Aloe species? – Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai

Aloe species; . Succulent for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 231012 : AK-3: Another succulent seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 19/2/2011. A small, potted, cultivated plant. Please id. This is also some species of Aloe. . Succulent for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 231012 : AK-2: A small, cultivated, potted […]

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Elatostema lineolatum

Elatostema lineolatum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 1984 1853. (syn: Elatostema lineolatum var. integrifolium Hook.f.; Elatostema lineolatum var. major Thwaites; Elatostema lineolatum var. majus Wedd.; Elatostema tumidulum Koidz.); . China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Yunnan), Taiwan, SE-Tibet, Bhutan, India, Sikkim, Thailand, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma], Laos, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; . […]

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Piper betle (Introduced)

Piper betle L., Sp. Pl. 28 1753. (Syn: Artanthe hexagyna Miq.; Betela mastica Raf.; Chavica auriculata Miq.; Chavica betle (L.) Miq.; Chavica blumei Miq.; Chavica chawya C.DC.; Chavica chuvya Miq.; Chavica densa Miq.; Chavica siriboa Miq.; Cubeba melamiri Miq.; Cubeba seriboa Miq.; Macropiper potamogetonifolium (Opiz) Miq.; Piper anisodorum Náves ex Fern.-Vill.; Piper bathicarpum C.DC.; Piper […]

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Micromelum minutum

Micromelum minutum (G. Forst.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 468 (1834). (Syn:Aulacia falcata Lour., Aulacia falcifolia Stokes, Bergera villosa Wall., Cookia falcata (Lour.) DC., Cookia punctata Hassk., Glycosmis subvelutina F.Muell., Limonia minuta G.Forst., Micromelum falcatum (Lour.) Tanaka, Micromelum glabrescens Benth., Micromelum octandrum Turcz., Micromelum pubescens Blume, Micromelum pubescens var. glabrescens (Benth.) Oliv., Micromelum timoriense Zipp. ex Span.);                 . Tropical & […]

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Habenaria ovalifolia

Habenaria ovalifolia Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1708 1851.; . hab-en-AR-ee-uh — from the Latin habena (rein), refers to shape of orchid’s spur … Dave’s Botanary o-val-ee-FOH-lee-uh — oval leaf … Dave’s Botanary . oval-leaved habenaria • Marathi: उंच हबेअमरी uncha habe-amri . ¿ Endemic to ?: northern Western Ghats (of India)  . […]

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Acer caesium

Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India 3 1874. (Syn: Acer luteolum Borbás; Acer molle Pax [Illegitimate]); . E. Afghanistan to N. & E. Central China as per POWO; . India (Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (c)), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistani Kashmir (Azad Kashmir), Bangladesh, Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan), Pakistan (Dir, […]

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Hypericum dyeri

Hypericum dyeri Rehder in Journ. Arnold Arbor. 20:422. 1939. N.K.B. Robson in K.H. Rech., Fl. Iran. 49:4.1968; in Journ. R.H.S. 95:490.1970. (Syn: Hypericum coriaceum Royle; Hypericum govanianum Wall.; Hypericum lysimachioides Wall. [Numer. List No. 4817.1831, nomen] ex Dyer); . (India: Himalayas from 900 to 2500 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and […]

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Neanotis tubulosa

Neanotis tubulosa (G.Don) Mabb., Bot. Hist. Hort. Malabar. 92 1980. (Syn: Anotisquadrilocularis (Thwaites) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.; Hedyotisquadrilocularis Thwaites; Neanotisquadrilocularis (Thwaites) W.H.Lewis; Oldenlandiatubulosa G.Don); Annual, slender herb, Leaves subsessile, shortly petioled, ovate, flowers purplish white in terminal or axillary clusters.   Valparai: Rubiaceae herb for identification 280812MK03: Please help me to identify this small […]

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Dysphania botrys

Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants, Ukrayins’k. Bot. Zhurn. 59: 383 2002. (Syn: Ambrina botrys Moq.; Ambrina foetida Moq.; Atriplex botrys (L.) Crantz; Botrydium aromaticum Spach; Botrydium botrys (L.) Small; Botrys aromatica (Spach) Nieuwl.; Chenopodium aromaticum auct.; Chenopodium botrydium St.-Lag.; Chenopodium botryoides Raf. ex Moq.; Chenopodium botrys L.; Chenopodium ilicifolium Griff.; Chenopodium multiflorum Moq.; Chenopodium […]

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Fallopia pterocarpa

Fallopia pterocarpa (Meisn.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 6: 156 1971. (Syn: Bilderdykia pterocarpa (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene; Polygonum pterocarpum Wall.); . East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Bhutan, India (Arunachal Pradesh), Sikkim, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; . VOF Week: Polygonaceae Climber for Id from the Trek..: This one was shot […]

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Aruncus dioicus subsp. triternatus

Aruncus dioicus subsp. triternatus (Wall. ex Maxim.) H.Hara, Fl. E. Himal. 2: 50 (1971) (syn: Aruncus sylvester var. triternatus Wall. ex Maxim.); . East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . VoF Week: Aruncus dioicus ssp triternatus from Valley: Aruncus dioicus ssp triternatus from Valley pls validate Yes …, the accepted name is Aruncus sylvester Kostel. ex […]

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Thalictrum cultratum

Thalictrum cultratum Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 26 26 1831. (Syn: Thalictrum deciternatum B. Boivin; Thalictrum yui B. Boivin); . NE. Pakistan to Central China and N. Myanmar: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Pakistan (Swat, Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), […]

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Silene caespitella

Silene caespitella F.N. Williams, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38(268): 403 403 1909. (Syn: Melandrium neocaespitosum Y.W. Cui; Melandrium xainzaense L.H. Zhou; Silene maheshwarii Bocquet); .   VOF Week: Silene sp-1: along “Vasundhara falls- Mana Route”: Seen this Silene sp. (Family: Caryophyllaceae) en-route Vasundhara falls. Date/Time: 11-08-2012 / 09:30AM. Habitat: Wild Plant habit: Herb. I think […]

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Ceropegia rollae

  Ceropegia rollae Hemadri, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 123 1969. ; . Rolla’s ceropegia • Marathi: रोली खंटुडी roli khantudi, खरपुडी kharpudi; . seer-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh — from the Greek keros (wax) and pege (fountain) ¿ ROL-lah-ay ? — named in honour of Rolla Seshagiri Rao, botanist and professor  . Names of Plants in India :: […]

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Ceropegia sahyadrica

Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk., Indian Forester 97: 688 1971.; . Confusion or submission : Ceropegia (lawii, rollae, sahyadrica & panchganiensis): As per the plant list, Ceropegia lawii, C sahyadrica and C panchganiensis are all syn of Ceropegia rollae. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2712940  But on FoI website Ceropegia rollae (http://www.flowersofindia.Rolla’sCeropegia.html) , Ceropegia sahyadrica (http://www.flowersofindia.SahyadriCeropegia.html ) and Ceropegia lawii […]

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Anaphalis nepalensis

Anaphalis nepalensis (Spreng.) Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7 1099 1936. (syn: Anaphalis intermedia (DC.) Duthie; Anaphalis mairei H.Lév.; Anaphalis mucronata var. polycephala DC.; Anaphalis nubigena var. intermedia (DC.) Hook.f.; Anaphalis nubigena var. polycephala (DC.) C.B.Clarke; Anaphalis triplinervis var. intermedia (DC.) Airy Shaw; Antennaria triplinervis var. cuneifolia DC.; Antennaria triplinervis var. intermedia DC.; Gnaphalium cuneifolium Wall.; Gnaphalium […]

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Potentilla microphylla

Potentilla microphylla D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 231 231 1825.  (syn: Potentilla microphylla var. glabriuscula Wall. ex Lehm.; Potentilla microphylla var. glabruiscula Wall. ex Th. Wolf; Potentilla microphylla var. microphylla ); . Common name: Tiny Leaved Cinquefoil . Low growing perennial herbs with crowded overlapping leaves, pinnate with 2-9 pairs of small leaflets, barely 2-4 […]

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Sopubia trifida

Sopubia trifida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 88 88 1825. (syn: Gerardia scabra Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Gerardia sopubia (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Benth.; Gerardia wallichiana Steud.; Manulea sopubia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; Sopubia obtusifolia G. Don (ambiguous synonym)); . Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay, Shan, Chin), China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Bhutan, India, […]

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Stephania gracilenta

Stephania gracilenta Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 18: 15 15 1866.; . Nepal, India (Kumaon, Uttar Pradesh), Myanmar [Burma], S-Tibet as per Catalogue of Life; . India: C. Himalayas, 1800 – 2500 m. Uttar Pradesh; Nepal as per BSI Flora of India; . VoF Week :: DV :: 01 AUG 12 – 0138 :: ¿ […]

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Melampodium divaricatum (Cultivated)

Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC., Prodr. 5 520 1836. (Syn: Alcina minor Cass.; Alcina ovalifolia Lag.; Alcina ovatifolia ; Alcina ovatifolia Lag.; Dysodium divaricatum Pers.; Dysodium divaricatum Rich.; Dysodium radiatum Desf.; Eleutheranthera divaricata (Rich.) Millsp.; Melampodium berteroanum Spreng.; Melampodium copiosum Klatt; Melampodium divaricatum var. macranthum Schltdl.; Melampodium flaccidum (Benth.) Benth.; Melampodium ovatifolium (Lag.) Rchb.; Melampodium paludosum Kunth; […]

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