Dracaena species- Java, Indonesia

Plant of Java: may be Asparagaceae:  1 image. We would like to know the name of the following plant please. Location : Purwokerto. Can it be from Zingerberaceae? Costus ?? May be Dracena sp. Thank you very much. I think it is close to Dracaena. What about Pleomele? Was it wild ? No, it wasn’t. […]

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Pogostemon menthoides

Pogostemon menthoides Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 825 (1826) (syn: Pogostemon fraternus Miq. ; Pogostemon macgregorii W.W.Sm.); . E. Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and W. & Central Malesia: Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Decumbent herb,60-90cm.Stems straggling,branched,pubescent above,glabrescent below,often dull purple.Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong,2-8.4 […]

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Sabia parviflora

Sabia parviflora Wall., Fl. Ind. 2: 310 (1824) (syn: Celastrus discolor H.Lév. ; Celastrus esquirolii H.Lév. ; Changiodendron guangxiense R.H.Miao ; Sabia harmandiana Pierre ; Sabia parviflora var. harmandiana (Pierre) Lecomte ; Sabia parviflora var. nitidissima H.Lév. ; Sabia polyantha Hand.-Mazz. ); . Nepal to S. China and Indo-China, N. Borneo: Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per […]

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Sparganium stoloniferum

Sparganium stoloniferum (Buch.-Ham. ex Graebn.) Buch.-Ham. ex Juz., Fl. URSS 1: 219 (1934) (syn: Sparganium arcuscaulis D.Yu & G.T.Yang ; Sparganium asiaticum Graebn. ; Sparganium carinatum Falc. ; Sparganium erectum subsp. mazanderanicum Ponert ; Sparganium erectum subsp. stoloniferum (Buch.-Ham. ex Graebn.) H.Hara; Sparganium eurycarpum var. greenei (Morong) Graebn. ; Sparganium greenei Morong ; Sparganium multiporcatum D.Yu; Sparganium ramosum subsp. stoloniferum Buch.-Ham. ex Graebn.); . Temp. Asia to Himalaya: Afghanistan, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China […]

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Actinodaphne longipes

Actinodaphne longipes Kosterm., Reinwardtia 9: 98 (1974) (syn: Actinodaphne reticulata var. glabra Meisn.); . Nepal to Assam, N. Vietnam: Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Vietnam as per POWO; . SK 3703 15 March 2023: 6 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Date: 11 March 2023 Altitude: 2418m. Habitat : Wild  Lauraceae ?? Yes, appears to be from lauraceae. […]

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Dimorphocalyx kurnoolensis

Dimorphocalyx kurnoolensis R.Venkatar. & Pullaiet, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin., n.s., 35: 201 (1994); . India (Andhra Pradesh) as per POWO; . India: Dry deciduous forests, along sides of streams. Rare. Andhra Pradesh (Kurnool Dist.) as per BSI Flora of India; . Common name: Kurnool Tritaxis • Telugu: Erra-tandra . Tritaxis kurnoolensis (Dimorphocalyx kurnoolensis R.R.V.Raju & Pull. ): 4 […]

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Discospermum abnorme

Discospermum abnorme (Korth.) S.J.Ali & Robbr., Blumea 35: 300 (1991) (syn: Diplospora abnormis (Korth.) Valeton ex H.J.P.Winkl.; Diplospora confusa Hook.f. ; Diplospora singularis Korth. ; Diplospora singularis Kurz ; Discospermum confusum (Hook.f.) Kuntze ; Discospermum singulare (Korth.) Kuntze ; Gynopachis abnormis Korth. ; Randia abnormis (Korth.) Boerl. ; Tricalysia singularis (Korth.) K.Schum. ; Tricalysia abnormis (Korth.) Merr. ; Vangueria palembanica Miq. ); . Assam to W. Malesia as per […]

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Solanum hovei

Solanum hovei Dunal, Prodr. 13(1): 311 (1852) (syn: Solanum intermedium Dunal); . Solanum hovei Dunal is endemic to India and occurs primarily along the Western Ghats in the states of Maharashtra, Goa, and Gujarat on plateaus and in open areas, at elevations as high as ca. 1100 meters as per solanaceaesource; As per efi thread: Solanum hovei […]

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Barbella species- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal

SK 3705 14 March 2023 – Moss: 3 very high res. images. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 11 March 2023 Altitude: 1586m. Habitat : Wild  Looks like a Barbella sp. May be Barbella bombycina. This sp. is not recorded in Nepal. I could not find it.  

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Alnus rhombifolia (USA)

Alnus rhombifolia Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 33 (1842) (syn: Alnus californica (Regel) H.J.P.Winkl. ; Alnus glutinosa lusus californica Regel ; Alnus rhombifolia var. bernardina Munz & I.M.Johnst. ; Alnus rhombifolia var. ovalis H.J.P.Winkl. ; Alnus rhombifolia var. typica Callier); . W. U.S.A. to Mexico (N. Baja California): California, Idaho, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Oregon, Washington as per POWO; . Alnus rhombifolia from California-20230320-1: 6 high res. images. […]

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Freesia ‘Fragrant Sunburst’ (USA)

Clivia miniata var. flava from California-GS12032023-3: 5 very high res. Clivia miniata var. flava photographed from Fremont, California, USA No, this is different as per images at https://pza.sanbi.org/clivia-miniata-var-citrina https://powo.science.kew.org/names:994513-1 Somewhat appeared close to (but different): https://efloraofindia.com/2012/05/01/crocosmia-crocosmiiflora/ Thanks … for prompting me for recheck, it is Freesia ‘Fragrant Sunburst’  

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Freesia × kewensis

Freesia × kewensis J.Wright, J. Hort. Cottage Gard., ser. 3, 48: 179 (1904) (syn: Freesia × chapmanii R.F.H.Chapm. ; Freesia grandiflora virginalis R.F.H.Chapm. ; Freesia × hybrida L.H.Bailey ; Freesia × tubergenii Tubergen ) (artificial cross is F. corymbosa × F. leichtlinii subsp. alba); . Freesia x kewensis from California-GS16032023-1: 5 very high res. images. Thanks … for your critical response to my plant uploaded […]

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Ficus species?- Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

SK 3704 March 2023: 3 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Date: 11 March 2023 Altitude: 2657m. Habitat : Wild  Images not so good ! Any ficus species? Could not guess. It was far away !  

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Chamaerops humilis (Introduced- USA)

Chamaerops humilis L., Sp. Pl.: 1187 (1753) (syn: Corypha humilis (L.) Pynaert; Phoenix humilis (L.) Cav.); . W. & Central Medit.: Algeria, Baleares, France, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia; Introduced into: Azores, Corse, Dominican Republic as per POWO; . Chamaerops humilis from California-GS11032023-1: 4 very high res. images. Chamaerops humilis photographed from Fremont […]

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Clausena austroindica

Clausena austroindica B. C. Stone & K. N. Nair, Nordic J. Bot. 14: 491 (1994); . S. India as per POWO; . Shrubs or small trees; branchlets cylindric, minutely puberulous or glabrous. Leaves alternate, up to 40 cm long with marginate or narrowly winged, puberulent or glabrous; leaflets 5 to 9, subopposite to alternate, 5.5-16 x […]

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Campylanthus ramosissimus

Campylanthus ramosissimus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1416 (1849); . S. Pakistan as per POWO; . Telangana as per BSI Flora of India Checklist; . Gujarat as per India Biodiversity Portal and Ecology and conservation of threatened plants in Tapkeshwari Hill ranges in the Kachchh Island, Gujarat, India; . Plant ID help: 5 high […]

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Lamiaceae member?- Dry herb from Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh

please help me get these names 3: 1 image. Posting these separately species wise, to reduce confusion in ids and as per posting guidelines from please help me get these names. (from …): I got these herbs from my trip to Chitrakoot. One shop was selling lots of herbs. I got some more herbs as they […]

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Pluchea arguta

Pluchea arguta Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 3: 5 (1856) (syn: Conyza odontophylla Boiss. ; Laggera arida C.B.Clarke ; Pluchea frutescens Benth.); . SE. Yemen, S. Iran to W. India: India, Iran, Pakistan, Yemen as per POWO; . Need ID: pink vernonia-like in Kutch: 3 images- 2 high res. Kutch, near Anjar Rocky soil 3/3/2023 This is Pluchea arguta […]

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