• Sporobolus species ?- Ariyalur dist., Tamilnadu

    Grass for identification :: 250314MK :: March014 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8). Please help me in identifying this tall grass species. Habit: 1-1.5 m tall grass Habitat: clayey soil near a wetland Alt.: 60 m asl Place: Ariyalur dist., TN Date: 05 Mar 2014 Saccharum sp. May…

  • Dactyloctenium aristatum

    Dactyloctenium aristatum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 59 1827. (Syn: Dactyloctenium aegyptium subsp. aristatum (Link) M.Sharma; Dactyloctenium aegyptium var. aristatum (Link) A.Chev.; Dactyloctenium glaucophyllum var. villlosum Mattei; Dactyloctenium seminipunctatum Courbai); . NE. Tropical Africa to Kenya and NW. India: Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan,…

  • Lepidagathis pungens

    Lepidagathis pungens Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 97 1832. (Syn: Acanthus pungens Wall. [Invalid]); . Acanthaceae for ID :: 260314MK :: March016 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5). Please help me in identifying the spiny herb found on a dry ground (fallow) Habit: 1-1.5 feet long herb Leaf:…

  • Celtis tetrandra

    Celtis tetrandra Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 63 1824. (Syn: Celtis acata Buch.-Ham.; Celtis fengqingensis Hu ex E.W.Ma; Celtis formosana Hayata; Celtis glabra Planch.; Celtis hamiltonii Planch.; Celtis kunmingensis C.C.Cheng & D.Y.Hong; Celtis mollis Planch.; Celtis napalensis Planch.; Celtis roxburghii Planch.; Celtis salvatiana C.K.Schneid.; Celtis serotina Planch.; Celtis tetrandra f. pendula…

  • Taxillus vestitus

    Taxillus vestitus (Wall.) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 10: 355 1929. (syn: Loranthus vestitus Wall.); . My Pending Identifications: Chakrata-Scurulla :: NS MARCH 02 : 10 posts by 6 authors. This parasite with attractive flowers was also reported during visit to Chakrata area in 2011.. Help in proper…

  • Blumea obliqua

    Blumea obliqua (L.) Druce, 609 1917. (Syn: Blumea amplectens Wall. ex DC. (ambiguous synonym); Blumea amplectens var. arenaria (DC.) Hook. fil.; Blumea amplectens var. maritima C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.; Blumea amplectens var. pubiflora (DC.) Hook. fil.; Blumea amplectens var. tenella Hook. fil.; Blumea anagallidifolia DC.; Blumea arenaria DC.; Blumea arenaria var….

  • Gynura species ?- Mumbai, Maharashtra

    Requesting ID of this plant growing by the roadside – Aug 2013 :: 26MAR2014 :: ARK-22 : Attachments (2).  4 posts by 2 authors. Requesting to please ID this plant growing by the roadside in Mumbai in August 2013. Probably a Blumea sp Thank you … for the lead…..hoping to get…

  • Seetzenia lanata

    Seetzenia lanata (Willd.) Bullock, Kew Bull. 19: 204 1965. (Syn: Seetzenia africana R.Br.; Seetzenia orientalis Decne.; Zygophyllum lanatum Willd.); . Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Niger, N-Chad (Tibesti, etc.), N-Sudan, Djibouti, NE-Somalia, South Africa (I) (N-Cape Prov. (I)), Egypt (Eastern Desert, SE-Egypt), Israel (S-Negev Desert), Kuwait, Israel (Rift Valley),…

  • Seetzenia

    Seetzenia lanata (Willd.) Bullock (syn. Seetzenia orientalis Decne.) (Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Niger, N-Chad (Tibesti, etc.), N-Sudan, Djibouti, NE-Somalia, South Africa (I) (N-Cape Prov. (I)), Egypt (Eastern Desert, SE-Egypt), Israel (S-Negev Desert), Kuwait, Israel (Rift Valley), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Dahana, NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir, Nejd Desert), Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai), United…

  • Elsholtzia pilosa

    Elsholtzia pilosa (Benth.) Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 163 1833. (Syn: Aphanochilus pilosus Benth.; Dysophylla mairei H.Lév.); . Himalaya to S. Central China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . SK 2240 24 October 2019 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- 2 mb each. Location: Ranikot, Gundu, Bhakltapur Date:…

  • Larsenianthus careyanus

    Larsenianthus careyanus (Benth.) W.J.Kress & Mood, PhytoKeys 1: 24 2010. (Syn: Curcuma careyana Wall. [Invalid]; Hitchenia careyana Benth.); . E. Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO; . Hedychium ? : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 2 authors. Date : 14-01-2014. Habitat : Wild. Habit :…

  • Larsenianthus

    Larsenianthus careyanus (Benth.) W.J.Kress & Mood (E. Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO) . Larsenianthus, a new Asian genus of Gingers (Zingiberaceae) with four species by W. John Kress, John Mood, Mamiyil Sabu, Linda Prince, Santanu Dey, Edakkandiyil Sanoj- PhytoKeys 1 (2010) : 15-32- Abstract Larsenianthus W.J.Kress & Mood,…

  • Hedychium species- Mizoram

      Is it Hedychium gardnerianum : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments(1). Date : 12-02-2014. Habitat : Wild. Habit : Herb It is difficult to say the species name with the fruiting stage. It is not H. gardenerianum.  

  • Pistacia integerrima

    Pistacia integerrima J. L. Stewart, J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis, Forest fl. N. W. India 122, t. 22. 1874 (syn: (≡) Pistacia chinensis subsp. integerrima (J. L. Stewart ex Brandis) Rech. f.); . Common name: Kakkar • Hindi: kakra, kakra-singi, kareran, kakare, kakkar • Marathi: kakra, kaakada, kaakad shingee…

  • Viburnum erubescens

    Viburnum erubescens Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 29, pl. 134 1831. (Syn: Solenotinus erubescens (Wall.) Oerst.; Viburnum botryoideum H. Lév.; Viburnum burmanicum (Rehder) C.Y. Wu ex P.S. Hsu; Viburnum burmanicum var. motoense P.S. Hsu; Viburnum erubescens var. burmanicum Rehder; Viburnum erubescens var. erubescens ; Viburnum erubescens var. gracilipes Rehder; Viburnum…

  • Alpinia vittata (Introduced)

    Alpinia vittata W.Bull, Cat. 83: 4 1873. (Syn: Alpinia sanderae Sander; Alpinia tricolor Sander; Guillainia vittata (W.Bull) Ridl.); . Bismarck Archipelago; Dominican Republic; Fiji; Leeward Is.; Solomon Is.; Thailand; Trinidad-Tobago; Windward Is. as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Striped Ginger .   Alpinia for ID : 090511 : AK-1: Taken…

  • Coix species ?- Mizoram

    Grassfortheid : Attachments (1).  5 posts by 2 authors. Date : 28-09-2013. Habitat : Wild It is look like Coix Location please. And if possible sharper image of inflorescence Dear sir, Sorry ! I don’t have good image of inflorescence.  

  • Caralluma species- Sri Lanka

    SL 209 091213 : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 4 authors. Please ID this Euphorbiaceae plant. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Sep 2012. This is not Euphorbiaceae member, it is a species of Caralluma. Caralluma– some species in India & eFI with some keys Looks like a species…

  • Amomum aromaticum

    Amomum aromaticum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 44 1820. (Syn: Alpinia fasciculata (Roscoe) Steud.; Amomum fasciculatum (Roscoe) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.; Cardamomum aromaticum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Geocallis fasciculata (Roscoe) Horan.; Renealmia fasciculata Roscoe); . Nepal to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal as per POWO (Wurfbainia aromatica (Roxb.) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen);…

  • Begonia maculata (Cultivated)

    Begonia maculata Raddi, Alc. Sp. Rett. Piant. Bras. 406 1820. (Syn: Begonia aculeata Walp.; Begonia argyrostigma Fisch. ex Link & Otto; Begonia corallina Carrière; Begonia dichroa Sprague; Begonia maculata var. argentea (Klotzsch) A.DC.; Begonia maculata f. argentea (Klotzsch) Voss; Begonia maculata var. elegantissima Fotsch; Begonia maculata var. wightii Fotsch; Begonia…