Knema attenuata (Hook.f. & Th.) Warb. (Syn: Myristica amygdalina J. Grah.; Myristica attenuata Wall.; Myristica corticosa Bedd.; Palala attenuata (Hook. fil. & Thoms.) Kuntze ); . ¿ NAY-muh ? — Greek: kneme (knee), referring to the knee like projections on the lower part of the stem … Tree Wealth of KTRat-ten-yoo-AY-tuh — thin, weak … Dave’s Botanary .commonly known…
ID17032011PHK 1: Is it a fern? Growing on tree trunk Habitat: Hilly area of western ghat At Mulshi, Pune Yes, that’s a fern OK. It is what many species of Lepisorus do during the dry season. There are just two species in the south like that, L. nudus and L….
Pyrrosia adnascens (Sw.) Ching (Nepal to S. China and Indo-China, Central Nansei-shoto, Taiwan to Philippines: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) Pyrrosia costata Tagawa & K. Iwats. (Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East…
Aquilegia fragrans Benth., Botanist 4: t. 181 1840. (Syn: Aquilegia glauca Lindl.; Aquilegia glauca var. himalayica Rapaics; Aquilegia kanaoriensis var. suaveolens Cambess.; Aquilegia suaveolens Brühl; Aquilegia vulgaris var. fragrans (Benth.) Brühl; Aquilegia vulgaris var. fragrans (Benth.) Aitch.; Aquilegia vulgaris var. glauca Brühl; Aquilegia vulgaris var. himalaica Brühl; Aquilegia vulgaris var….
Ulex europaeus L. (Syn: Ulex armoricanus Mabille; Ulex compositus Moench; Ulex europaea L. [Spelling variant]; Ulex europaeus subsp. borealis Rothm.; Ulex floridus Salisb.; Ulex hibernicus G.Don; Ulex major Thore; Ulex opistholepis Webb; Ulex strictus J.Mackay; Ulex vernalis Thore); . India (I) ; Himachal Pradesh ; Punjab; Sikkim ; Tamil Nadu; West…
IUCN Red List Status: EN (Endangered) . Syzygium stocksii (Duthie) Gamble, Fl. Madras: 481 (1919) (syn: Eugenia stocksii Duthie; Syzygium travancoricum Gamble); . W. & S. India as per POWO; . PLEASE IDENTIFY THE SYZYGIUM: THIS IS PLANT WITH QUADRANGULAR STEM. Sterile specimens are difficult to identify. Do you have the flower?…
Schisandra grandiflora (Wall.) Hook. f. & Thomson, J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1:44. 1872 “Schizandra” (Syn: Kadsura grandiflora Wall.; Sphaerostema grandiflorum (Wall.) Bl.); China (SW-Yunnan), S-Tibet, Bhutan, N-India, ?Burma, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Evergreen climbing shrubs, usually glabrous,…
Pteris venusta Kunze , Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 195-196 195 1848.; . SW. & S. India, Andaman Islands to W. Malesia: Andaman Is., Borneo, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya as per POWO; . PLEASE ID FERN: THIS IS AN UNDERGROWTH IN EVERGREEN FOREST. PHOTO AT SAWANTWADI IN DECEMBER. It…
Pseudognaphalium affine (D. Don) Anderberg, Opera Bot. 104: 146. 1991. (Syn: Gnaphalium affine D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 173. 1825; G. confusum Candolle; G. javanum Candolle; G. luteoalbum Linnaeus subsp. affine (D. Don) J. Koster; G. luteoalbum var. multiceps (Wallich ex Candolle) J. D. Hooker; G. multiceps Wallich ex Candolle;…
Stachys tibetica Vatke , Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 33: 447 1875. (syn: Menitskia tibetica (Vatke) Krestovsk.); . Shrub for ID (21/06/2011 NSJ-03): Shrub from ID from Ladakh. Found near Leh on Kargil-Leh roadside. Stachys tibetica Vatke locally known as ‘Yaktse’ used as fodder Stachys tibetica: Seen this herb at Leh and…
Desideria himalayensis (Cambess.) Al-Shehbaz, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87: 555 2000 publ. 2001. (Syn: Cheiranthus himalaicus Hook. f. & Thomson; Cheiranthus himalayensis Cambess.; Christolea himalayensis (Cambess.) Jafri; Ermania himalayensis (Cambess.) O.E.Schulz; Oreoblastus himalayensis (Cambess.) Suslova;Parrya himalayensis (Cambess.) Rupr. ex Maxim.; Solms-laubachia himalayensis (Cambess.) J.P.Yue, Al-Shehbaz & H. Sun); . ….
Polygala erioptera DC., Prodr. 1: 326 1824. (Syn: Polygala arabica Edgew.; Polygala erioptera f. fallax Roberty; Polygala leptorhiza DC.; Polygala linearis R. Br.; Polygala multibracteata Wall.; Polygala noucherensis Cambess.; Polygala nubica Hochst. ex Chod. (ambiguous synonym); Polygala nubica Hochst. ex Oliver (ambiguous synonym); Polygala obtusata DC.; Polygala oligantha A. Rich.;…
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) Iphigenia stellata Blatt., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 32: 734 1928.; . ¿ if-uh-juh-NY-uh ? — ¿ the genus named for ? daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon … Wiktionary … derivation not clear stell-AY-tuh — with spreading, star-like rays … Dave’s Botanary . commonly…
Iphigenia pallida Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 451 1879.; . Pale Grass Lily • Marathi: Bhui chakra, Markallai • Tamil: Nir panai; . As per efi thread: As suggested …, following is the complete key: 1. Perianth purple, segments linear – subdulate or elliptic -linear: 2. Stems branched; filaments…
Malvaviscus penduliflorus DC., Prodr. 1: 445 1824. (syn: Malvaviscus arboreus var. longifolius Schery; Malvaviscus arboreus var. penduliflorus (DC.) Schery; Malvaviscus arboreus subsp. penduliflorus (DC.) Hadač; Malvaviscus longifolius Garcke [Illegitimate]; Malvaviscus longifolius (A. St.-Hil.) Spach); . Common name: Pendulous Sleeping Hibiscus . The species is very close to and often confused…
Keys as per BSI Flora of India and Flora of Pakistan . Myricaria bracteata Royle (Krym to SW. Siberia and W. & N. China: Afghanistan, Altay, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Qinghai, South European Russi, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO) Myricaria rosea W….
Jasminum cordifolium Wall. & G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 60 1837. (Syn: Jasminum erectiflorum A.DC.; Jasminum glabellum Wall. [Invalid]; Jasminum malabaricum var. lawii C.B.Clarke); . India as per WCSP; . Scandent shrubs; twigs glabrous. Leaves to 10 x 6.5 cm, broadly ovate, acuminate, truncate or cordate at base; nerves 3 or…
Briza media L., Sp. Pl. 70 1753. (Syn: Briza anceps L. ex Munro [Invalid]; Briza australis Prokudin; Briza elatior Sibth. & Sm. ..; Briza lutescens Foucault [Invalid]; Briza media var. albida Lej. ………….; Briza pauciflora Schur [Invalid]; Briza pilosa Schur; Briza serotina (H.C.Hall) Dumort.; Briza tremula Lam.; Briza viridis Pall. ex Steud….
Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb., Amaryllidaceae 84 1837. (Syn: Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze; Curculigo foliis-variegatis Pynaert; Curculigo fuziwarae Yamam.; Curculigo glabra Merr.; Curculigo recurvata W.T.Aiton; Curculigo recurvata var. variegatea W.Bull; Curculigo strobiliformis D.Fang & D.H.Qin; Curculigo sumatrana Roxb.; Leucojum capitulatum Lour.; Molineria hortensis Britton; Molineria plicata Colla; Molineria recurvata (Dryand.) Herb.;…
Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 448 1867. (syn: Hexacentris mysorensis Wight; Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T. Anderson ex Bedd.); . Acantheceae week: Thunbergia mysorensis – Mysore Clock Vine: Acantheceae week: Thunbergia mysorensis – Mysore Clock Vine Native Climber 03 Mar 2011 Bengaluru Here’s my picture of Thunbergia…