• Wild herb from Dhaka

    Herb ID from Bangladesh SM107 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Habit: Herb Habitat: Wild Location: Dhaka Rumex sp. ??

  • Globba pendula

    Globba pendula Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 359 1810. (Syn: Ceratanthera pendula (Roxb.) T.Lestib.; Globba aphylla Miq.; Globba calophylla Ridl.; Globba ciliata Jack; Globba debilis Ridl.; Globba expansa Wall. ex Horan.; Globba fasciata Ridl.; Globba hura (J.F.Gmel.) Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Globba kingii Baker; Globba koenigiana Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Globba maculata var. minor Blume;…

  • Devendraea angustifolia

    Devendraea angustifolia (Wall. ex DC.) Pusalkar, comb. nov. (Syn: Lonicera angustifolia Wall. ex DC.; Caprifolium angustifolium (Wall. ex DC.) Kuntze) as per A New Genus of Himalayan Caprifoliaceae by Prashant K. Pusalkar- Taiwania, 56(3): 210-217, 2011; . Shrub about 2-4 m tall. Branches dark brown and glabrescent. Leaves lanceolate, linear-oblong, 2-4…

  • Ilex dipyrena

    Ilex dipyrena Wall., Fl. Ind. 1: 473 1820. (Syn: Ilex bioritsensis var. integra H.F. Comber; Ilex cunninghamii Loudon (Unresolved); Ilex dentonii hort. ex Loudon; Ilex dipyrena var. connexiva W.W. Sm.; Ilex dipyrena var. paucispinosa Loes.; Ilex monopyrena G. Watt ex Loes.; Nemopanthus andersonii Pasq. (Unresolved)); . Common name: Himalayan Holly /…

  • Nothopegia

    Nothopegia beddomei Gamble (It appears keys in BSI Flora of india are not correct as being contradictory w.r.t. no. of secondary nerves as per book link in Flora of Peninsular India (about 20 for Nothopegia beddomei). Also as branches and petals appear to be glabrous here.) Nothopegia castaneifolia (Roth) Ding Hou ? (Images by Amogh Ghaisas…

  • Pogostemon paniculatus

    Pogostemon paniculatus (Willd.) Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 30 1830. (Syn: Elsholtzia paniculata Willd.; Hyssopus cristatus Lam.); . po-go-STEM-on — from the Greek pogon (beard) and stemon (thread, stamen) … Dave’s Botanary pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tus — referring to the flower clusters (panicles) … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: panicled shrub-mint • Hindi: दक्षिणी…

  • Crassula schimperi

    Crassula schimperi Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Index Seminum (LE) 8: 56 1842. (Syn: Combesia lanceolata subsp. transvaalensis (Kuntze) P.V.Heath; Combesia schimperi (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Schweinf.; Crassula lanceolata subsp. transvaalensis (Kuntze) Toelken; Crassula pentandra (Royle ex Edgew.) Schönland; Crassula schimperi f. abbreviata R.Fern.; Crassula schimperi subsp. transvaalensis (Kuntze) R.Fern.; Crassula selago Dinter;…

  • Phyllanthus gardnerianus

    Phyllanthus gardnerianus (Wight) Baill., Étude Euphorb.: 628 (1858) (syn: Diasperus miquelianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Macraea gardneriana Wight; Phyllanthus gardneri Thwaites; Phyllanthus miquelianus Müll.Arg.; Phyllanthus patens Miq. ex Müll.Arg.; Phyllanthus virgatus var. gardnerianus (Wight) Govaerts & Radcl.-Sm.) as per POWO; . Phyllanthus simplex var. gardnerianus (Wight) Müll.Arg., Linnaea 32: 33 1863. (syn: Macraea gardneriana Wight; Phyllanthus…

  • Dioscorea melanophyma

    Dioscorea melanophyma Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 4: 452 1908. (Syn: Dioscorea tenii R.Knuth); . 23062014GS2 hebaceous climber for ID from Chakrata-GSJUN04 : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2). This herbaceous climber was photographed from Chakrata Tiger Fall Road in September 2011, still lying unidentified. Please…

  • Chlorophytum laxum

    Chlorophytum laxum R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 277 1810. (syn: Anthericum bichetii Backer; Anthericum parviflorum (Wight) Benth.; Chlorophytum abyssinicum Kotschy & Peyr.; Chlorophytum acaule Baker; Chlorophytum bichetii Backer; Chlorophytum debile Baker; Chlorophytum falcatum Baker; Chlorophytum javanicum (Hassk.) M.R.Almeida; Chlorophytum laxiflorum Baker [Illegitimate]; Chlorophytum laxum f. javanicum (Hassk.) Backer; Chlorophytum parviflorum…

  • Mallotus nepalensis

    Mallotus nepalensis Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 188 1865. (Syn: Mallotus japonicus var. floccosus (Müll.Arg.) S.M.Hwang; Mallotus nepalensis var. floccosus (Müll.Arg.) Pax; Mallotus oreophilus var. floccosus Müll.Arg.; Mallotus tenuifolius var. floccosus (Müll.Arg.) Croizat); . MS June, 2019/13 Euphorbiaceae for ID : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Lurh tlang,…

  • Diplopterygium

    Diplopterygium giganteum (Wall. ex Hook.) Nakai ex Bauer (Nepal to S. Central China and Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO)     

  • Eragrostis atrovirens

    Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 562 1840. (syn: Briza elegans Osbeck; Eragrostis atrovirens var. hesperidum Maire; Eragrostis atroviridis Maire [Illegitimate]; Eragrostis biformis (Kunth) Benth.; Eragrostis bromoides Jedwabn. [Illegitimate]; Eragrostis luzoniensis Steud.; Eragrostis multiflora var. biformis (Kunth) A.Chev.; Eragrostis multinodis B.S.Sun & S.Wang; Eragrostis sudanica…

  • Primula hybrids- Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh

      Plumbaginaceae and Primulaceae (incl. Myrsinaceae) Fortnight: Primula for ID from Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh- MN 04 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Kindly ID this Primulaceae hybrid Place : Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh – April 2014 A wild guess :– FoNA informs, “Of the various horticultural entities …… P. veris is…

  • Primula inayatii

    Primula inayatii Duthie, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 9(1): 49, pl. 61 1901. ; . NE. Pakistan to W. Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Inayat’s Primrose , Primulaceae_ P inayatii_kashmir : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Another Primula species from Kashmir—- P. inayatii Thanks for another very good…

  • Primula filipes

    Primula filipes G.Watt, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 5 (1882) (syn: Androsace cordifolia Wall.; Auganthus forbesii (Franch.) Soják; Primula androsacea Pax; Primula barbeyana Petitm.; Primula forbesii Franch.; Primula multicaulis Petitm.; Primula wallichiana Kuntze; Primula willmottiae Petitm.) as per POWO; . Primula forbesii Franch., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33(1): 64–65 1886. (Syn: Primula…

  • Primula stuartii

    Primula stuartii Wall., Fl. Ind. 2: 20 1824. (Syn: Aleuritia stuartii (Wall.) Soják); .  W. & Central Himalaya to Assam: Assam, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Stuart’s Primrose . Plumbaginaceae and Primulaceae (incl. Myrsinaceae) Fortnight: Primula stuartii from Himachal: GSG-19 : 8 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1)….

  • Maesa argentea

    Maesa argentea (Wall.) A. DC., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 16: 96, pl. 5 1841. (syn: Baeobotrys argentea Wall.; Maesa argentea (Wall.) C. B. Cl. (ambiguous synonym)); . 1700-2100 m; Himalaya (Garhwal to Sikkim), N. Burma, W. China as per Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal ; . Maesa chisia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don: 5 very high res. images….

  • Amomum subulatum

    Amomum subulatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 43 1820. (Syn: Cardamomum subulatum (Roxb.) Kuntze); . Nepal to Central China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Black Cardamom, hill cardamom, Bengal cardamom, greater cardamom, Indian cardamom, Nepal cardamom, winged cardamom, brown…

  • Berberis ulicina

    Berberis ulicina Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 227 1855. ; . Common name: Gorse Barberry • Ladakhi: ཁིཟེར་ Khizer, ཀིརཨརིག་ Kiraring . Leh Plants : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2). Request for identification. Plant collected on way to Nubra valley from Khardungla Pass on 9th September…