• Impatiens tripetala

    Impatiens tripetala Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 1: 687 1824. (Syn: Impatiens multiflora Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thoms.); ; Common name: Three-Petal Balsam • Assamese: Bijol-goch, Dum-dhakua . Annual herbs, about 10-60 cm tall. Stems erect, glabrous, nodes swollen. Leaves opposite or whorled near the shoots, ovate-elliptic, about 3-20 x 0.8-2-7.5…

  • Echeveria pulvinata (Cultivated)

    Echeveria pulvinata Rose, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 5 1903. (Syn: Cotyledon pulvinata Hook.f.); . Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Succulent for identification 17 : 12 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1). Kindly help with identification of this cultivated succulent. Place: Shimla Echeveria ? The plant resembles to Echeveria…

  • Themeda tremula

    Themeda tremula (Nees ex Steud.) Hack., Monogr. Phan. 6: 667 1889. (Syn: Androscepia tremula (Nees ex Steud.) Andersson; Anthistiria thwaitesii Hook.f.; Anthistiria tremula Nees ex Steud.; Anthistiria tremula var. brunnea Hook.f.; Anthistiria tremula var. thwaitesii (Hook.f.) Hook.f.; Themeda thwaitesii (Hook.f.) A.Camus; Themeda tremula var. brunnea (Hook.f.) Senaratna); . India to…

  • Ampelocissus indica

    Ampelocissus indica (L.) Planch., Vigne Amer. Vitic. Eur. 8: 375 1884. (Syn: Ampelocissus arnottiana Planch.; Ampelopsis indica (L.) Blume; Cissus indica (L.) Walp.; Vitis indica L.); . S-India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . am-pel-oh-SISS-us — Greek: ampelos (vine) and Latin: cissus (ivy) … Dave’s BotanaryIN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India…

  • Boehmeria rugulosa

    Boehmeria rugulosa Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IV, 1: 200 1854. (syn: Boehmeria nervosa Madden [Invalid]; Pouzolzia rugulosa (Wedd.) Acharya & Kravtsova; Ramium rugulosum (Wedd.) Kuntze; Ramium tenue Kuntze; Urtica rugosula Wall. [Invalid]); . Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing), N-India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life (Pouzolzia rugulosa (Wedd.) Acharya…

  • Prunus cerasoides ?

    Prunus cerasoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don (syn: Cerasus cerasoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) S.Ya.Sokolov) ?; . Which tree/ABDEC29 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) I found this tall tree growing outside a school building. Its foliage is handsome and the trunk robust. The toothed leaves have prominent tail like apices and have…

  • Rhodiola fastigiata

    Rhodiola fastigiata (Hook. f. & Thomson) S.H. Fu, Acta Phytotax. Sin., Addit. 1: 122 1965. (syn: Sedum fastigiatum Hook. f. & Thomson; Sedum quadrifidum var. fastigiatum (Hook. f. & Thomson) Fröd.; Triplostegia pinifolia H. Lév.); . Rhodiola species from Paddar valley J&K SRANA 05:  Request for Identification Kindly identify this Rhadiola…

  • How to write Botanical names ?

    A basic question: I have a question….. Is it necessary to write synonym of any plant specimen in italics too like we write Accepted name in italics Yes sir Pl. see https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/botanical-terms-etc/linnaeus Thanks  for the very useful link but if the reason that genus and species names are italicized is…

  • Aristida redacta

    Aristida redacta Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1892: 85 (1892) (syn: Stipa aristoides Stapf ex Lisboa); . India to Bangladesh as per POWO; . Grass identification request: 2 high res. images. Habitat: Rocky area Habit: Herb Height: ~1m Loc: kota forest area Date: July 2022 गुजराती नाम डाभसुळीयु Heteropogon sp. This is…

  • Angiopteris helferiana or Angiopteris indica

    Angiopteris evecta (G. Forst.) Hoffm SN DEC 05 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments(1). Angiopteris evecta (G. Forst.) Hoffm, wild fern from Gudalur area of Nilgiris Tamilnadu at an altitude of 1400m The fern uploaded seems to be Angiopteris evecta I hope this sp. may be Angiopteris helferiana C.Presl….

  • Agrostistachys borneensis

    Agrostistachys borneensis Becc., Nelle Forest. Borneo 331 1904. (Syn: Agrostistachys coriacea Alston [Illegitimate]; Agrostistachys intramarginalis Philcox; Agrostistachys latifolia (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Agrostistachys leptostachya Pax & K.Hoffm.; Agrostistachys longifolia (Wight) Trimen [Illegitimate]; Agrostistachys longifolia var. latifolia Hook.f.; Agrostistachys longifolia var. leptostachya (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Whitmore; Agrostistachys meeboldii Pax & K.Hoffm.;…

  • Combretum malabaricum

    Combretum malabaricum (Bedd.) Sujana , Ratheesh & Anil Kumar, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 6(2): 453. 2012 [23 Nov 2012] (syn: Quisqualis malabarica Bedd. Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. [Beddome] 33, t. 155. [1868-1874]); . W. India as per POWO; . kom-BREE-tum — Latin name for a climbing plant of another genus … Dave’s…

  • Kalanchoe luciae (Cultivated)

    Kalanchoe luciae Raym.-Hamet, Bull. Herb. Boissier sér. 2, 8:254. 1908 (Syn: Kalanchoe albiflora H.M.L. Forbes ; Kalanchoe aleurodes Stearn); . This succulent with beautiful paddle-shaped leaves with leaf margins often turning reddish has long been sold in nurseries under wrong name K. thyrsiflora, in which leaves are green covered with…

  • Andrographis atropurpurea

    Andrographis atropurpurea (Dennst.) Alston, Taxon 26: 539 1977. (Syn: Andrographis gracilis Nees; .; Justicia atropurpurea Dennst. (Unresolved)); . Suberect undershrubs; stems hairy. Leaves to 10 x 4 cm, ovate, acuminate, broadest at base, glabrous; nerves 4 or 5 pairs, subprominent; petiole 0-5 mm long. Panicle with long lax racemes, scabrid; bracts…

  • Crassula ovata (Cultivated)

    Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 617 1917. (Syn: Cotyledon lutea Lam. [Illegitimate]; Cotyledon ovata Mill.; Crassula argentea Thunb.; Crassula articulata Zuccagni; Crassula nitida Schönland; Crassula obliqua Aiton; Crassula portulacea Lam.);. . Crassula ovata, commonly known as jade plant, friendship tree, lucky plant, or…

  • Aeonium haworthii (Cultivated)

    Aeonium haworthii Webb & Berthel., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 2(1): 193 1841. (Syn: Sempervivum haworthii (Webb & Berthel.) Salm-Dyck ex Christ); . Aeonium haworthii (Haworth’s aeonium, pinwheel) is a species of succulent plant in the genus Aeonium of the family Crassulaceae. It is native to the Canary Islands, but it…

  • Aglaia edulis

    IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened and Lower Risk/Near Threatened (NT) . Aglaia edulis (Roxb.) Wall., Calc. Gard. Rep. 26 1840. (syn: Achras retusa Dennst. [Illegitimate]; Aglaia acida Koord. & Valeton; Aglaia barberi Gamble; Aglaia cambodiana Pierre; Aglaia curranii Merr.; Aglaia indica (Hook.f.) Harms; Aglaia khasiana Hiern; Aglaia latifolia Miq.;…

  • Neolitsea pallens

    Neolitsea pallens (D. Don) Momiy. & H. Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 47(9): 269–270 1972. (Syn: Litsea consimilis (Nees) Nees; Litsea umbrosa var. consimilis (Nees) Hook. f.; Tetradenia consimilis Nees; Tetradenia pallens D. Don; Tetranthera pallens D. Don); . Neolitsea pallens ?? AT MAR 2017/15 : 10 posts by 3 authors. Attachments…

  • Rhus chinensis

    Rhus chinensis Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 7 1768. (syn: Rhus amela D.Don; Rhus chinensis var. chinensis ; Rhus javanica var. chinensis (Mill.) T.Yamaz.; Rhus osbeckii Steud. [Invalid]; Rhus semialata Murray; Rhus semialata var. osbeckii DC.; Schinus indicus Burm.f.; Toxicodendron semialatum Kuntze (Unresolved)); . Tree for ID/ABDEC02 : 9 posts by…

  • Diplazium maximum

    Diplazium maximum (D. Don) C. Christensen, Index Filic. 235. 1905. (Syn: Asplenium maximum D. Don; Allantodia maxima (D. Don) Ching; Asplenium diversifolium Wallich; Diplazium diversifolium (Wallich) J. Smith.); . Afghanistan to Temp. E. Asia and Philippines (Mindanao), Sulawesi: Afghanistan, Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal,…