• Oplismenus undulatifolius

    Oplismenus undulatifolius (Ard.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 482 1817. (syn: Hippagrostis undulatifolia (Ard.) Kuntze; Oplismenus africanus var. capensis (Hochst.) Stapf; Oplismenus africanus var. simplex Stapf; Oplismenus capensis Hochst.; Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. undulatifolius (Ard.) U.Scholz; Oplismenus simplex K.Schum. [Invalid]; Oplismenus undulatifolius (Ard.) P. Beauv.; Oplismenus undulatifolius var. binatus S.L.Chen…

  • Begonia flagellaris

    Begonia flagellaris H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 48: 358 1973.; . Nepal as per WCSP; . SK1514 16 Oct 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9)- around 600 kb each. Location:  Shivapuri National Park, Nepal  Date: 24 August 2018 Elevation:7500 ft. Habit : Wild Which Begonia. Could not get match…

  • Ceropegia longifolia

    Ceropegia longifolia Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 56 1830. (syn: Ceropegia angustifolia Wight; Ceropegia borii Raizada; Ceropegia lanceolata Wight & Arn.; Ceropegia longifolia Hook.f. & Thomson [Illegitimate]); . Tibet, China (Yunnan), India (E- & NE-India, Himalayas), Burma, Nepal, Darjeeling, Bangladesh, Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Longleaf…

  • Citrus indica

    Citrus indica Tanaka, Stud. Citrol. 2: 164 1929.; . Assam as per POWO; . India (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland), Burma as per Catalogue of Life; . Is this Citrus indica? : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9) An inquiry has come to me whether these images taken from a primary pristine…

  • Begonia rubella

    Begonia rubella Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 223 1825. (syn: Begonia scutata Wall. ex A.DC.); . Nepal to Sikkim as per WCSP; . SK1503 13 Oct 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)- around 600 kb each. Location:  Shivapuri National Park, Nepal  Date: 24 August 2018 Elevation:6000 ft….

  • Episcia cupreata (Cultivated)

    Episcia cupreata (Hook.) Hanst., Linnaea 34: 340 1866. (syn: Achimenes cupreata Hook.; Achimenes metallica Van Houtte ex Regel; Achimenes splendens (Linden) Hend.; Cyrtodeira cupreata (Hook.) Hanst.; Cyrtodeira cupreata var. metallica Regel; Cyrtodeira cupreata var. viridifolia Hook.; Cyrtodeira trianae Hanst.; Episcia cupreata var. viridifolia (Hook.) Nichols.; Episcia splendens (Linden) Hanst.; Tapina…

  • Ophioglossum gujaratense

    Ophioglossum gujaratense SACHIN M. PATIL, RONAK N. KACHHIYAPATEL, RAVI S. PATEL & KISHORE S. RAJPUT, Phytotaxa 351 (4) 2018; . Fwd: Ophioglossum gujaratense : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) –  Ophioglossum gujaratense.pdf- 877 kb. Plz find herewith an attached pdf of O. gujaratense: a new species from India. The pdf…

  • Gastrocotyle hispida

    Gastrocotyle hispida (Forsk.) Bunge (syn: Anchusa deflexa Lehm.; Anchusa hispida Forsk.; Anchusa hispida var. songarica Trautv.); . Bahrain, Egypt (Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt), Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert), Israel (Rift Valley, N-Negev Desert, Judean Desert, S-Negev…

  • Begonia rex hybrids ?

    SK1479 02 Oct 2018: 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) – around 250 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Is this to hybrid of Begonia rex ?? Begonia ‘Hocking Lambada’  ?? no way to know for sure unless the gardener received…

  • Alsophila nilgirensis

    Alsophila nilgirensis (Holtt.) R. M. Tryon, Contr. Gray Herb. 200: 32 1970. (syn: Alsophila latebrosa Hook.; Alsophila latebrosa var. schmidiana Kunze; Alsophila nilgirensis (Holtt.) B. Nayar & Kaur (ambiguous synonym); Cyathea nilgirensis Holtt.; Cyathea nilgirensis var. lobata Manickam & Irud.; Cyathea schmidiana (Kunze) N.C.Nair); . S. India as per POWO;…

  • Alsophila

    Alsophila gigantea Wall. ex Hook. (Indian Subcontinent to W. Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO (Gymnosphaera gigantea (Wall. ex Hook.) S.Y.Dong))   Alsophila nilgirensis (Holtt.) R. M. Tryon (India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of life) Alsophila spinulosa (Wall….

  • Bangladesh- Sonadia Island tree/ shrub

    Plant ID from Bangladesh_SM_4009-1 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (2) Picture take, Sep, 2018 from Sonadia Island (Planted casurina plantation), Cox’s Bazar Resembles Swietenia I think it looks different from Swietenia macrophylla, which have larger leaflets like this.

  • Glochidion jarawae

    Glochidion jarawae Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr., J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 527 2002. (syn: Phyllanthus jarawae (Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.); . Distrib. India: Coastal forests on sandy loam; Andaman & Nicobar Islands (South Andaman Island, in Jarawa Reserve). Scarce as per BSI Flora of India; . S. Andaman Is….

  • Ardisia crenata

    Ardisia crenata Sims, Bot. Mag. 45: t. 1950 1817. (syn: Ardisia bicolor E. Walker; Ardisia crenata Roxb.; Ardisia crenata var. bicolor (E. Walker) C.Y. Wu & C. Chen; Ardisia crenata f. hortensis (Migo) W.Z. Fang & K. Yao; Ardisia crenata var. taquetii (H.Lév.) T.B.Lee; Ardisia crenata f. xanthocarpa (Nakai) H….

  • Zoysia matrella

    Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 230 1912. (syn: Agrostis matrella L.; Matrella juncea Pers.; Milium maritimum J.Koenig ex Steud. [Invalid]; Milium matrella (L.) Poir. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze; Osterdamia pungens (Willd.) Baill.; Osterdamia tenuifolia (Trin.) Kuntze; Osterdamia zoysia Honda [Illegitimate]; Osterdamia zoysia var….

  • Ficus amplocarpa

    Near Threatened as per Identity of Ficus amplocarpa and F. guttata (Moraceae), the two closely allied south Indian endemic species and their conservation status J.V. Sudhakar* and G.V.S. Murthy- Rheeda Vol. 26(1) 69–73 2016 (pdf) . Ficus amplocarpa E. Govindarajalu & P. Masilamoney, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 91: 117…

  • Ixora chinensis ‘Prince of Orange’

    SK1435 13 Sep 2018 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location:  Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong  Date: 13 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Ixora chinensis ‘Prince of Orange’  ?? Yes. appears so as per http://www.australianplantsonline.ixora-chinensis-prince-of-orange.html https://www.gardensonline.com.au/PlantFinder/Show_955.aspx https://www.nurseriesonline.com.au/plant-index/trees-shrubs/evergreen-trees-and-shrubs/ixora-chinensis-prince-of-orange/ flowers match. leaves show the pollution. street plant? Yes …! Thank you …

  • Aeschynanthus pulcher (Cultivated)

    Aeschynanthus pulcher (Blume) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 656 1837. (syn: Aeschynanthus beccarii C.B. Clarke; Aeschynanthus boschianus de Vriese; Aeschynanthus intermedius Teijsm. & Binn.; Aeschynanthus javanicus Rollinson ex Hook.; Aeschynanthus lamponga Miq.; Aeschynanthus lamponga var. obtusus C.B. Clarke; Aeschynanthus lampongus var. parvifolius Ridley; Aeschynanthus lanceolatus Ridley; Aeschynanthus lobbianus Hook.; Aeschynanthus neesii…

  • Isodon phulchokiensis

    Isodon phulchokiensis (Murata) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 60: 236 1985. (syn: Plectranthus phulchokiensis (Murata) Bennet; Rabdosia phulchokiensis Murata); . C. Nepal as per WCSP; . SK123OCT03-2016:ID : 12 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (12) Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Chandragiri Hill Kathmandu on 19 September 2016 at 8200…

  • Cattleya hybrids- Victoria Peak, Hong Kong

    Cattleya hybrid : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- around 600 kb each. Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Cultivated Yes a Cattleya hybrid.