: Cyperus kernianus Ohwi & T.Koyama; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. bulbiferus (Kük.) Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. denticulatus Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. dunensis (Osten) Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. elongatus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. globosus Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. gracilis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus var. minor (Boeckeler) Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus var. pluriceps (Kük.) […]

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Atri N.S.

List of Papers and Books Published 1) Saini S.S. & Atri N. S. 1981. Russula foetens (Pers.) Fr. – A new record for India. Curr. Sci. 50 (10): 460-461. 2) Saini S.S. & Atri N. S. 1982. North Indian Agaricales – I. Indian Phytopath. 35 (2) : 265-272. 3) Saini S.S. & Atri N. S. […]

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Flora Identifications- more and more reliance on net

Flora Identifications- more and more reliance on net : 14 posts by 6 authors. With omnipresent mobile and net, I have the feeling that people are more and more going to rely on net in their identifications rather than books etc. I always remember and appreciate Rawat ji’s words in this matter- a picture says more than […]

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Bistorta species- Auli, Uttarakhand

  Bistorta amplexicaulis in Auli Uttarakhand: 07-08-2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Loved seeing this flower on the ground. As per wiki, the species name amplexicaulis means “clasping or “embracing the stem”. This behavior can be seen in the leaf pic attached. 🙂 With these images, I think it is difficult to say that […]

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Melastoma sanguineum (Hong Kong)

Melastoma sanguineum Sims, Bot. Mag. 48: , pl. 2241 1821. (Syn: Melastoma balinense Bakh. fil.; Melastoma bancanum Bakh. fil.; Melastoma decemfidum Roxb.; Melastoma dendrisetosum C. Chen; Melastoma dodecandrum Roxb.; Melastoma gaudichaudianum Naud.; Melastoma macrocarpum Naud.; Melastoma malabatricum Blanco; Melastoma muricatum Hunter ex Ridl.; Melastoma pulcherrimum Korth.; Melastoma sanguineum var. latisepalum C. Chen; Melastoma sanguineum var. sanguineum; […]

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Schisandra neglecta

Schisandra neglecta A.C.Sm., Sargentia 7: 127 1947. (syn: Schisandra lancifolia var. polycarpa Z.Ho; Sphaerostema grandiflorum Wall.); Nepal to China (S. Sichuan ?, Yunnan) as per WCSP; China (S-Sichuan, W-Yunnan), S-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), India (West Bengal, Meghalaya) as per Catalogue of Life; India: Subtropical forests, up to 2200 m. West Bengal, […]

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Honey bee on Coffea species

  Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 1148 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Honey bee visiting flowers of Coffee sp. wonderful white flower bunched up with honey bees visiting coffee flowers. one of the pollinators. i wonder if there are other pollinators for coffee flowers this is a gift from you […]

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Euphorbia geroldii

Euphorbia geroldii Rauh, Succulentes 17(1): 5 1994. ; NE. Madagascar as per WCSP;   Photo from Dr. Amit Mirgal : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) 12.8.2018…I’d  Location Ratnagiri Maharashtra Was it cultivated or wild?  Cultivated one  Assuming the plant is unarmed, this (IMG-20180812-WA0023.jpg) would be Euphorbia geroldii Rauh [Euphorbiaceae]. It is not as common in cultivation […]

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Call for participation, Harmony 2018, Ranchi, India

Fwd: Fwd: Call for participation, Harmony 2018, Ranchi, India : Call for Full-papers for Pre – Conference Proceedings of HARMONY-2018 as special volume of The Bioscan NAAS rating 5.26 Like previous years, this year also the National Environmentalists Association- India (NEA) is organizing an International Conference HARMONY-2018  in collaboration with  Department of Zoology, St. Xavier’s […]

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Allophylus villosus

Allophylus villosus (Roxb.) Blume, Rumphia 3: 132 1847. (syn: Allophylus cobbe var. villosus (Roxb.) Hiern; Cardiospermum villosum (Roxb.) Dalzell & A.Gibson; Ornitrophe villosa Roxb.; Schmidelia villosa (Roxb.) Wight); Myanmar [Burma] (Taninthayi), NE-India (Assam), Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life;   MS Aug.2018/10 Allophylus villosus ? for confirmation : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) […]

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Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Snow on the Mountain’ (Cultivated)

 Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Snow on the Mountain’ ;   SK1317 24 JUL 2018 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Golphutar, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation : 4400 ft.Date : 2 June 2018 Habit : Cultivated  Show Plant! I think some Acanthaceae member.  Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm. “Snow on the Mountain”  ??  Yes appears to […]

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Heterocentron elegans (Cultivated)

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Banksia ashbyi (Australia)

Banksia ashbyi Baker f., J. Bot. 72: 281 1934. ; Australia (W-Western Australia: between Shark Bay and Coorow, and Kennedy Range) as per Catalogue of Life;   Plants From Australia 2018:: Banksia ashbyi from melton-NS August 09 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Another native from Australia, Banksia ashbyi.. Proteaceae Recorded in June […]

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विविध प्रकार की भाजी

Fwd: विविध प्रकार की भाजी : 1 post by 1 author. 📕 વિવિધ પ્રકારની ભાજી          ( વૈદ્ય શ્રી કે.જે.ઝાલા) ૯૯૨૪૩૪૪૧૨૧https://www.whatstools.com/d/chjtr_agibdgszje 4.02 MB, pdf (28 species)  

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