• Schima wallichii ?

    Schima wallichii ?; . Tree for Id SN 15Mar 16 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Huge tree in the Kodaikanal (hill station) lake area, Tamilnadu, may be an introduced tree. Schima wallichii ?? Thanks, … Looks close to Schima wallichii But I am somehow doubtful. I did not find any sp. of Schima in this region except…

  • Eriolarynx australis (Cultivated- USA)

    Eriolarynx australis (Griseb.) J. M. H. Shaw, Plantsman 17: 125 (2018). (Syn: Acnistus australis (Griseb.) Griseb.; Acnistus australis var. grandiflorus Griseb.; Dierbachia australis (Griseb.) Kuntze; Dunalia australis (Griseb.) Sleumer; Iochroma australe Griseb.); Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman), Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Potos, Tarija) as per Catalogue of Life;   Iochroma australe Griseb. from California-GSOCT01 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Iochroma australe Griseb. (syn: Acnistus australis (Griseb.) Griseb.) Mini Angel’s trumpet A scandent shrub often…

  • Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora (Introduced- USA)

    Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora (Philippi) Reiche, Anales Univ. Chile 125: 460 (1910) (syn: Nicotiana acuminata var. compacta Goodsp.; Nicotiana angustifolia Ruiz & Pav.; Nicotiana heterophylla Phil.; Nicotiana hispida Domb. ex Dun.; Nicotiana humilis Mill.; Nicotiana multiflora Phil.; Nicotiana pusilla Moc. & Sesse; Nicotiana tenella Cav.); Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, Maule, Bio-Bio, Araucania, Los Lagos, Region Metropolitana), Peru, USA (I) (California (I), Nevada (I), Oregon (I), Washington State (I)) as per Catalogue of life; Nicotiana…

  • Veronica × franciscana (USA)

    Veronica franciscana (Eastw.) Howell, Raven & Rubtzoff., Wasmann J. Biol. 16: 127 1958. (syn: Hebe franciscana (Eastw.) Souster; Veronica franciscana Eastw.); . USA (I) (California (I)) as per Catalogue of Life; . Veronica × franciscana Eastw. from California-GS04112020-3 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Veronica × franciscana Eastw. Syn: Hebe × franciscana (Eastw.) Souster Species includes garden-raised hybrids between V. elliptica and…

  • Penstemon ‘Midnight’

    Garden Plant for ID : Presidio, San Francisco : 07NOV20 : AK-09: 2 images. Cultivated, garden flowers. Seen during my visit in Sept, 2014. Missed these earlier. Looks like Penstemon. Penstemon sp. May be P. heterophyllus Penstemon heterophyllus looks different as per https://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/470–penstemon-heterophyllus https://calscape.org/Penstemon-heterophyllus-(Foothill-Penstemon) Could it be Penstemon ‘Midnight’? Penstemon x gloxinioides  ‘Midnight’? Here is the link…

  • Bulbophyllum roseopictum

    Bulbophyllum roseopictum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel, Phytotaxa 166: 105 (2014) (syn: Bulbophyllum bicolor (Lindl.) Hook.f., nom. illeg.; Dipodium khasyanum Griff.; Ione bicolor (Lindl.) Lindl.; Ione khasyana (Griff.) Lindl.; Sunipia bicolor Lindl.); . Nepal to China (Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Assam; Bangladesh; China South-Central; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Nepal;…

  • Lithocarpus species- Planted- Dimapur, Nagaland

    Tree identity : 4 + 4 images. Kindly identify this tree, its from Dimapur, Nagaland Any chance of it being a Leeaceae member? Here I am attaching some more picture & learnt the tree was collected from Bangalore. 3 images. it is female spikes of Antidesma species Lithocarpus dealbatus ?? … may be correct, for the inflorescence bracts. they are absent in Antidesma…

  • Piper mullesua ?

    SK 2830 07 November 2020 : 4 very high resolution images. Location: Kathmandu Valley Date:  October 2020  Elevation: 1500m. Habitat  : Wild Piper …. ??? Pl. check comparative images at Piper Could not find a match ! Only close match I guess is Piper peepuloides Roxb. but images in net and FoI looks different. Piper peepuloides…

  • Myricaria bracteata

    Myricaria bracteata Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 214, t. 44, f. 2 1835. (syn: Myricaria alopecuroides Schrenk; Myricaria germanica subsp. alopecuroides (Schrenk) Kitam.; Myricaria germanica var. alopecuroides (Schrenk) Maxim.; Myricaria germanica var. bracteata (Royle) Franch.) as per Catalogue of Life; . Myricaria germanica (L.) Desv. subsp. alopecuroides (Schrenk ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Kitam., Flora of Afghanistan 272. 1960 (syn: (≡) Myricaria alopecuroides Schrenk ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey. (basionym); (=) Myricaria bracteata Royle)…

  • Myricaria squamosa

    Myricaria squamosa Desv., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 350 1825. (syn: Myricaria dahurica var. microphylla Bunge; Myricaria germanica var. squamosa (Desv.) Maxim.; Myricaria hoffmeisteri Klotzsch); . Iran to Central Asia and China: Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Xinjiang as per POWO; . European Russia, Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia, Dahuria), Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan,…

  • Primula species- Deothachi, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh

    Dear sir help me to identify the species : 4 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. please help me to identify the following species Species for Identification – location – Deothachi, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh Altitude- 2800-3200m  Date 12- August-2017 I think difficult in vegetative stage. Perhaps Primula sp, Yes, Primula.

  • Elaeagnus species- Indonesia

    Elaeagnus species Aeschynanthus pulcher ? Plant of Indonesia 6: Shrub or small tree : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Could you help me to identify the following plant please I think both are different plants. First image looks like Aeschynanthus pulcher (Blume) G. Don ! 2nd image looks like Elaeagnus triflora Roxb. ! Elaeagnus triflora Roxb. ??

  • Arthraxon hispidus

    Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 214 1912. (syn: Alectoridia quartiniana A.Rich.; Andropogon alectoridia Steud.; Andropogon amplexifolius Trin.; Andropogon ciliaris (P.Beauv.) Raspail;  Andropogon lasiocoleus Steud.; Andropogon lasiocoleus Steud.; Andropogon micans (Nees) Steud.; Andropogon plumbeus (Nees ex Arn.) Hochst.; Andropogon violaceus B.Heyne ex Steud., pro syn.; Arthraxon caucasicus (Rupr. ex Regel) Tzvelev; Arthraxon centrasiaticus (Griseb.) Gamajun.; Arthraxon ciliaris P.Beauv.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. australis Benth.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. centrasiaticus (Griseb.) Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. coloratus (Hochst.) Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. cryptatherus Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. genuinus Hack., not validly publ.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. glabrescens Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. gracilis (Kunth) Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. hookeri Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris subsp. langsdorffii (Trin.) Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris subsp. quartinianus (A.Rich.)…

  • Zingiber species- Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal

      SK 2189 19 September 2019 : 13 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- 1 mb or more. Location: Godawari, Lalitpur,, Nepal Altitude: 1932 m. Date: 08 August 2019 Habit : Wild …: Could not find any match for this . Initially, I  thought this to be Gingiber bipinianum but I guess it looks…

  • Oplismenus burmannii- probably hybridised with Oplismenus compositus ?

    SK 2837 09 November 2020 : 6 very high resolution images. Location: Kathmandu Valley Date:  October 2020  Elevation: 1350m. Habitat  : Wild Oplismenus burmanni (Retz.) P.Beauv. ?? Yes. probably hybridised with Oplismenus compositus. Having both features Naturally hybridised with Oplismenus compositus ? So, no speciific ID ? Thank you … It would be interesting to follow up the populations…

  • Isodon ternifolius

    Isodon ternifolius (D.Don) Kudô, Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2: 140 1929. (syn: Elsholtzia lychnitis H.Lév. & Vaniot; Elsholtzia thompsonii Hook.f.; Ocimum ternifolium Spreng.; Plectranthus buckia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Plectranthus hosseusii Muschl.; Plectranthus ternifolius D.Don; Rabdosia ternifolia (D.Don) H.Hara; Rabdosiella ternifolia (D.Don) Codd; Teucrium esquirolii H.Lév.); Arabian Peninsula, Himalaya to S. China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; Common name: Three-Leaf Isodon • Bhutanese: Peng-dong-dongla…

  • Alkekengi officinarum

    Alkekengi officinarum Moench, Suppl. Meth.: 177 (1802) (syn: Boberella alkekengi (L.) E. H. L. Krause; Megista maxima Fourr.; Physalis alkekengi L.; Physalis alkekengi var. anthoxantha H. Léveillé); . Temp. Eurasia: Albania, Assam, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Pakistan, Poland,…

  • Indonesia- tall shrub

    Plant of Indonesia 7 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) We don’t know the following plant please. Could you help me to id it please. May I request you to pl. send a close & a habit picture ? I think this is a 2-3 m tall shrub. Attachments (1) Schefflera sp. ?? Thanks,…

  • Cissus species- Baturraden, Java

    Flowers of Java 11 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 864 kb. A shrub from Baturraden ca 600 m alt.  ID is requested. Vitaceae. ‎Maybe some Cissus species like Cissus latifolia Lam., but some other species.

  • Magnolia kisopa

    Magnolia kisopa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Figlar,  Proc. Int. Symp. Magnoliac. 22 2000. (syn: Michelia doltsopa subsp. kisopa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) J.Li; Michelia kisopa Buch.-Ham. ex DC.; Michelia zila Buch.-Ham. ex Madden; Sampacca kisopa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Kuntze); . Nepal to Vietnam: East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Kisopa Magnolia • Garhwali: चाम Chaam • Kumaon: Chaur • Nepali: चोलसी Cholsi, बन चाँप Ban chanp . Deciduous trees,…