Pedicularis bicornuta

Pedicularis bicornuta Klotzsch, Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar 109 1862. (syn: Pedicularis eximia Watt); , Pakistan (Kurram, Chitral, Swat, Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Deosai, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Dras, Zanskar, Poonch, Kashmir), N-India, Afghanistan (Badakshan, Baghlan, Kunar / Nuristan, Parwan), Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Horned Lousewort . The flower appendages in […]

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Codonopsis rotundifolia

Codonopsis rotundifolia Benth., Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. t. 62 1835. (Syn: Codonopsis lurida Lindl.; Codonopsis rotundifolia var. angustifolia Nannf.; Codonopsis rotundifolia var. grandiflora Hook.; Glosocomia lurida (Lindl.) Lindl.; Glosocomia rotundifolia (Benth.) Rupr.; Wahlenbergia lurida (Lindl.) G.Manetti; Wahlenbergia rotundifolia (Benth.) A.DC.); . Images by Urvashi Thakur (1-ID by Nidhan Singh), Prashant (2,3) and Nidhan Singh (4) […]

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Indigofera trita subsp. scabra

Indigofera trita subsp. scabra (Roth) De Kort & G.Thijsse (Syn: Indigofera keyensis Small; Indigofera laotica Gagnep.; Indigofera mucronata var. keyensis (Small) Isely; Indigofera mucronata var. mucronata DC.; Indigofera rutschuruensis De Wild.; Indigofera subulata auct. non Poir.; Indigofera trita var. scabra (Roth) Ali); . India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Rajasthan ; Tamil […]

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Bupleurum hamiltonii

Bupleurum hamiltonii N.P.Balakr., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 63: 328 1967. (Syn: Bupleurum chevalieri Cherm.; Bupleurum flexuosum Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Bupleurum hamiltonii var. attenuata (Nasir) P.K.Mukh.; Bupleurum tenue Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don [Illegitimate]; Bupleurum tenue var. attenuatum Nasir; Zigara tenuis (Salisb.) Rafin.); . China (Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), S-Tibet, Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Pakistan (Murree, […]

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Cynanchum auriculatum

Cynanchum auriculatum Royle ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India 58 1834. (Syn: Cynanchum auriculatum var. sinense T.Yamaz.; Cynanchum saccatum W.T.Wang; Diploglossum auriculatum (Royle ex Wight) Meisn.; Endotropis auriculata (Royle ex Wight) Decne.; Vincetoxicum auriculatum (Royle ex Wight) Kuntze); . sigh-NAN-chum — from the Greek kyon (dog) and ancho (to strangle) … Dave’s Botanaryaw-rik-yoo-LAY-tum — shaped like an ear, eared … Dave’s Botanary .commonly known as: heart-leaf […]

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Sonchus wightianus

Sonchus wightianus DC., 187 1838. (Syn: Sonchus picris H.Lév. & Vaniot; Sonchus wightianus subsp. wightianus ; Sonchus lingianus C. Shih; S. picris H. Léveillé & Vaniot; S. wallichianus Candolle; S. wightianus subsp. wallichianus (Candolle) Boulos; Sonchus arvensis auct. non L.; Hook. f. Flora Br. Ind. 3: 414. 1881, p.p.); . As per efi thread : Plants […]

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Rosa banksiae (Cultivated)

Rosa banksiae R. Br. ex Aiton, Hort. Kew. (ed. 2) 3: 258 258 1811. (Syn: Rosa banksiae var. albo-plena Rehd.; Rosa banksiana C. Abel; Rosa fragariiflora Ser. ex DC.; Rosa inermis Roxb.); . China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Nepal (I), Thailand (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Transcaucasus (I), Japan (I), Mexico (I), Korea (I), Uzbekistan (I) as per […]

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Gymnocalycium mihanovichii

Gymnocalycium mihanovichii (Fric ex Gürke) Britton & Rose, Cact. 3: 153 1922. (Syn: Echinocactus mihanovichii Fric & Gürke; Gymnocalycium friedrichii (Werderm.) Pazout [Invalid]; Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. albiflorum Pazout; Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. filadelfiense Backeb.; Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. friedrichii Werderm.); . Flora of Chandigarh: Gymnocalycium mihanovichii red cap from Botanical Garden Chandigarh: Gymnocalycium mihanovichii red cap from […]

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Lepidagathis hamiltoniana

Lepidagathis hamiltoniana Wall. (Unresolved), Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 96 1832. (Syn: Lepidagathis beddomei T.Anderson; Ruellia radicalis Buch.-Ham. ex Nees); . Endemic to India. A critical study of the description provided in the state and regional Floras of India, and examination of specimens housed at the national and international herbaria (digital images) show that this species is endemic […]

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Amomum nilgiricum

Amomum nilgiricum Thomas VP, Sabu M, Prabhu Kumar KM (2012); . India (Kerala) as per POWO (Meistera nilgirica (V.P.Thomas & M.Sabu) Škorničk. & M.F.Newman); . A new wild ginger discovered from the evergreen forest of Western Ghats of South India: A new wild ginger discovered from the evergreen forest of Western Ghats of South India […]

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Colquhounia coccinea

Colquhounia coccinea Wall., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 608 1822.; . koh-HOO-nee-uh — named for Sir Robert Colquhoun, a 19th century patron of the Calcutta Botanical Garden … Dave’s Botanary kok-SIN-ee-uh — scarlet … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: Himalayan mint shrub • Nepali: धुचु dhuchu, फूलपात phulpat, फुल्तिसो phultiso, सानो तुषारे sano tushare, झिप झिप jhip jhip . DV :: 31 JUL 12 – 0428 […]

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Pyrrosia piloselloides

Pyrrosia piloselloides (L.) M.G. Price, Kalikasan 3: 176 176 1975. (Syn: Drymoglossum piloselloides (L.) C. Presl; Drymoglossum piloselloides var. platycerioides Z. Teruya; Drymoglossum rotundifolium C. Presl; Elaphoglossum piloselloides (L.) Keyserl.; Lemmaphyllum piloselloides (L.) Luerss.; Notholaena piloselloides (L.) Kaulf. ex Kaulf.; Oetosis piloselloides (L.) Kuntze; Pteris piloselloides L.; Pteropsis piloselloides (L.) Desv.; Taenitis piloselloides (L.) R. Br.); […]

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Hedychium stenopetalum

Hedychium stenopetalum Lodd., Bot. Cab. 20: t. 1902 1833. (Syn: Hedychium barbatum Wall. [Invalid]; Hedychium elatum var. orgyale Horan.); . Bhutan to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . ID please from Jeypur RF, Assam: Please identify this Zingiber species. Plants big, 1-2m long, flowering in the month of May. Photo taken […]

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Zingiber roseum

Zingiber roseum (Roxb.) Roscoe, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 348 1807. (Syn: Amomum roseum Roxb.); . S. & E. India to Thailand: Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Common name: Rosy Ginger • Malayalam: മലയിന്ചീ Malayinchi .   Arecaceae, Araceae, Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1-14 Aug 2014: Zingiber sp. for ID (Zingiberaceae) from Uttarakhand_DSR_14 : […]

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Viburnum mullaha

Viburnum mullaha Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 141 141 1825. (Syn: Viburnum involucratum Wall. ex DC.; Viburnum stellulatum Wall.); . Viburnum mullaha from Shimla : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Viburnum mullaha Place: Shimla (HP) June 2014 Very good upload. Viburnum mullaha Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don (accepted name) : 2 posts by […]

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Caulokaempferia secunda

Caulokaempferia secunda (Wall.) K.Larsen, Bot. Tidsskr. 60: 170 1964. (Syn: Costus linearis Spreng.; Costus secundus Spreng.; Kaempferia secunda Wall.; Monolophus secunda Wall.); . E. Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO; .  ID please from Karbi-Anglong, Assam.: Please identify this plant. Plants lithophyte, like Zingiber, small, 10-20cm long, flowering in the […]

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Caulokaempferia

Caulokaempferia secunda (Wall.) K.Larsen (E. Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO) Caulokaempferia sikkimensis (King ex Baker) K.Larsen (E. Himalaya to Assam: Assam, East Himalaya as per POWO)   . List of species of Caulokaempferia from Gingers of India: Caulokaempferia linearis (Wall.) K. Larsen in Bot. Tidsskr. 60:170. 1964. Caulokaempferia secunda (Wall.) K. Larsen in Bot. Tidsskr. 60:170. 1964.

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Stephania glabra

Stephania glabra (Roxb.) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3 18: 14 14 1866. (syn: Cissampelos glabra Roxb.; Clypea rotunda Steud.; Cocculus finlaysonianus Wall.; Cocculus roxburghianus DC.; Menispermum japonicum Roxb. ex DC.; Menispermum roxburghii Spreng.; Stephania hexandra Miers; Stephania roxburghiana Miers); . Tibet, Sikkim, Bhutan, India (Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya), Myanmar [Burma], Thailand, Nepal, Bangladesh as […]

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Embelia floribunda

Embelia floribunda Wall., Fl. Ind. 2: 291 1824. (Syn: Embelia esculenta D.Don [Illegitimate]; Ribesiodes floribundum (Wall.) Kuntze; Samara esculenta Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Samara floribunda (Wall.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Kurz); . Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Tibet, China […]

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