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…
Schoenoplectus subulatus (Vahl) Lye, Bot. Not. 124: 290 (1971). (Syn: (=) Schoenoplectus litoralis (Schrad.) Palla; (=) Scirpus litoralis Schrad.; (≡) Scirpus subulatus Vahl (basionym)); . Afghanistan; Algeria; Andaman Is.; Angola; Burkina; Burundi; Chad; Comoros; Egypt; Ethiopia; Gabon; Hainan; India; Iran; Jawa; Lesser Sunda Is.; Line Is.; Madagascar; Marianas; Morocco; Namibia;…
Ficus squamosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 531 1832. (Syn: Ficus laminosa Hardw. ex Roxb.; Ficus pyrrhocarpa Kurz; Ficus saemocarpa Miq.); . India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Orissa, Tripura, Uttarakhand, W. Bengal), Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand as per Synopsis of the Genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) in India Lal…
Cymbidium hookerianum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1866: 7 1866. (Syn: Cymbidium giganteum var. hookerianum (Rchb.f.) Desbois; Cymbidium grandiflorum Griff. [Illegitimate]; Cymbidium grandiflorum var. punctatum Cogn.; Cyperorchis grandiflora Schltr.); . E. Nepal to S. China and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per…
Phyllanthus lawii J.Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 181 1839. (Syn: Diasperus lawii (J.Graham) Kuntze; Diasperus nemorum (Russell ex Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Phyllanthus juniperinoides Müll.Arg.; Phyllanthus nemorum Russell ex Müll.Arg.; Phyllanthus polyphyllus Dalzell & A.Gibson; Phyllanthus spinulosus B.Heyne ex Wall. [Invalid]); . India as per POWO; . Common name: Law’s Gooseberry • Malayalam:…
Breynia racemosa (Blume) Müll.Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 441 1866. (Syn: Breynia acuminata (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Breynia racemosa var. aromatica Airy Shaw; Breynia racemosa var. concolor Müll.Arg.; Breynia reclinata (Roxb.) Hook.f.; Breynia rhamnoides var. hypoglauca (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Melanthesa acuminata Müll.Arg.; Melanthesa racemosa Blume; Melanthesa reclinata (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.; Melanthesa rhamnoides var. hypoglauca Müll.Arg.; Melanthesopsis…
Alpinia roxburghii Sweet, Hort. Brit. 390 1826. (Syn: Alpinia blepharocalyx K.Schum.; Alpinia blepharocalyx var. glabrior (Hand.-Mazz.) T.L.Wu; Alpinia bracteata Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Languas blepharocalyx (K.Schum.) Hand.-Mazz.; Languas blepharocalyx var. glabrior Hand.-Mazz.); . E. Nepal to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya,…
Echinocactus platyacanthus Link & Otto, Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 423 1827. (Syn: Copiapoa macracantha (Salm-Dyck) Meregalli [Invalid]; Echinocactus arachnoideus Scheidw.; Echinocactus aulacogonus Lem. .; Echinocactus edulis Haage ex C.F.Först. [Invalid]; Echinocactus ghiesbreghtianus Lem.; Echinocactus grandis Rose ..; Echinocactus helophorus Lem. ..; Echinocactus ingens Zucc. ex Pfeiff. ………..; Echinocactus irroratus Scheidw.;…
Brassica carinata A.Braun, Flora 24: 267 1841. (Syn: Brassica integrifolia var. carinata (Broun) O.E.Schulz; Brassica juncea var. agrestis Prain; Brassica juncea var. cuneifolia Prain; Brassica juncea var. edona Makino; Brassica juncea subsp. urbaniana (O.E.Schulz) Thell.; Brassica lanceolata Sauv.; Brassica nigra var. laevigata (DC.) Alef.; Brassica timoriana F.Muell.; Brassica urbaniana O.E.Schulz;…
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Chionanthus ramiflorus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 106 1820. (Syn: Chionanthus effusiflorus F.Muell.; Chionanthus intermedius (Wight) F.Muell.; Chionanthus macrophyllus (Wall. & G.Don) Blume; Chionanthus macrophyllus var. attenuatus (C.B.Clarke) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh. ; Chionanthus palembanicus Miq.; Chionanthus paniculatus (Roxb.) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh. [Illegitimate]; Chionanthus pauciflorus (Wall. ex G.Don) Bennet & Raizada ..; Chionanthus…
Helichrysum buddleioides DC. (Syn: Gnaphalium buddleioides Sch.Bip.; Gnaphalium cynoglossoides Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f.; Gnaphalium hookerianum Sch.Bip.; Helichrysum buddleioides var. buddleioides)?; . India (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of life; . Common name:Butterfly-Bush Golden Cudweed; Malayalam Panjipoovu; . Subshrubs, 50-70 cm high, densely cottony…
Zingiber spectabile Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 413 1851.; . Thailand to Peninsula Malaysia: Malaya, Thailand; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Jawa, Nicobar Is. as per POWO; . Common name: Beehive Ginger . Zingiber spectabile is a species of true ginger, native to Maritime Southeast Asia. It is primarily…
Campanula latifolia L., Sp. Pl. 165 1753. (Syn: Campanula macrantha (Fisch. ex Sims) Hook.; Drymocodon latifolium (L.) Fourr.; Trachelioides latifolia (L.) Opiz); . Large Bellflower, Great bellflower; . Campanulaceae & Gentianaceae Week: Gentianaceae, (Campanula latifolia): Campanula latifolia Valley of flowers Jul.2008 Campanulaceae & Gentianaceae Week: Campanulaceae-Campanula 01 from Paddar valley…
Magnolia liliifera (L.) Baill., Hist. Pl. 1: 141 1868. (Syn: Aromadendron oreadum (Diels) Kaneh. & Hatus.; Blumia candollei Nees [Invalid]; Liriodendron liliiferum L.; Magnolia andamanica (King) D.C.S.Raju & M.P.Nayar; Magnolia andamanica King [Invalid]; Magnolia candollei (Blume) H.Keng [Illegitimate]; Magnolia craibiana Dandy; Magnolia eriostepta var. poilanei Dandy ex Humbert [Invalid]; Magnolia…
Magnolia liliiflora Desr., Encycl. 3: 675 1792. (Syn: Lassonia quinquepeta Buc’hoz; Magnolia atropurpurea Steud.; Magnolia discolor Vent.; Magnolia gracilis Salisb.; Magnolia liliiflora var. gracilis (Salisb.) Rehder; Magnolia liliiflora var. nigra (G.Nicholson) Rehder; Magnolia liliiflora f. nigra (G.Nicholson) Geerinck; Magnolia obovata var. liliiflora (Desr.) Ser.; Magnolia obovata var. purpurea (Curtis) Ser.;…
Haplanthodes tentaculatus (L.) Nees var. neilgherryensis (Wight) J. R. I. Wood, comb. nov. (Basionym: Haplanthus neilgherryensis Wight; Haplanthus tentaculatus (L.) Nees var. neilgherrensis (Wight) C. B. Clarke; Bremekampia neilgherryensis (Wight) Sreem.; Haplanthodes neilgherryensis (Wight) R. B. Majumdar) as per New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I….
Goniothalamus cardiopetalus (Dalzell) Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 107 1855. (Syn: Atrategia thomsonii Bedd. ex Hook.f.; Polyalthia cardiopetala Dalzell (Unresolved); Polyalthia wynaadensis Bedd. ex Talbot (Unresolved)); . Common name: Ghat Goniothalamus . Shrubs or small trees, 3-5 m tall; young branches puberulous. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, cuneate at base, abruptly…
Desmos lawii (Hook. f. & Thomson) Saff., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 506 1912. (Syn: Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson); . DES-mos — Greek: desmos (band or chain) … Dave’s Botanary LAW-ee-eye — named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist . commonly known as: Sahyadri ylang-ylang •…
IUCN Red List Status: Data Deficient (DD) . Magnolia doltsopa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Figlar, Proc. Int. Symp. Magnoliac. 21 2000. (Syn: Magnolia excelsa Wall.; Magnolia excelsa Jacques [Illegitimate]; Michelia calcuttensis P.Parm.; Michelia doltsopa Buch.-Ham. ex DC.; Michelia excelsa (Wall.) Blume; Michelia manipurensis Watt ex Brandis; Michelia wardii Dandy; Sampacca excelsa…