• Daphne retusa

    Daphne retusa Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29:318. 1892 as per GRIN; . China (Shanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir) as per Catalogue of Life; .   Piperaceae_Lauraceae_Thymelaeaceae fortnight 11-24 Sep.2014: Daphne retusa from Uttarakhand : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)….

  • Bomarea

      Bomarea multiflora (L.f.) Mirb. (Cultivated)  (Images by Nidhan Singh, Identified by Surajit Koley (Inserted by J.M.Garg))   Bomarea page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Bomarea page with images of species (done by me) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification,…

  • Psychotria subintegra

    Psychotria subintegra (Wight & Arn.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 162 1880. (Syn: Grumilea subintegra Wight & Arn.; Uragoga subintegra (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze); . S. India as per WCSP; . Shrubs. Leaves to 15 x 6 cm, elliptic, apex obtusely acuminate, base cuneate, nerves distant, membranous; petiole to 3…

  • Senecio wightii

    Senecio wightii (DC. ex Wight) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke, Comp. Ind. 197. 197 1876. (Syn: Doronicum wightii DC. ex Wight; Doronicum wightii DC.; Madaractis glabra DC.; Senecio camptodontus Franch.; Senecio gentilianus Vaniot; Senecio pilosiusculus C.B.Clarke; Senecio rabanii C.B.Clarke); . Senecio wightii is distributed in Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Khasi…

  • Tripterospermum volubile

    Tripterospermum volubile (D. Don) H. Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 40: 21. 1965. (Syn: Gentiana volubilis D. Don); .   Tripterospermum volubile (Gentianaceae) from Uttarakhand: Sep. 2014_DSR_33 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Tripterospermum volubile (D.Don) Hara (Gentianaceae) photographed near Lata Kopri, Upper Nandakini Valley (Chamoli) in Uttarakhand. A…

  • Sarcostigma kleinii

    Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn., Edinburgh New Philos. J. 14: 299 1833. (Syn: Chailletia edulis Kurz; Sarcostigma edule Kurz; Sarcostigma horsfieldii R.Br.; Sarcostigma wallichii Baill.); , ¿ sar-koh-STIG-muh ? — Greek: sarkos (flesh); referring to fleshy stigma … Dave’s Botanary ¿ kline-EE-eye ? — named for Johann Gottfried Klein, Danish missionary & plant collector … Natural history in…

  • Dicranostigma lactucoides

    Dicranostigma lactucoides Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 255 1855. (Syn: Chelidonium dicranostigma Prain [Illegitimate]; Chelidonium lactucoides (Hook.f. & Thomson) Prain; Glaucium lactucoides (Hook. f. & Thomson) Benth. & Hook. f.; Stylophorum lactucoides (Benth. & Hook. f.) Baill.); . China (NW-Sichuan), S-Tibet, Chumbi, India (Uttar Pradesh, Garhwal), Nepal as per…

  • Actaea spicata var. acuminata

    Actaea spicata var. acuminata (Wall. ex Royle) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 51: 132 1976. (syn: Actaea acuminata Wall. ex Royle); . Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan), Pakistan (Kurram, Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Murree), Bhutan, SE-Tibet, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistani Kashmir (Azad Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh), Sikkim,…

  • Actaea

    Actaea cimicifuga L. (Nepal, N-Burma (Kachin), Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, W-Siberia, C-Siberia, China (Gansu, W-Henan, Hubei, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Kazakstan, Bhutan, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Pakistani Kashmir (Azad Kashmir) as per Catalogue of Life)              Actaea spicata var. acuminata (Wall. ex…

  • Murdannia gigantea

    Murdannia gigantea (Vahl) G.Brückn., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 15a: 173 1930. (Syn: Aneilema ensifolium Wight; Aneilema giganteum (Vahl) R.Br.; Aneilema giganteum var. gracilis Benth.; Aneilema nudiflorum F.Muell. [Illegitimate]; Commelina gigantea Vahl; Commelina hookeriana Spreng.; Phaeneilema giganteum (Vahl) G.Brückn.; Prionostachys ensifolia Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke); . Leaves cauline and radical, radical ones…

  • Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. simplicifolia

    Meliosma simplicifolia (Roxb.) Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 423 1842. (Syn: Meliosma angulata Bl.; Meliosma congesta Walp.; Meliosma dolichobotrys Merrill; Meliosma ferruginea Sieb. & Zucc. ex Hook. fil. (ambiguous synonym); Meliosma kontumensis J. E. Vidal; Millingtonia acuminata Royle; Millingtonia congesta Wight & Arn.; Millingtonia integrifolia Wall. ex Royle (ambiguous synonym);…

  • Amomum cannicarpum

    Amomum cannicarpum (Wight) Benth. ex Baker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 240 1892. (Syn: Cardamomum cannicarpum (Wight) Kuntze; Elettaria cannicarpa Wight); . SW. India as per POWO (Meistera cannicarpa (Wight) Škorničk. & M.F.Newman); . Common name: Canna-Fruit Cardamom . Leafy stem 2-3 m high, erect, straight, loosely clumped; rootstock horizontal, much branched,…

  • Sacciolepis interrupta

    Sacciolepis interrupta (Willd.) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 757 1920. (Syn: Hymenachne interrupta (Willd.) Buse; Panicum interruptum Willd.; Panicum inundatum Kunth [Illegitimate]; Panicum roxburghianum Schult. [Illegitimate]; Panicum turritum Thunb. [Invalid]; Panicum uliginosum Roth; Sacciolepis mukuku Vanderyst [Invalid]; Sacciolepis simaoensis Y.Y.Qian); . Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Tanzania to Botswana, China (Yunnan) to Tropical…

  • Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. affinis

    Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. affinis (Roth) T.Koyama, Brittonia 31: 284 1979. (syn: Bolboschoenus affinis (Roth) Drobow; Bolboschoenus maritimus var. affinis (Roth) Parmar; Bolboschoenus popovii T.V.Egorova; Bolboschoenus strobilinus (Roxb.) V.I.Krecz.; Scirpus affinis Roth; Scirpus maritimus subsp. affinis (Roth) Norl.; Scirpus strobilinus Roxb.; Scirpus tuberosus subsp. affinis (Roth) M.R.Almeida Scirpus vulpinicolor T.Koyama); . Bolboschoenus maritimus is an almost cosmopolitan species (Cook 1996)…

  • Bolboschoenus

    Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla Bolboschoenus species?- Surkhet, West Nepal     

  • Stylosanthes scabra

    Stylosanthes scabra Vogel (Syn: Stylosanthes diartha S.F.Blake; Stylosanthes gloiodes S.F.Blake; Stylosanthes plicata S.F.Blake); . sty-lo-SAN-theez — Greek: stylos (having styles); anthos (flowers) … Dave’s Botanary SKAY-bruh or SKAB-ruh — rough … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: shrubby stylo • Hindi: खड़ कलमफूल khar kalamphool • Kannada: ಒರಟು ಕಡ್ಡಿಹೂವು oratu kaddihoovu • Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilathuvara • Marathi: उग्र कलमफूल ugra kalamphool • Tamil: சொர சொர…

  • Strobilanthes angustifrons

    Strobilanthes angustifrons C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 466 1884. (syn: Goldfussia acuminata Shakya; Goldfussia edgeworthiana Nees; Pteracanthus angustifrons (C.B.Clarke) Bremek. (Unresolved)); . Plants of Uttarakhand – NSD 1- Strobilanthes glutinosus for validation: 2 images. this plant is from Chamoli, Uttarakhand. Pic taken on 25/11/2022. I think this is Strobilanthes glutinosus but…

  • Delphinium densiflorum

    Delphinium densiflorum Duthie ex Huth, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 393 1895. (syn: Delphinium brunonianum var. densum Maxim.); . W. & Central Himalaya to China (C. Gansu): China North-Central, Nepal, Qinghai, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Delphinium densiflorum (Ranunculaceae) from Uttarakhand: Sep. 2014_DSR_2 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments…

  • 3. Subject/ Area Experts

    Subject/ Area Experts: . Dr. Manoj Chandran (Poaceae) Dr. M. Sabu (Zingiberaceae, Marantaceae & Musaceae) Dr. N.P. Balakishnan (Euphorbiaceae) Dr. Chris Fraser-Jenkins (Pteridophytes) Dr. V P Prasad (Cyperaceae) Dr. Mayur Nandikar (Commelinaceae) Dr. Wojciech Adamowski (Impatiens) Dr. Anil Kumar (Poaceae) Dr. V. Sampath Kumar (Lamiaceae) Dr. Pascal Bruggeman (Arisaema) Dr….

  • Senecio neelgherryanus

    Senecio neelgherryanus DC., “in Wight, Contrib. 23.” 1834. ; Images by Anurag Sharma (ID by P. Santhan), Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details)     Herbs, greenish white, perennial, stout, villous; stems 30-50 cm high, terete. Leaves greyish green, oblong to lanceolate, obtuse, serrate, 7-12.5 x…