My latest book release “Flora of Sikkim-a pictorial guide”: 4 images. I am happy to share the following news items related to my latest book release…………….. News in the Hindu Sikkim blossoms: smallest State home to 27% of India’s flowering plants News in Sikkim Chronicle Đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký…
Marchantia linearis Lehm. et Lindenb., Nov. Stirp. Pug. 4: 8 1832.; . Mauritius, Kashmir, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Malaya, Java, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Guatemala, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands as per Catalogue of Life; . SK 2913 29 June 2021 –…
Fungi Id. please—300621sn2: 1 image. Help in Id. please. location: Aambyvalley rd., Upper Lonavala, Pune date: june21 habitat: wild Difficult to say with this image only showing the top view. Gills are not seen. . Fungi for id.please—-300621sn3: 1 image. Id. help please. location:Aambyvalley rd.,Upper Lonavala,Pune date:june21 habitat:wild Difficult to say…
Timonius finlaysonianus (Wall. ex G.Don) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 127 1880. (syn: Guettarda finlaysoniana Wall. ex G.Don; Polyphragmon compressicaule Miq.; Polyphragmon compressicaule var. floribunda Miq.; Timonius compressicaulis (Miq.) Boerl.; Timonius jambosella var. finlaysoniana (Wall. ex G.Don) King & Gamble); . Andaman & Nicobar Islands as per BSI Flora of India Checklist; . W. &…
Mycetia nepalensis H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 52: 198 1977.; . Himalaya to SE. Tibet: Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Mycetia nepalensis H. Hara: 9 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu, Central Nepal Altitude: 1500 m. Date : 05 July 2021 Habitat : Wild …
Brachiaria reptans (L.) C.A.Gardner & C.E.Hubb., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 34: t. 3363 1938. (syn: Brachiaria balansae Henrard; Brachiaria prostrata (Lam.) Griseb.; Brachiaria reptans (L.) C.A.Gardner & C.E.Hubb.; Brachiaria reptans var. hispida Basappa & Muniy.; Digitaria umbrosa (Retz.) Pers.; Echinochloa reptans (L.) Roberty; Echinochloa subcordata Roem. & Schult.; Panicum aurelianum Hale ex Alph.Wood; Panicum barbipedum Hayata; Panicum brachythyrsum Peter; Panicum caespitosum Sw.; Panicum calaccanzense Steud.; Panicum…
Impatiens lemannii Hook. fil. & Thoms., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 154 1860. (syn: Impatiens harrissii Hook. fil.); . Common name: Lemann’s Balsam . Annual herbs, about 20-50 cm tall. Stems erect, simple or sparsely branched, glabrous. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate to suborbicular, about 1.5-5 x 1-3.5 cm across, base cuneate…
I’d requested 2: Location: Rajouri j and k Habit: Shrub: 1 high res. image. Segregating same subject posts. Seems Anogeissus acuminata Difficult to say with the only posted image. However, I think it looks different as per images at Anogeissus acuminata (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Guill. & Perr. and also no distribution as per POWO….
Asparagus capitatus Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 607 (1875) (syn: Protasparagus capitatus (Baker) Kamble); . E. Afghanistan to W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . . id request Asparagus: 4 high res. images. Please check the attached images of Asparagus, it seems filicinus for me. Captured Garhwal Uttarakhand….
Berberis wilsoniae Hemsl., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 151 1906. (syn: Berberis bodinieri H.Lév.; Berberis coryi H.J.Veitch; Berberis favosa W.W.Sm.; Berberis heteropsis Ahrendt; Berberis parvifolia Sprague; Berberis stapfiana C.K.Schneid.; Berberis subcaulialata C.K.Schneid.); . SE. Tibet to S. Central China and N. Myanmar: China South-Central, Myanmar, Tibet as per POWO; . Berberis wilsoniae from SFO Botanical Garden-05072021-2: 2 images- 1…
Impatiens sp. from Khaiyang, Manipur ID: 3 images. I would appreciate an ID on this delightful Impatiens, found growing in the ditches besides rice paddies below the village of Khaiyang, Manipur. The water was flowing and the Impatiens grew in the damper waterlogged sections of the paddies. Date/Time- 22 Nov 2012 4.30 pm…
Chloris bournei Rang. & Tadul., J. Indian Bot. 2: 189 1921.; . S. India as per POWO; . Common name: Bourne’s Finger Grass . Grass for ID : Nasik : 24JUN21 : AK- 10: 3 images. Grass seen in Nasik during the month of Dec, 20. The black color was confusing. Check…
Clarkia amoena subsp. lindleyi (Dougl.) F. H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 267 1955. (syn: Clarkia amoena var. lindleyi (Douglas) C.L.Hitchc.; Clarkia amoena f. lindleyi (Douglas) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.; Clarkia superba A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.; Godetia amoena var. lindleyi (Douglas) Jeps.; Godetia amoena subsp. lindleyi (Douglas) Piper & Beattie; Godetia grandiflora Lindl.; Godetia lindleyana Spach; Godetia macrantha (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Lilja; Oenothera…
Scutellaria galericulata L., Sp. Pl. 599 1753. (syn: Cassida galericulata (L.) Scop.; Cassida major Gilib.; Scutellaria adamsii Spreng.; Scutellaria epilobiifolia A.Ham.; Scutellaria epilobiifolia f. albiflora Fernald; Scutellaria epilobiifolia f. rosea Fernald; Scutellaria galericulata f. albiflora Millsp.; Scutellaria galericulata var. epilobiifolia (A.Ham.) Jordal; Scutellaria galericulata var. glaberrima Benth.; Scutellaria galericulata f. rosea E.L.Rand & Redfield; Scutellaria galericulata var. vulgaris Benth.; Scutellaria pauciflora Pant.); . Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria,…
Orobanche cumana Wallr., Orobanches Gen. Diask. 58 1825. (syn: Orobanche arenaria M.Bieb.; Orobanche bicolor C.A.Mey.; Orobanche cernua subsp. cumana (Wallr.) Soó; Orobanche glaucantha Trautv.; Orobanche sarmatica Kotov); . E. Europe to S. Siberia and W. & N. China: Afghanistan, Altay, Central European Rus, China North-Central, East European Russia, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, North…
Lecanorchis nigricans Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 45: 470 1931. ; . China (N. Fujian), SE. Thailand to Vietnam, S. Central & S. Japan: China Southeast, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Lecanorchis nigricans from Hong Kong: 2 high res. images. Lecanorchis nigricans Family: Orchidaceae Distribution: China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam…
Viola elatior Fries, Novit. Fl. Svec. ed. 2: 277 1828. (Syn: Viola canina var. montana (L.) Fr.; Viola danubialis Borbás; Viola erecta Gilib.; Viola fedtschenkoana W.Becker; Viola hornemanniana Schult.; Viola montana DC.; Viola montana L.; Viola persicifolia Schreb.; Viola procera Pall. ex Ledeb.; Viola stipulacea Hartm.; Viola subpubescens Borbás); . Europe to Xinjiang and W. Himalaya: Altay, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia,…
Davallia solida var. fejeensis (Hook.) Noot., Blumea 39: 204 (1994) (syn: Odontoloma fijiensis J.Sm.; Davallia fejeensis Hook.; Davallia fijiensis Diels; Stenolobus fejeensis C.Presl) as per POWO; . Caroline Islands (Pohnpei), Fiji, Tubuai Islands (Rapa Iti) as per POWO; . Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Taveuni), Austral Isl. (Rapa Isl.), Micronesia (Pohnpei), Colombia (c) as per…
Climbing Herb For Identification..: 2 images. A climbing herb collected from North Andaman. Leaf and plant photo only I have. Need identification help, photo attached. Any more information sir, I think it is difficult to id with these images.
I’d requested 1- Location: Rajouri j and k Habit: Tree: 1 high res. image. Segregating posts due to the same subject. At the outset it looks like a Vitex species. But more photos showing different parts of the tree are needed for final ID. seems not Vitex, it might be a…