• Synotis alata

    Synotis alata (Wall. ex Wall.) C.Jeffrey & Y.L.Chen, Kew Bull. 39(2): 306 (1984): 306 1984. (Syn: Cacalia thyrsoidea Spreng. ex DC.; Senecio alatus Wall.; Senecio alatus var. oligocephalus Y.L.Chen & K.Y.Pan; Senecio cymatocrepis Diels); . . VOF Week: Composite for id from the valley: This was shot from way to…

  • Tillandsia

    Tillandsia cyanea Linden ex K.Koch     Tillandsia fasciculata Sw. Tillandsia ionantha Planch.  Tillandsia stricta Sol. ex Ker Gawl.

  • Geranium himalayense

    Geranium himalayense Klotzsch, Ergebn. Reise Waldemar 122 1862. (Syn: Geranium grandiflorum Edgew. [Illegitimate]; Geranium meeboldii Briq.); . Afghanistan to Central Asia and Nepal: Afghanistan, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Fwd: Geranium himalayense in cultivation in Kohli Memorial Botanical Garden, UK : 1 post…

  • Deuterocohnia longipetala (Cultivated)

    Deuterocohnia longipetala (Baker) Mez, in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 507 (1894) (syn: Deuterocohnia longipetala f. uberrima A.Cast. ; Dyckia decomposita Baker ; Dyckia longipetala Baker ); . Succulent for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 231012 : AK-2: A small, cultivated, potted plant seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.);           …

  • Habenaria modesta

    Habenaria modesta Dalzell, in Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 262 (1850) (syn: Habenaria ovalifolia Wight ; Habenaria platantheropsis Kraenzl. ); . SW. India as per POWO; . 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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),…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…