Macadamia integrifolia (Cultivated)

Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, ser. 2, 21(84): 624-625 624 1896.  (syn: Macadamia ternifolia var. integrifolia (Maiden & Betche) Maiden & Betch); . Australia (N-New South Wales, SE-Queensland), S-China (I), Costa Rica (I), Puerto Rico (I), Hispaniola (I) (Dominican Republic (I)), Virgin Isl. (I) (St. Croix (I)), Belize (I), […]

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Pedicularis porrecta

Pedicularis porrecta Wall. ex Benth., Scroph. Ind. 52 (1835).; . Common name: Paired Flower Lousewort . S-Himalaya, Nepal as per Catalogue of life; . 3600-4600 m; Himalaya (Chamba to Sikkim), S. Tibet as per Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal; . VoF Week: Pedicularis porrecta from Valley: 7 images. Pedicularis porrecta from Valley pls […]

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Dichrocephala integrifolia subsp. integrifolia

Dichrocephala integrifolia (L.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 333 (1891) 333 1891. (Syn: Absinthium spathulatum ;  Cotula bicolor Roth; Cotula dichrocephaloides C.B.Clarke; Cotula latifolia Pers.; Cotula sinapifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.; Cotula sonchifolia M.Bieb.; Dichrocephala bicolor (Roth) Schltdl.; Dichrocephala erecta L’Hér. ex DC.; Dichrocephala hamiltonii Hook.f.; Dichrocephala latifolia (Lam.) L’Hér. ex DC.; Dichrocephala latifolia f. dentata […]

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Koenigia delicatula

Koenigia delicatula (Meisn.) Hara, Fl. E. Himal. 70. 1966 (Syn: Polygonum delicatulum Meisn. in DC.) as per Flora of Pakistan;   . Polygonum delicatulum Meisn., Prodr. 14(1): 127 127 1857. (Syn: Koenigia delicatula (Meisn.) H. Hara) as per The Plant List Ver.1.1 ; . Himalaya to China (Sichuan, Yunnan) and Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, […]

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Acampe praemorsa var. longepedunculata

Acampe praemorsa var. longepedunculata (Trimen) Govaerts, Skvortsovia 4(3): 75 (2018). (Syn: Acampe intermedia Rchb.f.; Acampe longifolia (Lindl.) Lindl.; Acampe multiflora (Lindl.) Lindl.; Acampe penangiana Ridl.; Acampe praemorsa var. rigida (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) Barbhuiya, D.Verma & Vik.Kumar; Acampe rigida (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) P.F.Hunt; Acampe taiwaniana S.S.Ying; Acampe wightiana var. longipedunculata Trimen; Aerides rigida Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.; Gastrochilus longifolius (Lindl.) Kuntze; Saccolabium longifolium (Lindl.) Hook.f.; Vanda longifolia Lindl.; Vanda multiflora Lindl.; Vanda viminea Guillaumin); . Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, […]

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Phleum himalaicum

Phleum himalaicum Mez, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 293 1921. (Syn: Phleum arenarium var. thomsonii Griseb.; Phleum graecum auct.); . Afghanistan to W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . VoF Week :: TG :: Phleum alpinum: Alpine Cat Tail Phleum alpinum Photographed from Valley of Flowers, in June Phleum alpinum is […]

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Viburnum cotinifolium

Viburnum cotinifolium D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 141-142 141 1825.; . Images by Prashant Awale (Identified by Gurcharan Singh) & Anil Thakur (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     VoF Week: Fruits-3 at VOF: Seen this plant with reddish-green fruits en-route VoF. Date/Time: 08-08-2012 / 03:25AM Viburnum cotiniifolium   Viburnum cotinifolium from Solan (HP) : 2 posts […]

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Cyperus iria

Cyperus iria L., Sp. Pl. 45 1753. (syn: Chlorocyperus iria (L.) Rikli; Cyperus chrysomelinus Link; Cyperus diaphaniria Steud.; Cyperus iria f. chrysomelinus (Link) Kük. …….; Cyperus microlepis Baker; Cyperus nangtciangensis Pamp.; Cyperus paniciformis Franch. & Sav.; Cyperus panicoides Lam.; Cyperus resinosus Hochst. ex Steud.; Cyperus santonici Rottb.); . As per efi thread: Both looks very similar. […]

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Ligularia fischeri

Ligularia fischeri (Ledeb.) Turcz., 11 1838. (Syn: Cacalia elata ; Cineraria elata Steud.; Cineraria fischeri Ledeb.; Cineraria speciosa Fisch. ex Turcz.; Cineraria speciosa Schrad. ex Link; Hoppea speciosa (Schrad. ex Link) Rchb.; Ligularia glabrescens Vorosch.; Ligularia racemosa DC.; Ligularia sibirica var. longibracteata Kitam.; Ligularia sibirica var. racemosa (DC.) Kitam.; Ligularia sibirica var. speciosa (Schrad. ex […]

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Myriactis wightii

Myriactis wightii DC., 10 1834. (syn: Bellis javanica Blume; Bellis pilosa Blume; Dichrocephala paniculata Miq.; Lagenophora javanica Blume ex DC. [Invalid]; Myriactis javanica (Blume) DC.; Myriactis paniculata (Miq.) Boerl.; Myriactis pilosa (Blume) Blume ex DC.); . Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou) and Vietnam, Jawa: Assam, China South-Central, India, Jawa, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, […]

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Curcuma amada

Curcuma amada Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 341 1810. ; .  S. & E. India to Thailand: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Hooghly Today : Curcuma amada Roxb. : Attachments (7). 4 posts by 2 authors. I have an earlier post – efi thread. The tubers of this plant are used in culinary, […]

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Acronychia pedunculata

Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 532 1861. (Syn: Acronychia apiculata Miq.; Acronychia arborea Blume; Acronychia barberi Gamble; Acronychia elliptica Merr. & L.M.Perry; Acronychia laurifolia Blume; Acronychia resinosa (Lour.) J.R.Forst. ex Crevost & Lemari; Clausena simplicifolia Dalzell; Cyminosma ankenda Gaertn.; Cyminosma chinensis G.Don; Cyminosma pedunculata (L.) Roxb.; Cyminosma pedunculata (L.) DC.; Cyminosma […]

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Acronychia

Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq. (Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) . BSI Flora of India Vol. 4 with Keys (1997) (Distribution): Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq. (India: Evergreen […]

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Bulbophyllum guttulatum

Bulbophyllum guttulatum (Hook.f.) N.P.Balakr., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67: 66 (1970). .  Homotypic Synonyms: Phyllorkis guttulata (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891). Cirrhopetalum guttulatum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 776 (1896). . Common name: SPOTTED BULBOPHYLLUM . Distribution: From Himalayas to Vietnam. . KG :: 27 August 2012 – 0009:: Bulbophyllum guttulatum […]

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Lonicera obovata

Lonicera obovata Royle ex Hook. f. & Thomson,  J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2:169. 1858; . Common name: Blueberry Honeysuckle, Small Leaved Honeysuckle . Keys available in efi thread: Nearly 16 species are known in Uttarakhand and 14 in Himachal Pradesh (vide Chowdhery& Wadhwa, 1984). I am attaching a page of Osmaston 1927 (one of […]

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Corydalis meifolia

Corydalis meifolia Wall., Tent. Fl. Napal. 55 1826. (syn: Capnodes meifolium (Wall.) Kuntze; Corydalis meifolia var. sikkimensis Prain); . Common name: Threadleaf Corydalis . India (Lahul, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim), Nepal, S-Tibet, Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life; . VoF Week: Corydalis meifolia fron Hemkund Sahib Way: Corydalis meifolia […]

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Androsace delavayi

Androsace delavayi Franch., J. Bot. (Morot) 9: 456 1895. (Syn: Primula przewalskii Derganc); . Nepal to China (SW. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) and N. Myanmar: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand as per BSI Flora of India; . Dense cushion forming plant with tiny silvery globular rosettes […]

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Campanula aristata

Campanula aristata Wall., Fl. Ind. 2: 98 1824. (Syn: Campanula aristata var. longisepala Marquand; Campanula cylindrica (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Nannf.; Wahlenbergia cylindrica Pax & K.Hoffm.); . VoF Week :: DV :: 03 AUG 12 – 0224 :: Campanula aristata along Hemakund – Ghangaria trail: Campanula aristata Wall. … (family: Campanulaceae) 3 AUG 12 Hemakund – […]

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Scrophularia edgeworthii

Scrophularia edgeworthii Benth., Prodr. 10: 304 1846. ; . W. Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Edgeworth’s Figwort . Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas By Francis . Pennell (Description & Keys- Scrophularia calycina, edgeworthii, himalayensis (himalensis in the Plant List), polyantha, exserta, obtusa, robusta, petraea, dentata, scoparia, nudata, stewartii, suffruticosa, stenothyrsa, koelzii, scabiosaefolia, moniliformis, […]

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Lloydia longiscapa

Lloydia longiscapa Hook., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 9: t. 834 1851. (Syn: Gagea pulchella Wall. [Invalid]); . Images by Dinesh Valke (ID by Tabish)   VoF Week :: DV :: 03 AUG 12 – 1236 :: Lloydia longiscapa along Hemakund – Ghangaria trail: Lloydia longiscapa Hook. … (family: Liliaceae) 3 AUG 12 Hemakund – Ghangaria trail […]

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