• Paphiopedilum haynaldianum (Introduced- USA)

    Paphiopedilum haynaldianum (Rchb.f.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch 470 1892. (syn: Cordula haynaldiana (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Cypripedium haynaldianum Rchb.f.; Paphiopedilum haynaldianum f. album Asher ex O.Gruss & Roeth); . Philippines (Luzon, Negros) as per POWO; . Paphiopedilum haynaldianum from UCBG-GS21032021-4 Paphiopedilum haynaldianum (Rchb.f.) Stein Orchid endemic to the islands of Negros and Luzon of the Philippines., most of the New generation plants are…

  • Cuitlauzina pulchella (Introduced- USA)

    Cuitlauzina pulchella (Bateman ex Lindl.) Dressler & N.H.Williams, Selbyana 24: 44 2003. (syn: Cuitlauzina pandurata (Garay) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams; Odontoglossum pulchellum Bateman ex Lindl.; Odontoglossum pulchellum var. dormanianum B.S.Williams; Odontoglossum pulchellum var. egertonii auct.; Osmoglossum panduratum Garay; Osmoglossum pulchellum (Bateman ex Lindl.) Schltr.; Osmoglossum pulchellum f. dormanianum (B.S.Williams) O.Gruss & M.Wolff); . Mexico (Chiapas) to Nicaragua: El…

  • Masdevallia welischii (Introduced- USA)

    Masdevallia welischii Luer, Selbyana 5: 152 1979.; . Peru as per POWO; . Masdevallia welischii from UCBG-GS21032021-2 Masdevallia welischii Luer Orchid species from Peru, grown at University of California Botanical Garden, photographed on 21-4-2019, new for our database.   . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1 http://www.orchidspecies.com/maswelischii.htm Travaldo…

  • Hibiscus cultivar- Kolkata, West Bengal

    Kolkata : 15-03-2021 : Hibiscus cultivar: 5 images. This is a cultivated and maybe hybrid species with variegated leaves and considerable ill-developed flower and bud. Photographed on 13/3/2021 I think mostly cultivars are of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Certainly it is, Sir.

  • Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum (Introduced- USA)

    Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L., Sp. Pl. 480 1753. (syn: Cryophytum cleistum L. Bol.; Cryophytum gibbosum N. E. Br.; Cryophytum nodiflorum (L.) Bolus; Cryophytum rogersii L. Bol.; Gasoul nodiflorum (L.) Rothm.; Mesembryanthemum caducum Aiton; Mesembryanthemum copticum L.; Mesembryanthemum inornatum L. Bol.; Mesembryanthemum paucandrum L. Bol.; Psilocaulon caducum (Aiton) N. E. Br.; Stigmatocarpon caducum…

  • Psychotria andamanica

    Psychotria andamanica Kurz, J. Bot. 13: 328 1875. (syn: Uragoga andamanica (Kurz) Kuntze); . Bangladesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands as per POWO; . Kurz in Lond. Journ. Bot. 1875, 328 ; For. Fl. ii. 13 ; glabrous except the cymes, leaves long-petioled elliptic-obovate or lanceolate caudate-acuminate, nerves 8-10 pair remote, cymes…

  • Fuchsia encliandra (Introduced- USA)

    Fuchsia encliandra Steud., Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 649 1840. (syn: Encliandra parviflora Zucc.; Fuchsia parviflora Zucc.); . Mexico as per POWO; . Fuchsia encliandra subsp. encliandra from California-GS19032021-2: 3 images. Fuchsia encliandra (Zucc.) Steud. subsp. encliandra Member of section Encliandra which has flat petals, short stamens and few seeds. Photographed from University…

  • Lithocarpus elegans

    Lithocarpus elegans (Blume) Hatus. ex Soepadmo, Reinwardtia 8: 236 1970. (syn: Arcaula spicata Raf.; Lithocarpus collettii (King ex Hook.f.) A.Camus; Lithocarpus elegans var. collettii (King ex Hook.f.) H.B.Naithani & S.N.Biswas; Lithocarpus finetii (Hickel & A.Camus) A.Camus; Lithocarpus gelinicus C.C.Huang & Y.T.Chang, nom. illeg.; Lithocarpus gracilipes C.C.Huang & Y.T.Chang; Lithocarpus grandifolius (D.Don) S.N.Biswas; Lithocarpus…

  • Desmodium heterocarpon subsp. ovalifolium

    Desmodium heterocarpon subsp. ovalifolium (Prain)H.Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 66: 21 (1991) ; . S. China, Indo-China to Central Malesia: Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Fabaceae (Faboideae)Fortnight::For ID ::Andaman::PKA-OCT-109: 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) I had seen this herb at…

  • Xeronema callistemon (Introduced- USA)

    Xeronema callistemon W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 56: 1 1926.; . New Zealand (Poor Knights Islands, Hen Island) as per POWO; . Xeronema callistemon from California-GS19032021-1 Xeronema callistemon W.R.B. Oliv Family: Xeronemataceae Common Name: Poor Knights lily Endemic to the Poor Knights Islands and Taranga Island in the north of New Zealand. Photographed from University of…

  • Zaleya pentandra

    Zaleya pentandra (L.) C. Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 14: 238 1960. (syn: Limeum kenyense Suess.; Rocama arabica J. F. Gmel.; Rocama prostrata Forsk.; Trianthema digyna DC.; Trianthema pentandra L.); . Africa to Israel and Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to India: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia,…

  • Macrothelypteris torresiana

    Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaud.) Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8(4): 310 1963. (syn: Aspidium leucopis Fée; Aspidium mollissimum Christ; Aspidium setigerum (Bl.) Kuhn; Aspidium tenericaule (Wall. ex Hook.) Thwait.; Aspidium uliginosum Kunze; Aspidium vile Racib.; Cheilanthes setigera Bl.; Cheilanthes stenophylla Kunze; Dryopteris alsophiloides (Fourn.) C. Chr.; Dryopteris backeri Alderw.; Dryopteris mollissima (Christ) C….

  • Loeseneriella species- Narcondam Island, Andamans

    Plants for ID… (Mixed thread) 3 correct images as above. I have collected this species from Narcondam Island. May be Salacia species. For Identification please find the attach file. Checklist gives 5 sp. but I could not match ! Apocynaceae Celastraceae member-only, Might be Loseneriella obtusifolia, I agree with Loeseneriella. There is one Loeseneriella…

  • Bursera fagaroides (Introduced)

    Bursera fagaroides (Kunth) Engl., Monogr. Phan. 4: 48 1883. (syn: Bursera covillei (Rose) Engl.; Bursera fagaroides f. bourgeauana Engl.; Bursera fagaroides f. crenulata Engl.; Bursera fagaroides f. elliptica Engl.; Bursera fagaroides var. elongata McVaugh & Rzed.; Bursera fagaroides var. purpusii (Brandegee) McVaugh & Rzed.; Bursera fagaroides f. ramosissima Engl.; Bursera lonchophylla Sprague & L.Riley; Bursera obovata Turcz.; Bursera odorata Brandegee; Bursera purpusii Brandegee;…

  • Salix species- Kashmir, J&K

    Id requested Location kashmir J&K. No leaf and habitat image ? Salix sp. Salix purpurea L.  ?? . Identification required. Of Salix species. Location kashmir 1 image. Salix sp. Id is not possible with such images. Pl. post complete set showing all aspects.  

  • Oberonia brachyphylla

    Oberonia brachyphylla Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 257 1931.; . India (N. Karnataka) as per POWO; . Oberonia recurva flowering:  Thanks for your feedback. Sending a few more photographs of the orchids. They were taken by my friend Jayesh Timbadia. Hope this helps you to identify it. I…

  • Didymocarpus hookeri

    Didymocarpus hookeri C.B. Clarke, Commelyn. Cyrtandr. Bengal. t. 54 1874. (syn: Roettlera hookeri (C.B. Clarke) Kuntze); . Sikkim to Assam: Assam, East Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Hooker’s Stone Flower . Inclusion of Didymocarpus hookeri in eFI 1 image and 1 pdf- Rediscovery of Didymocarpus hookeri (Gesneriaceae), An Endemic, Rare…

  • Elatostema species- Baramura, Tripura

      Requires identification please : 11 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4) seems to be from family Urticaceae. Grows on moss clade stones along waterbody in moist evergreen forest. Baramura, Tripura 2018 December Elatostemma sp. Yes, Urticaceae… Looks Elatostema sp. I am confused between Elatostema papillosum and E. sessile. if I would…

  • Illigera khasiana

    Illigera khasiana C. B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 2(5): 461 1878. ; . Assam to China (Yunnan) and Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar as per POWO; . China (Yunnan), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Sagaing) as per Catalogue of Life; . Large shrubs; stems striate, glabrous. Leaves compound, alternate, spiral,…

  • Elaeocarpus floribundus ?

    Elaeocarpus floribundus Bl., Bijdr. 120 1825. (syn: Elaeocarpus grossus Wall.; Elaeocarpus lobbianus Turcz.; Elaeocarpus oblongus Wall.; Elaeocarpus pseudosepicanus O. Schmidt; Elaeocarpus ramosii Knuth; Elaeocarpus rigidus Ridl.; Elaeocarpus serratus Roxb. ex Wall.); . Assam to W. & Central Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is.,…