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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Spermacoce latifolia

Spermacoce latifolia Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane: 55 (1775) (syn: Borreria bartlingiana DC. ; Borreria eradii Ravi ; Borreria fockeana Miq. ; Borreria latifolia (Aubl.) K.Schum.; Borreria latifolia f. fockeana (Miq.) Steyerm. ; Borreria latifolia var. fockeana (Miq.) Bremek. ; Borreria latifolia f. minor (K.Schum.) Steyerm. ; Borreria latifolia var. minor K.Schum. ; Borreria latifolia var. scabrida (DC.) K.Schum. ; Borreria latifolia f. scabrida (DC.) Steyerm. ; Borreria latifolia var. sideritis K.Schum. ; Borreria penicillata Miq. ; Borreria perrottetii DC. ; Borreria platyphylla DC. ; Borreria scabrida DC. ; Borreria sideritis Cham. & Schltdl. ; Borreria splitgerheri Bremek. ; Borreria tetraptera Miq. ; Neanotis […]

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Saprosma glomerata

Saprosma glomerata (Gardner) Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India: cxxxiv-11 (1874) (syn: Dysodidendron glomeratum Gardner; Saprosma indica Dalzell; Serissa glomerata (Gardner) Bedd.); . W. & S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Rubiaceae for identification 270712MK03: Please help me to identify this Rubiaceae small shrub found in a Shola forest of Western Ghats. The flowers measures c.1cm longer; leaves: […]

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Saprosma

Saprosma foetens subsp. ceylanica (Gardner) M.Gangop. & Chakrab. (Sri Lanka as per POWO) (South India as per  IBIS Flora (FBI))      Saprosma glomerata (Gardner) Bedd. (W. & S. India, Sri Lanka as per POW) Saprosma ternata (Wall.) Hook.f. (SW. India, Bhutan to China (Yunnan) and Peninsula Malaysia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)    . […]

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Rheum webbianum

Rheum webbianum Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 318, pl. 78a 318 1839. ; . Pakistan to SW. Tibet and W. Nepal: Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Indian Rhubarb, Gilgiti rhubarb, Small Himalayan rhubarb • Hindi: Hind-revand-chini, Archa, Atis • Marathi: Ladakirevanda-chini • Sanskrit: Amlaparni, Revat-chini • Urdu: Ravand chini . Keys between Rheum […]

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Vachellia planifrons

Vachellia planifrons ( Wight & Arn. ) Ragup. , Seigler , Ebinger & Maslin (Syn: Acacia planifrons Wight & Arn.; Acacia planiformis Wight & Arn. [Spelling variant]; Acacia roxburghii auct. non Wight & Arn.); . India (N); Andhra Pradesh; Goa ; Gujarat ; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu ; Sri Lanka […]

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Thlaspi arvense

Thlaspi arvense L., Sp. Pl. 641 1753. (Syn: Crucifera thlaspi (Roxb.) E.H.L.Krause; Lepidium thlaspi Roxb.; Teruncius arvense (L.) Lunell; Teruncius arvensis (L.) Lunell; Thlaspi baicalense DC.; Thlaspi collinum Bieb. M; Thlaspi strictum Dalla Torre & Sarnth.; Thlaspidea arvensis (L.) Opiz; Thlaspidium arvense (L.) Bubani); . Common names: Bastard cress, French weed, fanweed ; . Differentiated […]

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Aleuritopteris bicolor

Aleuritopteris bicolor (Roxb.) Fraser-Jenk., Fern Gaz. 18(5): 223 223 . (Syn: Pteris bicolor Roxb.); . Indian Subcontinent to W. Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Is it Silver fern ? – Flora of Madhya Pradesh: These dried ferns […]

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