• Strobilanthes andamanensis

    Strobilanthes andamanensis Bor, Indian Forest Rec., Bot. n.s., 2: 237 1941.; Andamans as per Catalogue of Life;  .     Strobilanthes scaber from South Andaman : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Strobilanthes scaber from South Andaman– confirmation please Persumably Strobilanthes andamensis Bor, endemic to the Andamans. I compared…

  • Davallia species- Kalimpong, West Bengal

    SK1241 29 JUNE 2018 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)- around 900 kb each. Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 15 May 2018 Altitude: 4100 ft. Habit : Wild Have a look at pg. 465 of Khullar’s book and then pg. 33 of Ferns and Allies of Nepal 1 (free…

  • Porpax pusilla

    Porpax pusilla (Griff.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 186: 200 (2018) as per POWO; . Conchidium pusillum Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 321 1851. (syn: Conchidium sinicum Lindl. ex Benth.; Eria pusilla (Griff.) Lindl.; Eria sinica (Lindl. ex Benth.) Lindl.; Phreatia uniflora Wight; Pinalia pusilla (Griff.) Kuntze;…

  • Davallia griffithiana

    Davallia griffithiana Hook., Sp. Fil. 1: 168–169, t. 49 B 1845. (syn: Davallia griffithii Christ; Davallia henryana Bak.; Davallia platylepis Bak.;  Humata griffithiana (Hook.) C. Chr.; Humata henryana (Bak.) Ching; Humata platylepis (Bak.) Ching; Leucostegia griffithiana (Hook.) J. Sm.); . E. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Okinawa-jima) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central,…

  • Capparis species- Kenya

    Caper for ID : 160111 : AK-3: These pictures are taken at Mzima springs, Tsavo West National Park, Kenya in January, 2009. These were like bushes.  Capparis spinosa, highly variable plant? Capparis spinosa indeed as said by … Not Capparis spinosa  According to the Col only one  var. Capparis spinosa…

  • Impatiens pulchra

    Impatiens pulchra Hook. fil. & Thoms., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 139 1860.; . E-Nepal, India (Assam, NE-India, W-Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya), Myanmar [Burma] (Shan), Bhutan, Darjeeling as per Catalogue of Life; . MS July, 2018/02 Impatiens sp. for ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)…

  • Lasianthus inodorus

    Lasianthus inodorus Blume, Bijdr. 998 1826. (syn: Hamiltonia inodora (Blume) Hassk.; Lasianthus inodorus subsp. inodorus ; Lasianthus poilanei Pit.; Lasianthus tubiferus Hook.f.; Mephitidia inodora (Blume) DC.; Nonatelia tubifera (Hook.f.) Kuntze); . Assam to China (Yunnan) and W. Malesia as per WCSP; . Shrubs, 2-3 m tall; branches and branchlets glabrous…

  • Microsorum membranaceum

    Microsorum membranaceum (D. Don) Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4(10): 309 1933. (syn: Colysis membranacea (D. Don) J. Sm.; Lepidomicrosorium hymenodes (Kunze) L.Shi & X.C.Zhang; Microsorum carinatum (W. M. Chu & Z.R.He) S.G.Lu; Microsorum hymenodes (Kunze) Ching; Microsorum indicum Ching; Microsorum membranaceum var. carinatum W. M. Chu & Z….

  • Brachycorythis galeandra

    Brachycorythis galeandra (Rchb.f.) Summerh. (syn: Brachycorythis truncatolabellata (Hayata) S.S.Ying; Gymnadenia galeandra (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Habenaria galeandra (Rchb.f.) Benth.; Habenaria galeandra var. annamica Gagnep.; Phyllomphax championii (Lindl.) Schltr.; Phyllomphax galeandra (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Phyllomphax truncatolabellata (Hayata) Schltr.; Platanthera championii Lindl.; Platanthera galeandra Rchb.f.; Platanthera truncatolabellata Hayata);   . Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; East Himalaya; India; Myanmar; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam; West Himalaya as per…

  • Cymbidium devonianum

    Cymbidium devonianum Paxton (Syn: Cymbidium rigidum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen, nom. illeg.; Cymbidium sikkimense Hook.f.); . E. Nepal to China (SE. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Assam; China South-Central; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Sikkim Cymbidium…

  • Bulbophyllum melanoglossum (Hong Kong)

    Bulbophyllum melanoglossum Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 49 1914. (syn: Bulbophyllum linchianum S.S.Ying; Bulbophyllum melanoglossum var. melanoglossum; Bulbophyllum melanoglossum var. rubropunctatum (S.S.Ying) S.S.Ying; Bulbophyllum rubropunctatum S.S.Ying; Bulbophyllum striatum (Tang S.Liu & H.Y.Su) Nakai [Illegitimate]; Cirrhopetalum linchianum (S.S.Ying) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist; Cirrhopetalum melanoglossum (Hayata) Hayata; Cirrhopetalum striatum Tang S.Liu &…

  • Oenanthe javanica

    Oenanthe javanica (Blume) DC., Prodr. 4: 138 1830. (syn: Bifora benghalensis Wall.; Bifora glauca Wall.; Cyssopetalum javanicum Turcz.; Dasyloma corticatum Miq.; Dasyloma glauca DC.; Dasyloma japonicum Miq.; Dasyloma javanicum (Blume) Miq.; Dasyloma laciniatum (Blume) Miq.; Dasyloma latifolium Lindl.; Dasyloma subbipinnatum Miq.; Falcaria javanica (Blume) DC.; Falcaria laciniata (Blume) DC.; Oenanthe…

  • Tetrastigma rumicispermum

    Tetrastigma rumicispermum (M.A. Lawson) Planch., Monogr. Phan. 5: 429 1887. (syn: Cayratia kiujiangensis C.Y. Wu; Tetrastigma corymbosum D.G. Long; Tetrastigma pyriforme Gagnep.; Vitis rumicisperma M.A. Lawson; Vitis tuberculata Wall.); . Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma], China (Yunnan), Tibet, India (Darjeeling, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya), Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Java,…

  • Dorstenia indica

    Dorstenia indica Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: 8 1853. ; . S-India, Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life;  . Herb or under shrub. Stem erect, stout and slender. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, undulate to serrate 5-8 long, margin entire or lobed, 6-12 lateral veins on either side of the midvein, hairy,…

  • Dorstenia contrajerva (Cultivated)

    Dorstenia contrajerva L., Sp. Pl. 121 1753. (syn: Dorstenia alexiteria L.; Dorstenia contrajerva var. houstonii (L.) Bureau; Dorstenia contrajerva var. tenuiloba (S.F.Blake) Standl. & Steyerm.; Dorstenia contrajerva subsp. tenuiloba S.F.Blake; Dorstenia houstonii L.; Dorstenia maculata Lem.; Dorstenia palmata Willd. ex Schult.; Dorstenia quadrangularis Stokes); . Venezuela (Carabobo, Cojedes, Distrito Federal, Falcon,…

  • Primulaceae member ?- Sandakphu, West Bengal

    SK1198 13 JUNE 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Sandakphu, India Date: 13 May 2018 Altitude: 12000 ft. Habit : Wild Attachments (3) Some Primulaceae member ? Looks like !

  • Actinodaphne sikkimensis

    Actinodaphne sikkimensis Meisn., Prodr. 15(1): 213 1864. (syn: Jozoste sikkimensis Kuntze); . Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Sagaing), NE-India (Manipur), Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; . Small tree to 6m. Leaves membranous, lanceolate, 10-14 x 2-4cm, finely acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous, pale and not reticulate beneath; lateral veins…

  • Globba rahmanii

    Globba rahmanii Yusof, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 28: 88 2004. ; . Bangladesh as per POWO;   . MS June,2018/26 Globba for ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Ailawng, Mizoram Date : 16-06-2018 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild It may be Globba racemosa Globba rahmanii…

  • Litsea monopetala ?

    SK1125 19 MAY 2018 : 9 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Location: Soureni, India Date: 7 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft. Habit : Wild Machilus odoratissima Nees ?? Looks different from images at http://manipurforestflora.co.in/specimen/Photo Can it be Persea americana Mill. as per images herein ? I guess it is Lauraceae !…

  • Stauntonia angustifolia

    Stauntonia angustifolia (Wall.) Christenh. (syn: Holboellia acuminata Lindl.; Holboellia angustifolia Diels (ambiguous synonym); Holboellia angustifolia Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Holboellia angustifolia var. angustissima Diels; Holboellia angustifolia var. minima Reaub.; Holboellia angustifolia subsp. obtusa (Gagnep.) H.N. Qin; Holboellia angustifolia subsp. trifoliata H.N. Qin; Holboellia fargesii Reaub.; Holboellia latifolia Franch.; Holboellia latifolia var. acuminata…