• Dipsacus inermis

    Dipsacus inermis Wall., Fl. Ind. 1: 367 1820. (Syn: Cephalaria cachemirica Decne.; Dipsacus asper Wall. ex DC.; Dipsacus asperoides C.Y.Cheng & T.M.Ai .; Dipsacus atropurpureus C.Y.Cheng & Z.T.Yin; Dipsacus auriculatus Royle; Dipsacus enshiensis C.Y.Cheng & T.M.Ai; Dipsacus fulingensis C.Y.Cheng & T.M.Ai; Dipsacus inermis var. mitis (D.Don) Y.J.Nasir; Dipsacus lijigensis T.M.Ai &…

  • Caladenia catenata (Australia)

    Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 611 1917. Synonyms: Arethusa catenata Sm., Exot. Bot. 2: 89 (1806). Petalochilus catenatus (Sm.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Orchadian 13: 406 (2001). Caladenia alba R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 323 (1810). Caladenia carnea var. alba (R.Br.) Benth., Fl. Austral….

  • Vigna unguiculata

    Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (Syn: Dolichos biflorus L.; Dolichos catjang Burm.f.; Dolichos catjang L.; Dolichos hastifolius Schnizl.; Dolichos lubia Forssk.; Dolichos melanophtalmus DC.; Dolichos melanophthalamus DC.; Dolichos monachalis Brot.; Dolichos obliquifolius Schnizl.; Dolichos sinensis Forssk.; Dolichos sphaerospermus (L.) DC.; Dolichos tranquebaricus Jacq.; Dolichos unguiculata L.; Dolichos unguiculatus L.; Liebrechtsia scabra De Wild.; Phaseolus…

  • Cautleya gracilis

    Cautleya gracilis (Sm.) Dandy, J. Bot. 70: 328 1932. (Syn: Cautleya gracilis var. gracilior (K.Schum.) Sanjappa; Cautleya lutea (Royle) Hook.f; Cautleya lutea var. gracilior K.Schum.; Roscoea elatior Sm.; Roscoea lutea Royle) as per Taxonomic revision of the genus Cautleya (Zingiberaceae) in India with a description of a new variety (pdf)-…

  • Urtica parviflora

    Urtica parviflora Roxb., (1814: 67). = Urtica ardens Link (1822: 385).; = Urtica virulenta Wall. (1831: 4586)) as per Weeding the nettles VI: Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of the Southeast Asian Urtica fissa-clade (Urticaceae) and A relook at our specimens of Urtica parviflora; . China (W-Guangxi, NW-Yunnan), SE-Tibet, Bhutan, N-India,…

  • Lagenandra ovata

    Lagenandra ovata (L.) Thwaites,  Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 334 1864. (Syn: Arisarum ovatum (L.) Raf.; Arum ovatum L.; Caladium ovatum (L.) Vent.; Cryptocoryne ovata (L.) Schott; Lagenandra insignis Trimen); . ¿ lag-en-AN-druh ? — from the Greek lagenos (flask) and andros (man) … Dave’s Botanaryoh-VAY-tuh — ovate in shape … Dave’s Botanary .commonly known as: Malayan sword • Kannada: ¿ ಕೋಮಣ ? ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ komana gedde, ನೀರ ಕೂವೆ neera koove • Malayalam: കരിന്പോള…

  • Capparis grandiflora

    Capparis grandiflora Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Brit. India 1: 174 1872. (Syn: Capparis pyrifolia Wight & Arn. [Illegitimate]); .   Capparis for identification 290611MK01: Attachments (5). 13 posts by 6 authors. Please help me to identify this Capparis sp. I think this is not C. spinosa. Date: 17 April…

  • Roscoea purpurea

    Roscoea purpurea Sm., Exot. Bot. 2: 97 1806. (Syn: Roscoea procera Wall.; Roscoea purpurea f. alba Cowley; Roscoea purpurea var. gigantea Wall.; Roscoea purpurea var. procera (Wall.) Baker; Roscoea purpurea f. rubra Cowley); . W. & Central Himalaya: Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Roscoea purpurea is a perennial…

  • Silene indica var. edgeworthii

    Silene indica var. edgeworthii (Bocquet) Y.J. Nasir Fl. Pakistan 175: 70, f. 10: I 70 1986., (Syn: Agrostemma fimbriatum Wall. ex G. Don; Lychnis fimbriata Wall.; Lychnis fimbriata (Wall. ex G. Don) Benth.; Lychnis indica var. fimbriata Edgew. & Hook. f.; Silene edgeworthii Bocquet); . Edgeworth’s Campion ; . Much more robust…

  • Hymenosporum flavum (Cultivated)

    Hymenosporum flavum F.Muell., Fragm. 2: 77 1860. (syn: Pittosporum flavum Hook.); . Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, SE-New Guinea, South Africa (I) (KwaZulu-Natal (I)) as per Catalogue of Life; . DV :: 17NOV11 – 0152 :: Gardenia OR Randia ¿ species ? along roadside – Old Ooty: Place: along SH…

  • Ximenia americana ?

    Ximenia americana ?; .   ID no. 300711TS01 – Tree ID request:  I photographed this tree in fruit at Savandurga hill, near Magadi about 60 km west of Bangalore on 28th July. The tree was one of many in a cluster in rocky habitat; not very large – about 4-6 m…

  • Mammillaria species ?

    Mammillaria species ?; . efloraindia: 151111 BRS169: Pl. find the attached file contain a cactus for id. request. Location: NBNP Garden, Anaikatti, (640 MSL) Coimbatore Dist., May be Mammillaria sp    

  • Solidago virgaurea

    Solidago virgaurea L., 880 1753. (syn: Aster virgaurea (L.) Kuntze; Dectis decurrens Raf.; Doria virgaurea Scop.; Solidago cantoniensis Lour.; Solidago corsica (Rouy) A.W.Hill; Solidago minor Mill.; Solidago nudiflora Viv.; Solidago pygmaea ; Solidago vulgaris Lam.); . (Images by Nidhan Singh, Balkar Singh (Validated by Gurcharan Singh), Alok Mahendroo (Id by Gurcharan Singh),…

  • Saxifraga parnassifolia

    Saxifraga parnassifolia D. Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13(2): 405-406 405 1821. (Syn: Saxifraga diversifolia var. parnassifolia (D. Don) Ser.; Saxifraga parnassifolia var. obscuricallosa J.T. Pan); . As per efi thread: Basal leaves with truncate-cuneate base; style absent or reduced, different shape of radical and cauline leaves …….  S. diversifolia….

  • Boronia pinnata (Australia)

    Boronia pinnata Sm., Tracts Nat. Hist. 290 1798. (syn: Boronia pinnata var. alba Guilf.; Boronia pinnata var. gunnii (Hook.f.) Benth.; Boronia pinnata var. pilosa F.Muell.); . New South Wales as per POWO; . Flora-Australia-37: Boronia-pinata-F-Rutaceae -grows in dry sclerophyll forest and heath on sandstone. -this is from Royal National Park….

  • Roylea cinerea

    Roylea cinerea (D.Don) Baill. , Hist. Pl. 11: 26 1892. (Syn: Ballota cinerea D.Don; Phlomis calycina Roxb.; Roylea calycina (Roxb.) Briq.; Roylea elegans Wall. ex Benth.); . Common name: Ashy Roylea • Hindi: kararoi tila pati, patkarru, titpatti; . Medium sized shrub reaching 1.7 m with finely tomentose branches; leaves…

  • Spathoglottis pubescens

    Spathoglottis pubescens Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 120 1831. (Syn: Epipactis graminifolia Roxb.; Pogonia graminifolia (Roxb.) Voigt; Spathoglottis bensonii Hook.f.; Spathoglottis fortunei Lindl.; Spathoglottis khasyana Griff.; Spathoglottis parvifolia Lindl.; Spathoglottis plicata var. pubescens (Lindl.) M.Hiroe; Spathoglottis pubescens var. berkleyi Hook.f.; Spathoglottis pubescens var. parvifolia (Lindl.) Hook.f.); .   ORCHIDACEAE: Spathoglottis…

  • Torenia fournieri (Cultivated)

    Torenia fournieri Linden ex E. Fourn., Ill. Hort. 23: 129, t. 249 1876.; . flowering plant for id: Kindly identify this flowering potted plant in my garden I have just got it a few days back from a local roadside nursery and the man knows nothing about this plant I…

  • Polyscias fruticosa

    Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 45 1894. (syn: Aralia deleauana L.Linden; Aralia fruticosa (L.) L.H.Bailey [Invalid]; Aralia tripinnata Blanco; Nothopanax fruticosus (L.) Miq. …; Panax aureus Sander; Panax diffusus W.Bull; Panax dumosus W.Bull; Panax fissus W.Bull; Panax fruticosus L. ..; Panax plumatum W. Bull ex hort.; Panax plumatus Barb.Rodr. [Illegitimate];…

  • Tribulus species- Delhi and Coimbatore, Tamilnadu

    efloraindia: 160911 BRS 24: Pl. find the attached file contain photos for id. Date/Time-Location- 15.09.2011 Place, Altitude, GPS- Codisia Road, Coimbatore, Near Air Port. Habitat- Urban Plant Habit- Herb/climber Flowers Size/ Colour Yellow It is Tribulus species, either T. subramanyamii or T. terrestris. We need to see the style and/or…