• Habenaria crinifera

    Habenaria crinifera Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 323 1835. (Syn: Habenaria schizochilus J.Graham; Synmeria crinifera (Lindl.) Szlach.; Synmeria schizochilus Nimmo); . Indian Subcontinent: East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Common name: Doll Orchid, Hair Carrying Habenaria • Tamil: Narilata . Habenaria crinifera, Doll Orchid from N. Western Ghats 04092011:…

  • Rottboellia

    Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton (Tropical & Subtropical Old World to N. & NE. Australia: Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is.,…

  • Talinaceae

      BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (M.K.V.Rao) Portulaca L. (Under Portulacaceae) Talinum Adans., nom. cons. (Now under Talinaceae) .   Keys: Talinum triangulare is sometimes confused with Talinum portulacifolium, but the latter differs by its paniculate inflorescence with terete axis, sepals not prominently veined and smooth seeds as per Prota4U (Talinum…

  • Calanthe tricarinata

    Calanthe tricarinata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 252 1833. (Syn: Alismorchis tricarinata (Lindl.) Kuntze; Alismorkis tricarinata (Lindl.) Kuntze; Calanthe brevicornu var. megalophora (Franch.) Finet; Calanthe lamellata Hayata; Calanthe megalopha Franch.; Calanthe megalophora Franch.; Calanthe occidentalis Lindl.; Calanthe pantlingii Schltr.; Calanthe torifera Schltr.; Calanthe undulata Schltr. [Illegitimate]; Paracalanthe lamellata (Hayata) Kudô;…

  • Crucihimalaya himalaica

    Crucihimalaya himalaica (Edgew.) Al-Shehbaz, O’Kane & R.A.Price, Novon 9: 301 1999. (Syn: Arabidopsis brevicaulis (Jafri) Jafri; Arabidopsis himalaica (Edgew.) O.E.Schulz ……; Arabidopsis tibetica Naqshi & Javeid [Illegitimate]; Arabis brevicaulis Jafri; Arabis himalaica Edgew.; Arabis rupestris Edgew.; Hesperis himalaica (Edgew.) Kuntze; Sisymbrium himalaicum (Edgew.) Hook. f. & Thomson; Sisymbrium rupestre (Edgew.) Hook….

  • Unidentified 3

    Unidentified 3; . Identification: Aquatic/semi aquatic herb Height: 15-20 cm Altitude: 1000m above msl Habitat: Grassland with bauxite plataue I guess some cleomaceae ?? . Grass for ID please:  Found this grass in an area prone to water logging in Jamnagar, Gujarat. A hardy species. Stem is strong and Typha like…

  • Albizia chinensis

    Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. (Syn: Acacia stipulata DC.; Albizia marginata (Lam.) Merr.; Albizia stipulata (DC.) Boivin; Albizia stipulata B.Boivin; Inga purpurascens Hassk.; Mimosa chinensis Osbeck; Mimosa marginata Lam.; Mimosa stipulacea Roxb.; Pithecellobium serronii Glaz.); .. al-BIZ-ee-uh — named for Filipo del Albizzi, Florentine nobleman … Dave’s Botanarychi-NEN-sis — of or from China … Dave’s Botanary.commonly…

  • Persicaria species- Bhopal, M.P.

    aquatic herb for ID 050311AMS1: from bhopal lake Persicaria, may be P. lanigera (R. Br.) Sojak (syn: Polygonum lanigerum). Polygonum sp. Can anyone guide me about Desi Red Rose plant with fragrance ? From where can I get ? If Mumbai climate shall be suitable for this plant ? There…

  • Senna obtusifolia

    Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby (Syn: Cassia contorta Vogel; Cassia humilis M. Martens & Galeotti; Cassia humilis Collad.; Cassia obtusifolia L.; Cassia sunsub Forssk.; Cassia tala Desv.; Cassia tora sensu auct.; Cassia tora var. b Wight & Arn.; Cassia tora var. humilis Pers.; …; Cassia toroides Roxb.; Cassia toroides Raf.;…

  • Euphorbia royleana

    Euphorbia royleana Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 83 1862. (Syn: Euphorbia pentagona Royle [Illegitimate]); . Common names: Danda thor (Punjab, Jammu), Thor, shakarpitan, suli (Hindi) . Succulent spiny shrub or small tree, up to 6 m tall; branches 5-7 angled, 5-7 cm thick, angles more or less undulately winged with paired 3-5…

  • Myristica beddomei

    Myristica beddomei King, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 3: 291, t. 118, f. 1–8. 1891; W.J. de Wilde, Blumea 42: 149. 1997. (syn: Myristica laurifolia auct. non Hook.f. & Thomson; Myristica contorta Warb.; Myristica laurifolia Hook.f. & Thomson var. lanceolata Hook.f.; Myristica dactyloides sensu J. Sinclair) as per Conspectus on Indian…

  • Aconitum chasmanthum

    IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR) . Aconitum chasmanthum Stapf ex Holmes, Mus. Repotr. Pharm. Soc. G. Brit. 2 1903. (Syn: Aconitum dissectum Watt [Illegitimate]; Aconitum hians Watt; Aconitum violaceum var. robustum Stapf;                       Aconitum chasmanthum subsp. baltistanicum Qureshi & Chaudhri; Aconitum kurramense Qureshi & Chaudhri; Aconitum napellus L.: Hook.f….

  • Aconitum heterophyllum

    IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) . Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 56, t. 13 1834. (Syn: Aconitum atees Royle; Aconitum cordatum Royle; Aconitum heterophyllum var. roylei L.B.Chaudhary & R.R.Rao; Aconitum ovatum Lindl.; Aconitum petiolare Royle ex Stapf); . Common names: Atis root, Ativisha (Sans.), Atis…

  • Bupleurum longicaule

    Bupleurum longicaule Wall., Prodr. 4: 131 1830.; China (Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, W-Hubei, SE-Qinghai, SW-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), E-Tibet, Jammu & Kashmir (Zanskar, Kashmir), Bhutan), N-India (Himalayas), Nepal, Pakistan (Hazara) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Long-Stem Thorowax         Apiaceae Fortnight: Bupleurum longicaule var. ramosum from Apharwat, Kashmir-GSJUNE10/16…

  • Persicaria posumbu

    Persicaria posumbu (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) H. Gross, L. E. T. Loesener, Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2, 37(2):113. 1919 (Syn: (=) Persicaria cespitosum (Blume) Nakai; (=) Polygonum cespitosum Blume; (≡) Polygonum posumbu Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don (basionym)) as per GRIN; . Himalaya to Russian Far East and Philippines: Assam, Bangladesh,…

  • Thladiantha cordifolia

    Thladiantha cordifolia (Blume) Cogn., Monogr. Phan. 3: 424 424 1881. (syn: Luffa cordifolia Blume; Momordica calcarata Wall.; Thladiantha calcarata (Wall.) C.B. Clarke; Thladiantha tonkinensis Gagnep.; Trichosanthes javanica Miq.); . Common name: Himalayan Goldencreeper, Himalayan tuber-gourd . ID No. 25052011 RD03: Help to identify this wild climber Date/Time- 25/5/2011- 1:20PM Location-…

  • Thladiantha

    Thladiantha cordifolia (Blume) Cogn.    . The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013)- Accepted names Thladiantha cordifolia (Blume) Cogn. Thladiantha hookeri C.B. Clarke . Species as per annotated checklist of the flowering plants…

  • Vanda coerulea

    Vanda coerulea Griff. ex Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 33: t. 30 1847. (Syn: Vanda coerulea f. luwangalba Kishor); . Distribution: China, NE India, Myanmar, N Thailand. A scheduled species and hence protected in India. . 18122006VAI1 – Orchid for ID: Unfortunately no leaves and stem on this orchid picture. Location: Dimapur,…

  • Youngia japonica

    Youngia japonica (L.) DC.,  Prodr. 7(1): 194. 1838. 194 1838. (Syn: Chondrilla japonica (L.) Lam.; Chondrilla lyrata Poir.; Chondrilla multiflora Poir.; Chondrilla runcinata Wall. [Invalid]; Crepis fastigiata Sch.Bip.; Crepis formosana Hayata; Crepis japonica (L.) Benth. .; Crepis japonica var. genuina Hochr. [Invalid]; Crepis lyrata (Poir.) Benth.; Crepis taquetii (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév.; Hieraciodes…