• Leucas nutans

    Leucas nutans (Roth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 743 1825. (Syn: Leucas decurva Benth.; Phlomis nutans Roth); . Pakistan to Myanmar (from WCSP); . Images by Nidhan Singh – Id by A.Lalithamba, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)   Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Leucas sp. from Panipat- NS May 115/115 : 4 posts by…

  • Schoenoplectiella lateriflora

    Schoenoplectiella lateriflora (J.F.Gmel.) Lye, Lidia 6: 25 2003. (Syn: Isolepis ambigua Zoll. [Invalid]; Isolepis juncoides Miq.; Isolepis mesantha Nees [Invalid]; Isolepis oryzetorum Steud.; Schoenoplectiella lateriflora subsp. lateriflora ; Schoenoplectus lateriflorus (J.F.Gmel.) Lye; Schoenoplectus oryzetorum (Steud.) V.I.Krecz.; Schoenoplectus supinus subsp. lateriflorus (J.F.Gmel.) Soják; Schoenoplectus supinus var. lateriflorus (J.F.Gmel.) T.Koyama; Schoenoplectus supinus…

  • Ochna gamblei

    Ochna gamblei King ex Brandis, Indian trees 128. 1906 (Syn: (≡) Ochna obtusata var. gamblei (King ex Brandis) Kanis); . Orissa, Assam, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India; . Small trees or shrubs with thick, brown or grey, bark and stout brachlets….

  • Thelypteris tenera

    Thelypteris tenera (Roxb.) C.V.Morton ex Fraser-Jenk., Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes: 418 (2008) as per POWO; . Trigonospora ciliata (Wall. ex Benth.) Holtt., Blumea 19(1): 29 1971 (syn: Aspidium ciliatum Wall.; Cyclosorus ciliatus (Wall. ex Benth.) Panigrahi; Dryopteris calcarata var. sericea (J. Scott ex Bedd.) C. Chr.; Dryopteris ciliata (Benth.)…

  • Gastrochilus calceolaris

    Gastrochilus calceolaris (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 32 1825. (syn: Aerides calceolaris Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.; Aerides leopardorum Wall. ex Hook.f.; Epidendrum calceolare (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) D.Don; Gastrochilus calceolaris var. biflora L.R.Shakya & M.R.Shrestha; Gastrochilus philippinensis Ames; Saccolabium calceolare (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) Lindl. ; Saccolabium calceolare (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) Lindl….

  • Asplenium phyllitidis

    Asplenium phyllitidis D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 7 1825. (syn: Neottopteris phyllitidis (D. Don) J. Sm.); . India to S. China and N. Indo-ChinaIndia to S. China and N. Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per…

  • Melissa

    Melissa axillaris (Benth.) Bakh.f. Melissa flava Benth. (Tibet, Himalaya as per WCSP)      Melissa officinalis L. (Cultivated)  

  • Aloysia virgata (Introduced)

    Aloysia virgata (Ruiz & Pav.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 73 1806. (syn: Aloysia urticoides Cham.; Aloysia virgata var. arguentedentata Moldenke; Aloysia virgata var. elliptica (Briq.) Moldenke; Aloysia virgata var. laxa (Chodat) Moldenke; Aloysia virgata var. platyphylla (Briq.) Moldenke; Aloysia virgata var. urticoides (Cham.) Siedo; Aloysia virgata var. virgata…

  • Cleistanthus malabaricus

    IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Cleistanthus malabaricus (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 508 1866. (syn: Kaluhaburunghos malabaricus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Lebidiera malabarica Müll.Arg.); . W. & S. India as per POWO; . Common name: Malabar Closed-Flower . Shrubs or small trees; branchlets brown or blackish, densely rufous or tawny-villous when young and…

  • Stachytarpheta species- Nasik, Maharashtra

      Lamiaceae (including Verbenaceae) Fortnight : Stachytarpheta Species : Nasik : 20MAY15 : AK-57 : 57/59 :      2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Stachytarpheta Species from Gangajal Nursery, Nasik. I am confused between S. indica & S. cayennensis. Experts kindly help in the correct id. … has a case and…

  • Stachytarpheta species- Sri Lanka

    Lamiaceae (including Verbenaceae) Fortnight : For ID : Sri Lanka : 20MAY15 : AK-55 : 55/57 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Seen in Sri Lanka during a visit in Nov,2010. Could be Stachytarpheta Species. Plant & flower were smaller in size. Went through the recent posts of…

  • Dendrobium transparens

    Dendrobium transparens Wall. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 79 1830. (Syn: Callista transparens (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium henshalli Rchb.f.; Dendrobium transparens Wall.); . Common name: Translucent Dendrobium . Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and NW. Vietnam: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, West Himalaya…

  • Phlomoides

    Phlomoides bracteosa (Royle ex Benth.) Kamelin & Makhm.               Phlomoides hamosa (Benth.) Mathiesen (Nepal to China (Yunnan): China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal as per POWO) Phlomoides macrophylla (Benth.) Kamelin & Makhm.     Phlomoides superba (Royle ex Benth.) Kamelin & Makhm.           Phlomis cashmeriana Royle…

  • Scutellaria barbata

    Scutellaria barbata D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 109 1825. (syn: Scutellaria adenophylla Miq.; Scutellaria cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot; Scutellaria komarovii H.Lév. & Vaniot; Scutellaria minor var. indica Benth.; Scutellaria rivularis Wall. ex Benth.; Scutellaria squamulosa A.Ham.); . Himalaya to Temp. E. Asia (from WCSP); . Scutellaria barbata is a species of…

  • Elsholtzia flava

    Elsholtzia flava Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 161 1833. (syn: Aphanochilus flavus Benth. [Invalid]); . NEED ID FOR E Himalayan Labiate : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) I need id of the following Eastern Himalayan Labiates collected during September, 2014 from Singalila NP. Darjeeling. Locality: Lamedura Roadside Hilly slope…

  • Leonotis leonurus (Introduced)

    Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br., Hortus Kew. 3: 410 1811. (Syn: Hemisodon leonurus (L.) Raf.; Leonotis leonurus var. albiflora Benth.; Leonurus africanus Mill.; Leonurus grandiflorus Moench; Leonurus superbus Medik.; Phlomis leonurus L.; Phlomis speciosa Salisb. [Illegitimate]); . S. Africa; Introduced: Burundi, Jawa, St.Helena as per POWO; . Leonotis leonurus, also known…

  • Diplocentrum congestum

    Diplocentrum congestum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1682 1851. ; . SW. India as per POWO; . Common name: Congested Diplocentrum .  Stem 2-4 cm long. Leaves 10-15 x 0.4 cm, linear, keeled, bilobed at apex. Flowers pink, in 10-20 cm long, rarely branched racemes; dorsal sepal 3-3.5 x…

  • Cynanchum viminale subsp. brunonianum

    Cynanchum viminale subsp. brunonianum (Wight & Arn.) Meve & Liede, Kew Bull. 67(4): 754. 2012 (syn: Sarcostemma brunonianum Wight & Arn.; Sarcostemma viminale subsp. brunonianum (Wight & Arn.) P.I.Forst.); . India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia (Langkawi), Philippines (Luzon), N. & E. Australia as per POWO; . Common name: Leafless East-Indian Vine • Hindi:…

  • Glochidion calocarpum

    Glochidion calocarpum Kurz, J. Bot. 13: 330 1875. (syn: Diasperus calocarpus (Kurz) Kuntze; Phyllanthus calocarpus (Kurz) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.); . Andaman and Nicobar Islands as per POWO; . Glochidion calocarpum (Phyllanthaceae) from Car Nicobar Island : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Tree, 3 – 5 m high in…

  • Cnesmone javanica

    Cnesmone javanica Blume, Bijdr. 630 1826. (Syn: Cenesmon tonkinense Gagnep.; Cnesmone javanica var. javanica ; Cnesmone tonkinensis (Gagnep.) Croizat; Tragia hastata Reinw. ex Hassk.; Tragia macrophylla Wall. [Invalid]; Tragia rugosa Wall. [Invalid]); . Arunachal Pradesh to Malesia (as per WCSP) . Cnesmone javanica (Euphorbiaceae): 3 images. Cnesmone javanica Blume (Euphorbiaceae) is…