• Boesenbergia species- Pechartal, North Tripura

    Monocot: 5 images. This is from Pechartal, North Tripura Kindly identify Zingiberaceae?? Boesenbergia sp. Thank you very much. Is it Boesenbergia kingii or Boesenbergia longiflora ?  

  • Indigofera species- Rajouri, J and K

    Lespedeza bicolor: 1 image. Location: Rajouri j and k Habit: Herb Date: 30 April 2019 It appears to be wild and does not have distribution in our area as per POWO. Also looks different. Pl. post habit image for any further progress. Campylotropis meeboldii (Schindl.) Schindl. ?? Looks different as per images…

  • Begonia taligera

    Begonia taligera S.Rajbh., Gard. Bull. Singapore 62: 150 (2010); . Nepal as per POWO; . SK 2925 19 July 2021: 10 very high res. images. Location: Godawari Botanical Garden, Lalitpur Date:  18 july 2021 Elevation:  1500m. Habit : Cultivated Begonia taligera S.Rajbh. ?? Staff from Godawari Botanical Garden say it is  Begonia taligera S.Rajbh….

  • Berberis species- Kashmir University Botanical Garden

    Berberis sp from Kashmir University Botanical Garden for ID-GS05072021-3: 2 high res. images. Please help in the ID of this Berberis species photographed from Kashmir University Botanical Garden, Srinagar on 9-5-2012. It resembles with B.kashmiriana Pl. check with Berberis lycium Royle Can this also be Berberis orthobotrys as per your feedback at Berberis pseudoumbellata for…

  • Selaginella species- Kathmandu Valley, Central Nepal

    SK 2917 10 July 2021 – Fern: 5 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu Valley, Central Nepal Altitude: 1600 m. Date : 10 July 2021 Habitat : Wild Selaginella. ?? Habit ? Is it creeping / spreading ? Selaginella species. Yes … ! I have mentioned.  

  • Nonea edgeworthii

    Nonea edgeworthii A. DC., Prodr. 10: 30 1846.; . Pakistan to W. Himalaya and Central India: India, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Help me to identify this plant species: 4 images. These images were sent by one of my colleagues.. I think they belong to any Buglossoides sp. Any inputs please……

  • Boehmeria species- Darlawn, Mizoram

    MS, July, 2021/04 Boehmeria sp. for id.: (Mixed thread): 5 correct images as above. Location : Darlawn Date : 04-10-2018 Habit : Undershrub Habitat : Wild Boehmeria I concur with … Seems Boehmeria macrophylla I am unable to find a match as per comparative images at Boehmeria, though it appears…

  • Campanula species- Ladakh, J & K

    Ladakh plant: 2 images. Please help in ID of this plant from Ladakh, altitude 3300 m Resembles with Emmenanthe Sp. Emmenanthe is monotypic genus with only E. penduliflora native to California, is much different. This Ladakh plant has mush different flowers especially calyx. How about Campanula staintonii Looks different from…

  • Epipactis species?- Kupwara, J & K

    Identification required for this beautiful plant of kupwara, J&K.: 4 images. Photo:Adil Abdullah. Nothing can be deduced from these images. Try to send flower photos. This is very interesting. To me it looks like an orchid, but cant imagine anything to have white leaves like that. Very close to Epipactis…

  • Erysimum capitatum (USA)

    Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene, Fl. Francisc. 269 1891. (syn: Cheiranthus angustatus Greene; Cheiranthus asper Cham. & Schltdl.; Cheiranthus elatus (Nutt.) Greene; Cheiranthus wheeleri (Rothr.) Greene; Cheirinia elata (Nutt.) Rydb.; Cheirinia wheeleri (Rothr.) Rydb.; Erysimum arenicola var. torulosum (Piper) C.L.Hitchc.; Erysimum arkansanum var. angustifolium Scheele; Erysimum arkansanum var. latifolium Scheele; Erysimum arkansanum var. medium Scheele; Erysimum asperum var. arkansanum (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray; Erysimum asperum var. bealianum Jeps.; Erysimum asperum var. capitatum (Douglas) B.Boivin; Erysimum…

  • Tamarix ericoides ?

    DKV 210708 Requesting Species id: 1 image. Requesting species id. Clicked on the bank of the Choral river in the Patalpani-Kalakund Ghat Section in Mhow Tehsil, Indore district, MP.  May 30 2021 Is this Tamarix gallica var. indica Common name in Hindi: Jhau, Pichul, झाउ, पिचुल. Difficult to say about…

  • Globba macroclada

    Globba macroclada Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 50: 257 1903. ; . Central & E. Himalaya: East Himalaya, Nepal; Doubtfully present in: Myanmar as per POWO; . SK 2924 15 July 2021: 7 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu, Central Nepal Altitude: 1825m. Date: 14 July 2021 Habit : Wild Flower…

  • Aechmea ‘Blue Tango’ (USA)

    Aechmea ‘Blue Tango’, . Aechmea ‘Blue Tango’ from California-GS15072021-2: 2 images. Aechmea ‘Blue Tango’ Hybrid cultivar with parentage Aechmea dichlamydea var. trinitensis and A. fendleri, with tall spreading inflorescence with pink and blue flowers. Photographed from Fremont, California, 25-10-2016   . References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aechmea_%27Blue_Tango%27 https://bullisbrom.com/plant/aechmea-blue-tango-p/ https://www.bromeliads.info/bromeliad-blooms/ gardensonline.com.au https://www.chicagobotanic.org/plantcollections/

  • Zingiber anamalayanum

    Zingiber anamalayanum Sujanapal & Sasidh., Nordic J. Bot. 28: 289 2010.; . SW. India as per POWO; . Flowering and fruiting: May-November Grasslands Endemic to Southern Western Ghats (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal) . Zingiber neesanum (J.Graham)…

  • Sinapis arvensis (Introduced- USA)

    Sinapis arvensis L. (syn: Brassica arvensis (L.) Rabenh.; Brassica arvensis var. orientalis (L.) Farw.; Brassica arvensis var. schkuhriana (Rchb.) Thell.; Brassica barbareifolia Ball; Brassica kaber (DC.) Wheeler; Brassica kaber var. orientalis (L.) Scoggan; Brassica kaber var. pinnatifida (Stokes) L.C.Wheeler; Brassica kaber var. schkuhriana (Rchb.) L.C.Wheeler; Brassica kaber var. stricta (Celak.) Shinners; Brassica sinapis Vis.; Brassica sinapistrum Boiss.; Brassica xinjiangensis Y.C.Lan & T.Y.Cheo; Crucifera sinapistra E.H.L.Krause; Napus agriasinapis K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.; Raphanus arvensis (L.) Crantz; Raphanus orientalis (L.)…

  • Erysimum linifolium (Introduced- USA)

    Erysimum linifolium (Pers.) J. Gay, Erysim. Nov. 3 1842. (syn: Cheiranthus linifolius Pers.; Dichroanthus linifolius Webb ex Nyman; Hesperis angustifolia Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange; Hesperis linifolia Pourr. ex Desf.; Matthiola varia Willk.); . N. Portugal to NW. & Central Spain as per POWO; . Erysimum linifolium from UCBG-GS14072021-1: 3 images. Erysimum linifolium (Pers.) J. Gay…

  • Myristica andamanica

    Myristica andamanica Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 5: 103 1886. (syn: Palala andamanica (Hook.f.) Kuntze); . Andaman and Nicobar Islands as per POWO; . Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves petioled membranous elliptic-oblong subacute not glaucous beneath, nerves 12-15 pair very slender, male flowers in sessile or peduncled clusters on the branches very shortly…

  • Hedysarum microcalyx

    Hedysarum microcalyx Baker, J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 147 (1876); . Pakistan to W. Himalaya: India, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . India (N); Himachal Pradesh]; Jammu-Kashmir; Punjab; Uttar Pradesh; Pakistan (N) as per ILDIS; . Common name: Long-Keel Sweetvetch . Baker ; stems robust, leaflets large membranous, bracts linear minute, corolla…

  • Cyperus tenuifolius

    Cyperus tenuifolius (Steud.) Dandy, Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tome 363 1944. (syn: Kyllinga tenuifolia Steud.); . Tropical & S. Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China and Singapore: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal,…

  • Cleome scaposa

    Cleome scaposa DC., Prodr. 1: 239 1824. (syn: Cleome cordata Ehrenb. ex Schweinf.; Cleome ehrenbergiana Schweinf.; Cleome gracilis Edgew.; Cleome linearis Stocks ex T.Anderson; Cleome radula Fenzl; Gilgella scaposa (DC.) Roalson & J.C.Hall); . Cape Verde to Central India: Burkina, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria,…