• Peperomia dindygulensis

    Peperomia dindygulensis Miq., Syst. Piperac. 1: 122 1843. (syn: Peperomia formosana C.DC.; Peperomia laticaulis C.DC.; Peperomia thwaitesii C.DC.) as per POWO; . Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . 04072013 ASP 77 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Please ID this…

  • Brachiaria distachya

    Brachiaria distachya (L.) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 565 1919. (syn: Brachiaria distachya var. brevifolia E.G.Camus & A.Camus; Brachiaria hybrida Basappa & Muniy.; Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase; Brachiaria subquadripara (Trin.) Hitchc.; Brachiaria subquadripara var. hirsuta Jansen; Brachiaria subquadripara var. miliiformis (J.Presl) S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin; Brachiaria subquadripara var. pubescens Jansen; Digitaria…

  • Phryma oblongifolia

    Phryma oblongifolia Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 400 (1929). (syn: Phryma humilis Koidz., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 192 (1939). ; Phryma leptostachya var. humilis (Koidz.) H.Hara, Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 297 (1948). ; Phryma leptostachya var. oblongifolia (Koidz.) Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 608 (1936).); . Temp. Asia to N….

  • Meconopsis grandis subsp. grandis

    Meconopsis grandis Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64(2): 320 1895. (syn: Papaver grande (Prain) Christenh. & Byng); . Bhutan, Nepal, SC-Tibet, Sikkim, India (Arunachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life; . Meconopsis grandis from Arunachal Pradesh : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Meconopsis grandis…

  • Meconopsis villosa

    Meconopsis villosa (Hook.f.) G.Taylor, Gen. Meconopsis 28 1934. (syn: Cathcartia villosa Hook.fil.; Papaver cathcartia Christenh. & Byng); . E-Nepal, India (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life; . Polycarpic erect perennial herbs, with yellow fluid, about 30-60 cm tall. Stem simple or sparingly branched, tomentose with brown color bristles,…

  • Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ?

    Id of a shrub from Mahe : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Request for id of an ornamental shrub from Mahe. Photographed in November, 2019. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ! Thank you very much … Leaves appear different from the common China rose. As I said earlier there are plenty…

  • Memecylon species- Chennai, Tamilnadu

    MS/May/2020/3 ID of Memecylon sps : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Please ID the Memecylon species. Photographed in a scrub jungle near Chennai a few months back. It is a shrub. Memecylon sessile Benth. ex Wight & Arn. ?? I think leaves may be required as … has not…

  • Cleisostoma subulatum

    Cleisostoma subulatum Blume, Bijdr. 363 1825. (syn: Cleisostoma amabile Teijsm. & Binn.; Cleisostoma dealbatum Lindl.; Cymbidium flavescens Llanos; Cypripedium linearisubulatum Llanos; Saccolabium secundum (Griff.) Ridl.; Sarcanthus amabilis (Teijsm. & Binn.) J.J.Sm.; Sarcanthus dealbatus (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Sarcanthus oxyphyllus Wall. ex Rchb.f.; Sarcanthus secundus Griff.; Sarcanthus subulatus (Blume) Rchb.f.); . E. Himalaya…

  • Dactylicapnos cordata

    Dactylicapnos cordata Lidén, Nordic J. Bot. 28: 658 2010. ; . E-Nepal, NE-India (Darjeeling) as per Catalogue of Life;  . D. cordata (W Sikkim) photo Alister Adhikari : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image- 118 kb . SK 3803 17 July 2023: 3 images. Location: Taplejung, East Nepal  Date: April-May…

  • Meconopsis merakensis var. albolutea

    Meconopsis merakensis var. albolutea T. Yoshida, R. Yangzom & D. G. Long, The Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, No. 14 (2017); . Unid from Tawang: TQ-Tawang-06 :  Attachments (3). 14 posts by 4 authors. A Meconopsis species found in Tawang region, Arunachal Pradesh, around 4000 m elevation. The leaves appear to…

  • Medinilla speciosa (Cultivated)

    Medinilla speciosa (Reinw. ex Bl.) Bl., Flora 14: 515 1831. (syn: Melastoma eximium Bl. (ambiguous synonym); Melastoma speciosum Reinw. ex Bl.); . peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Perak, Pahang, Selangor), Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Sumbawa, Lombok), Sulawesi, Moluccas, Borneo as per Catalogue of Life; . Medilina magnifica SN27420 : 6 posts…

  • Prosthechea vespa (Introduced- USA)

    Prosthechea vespa (Vell.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 381 1997 publ. 1998. (syn: Anacheilium vespa (Vell.) Pabst, Moutinho & A.V.Pinto; Encyclia vespa (Vell.) Dressler; Epidendrum vespa Vell.); . Brazil (S. Rio de Janeiro to N. São Paulo) as per POWO; . Orchid for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, USA : 18APR20 : AK-68 :…

  • Pandanus nepalensis

    Pandanus nepalensis St. John, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 85: 254, f. 7-8 (1972). as per efi thread; .   . References: efi thread  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  WCSP  Catalogue of Life   Indian Pandanaceae – an overview By Altafhusain Nadaf, Rahul Zanan (2013) Sikkim Himalayan screw-pine, Pandanus nepalensis;a…

  • Pandanus emarginatus

    Pandanus emarginatus H.St.John, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 85: 247 1972.; . India as per POWO; . Pandanus furcatus Roxb.: 5 very high res. images. Location: Pame, Pokhara, Nepal Date: 14 March 2024 Elevation: 815m. Habitat: Cultivated from wild This is an Pandanus nepalensis How is it different from Pandanus furcatus Roxb.? https://powo.science.kew.org/names:670977-1 https://www.gbif.org/species/5327876 https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6TLHN…

  • Selaginella species- Wayanad, Kerala

    5 pictures for you : (mixed thread): 13 posts by 9 authors. Attachments (5)- as above. What is the botanical name of this creaper. It is found only during the monsoon. This photos are of Selaginella sp a pteridophyte. Hope u reposted it again … This is Selaginella sp a…

  • Dischidia bengalensis

    Dischidia bengalensis Colebr., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 357 1818. (syn: Dischidia bengalensis var. cuneifolia (Wall.) Kuntze; Dischidia bengalensis var. spathulata (Blume) Kuntze; Dischidia cuneifolia Wall.; Dischidia loeseneriana Schltr.; Dischidia spatulata Blume); . Java, India (E-Himalaya, NE-India), peninsular Malaysia, S-Myanmar [Burma] (Taninthayi), Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Sumatra, +Singapore, S-Thailand,…

  • Selaginella involvens

    Selaginella involvens (Sw.) Spring, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(1): 136 1843. (syn: Lycopodioides involvens (Sw.) O.Kuntze; Lycopodioides pennula (Desv.) O.Kuntze; Lycopodium caulescens Wall.; Lycopodium involvens Sw.; Lycopodium microstachyum Desv. ex Poir. (ambiguous synonym); Selaginella bellula Cesati (ambiguous synonym); Selaginella caudispica Alderw.; Selaginella caulescens (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Spring;…

  • Dryopteris atrata

    Dryopteris atrata (Wall) Ching, Sinensia 3: 326, 1933 (syn: Aspidium atratum Wall ex Kunze; Dryopteris hirtipes var. atrata (Wall. ex Kunze) C.Chr.; Dryopteris hirtipes subsp. atrata (Wall. ex Kunze) Fraser-Jenk.; Nephrodium atratum (Wall. ex Kunze) Hand.-Mazz.); . SW. India, Central Nepal to China and Indo-China, Japan, Taiwan: Assam, China North-Central,…

  • Lycopodiella

    Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic.Serm. (Tropics & Subtropics: Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Azores, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros,…

  • Thelypteris unita

    Thelypteris unita (L.) C.V.Morton, Amer. Fern J. 49: 113 (1959) as per POWO; . Sphaerostephanos unitus (L.) Holttum, J. S. African Bot. 40(2): 165–166 1974. (syn: Aspidium canescens (Presl) Kunze (ambiguous synonym); Aspidium cucullatum Bl.; Aspidium cucullatum var. rigidum Bl.; Aspidium haenkeanum (Presl) Fourn.; Aspidium leuconeuron (Fée) Kuhn; Aspidium unitum…