• Coix gasteenii (Introduced)?

    Coix gasteenii B.K.Simon, Austrobaileya 3: 1 1989. ; . Queensland (Cook) as per POWO; . grass Coix again 17/10/12 sk: This seems to be another Coix, a slimmer species with much slimmer leaves, found in a marsh at a outskirt. Could this be a variety of Coix aquatica Roxburgh? I…

  • Ceratopteris pteridoides

    Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(5): 561 561 1905. (Syn: Ceratopteris lockhartii (Hook. & Grev.) Kunze; Ceratopteris parkeri (Hook.) J. Sm.; Parkeria lockhartii Hook. & Grev.; Parkeria pteridoides Hook.); . Tropical & Subtropical America, Indian Subcontinent, Central & E. China to Vietnam: Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil…

  • Balanophora laxiflora

    Balanophora laxiflora Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 410 1894. (Syn: Acroblastum parvius (Hayata) Setch. & Yamam.; Acroblastum spicatum (Hayata) Setch.; Balania formosana (Hayata) Masam.; Balania parvior (Hayata) Masam.; Balania spicata (Hayata) Masam.; Balanophora formosana Hayata; Balanophora hexamera (Tiegh.) Lecomte; Balanophora hongkongensis K.M.Lau, N.H.Li & S.Y.Hu; Balanophora hongkongensis K.M. Lau…

  • Saurauia

    Saurauia armata Kurz  Saurauia fasciculata Wall. (Nepal to Assam: Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal as per POWO)        Saurauia napaulensis DC. (Images by Nidhan Singh (Identified by Shrikant Ingalhalikar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Saurauia punduana Wall. (Images by Vijayasankar Raman (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Saurauia roxburghii Wall. (Images by Sourav Mahmud (Identity help by Nidhan Singh), M Sawmliana (Id by T…

  • Unidentified 6

    Unidentified 6; . Tall growing tree ID Please:  Got this from forest nursery in Bangalore. Forgot the name. Pls help is this. ”For Id 30122011MR2’’ ?Bamboo plant at Pune:  30 Dec 2011 Pune Kindly Id this plant which I have photographed from my terrace today evening. It was far away ?Bamboo flower…

  • Brachiaria mutica

    Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 526 1919. (Syn: Brachiaria numidiana (Lam.) Henrard; Brachiaria purpurascens (Raddi) Henrard; Digitaria mauritiana Wall. ex Hook.f. [Invalid]; Digitaria mauritiana Henrard (Unresolved); Panicum amphibium Steud.; Panicum barbinode Trin.; Panicum equinum Salzm. ex Steud.; Panicum guadaloupense Steud. [Invalid]; Panicum leiogonum Sieber ex Link [Invalid]; Panicum…

  • Dendrobium denudans

    Dendrobium denudans D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 34 1825. (Syn: Callista denudans (D.Don) Kuntze); . Himalaya to N. Thailand: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Bare Dendrobium • Tangkhul: Shailengwon . Orchid for ID: Pl. Id one more orchid from Loharkhet, Uttarakhand 07/10/2012 Dendrobium denudans….

  • Achyrospermum wallichianum

    Achyrospermum wallichianum (Benth.) Benth. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 673 1885. (Syn: Teucrium wallichianum Benth.); . ID_ CRF 01 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Please help me to ID this herb. This was found in the semievergreen habitat of chirang Rf, assam Plant were about 9-15…

  • Elymus repens

    Elymus repens (L.) Gould, Madroño 9: 127 1947. (Syn: Agropyron repens (L.) P.Beauv. ……………………………..); . Temp. Eurasia, N. Africa: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East…

  • Elymus

    Elymus repens (L.) Gould (Temp. Eurasia, N. Africa: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia,…

  • Chrysopogon hackelii

    Chrysopogon hackelii (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch., Fl. Madras 1739 1934. (Syn: Andropogon hackelii Hook.f.); . S. India as per POWO; . Common name: Hackel’s Golden Beardgrass . Request for ID : 110810-AK-1: Grass growing wild on the roadside on way from Kochi to Munnar,Kerala on the 20th of October,08. I am not able…

  • Achyranthes aspera var. porphyristachya

    Achyranthes aspera var. porphyristachya (Wall. ex Moq.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 730 1885. (Syn: Achyranthes argentea var. borbonica Berhaut; Achyranthes porphyristachya Wall. ex Moq. (Unresolved)); . Images by Surajit Koley (Inserted by J.M.Garg) . Keys: Achyranthes aspera L. var. porphyristachya (Wall. ex Moq.) Hook. f. Straggling subshrubs. Leaves decussate, oblanceate,…

  • Stenotaphrum secundatum (Introduced)

    Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 1891. (Syn: Diastemanthe platystachys Steud.; Ischaemum secundatum Walter; Rottboellia dimidiata Thunb.; Rottboellia paleacea Steud. ex Döll [Invalid]; Rottboellia stolonifera Poir.; Rottboellia tripsacoides Lam.; Stenotaphrum americanum Schrank; Stenotaphrum dimidiatum var. a Brongn.; Stenotaphrum dimidiatum var. americanum (Schrank) Hack.; Stenotaphrum dimidiatum var. b…

  • Stenotaphrum

    Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze (Introduced) (SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Tropical Africa to Chad: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Florida,…

  • Setaria poiretiana

    Setaria poiretiana (Schult.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 47 1829. (Syn: Chaetochloa poiretiana (Schult.) Hitchc.; Chaetochloa speciosa (Kuntze) Kuhlm.; Chamaeraphis juergensii (E.Fourn.) Kuntze; Chamaeraphis speciosa Kuntze; Panicum elongatum Poir. [Illegitimate]; Panicum jurgensenii (E.Fourn.) Scribn.; Panicum longipaniculatum Benoist; Panicum poiretianum Schult.; Panicum racemiferum Steud.; Panicum speciosum Nees ex Trin. [Illegitimate]; Setaria caudula…

  • Cleoserrata

    Cleoserrata speciosa (Raf.) Iltis – As per efi thread : Stamens are inserted together in a club like stub above the bottom in Cleoserrata speciosa, while these are inserted in the bottom in Tarenaya hassleriana (Images by Raghu Ananth (identified by Mahadeswara), Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) H. H. Iltis : As per efi thread…

  • Rosa multiflora

    Rosamultiflora Thunb., Syst. Veg. (ed. 14) 474 474 1784. (syn: Rosa blinii H. Lév.; Rosa calva (Franch. & Sav.) Boulenger; Rosa dawsoniana Ellw. & Barry ex Rehder; Rosa diffusa Roxb.; Rosa elongata Dum.-Cours.; Rosa floribunda Hort. ex Andr.; Rosa florida Poir.; Rosa formosana Koidz.; Rosa franchetii Koidz.; Rosa franchetii var. paniculigera (Makino)…

  • Bulbophyllum longissimum

    Bulbophyllum longissimum (Ridl.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 8: 25 (1912). Synonyms: Cirrhopetalum longissimum Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 280 (1896). . Thailand as per POWO; . Common Name: LONG FLOWERED BULBOPHYLLUM . ORCHIDACEAE Juss.: Bulbophyllum longissimum (Ridl.) J.J.Sm.:  No images seen now. Bulbophyllum longissimum (Ridl.) J.J.Sm., Bull….

  • Mussaenda hirsutissima

    Mussaenda hirsutissima (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble, Fl. Madras 610 1921. (Syn: Mussaenda frondosa var. hirsutissima Hook.f.); . Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu as per BSI Flora of India Checklist; . India as per Catalogue of Life; . High Wavy Ranges flora 30092012 TBN 1 Mussaenda glabrata for validation: Please identify this plant? Mussaenda…

  • Lactarius torminosus (Germany)

    Lactarius torminosus (Schaeff.) Gray (1821) (Syn: Agaricus torminosus Schaeff. (1774); Lactarius necator (Bull.) Pers. (1800); Galorrheus torminosus (Schaeff.) P.Kumm. (1871); Lactifluus torminosus (Schaeff.) Kuntze (1891); Lactarius torminosus var. sublateritius Kühner & Romagn. (1954)); . woolly milkcap or the bearded milkcap;  . Mushroom Birkenmilchling-(LACTARIUS TORMINOSUS): also grows under Birch, Very poisonous,…