• Polygonum effusum

    Polygonum effusum Meisn., Prodr. 14: 93 1857. ; . Afghanistan to Indian Subcontinent: Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; .   Polygonaceae Fortnight- Polygonum pleibium from Kaithal:: NS May 32 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6). These pics were recorded from Kaithal, I hope they…

  • Pteropyrum scoparium (Oman)

    Pteropyrum scoparium Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 2: 10 1844. ; . E. Arabian Peninsula (Hajar Mountains): Gulf States, Oman as per POWO; . Polygonaceae Fortnight : 1 – 14 May 2014 : Pteropyrum scoparium : Jabal Akhdar,Oman : 140514 : AK-18 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments…

  • Pteropyrum

    Species with description & keys from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution): Pteropyrum aucheri Jaubert & Spach (Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan) Pteropyrum olivieri Jaubert & Spach (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Arctic and Subarctic Europe, India, China, Central Asia and N.America)- No distribution in India as per POWO and Checklist of…

  • Psychotria flavida

    Psychotria flavida Talbot, Syst. List Trees Bombay 113 1894. ; . S. India as per WCSP; . Common name: South Indian Wild Coffee • Marathi: Shivan Yallaki . Small shrubs; branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves 10-18 x 3.5-8 cm, elliptic-oblong or obovate, attenuate at base, acute at apex, glabrous, yellowish green…

  • Ipomoea campanulata

    Ipomoea campanulata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 160 1753. (Syn: Ipomoea illustris (Cl.) Prain; Ipomoea campanulata L. var. illustris Clarke) as per Flora of Davanagere District: Karnataka, India (2004); / Ipomoea campanulata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 160 1753. (syn: Adamboe bicolor Raf.; Argyreia campanulata (L.) Alston; Convolvulus campanulatus (L.) Spreng.; Ipomoea illustris (C.B.Clarke) Prain;…

  • Vallisneria spiralis

    Vallisneria spiralis L., Sp. Pl. 1015 1753. (Syn: Vallisneria aethiopica Fenzl; Vallisneria jacquiniana Spreng.; Vallisneria jacquinii Savi; Vallisneria linnet Bercht. & J.Presl; Vallisneria micheliana Spreng.; Vallisneria michelii Savi; Vallisneria numidica Pomel; Vallisneria pusilla Barbieri ex Bertol.; Vallisneria spiralis f. aethiopica (Fenzl) T.Durand & Schinz; Vallisneria spiralis var. numidica (Pomel) Maire…

  • Pennisetum species- Pune, Maharashtra

      efloraofindia:”For Id” purple colored ornamental grass at Pune :10052014: MR-1 :  3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). May 2014 Requesting Id of this purple colored ornamnetal grass at Pune. sorry for poor quality of pic.  Pennisetum sp  

  • Smilax species- Canacona Goa

    04052014NVR Shrub for ID from Canacona Goa : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2). some Smilax sp​ i think Aren’t there 2 plants here? The fruits look like Smilax sp. but the leaves do not. Sorry for the confusion in the photographs (I could’nt get close to the plant.)…

  • Albizia procera ?

    Albizia procera ?; . Requesting ID of this wild shrub – Panshet – May 2014 :: 07MAY2014 :: ARK-06 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5). Requesting to please ID this wild shrub growing by the roadside near Panshet dam, Pune in May 2014. it seems miniature of Albizia…

  • Decalepis hamiltonii

    IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) . Decalepis hamiltonii Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India 64 1834. (Syn: Apocynum reticulatum Herb. Madras ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym)); . India (SW-Ghats (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)) as per Catalogue of life; . Decalepis hamiltonii Wight & Arn. is a species of plant in the…

  • Rumex crispus

    Rumex crispus L., Sp. pl. 1:335. 1753 (syn: Lapathum crispum (L.) Scop.; Rumex patientia var. crispus (L.) Kuntze; Lapathum crispum Garsault; Rheum crispum G.Don; Rumex coreanus Nakai; Rumex crispus var. fauriei (Rech.f.) Reveal; Rumex crispus subsp. fauriei (Rech.f.) Mosyakin & W.L.Wagner; Rumex elongatus Guss.; Rumex fauriei Rech.f.; Rumex kunthianus Schult. & Schult.f.; Rumex kunthii Campd.; Rumex lingulatus Schur;…

  • Koenigia nummularifolia

    Koenigia nummularifolia (Meisn.) Mesicek & Sojak in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8(1): 110. 1973 (Syn: Polygonum nummularifolium Meisn. in DC.); . Himalaya to China (Yunnan): China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Polygonaceae Fortnight: Koenigia islandica L. ?? en-route Hemkund Sahib.-PKA26: : 4 posts by…

  • Bistorta emodi

    Bistorta emodi (Meisn.) H. Hara, Fl. E. Himalaya 1:69. 1966 (syn: Persicaria emodi (Meisn.) Cubey; Polygonum emodi Meisn.); . Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Assam: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Snow Knotweed, Himalayan Knotweed . Bistorta emodi from Tisri in Chor at 3200m…

  • Eriogonum pyrolifolium (USA)

    Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 395 1853. (Syn: Eriogonum coryphaeum (Torr. & A.Gray) G.N.Jones; Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. pyrolifolium ; Eriogonum staticifolium Hook.); . Eriogonum pyrolifolium (Shasta Buckwheat, Pyrola-leafed Buckwheat, Alpine Buckwheat,[1] Alpine Eriogonum, Oarleaf Buckwheat, or Dirty Socks[2]) is a species of wild buckwheat. It…

  • Knorringia

    Knorringia sibirica subsp. thomsonii (Meisn. ex Steward) S. P. Hong (Afghanistan to Central Asia and W. & Central Himalaya: Afghanistan, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO) . Species with description & keys from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution): Knorringia sibirica subsp. sibirica (Eastern Siberia (USSR) to SW Yunan (China)) Knorringia sibirica subsp. thomsonii (Meisn. ex Steward)…

  • Bistorta perpusilla

    Bistorta perpusilla (Hook.f.) Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 1905. (Syn: Polygonum perpusillum Hook. f.); . East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Tiny Knotweed .   Polygonaceae Fortnight polygonum perpusillum from Rohtang Pass ,Kullu Dist, HP : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)….

  • Rheum moorcroftianum

    Rheum moorcroftianum Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 315, 318 1839. ; . W. & Central Tibet and Nepal: Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; .. Common name: Moorcroft’s Rhubarb • Hindi: चुटियल Chutiyal, Raiwand • Kashmiri: Pumbcxalan ﭘﻤﺐ ﮊﺍﻟﻦ, Pumbhaakh ﭘﻤﺐ ﺣﺎﻛﮫ • Dard shina: Kharkocxal . Rheum moorcroftianum from Rohtang Pass…

  • Helixanthera ligustrina

    Helixanthera ligustrina (Wall.) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 10: 317 1929. (Syn: Dithecina ligustrina (Wall.) Tiegh.; Gaiadendron ligustrinum (Wall.) Engl.); . India: Tropical or subtropical Himalayas, up to 1500 m altitude, found on a limited number of hosts, the few recorded are Eurya acuminata, Cedrela toona, Ficus clavata, Mallotus…

  • Heliotropium foertherianum

    Heliotropium foertherianum Diane & Hilger, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 125:46. 2003 (Syn: (≡) Argusia argentea (L. f.) Heine; (≡) Tournefortia argentea L. f.);   Heliotropium foertherianum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is native to tropical Asia, including southern China, Madagascar, northern Australia, and most…

  • Opuntia stricta (Muscat) ?

    Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 191 1812. (Syn: Cactus opuntia var. inermis DC.; Cactus strictus Haw.; Consolea bahamana (Britton & Rose) A.Berger; Opuntia anahuacensis Griffiths; Opuntia inermis (DC.) DC.; Opuntia stricta var. stricta ) ?; . Opuntia For ID : Muscat : 220414 : AK-16 : 3 posts…