SHRUB ID——14th DEC 2011—-S.S.—-056—-TOWARDS LAVA: Please can someone id this shrub. Taken 15th April in the afternoon. Between Kalimpong and Lava. West Bengal. Habitat- ….. Wild, along the road. Plant Habit- Staggly Shrub.. Height/Length-….Leaves ….See pic. Flowers Size/ Colour….. Very small. See pi Looks like a Maesa sp. to me….
Sibbaldia tetrandra Bunge, Verz. Altai Pfl. 17 17 1835. (Syn: Dryadanthe bungeana Ledeb.; Dryadanthe tetrandra (Bunge) Juz.; Potentilla tetrandra (Bunge) Hook. f.); . Central Asia to Siberia and Himalaya: Altay, Buryatiya, East Himalaya, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; . Unid Ladakh –…
Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey (Syn: Glycine bujacia Benth.; Glycine bujasia Benth.; Glycine wightii (Wight & Arn.) Verdc.; Neonotonia wightii var. coimbatorensis (A.Sen) Karth.; Shuteria vestita “sensu Benth., non Wight & Arn”; Soja javanica (L.) Graham; Soja wightii Graham); . India (N): Andhra Pradesh; Goa ; Gujarat; Karnataka; Kerala ;…
Gymnosporia puberula M.A.Lawson, Fl. Brit. India 1: 619 1875. (as per efi thread); . Maytenus puberula (M.A.Lawson) Loes. (Unresolved), Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 20b: 136 1942. (Syn: .; Gymnosporia puberula M.A.Lawson) as per The Plant List . jim-no-SPOR-ee-uh — from the Greek gymnos (naked) and spora (seed) … Origins of Plant…
Kalanchoe integra (Medik.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 229 (1891) (Syn: Bryophyllum serratum Blanco ; Cotyledon acutiflora (Haw.) W.T.Aiton ; Cotyledon hybrida Dum.Cours. ; Cotyledon spathulata (DC.) Poir. ; Echeveria spathulata (DC.) W.Bull ex É.Morren ; Kalanchoe acutiflora (Andrews) Haw. ; Kalanchoe annamica Gagnep. ; Kalanchoe corymbosa Wall. ; Kalanchoe dixoniana Raym.-Hamet ; Kalanchoe garambiensis Kudô ; Kalanchoe hybrida Desf. ex Steud. ; Kalanchoe integra var. annamica (Gagnep.) H.H.Pham ; Kalanchoe nudicaulis Buch.-Ham. ex C.B.Clarke…
Knorringia sibirica subsp. thomsonii (Meisn. ex Steward) S. P. Hong in Nord. J. Bot. 9: 354. 1989; (Fig.9, B-E). (Syn: Polygonum sibiricum Laxm. var. thomsonii Meisn. ex Steward;. Polygonum sibiricum Laxm. subsp. thomsonii (Meisn. ex Steward) Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika; Polygonum pamiricum Korsh.; Aconogonum pamiricum (Korsh.) Hara; Knorringia pamarica (Korsh.) Tzvelev) as…
Pteridium revolutum (Blume) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39(461): 109 109 1925. (Syn: Pteris villosa Fée; Pteridium aquilinum var. osmundoides H. Christ ex H. Lév.; Pteridium aquilinum subsp. wightianum (J. Agardh) W.C. Shieh; Pteridium aquilinum var. wightianum (J. Agardh) R.M. Tryon; Pteridium aquilinum subsp. wightianum (J. Agardh) Á. Löve…
Flacourtia montana J. Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 10 10 1839. (syn: Flacourtia inermis Miq. ex Hook. fil. & Thoms. (ambiguous synonym)); . India: Semi evergreen and moist deciduous forests of Western Ghats, up to 1000 m (1800 m). Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India (1993);…
Halogeton glomeratus (M.Bieb.) Ledeb., Icon. Pl. 1: 10 1829. (Syn: Anabasis glomerata M.Bieb.; Darniella glomerata (Maire) Brullo; Salsola glomerata Stephan ex Moq. [Invalid]); . ID request- Ladakh plant–231011-PKA1: Seen this herb spreading on the sandy soil near a village “Puga- sumdo”. No leaves were seen and the stem was pinkish-red….
Porpax microchilos (Dalzell) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 186: 200 (2018) as per POWO; . Conchidium microchilos (Dalzell) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94: 444 1983. (Syn: Dendrobium microchilos Dalzell; Eria microchilos (Dalzell) Lindl.); . S. India as per POWO; . Common name: Tiny-Lip Eria . Conchidium microchilos flowering: Photographed at Khandala…
Hypericum japonicum Thunb., Syst. Veg. ed. 14 702 1784. (Syn: Ascyrum humifusum Labill.; Brathys caespitosa Blume; Brathys debilis Blume; Brathys humifusa Spach; Brathys japonica (Thunb.) Wight ..; Brathys laxa Blume; Brathys nepalensis Blume; Brathys orysetum Blume; Brathys radicans Blume; Hypericum calycatum Jacquem. ex Dyer (Unresolved); Hypericum cavaleriei H. Lév.; Hypericum chinense Osbeck;…
Boesenbergia longiflora (Wall.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685 1891. (syn: Alpinia hamiltoniana Wall. [Invalid]; Boesenbergia fallax Loes.; Curcumorpha longiflora (Wall.) A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma; Gastrochilus jenkinsii Wall. ex Voigt; Gastrochilus longiflorus Wall.; Kaempferia fallax Lingelsh. & Borza [Illegitimate]); . W. & SW. Myanmar as per POWO; . Common name: Hamilton’s Fingerroot…
Scrophularia polyantha Royle ex Benth., Scroph. Ind. 18 1835.; . Pakistan (Swat, Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir) as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Many-Flowered Figwort . Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas By Francis . Pennell (Description & Keys- Scrophularia calycina, edgeworthii, himalayensis (himalensis in the Plant…
NAKED TREE ID—-12th DECEMBER 2011—-S.S—005— Gantok Botanic Garden.: Help with id please. Pic taken on 31st March 2011. @ 15.07 This very naked tree was in LLoyds Botanic Garden. Gantok. West Bengal. It had no label. I could not tell if the trees bark had been stripped deliberately or not….
Bulbophyllum scabratum Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 259 1861. (Syn: Bulbophyllum confertum Hook.f.; Cirrhopetalum caespitosum Wall. ex Lindl.; Phyllorchis conferta (Hook. f.) Kuntze (Unresolved); Phyllorkis conferta (Hook.f.) Kuntze); . Nepal to S. China and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per…
Blumea hieraciifolia (D. Don) DC., “Wight, Contr. Bot. India 15. 1834” 15 1834. (syn: Baccharis auriculata Wall. ex DC.; Blumea cernua DC.; Blumea chinensis Walp. (ambiguous synonym); Blumea crinita Steetz (ambiguous synonym); Blumea hieracifolia var. holosericea Benth.; Blumea spinellosa DC.; Conyza communis Wall.; Conyza natans Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. fil.; Conyza…
Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman, Fieldiana, Bot. 31: 382 1968. (Syn: Arecastrum romanzoffianum (Cham.) Becc. …; Calappa acrocomioides (Drude) Kuntze; Calappa australis (Mart.) Kuntze; Calappa datil (Drude & Griseb.) Kuntze; Calappa martiana (Drude & Glaz.) Kuntze; Calappa plumosa (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Calappa romanzoffiana (Cham.) Kuntze; Cocos acrocomioides Drude; Cocos arechavaletana Barb.Rodr.; Cocos australis…
Haematoxylum campechianum L. (Syn: Cymbosepalum baroni Baker; Cymbosepalum baronii Baker; Haematoxylon campechianum L. [Spelling variant]); . Angola; Belize; Cayman Is; China; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Egypt; Fiji; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; India; Indonesia; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Jawa; Kenya; Madagascar; Mauritius; Mexico; Mexico (South East); Nigeria; Pakistan; Puerto Rico; Reunion; Rodrigues;…
Eulophia epidendraea (J.König ex Retz.) C.E.C.Fisch., Fl. Madras 1434 1928. (Syn: Aerobion carinatum Spreng.; Alismorkis carinata (Willd.) Kuntze; Angraecum carinatum (Willd.) Kostel.; Calanthe carinata (Willd.) Lindl.; Eulophia carinata (Willd.) Lindl.; Eulophia epidendroides (Willd.) Schltr.; Eulophia virens (Roxb.) Spreng.; Eulophia viridiflora Steud. [Invalid]; Eulophus carinatus (Willd.) R.Br.; Eulophus virens (Roxb.) R.Br.;…
Heracleum canescens Lindl. (Unresolved), Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 232 1835. (Syn: Heracleum cinereum Lindl.; Heracleum hirsutum Edgew.); Perennial herb, up to 90 cm tall, covered with spreading white hairs; leaves 1- to 2-pinnate, leaflets ovate or oblong, covered with white hairs on both surfaces and petiole, margins crenate to serrate,…