Osbeckia octandra DC.; . Common name: Eight Stamen Osbeckia • Sanskrit: Heen bowitiya . HAL 7 16/11/14 : 9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) Please ID this ornamental plant with pink flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Mar 2013 It looks like Melastoma malabathricum efi page…
IBG today : Arecaceae : unknown11 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7). This has glaucous abaxial. The last pic is of an unknown small snail, I think. It is not glaucous but silvery – Arenga engleri Becc.? Without details of inflorescences/fruits this is not straightforward. If as you…
Andrographis producta (C.B.Clarke) Gamble, Fl. Madras 1049 1924. (Syn: Andrographis neesiana var. producta C.B.Clarke); . Erect subshrubs, 1.2-1.5 m high. Leaves opposite, 4-14 x 1.5-5 cm, elliptic, lanceolate, attenuate at base, acute at apex, glabrous; lateral nerves 4-10 pairs; petioles 3-6 mm long. Flowers in paniculate axillary or terminal racemes;…
Onychium cryptogrammoides Christ (Pakistan to China and Indo-China: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO) Onychium tenuifrons Ching (E. Himalaya to China (W. Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan): China South-Central, East Himalaya as per POWO)
Fwd: About M Sharfuddin Khan : 1 post by 1 author. Who is M Sharfuddin Khan? I am finding lot of litrature from him on net like given in the link: http://forest.ap.nic.in/ForestFloraofAndhraPradesh.htm Do you have his e-mail Id or tel. no.? Mr. M.S. Khan was Silviculturist in erstwhile Hyderabad Govt….
Hedychium ellipticum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm., Cycl. 16: 2 1811. (Syn: Gandasulium ellipticum (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) Kuntze; Hedychium fastigiatum Voigt [Illegitimate]); . Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Arecaceae, Araceae, Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1-14 Aug 2014: Hedychium ellipticum (Zingiberaceae) for validation…
Aeschynanthus parasiticus (Roxb.) Wall., Numer. List 796 1829. (syn: Aeschynanthus andamanensis Goel, M.K.V.Rao & Mehrotra; Aeschynanthus deleiensis C.E.C.Fisch.; Aeschynanthus grandiflorus (D.Don) Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Aeschynanthus grandiflorus var. parasiticus (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke; Aeschynanthus macranthus (Merr.) Pellegr.; Aeschynanthus mimetes B.L.Burtt; Aeschynanthus pachytrichus W.T.Wang; Incarvillea parasitica Roxb.; Trichosporum grandiflorum D.Don [Illegitimate]; Trichosporum macranthum Merr.); ….
Cycas darshii RCSrivast. & B Jana sp. nova, Indian Journal of Plant Sciences 2014 Vol.3 (2) April -June; . IBG today : Cycas sp. 02 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9). It is possible that I am posting the same species in several threads. Because they were scattered…
Cycas edentata de Laub., Blumea 43: 373 1998. (Syn: Cycas circinalis f. maritima J.Schust.; Cycas litoralis K.D.Hill); . This species is widespread and locally common in much of southeast Asia. Subpopulations are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. This species occurs only along shorelines, in full…
Arisaema tortuosum var. neglectum (Schott) Fisch., Fl. Madras 1585 1931. (Syn: Arisaema neglectum Schott); . AAZ Fortnight :: Araceae :: SMP1 : Arisaema tortuosum Near Pune : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6)- 5 correct images as above. Arisaema tortuosum I think not A. tortuosum First image is Arisaema…
Fwd: Randia wallichii ? from Assam : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (3). Kindly see if these plants could be identified. To me appears some what close to images at Ceriscoides turgida (Roxb.) Tirveng.
Curcuma angustifolia Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 338 1810. ; . Uttarakhand to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya; Introduced into: China Southeast as per POWO; . Common name: East Indian Arrowroot, Bombay arrowroot • Hindi: Tikhur तिखुर • Bengali: Keturi halodhi • Manipuri: য়াইপন Yaipan •…
Sauromatum diversifolium (Wall. ex Schott) Cusimano & Hett., Taxon 59: 445 2010. (Syn: Diversiarum alpinum (C.Y.Wu ex H.Li, Y.Shiao & S.L.Tseng) J.Murata & Ohi-Toma; Diversiarum diversifolium (Wall. ex Schott) J.Murata & Ohi-Toma; Heterostalis diversifolia (Wall. ex Schott) Schott; Heterostalis foliolosa Schott; Heterostalis huegeliana (Schott) Schott; Typhonium alpinum C.Y.Wu ex H.Li,…
SM164 Curcuma pseudomontana? : 14 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Rhizomotus Habitat: Wild In case of Curcuma it is very difficult to identify from flower or inflorescence. Please let us know, what should be taken care of while taking pics of Curcuma.. so that identification can be attempted……
Globba radicalis Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 359 1810. (Syn: Globba mantifera Sims; Globba mantiformis Horan.; Globba purpurea Andrews; Globba saltatoria (Sims) Roscoe; Globba subulata Roxb.; Mantisia radicalis (Roxb.) D.P.Dam & N.Dam; Mantisia saltatoria Sims); . E. Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO; . Is it…
Bursera linanoe (La Llave) Rzed., Calderón & Medina, Acta Bot. Mex. 66: 103 2004. (Syn: Amyrislinaloe La Llave; Amyrislinanoe La Llave; Burseraaloexylon (Schiede ex Schltdl.) Engl.; Burseradelpechiana Poiss. ex Engl.; Burseralongipedunculata (Rose) Standl.; Elaphriumlongipedunculatum Rose); . Bursera, Indian Lavender; . Bursera penicillata: Here are some pics of the Fragrant Tree…
Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Araceae :: ID Request – Aglaonema :: Mumbai :: ARKAUG-68: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7). Requesting to please provide ID of the plant captured at Mumbai in August 2014. Is it Aglaonema ‘Emerald Beauty’? Aglaonema ‘Silver Queen’ I hope Appear more like…
Curcuma alismatifolia Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 49: 259 1903. (Syn: Hitcheniopsis alismatifolia (Gagnep.) Loes.); . Indo-China: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Curcuma alismatifolia, Siam tulip or summer tulip (Thai: ปทุมา, pathuma, or ดอกกระเจียว, dok krajiao) is a tropical plant native to Laos, northern Thailand and Cambodia.[1][2]…
Chascanum hyderabadense (Walp.) Moldenke, Torreya 34: 9 1934. (syn: Bouchea hyderabadensis Walp.; Svensonia hyderabadensis (Walp.) Moldenke; Verbena hyderabadensis Rottler ex Wall. [Invalid]; Verbena maysorensis Wight ex Wall. [Invalid]); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Common name: Hyderabad Verbena • Tamil: Mynaachedi . Your Chascanum hyderabadense images: 2 high res….
Curcuma roscoeana Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 8 1829. (syn: Curcuma kurzii King ex Baker; Hitchenia roscoeana (Wall.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Hitcheniopsis roscoeana (Wall.) Loes.); . Andaman Islands, Myanmar to Thailand: Andaman Is., Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Known to be distributed in Myanmar (Bago, Mon, Tenasserim and Yangon),…