Jacobaea raphanifolia ?

Jacobaea raphanifolia (Wall. ex DC.) B.Nord. ?;   . Vof Week: Senecio raphanifolius or Senecio chrysanthemoides from Valley: Senecio raphanifolius or Senecio chrysanthemoides from Valley i can count 13 ray florets in one flower as per flora of Chamoli S chrysanthemoides is tall glabrous herb pappus white And S raphanifolius is robust glabrous herb pappus red […]

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Yucca gigantea (USA)

Yucca gigantea Lem.,  Ill. Hort. 6(Misc.): 91 1859. (syn: Dracaena lennei Baker; Dracaena yuccoides Baker;  Sarcoyucca elephantipes Linding., nom. superfl.; Yucca eleana W.Watson; Yucca elephantipes Regel ex Trel., nom. illeg.; Yucca elephantipes var. ghiesbreghtii Molon; Yucca elephantipes var. gigantea (Lem.) Molon, nom. superfl.; Yucca ghiesbreghtii Baker, pro syn.; Yucca guatemalensis Baker; Yucca lenneana Baker;  Yucca mazelii W.Watson; Yucca […]

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Yucca ‘Vittorio Emanuele’ ?

Yucca ‘Vittorio Emanuele’ ?; / Yucca Species For ID : Kenya : 26OCT16 : AK-36 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Yucca Species seen in the first week of July. Cultivated, garden plant. For Species id please. Pl. check images at Yucca gloriosa L. Yucca ‘Vittorio Emanuele’ ?? Thanks … Looks close. There are […]

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Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii

Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii (Munro) T.Q.Nguyen, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 76: 993 1991. (syn: Dendrocalamus stocksii (Munro) M.Kumar, Remesh & Unnikrishna; Gigantochloa stocksii (Munro) T.Q.Nguyen; Oxytenanthera stocksii Munro; Pseudotenanthera stocksii (Munro) R.B.Majumdar); . India, Vietnam as per POWO; . India; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; . Shrubs; stems glabrous or softly pubescent, slender, grey-green, solid; nodes […]

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Aster himalaicus ?

Aster himalaicus C. B. Cl., Compos. Ind.: 43 (1876)?; . Himalaya to China (NW. Yunnan, Sichuan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Fwd: Id requested? Arunachal Pradesh 27.7.17- 1 : 3 posts by 1 author. Attachments (2) Pl. check with images at /species/a—l/ar/asteraceae/asteroideae/astereae/aster/aster-flaccidus-subsp-flaccidus What was the place and altitude? Pl. […]

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Sarracenia rubra (USA)

Sarracenia rubra Walt.,  Fl. Carol. 152 1788. ; . SE. North Carolina to W. Georgia as per POWO; . Sarracenia rubra from California-GS20122020-2 Sarracenia rubra Walter Sarraceniaceae Common name : Purple Pitcherplant Photographed from University of California Botanical Garden, 14-5-2014     . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  IPNI https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/10/sweet-pitcher-plant-sarracenia-rubra.html https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=42907 http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5544.html […]

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Albizia species?- Eco-park, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh

18122020PP3 Senna sp.? 1 image. Request for identification. Date: 26th June 2020 Time: 1619 hrs Location- Eco-park, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Habitat- Wild, on the side of the nature trail/track (maybe planted). Plant-animal interaction: Spindasis ictis (Common Shot Silverline) seen on a plant adjacent to this plant. Larval host plants of this butterfly are Senna montana and Senna siamea. Albizia amara […]

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Bauhinia acuminata ?

19122020PP2 Which species of Bauhinia?: 2 images. Request for identification. Date: 26th June 2020 Time: 1645 hrs Location- Eco-park, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Habitat- Wild/ maybe planted, on the side of the nature trail/ track Close of leaf in following mail. Close-up of leaves. Bauhinia sp. Leaves matching with tomentosa Resembles Bauhinia tomentosa It can also be Bauhinia […]

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Quercus helferiana

Quercus helferiana A.DC.,  Prodr. 16(2): 101 1864. (syn: Cyclobalanopsis helferiana (A.DC.) Oerst.; Quercus ilex Lour., nom. illeg.; Quercus prainiana H.Lév.); . Assam to S. China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS,Nov.,2021/65 Quercus sp. for id: 3 images. Location : Dungtlang, Mizoram Date : 21-11-2021 Habit : Medium-sized […]

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Hydrocotyle species?- Chandratal lake (Spiti), Himachal

. Aquatic herb ??22102010-PKA3: Came across this aquatic herb near the Chandratal lake (Spiti). Date/Time: 30-09-2010 / 09:30AM Location: At the altitude of 4290m near Chandratal lake (Spiti). Habitat: Wild plant habit: Herb (aquatic) – I imagine if Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides is found at that elevation? – Needs to be checked further. Never heard of Hydrocotyle […]

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Tetrastigma species- Assam

Climber for ID (RD_17112011b): Kindly help to ID this species. Could it be any Araliaceae member?? Date -30/10/2010- 09 AM Location – Assam, Habitat- Wild Type Plant Habit- Climber Leaves: Five leaflets Inflorescence – as seen in the photos, Flowers –yellow, White This is an Araliaceae, may be Panax sp. Leaf and flowers indicate towards Tetrastigma sp, probably […]

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Samolus valerandi

Samolus valerandi L.,  Sp. Pl. 443 1753. (syn: Anagallis aquatica Erndl ex Ledeb.;  Samolus americanus Spreng.; Samolus aquaticus Lam.; Samolus beccabungae-facie Gilib.; Samolus bracteatus Stokes; Samolus caulescens Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Samolus geniculatus Dulac); . Temp. & Subtropical Old World to Tropical Mountains: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, […]

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Blumea species- Ariyalur dist., Tamilnadu

Asteraceae herb for identification :: 240314MK :: March012 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). Please help me in identifying the Asteraceae herb. Height: 1 feet Habit: bushy herb Leaf: 2-3 cm long Head: 0.5 cm long Habitat: dried wetland; clayey soil Alt.: 60 m asl Place: Ariyalur dist., TN Date: 08 Mar 2014 Could you please re-shoot […]

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Gymnema latifolium

Gymnema latifolium Wall. ex Wight,  Contr. Bot. India 45 1834. (syn: Bidaria khandalensis (Santapau) A.P.Jagtap & N.P.Singh; Bidaria latifolia (Wall. ex Wight) P.T.Li; Gymnema khandalense Santapau; Gymnema kollimalayanum A.Ramach. & M.B.Viswan.); . India to S. China and to Indo-China: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam as […]

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Adenostemma viscosum ?

Adenostemma viscosum J. R. Forster & G. Forst., Char. Gen. 45 1775. (syn: Adenostemma aquaticum (Roxb.) D. Don; Adenostemma dregei DC.; Adenostemma erectum DC.; Adenostemma fastigiatum (Bl.) DC.; Adenostemma glutinosum (Gaud.) DC.; Adenostemma lavenia var. viscosum (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) M. R. Almeida; Adenostemma leiocarpum DC.;  Adenostemma natalense DC.; Adenostemma ovatum Miq.; Adenostemma perrottetii DC.; Adenostemma […]

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Buchanania lancifolia ?

Buchanania lancifolia Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 386 1824. ; . Andaman Isl., Myanmar [Burma] (Rakhine, Yangon), Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; . Tree Id from Bangladesh_SM_1435 : 14 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1) Location: Sangu Matamuri Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandarban  Picture taken: February, 2019 Appears something from Anacardiaceae, may be Rhus sp. It looks like Buchnania barberi Rhus is 3 foliate leaved. Thanks, … But Buchnania […]

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Musa sabuana

Musa sabuana K.Prasad, A.Joe, Bheem. & B.R.P.Rao, Indian J. Forest. 36: 151 (2013) (syn: Musa indandamanensis L.J.Singh); . Andaman Is., Nicobar Is. as per POWO; . Images of new species: Kindly find enclosed herewith the images of new species recently described from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Musa indandamanensis L. J. Singh (Musaceae) Taiwania 2014, 59 (1): 26-36. . Musa […]

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Goniothalamus simonsii

Goniothalamus simonsii Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 108 1855. ; . Arunachal Pradesh? , Assam? , Meghalaya as per India Biodiversity Portal; . Shrub or small tree about 2-3 m tall, young parts brown pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, narrow obovate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 24-40 x 7-14 cm across, base acute or rounded, margin entire, apex […]

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Agave species- Nog, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh

131222020PP3 Request for identification of this tree. Date: 19th June 2020 Time: 0948 hrs Location- Nog, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Habitat- Wild, on the hills near Sutlej river P.S Saxicola caprata (Pied Bushchat) – Male sitting on apex Agave sp. Agave Inflorescence only  

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