• Aquilegia vulgaris (Introduced)

    Aquilegia vulgaris L., Sp. Pl. 533 1753. (Syn: Aquilegia alba Huftelen; Aquilegia arbascensis Timb.-Lagr.; Aquilegia collina Jord.; Aquilegia corniculata Vill.; Aquilegia cornuta Gilib.; Aquilegia cyclophylla Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.; Aquilegia ebneri Zimmeter; Aquilegia ecalcarata Steud.; Aquilegia eynensis Brühl; Aquilegia glaucescens Baker; Aquilegia glaucophylla Steud.; Aquilegia inversa Mill.; Aquilegia mollis Jeanb. ex Timb.-Lagr.;…

  • Mentha × piperita

    Mentha × piperita L. , Sp. Pl. 576 1753. (Syn: Mentha × citrata Ehrh. ….); . Lamiaceae (incl. Vebenaceae) Fortnight 1-14May2014: Mentha aquatica(?) from Uttarakhand DSR May 5/5 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) This aquatic mint produces light violet flowers and resemble to Mentha aquatica L. http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/Mentha+aquatica http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000914349 The experts…

  • Etlingera elatior (Introduced)

    Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43: 244 1986. (Syn: Achasma yunnanensis T.L. Wu & S.J. Chen ….); . Peninsula Thailand to W. Malesia: Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand; Introduced into: Caroline Is., China South-Central, Comoros, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras,…

  • Etlingera

    Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M.Sm. (Introduced) (Peninsula Thailand to W. Malesia: Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand; Introduced into: Caroline Is., China South-Central, Comoros, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, Maluku, Mauritius, New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sulawesi, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu as per POWO)   Etlingera fenzlii (Kurz) Škorničk. & M.Sabu (Andaman and Nicobar…

  • Curcuma oligantha ?

    Curcuma oligantha Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 245 1885. ; . S. India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar as per POWO; . Aracaceae, Araceae & Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1-14Aug14: Curcuma oligantha from Coorg : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). do you also have pictures of the root itself Is the id of…

  • Re-sizing pictures

    Different ways of Re-sizing pictures; . Resizing images for posting in efi group in Photos: Recently I have been using Photos (Inbuilt in windows 10) for resizing very high res. images of upto 20 MB size. On selecting the highest 4 MP option in Resizing, large sized compressed images are created (to see…

  • Aeluropus lagopoides

    Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 374 1864. (Syn: Aeluropus bombycinus Fig. & De Not.; Aeluropus brevifolius (Willd.) Nees ex Steud. [Illegitimate] ..; Aeluropus concinnus Fig. & De Not.; Aeluropus erythraeus Mattei .; Aeluropus laevis Trin. [Illegitimate]; Aeluropus lagopodioides Trin. ex Thwaites [Spelling variant]; Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Chiov. …; Aeluropus littoralis var….

  • Aeluropus

    Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Thwaites (Sahara, Medit. Islands to Indian Subcontinent: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nicobar Is., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey,…

  • Cycas zeylanica

    Cycas zeylanica (J.Schust.) A.Lindstr. & K.D.Hill, Novon 12: 238 2002. (Syn: Cycas rumphii subsp. zeylanica J.Schust.); , Cycas zeylanica: Photo: 2011-01-08 Elephant Beach, Havelock, Andaman Islands Cycas zeylanica (J. Schust.) A. Lindstr. & K.D. Hill, Novon 12(2): 238-239 (2002). L – G more info: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/Cycas+zeyla… . Gymnosperm Fortnight : For…

  • Hymenidium brunonis

    Hymenidium brunonis (Wall. ex DC.) Lindl., Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 233 1835. (syn: Hymenolaena brunonis Wall. ex DC.; Ligusticum brunonis Wall.; Pleurospermum brunonis (Wall. ex DC.) C. B. Cl.); . Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Pakistan (Hazara), India (C- to W-Himalaya), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life; . ID…

  • Bistorta officinalis ?

    Bistorta officinalis Raf., Fl. Auvergne ed. 2, 2: 516 1800. (Syn: Bistorta abbreviata Kom.; Bistorta confusa (Meisn.) Greene; Bistorta ensigera (Juz.) Tzvelev; Bistorta lapidosa Kitag.; Bistorta major Gray; Bistorta major subsp. cordifolia (Turcz.) Soják; Bistorta major subsp. ensigera (Juz.) Soják; Bistorta major var. japonica H.Hara; Bistorta officinalis subsp. japonica (H.Hara) Yonek.; Bistorta paleacea Yonek. & H.Ohashi; Bistorta subauriculata Kom.;…

  • Dysoxylum

    Dysoxylum excelsum Bl. (Central Himalaya to China (S. & SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) and Papuasia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)         Dysoxylum gotadhora (Buch.-Ham.) Mabb….

  • Piper umbellatum (Introduced)

    Piper umbellatum L., Sp. Pl. 30 1753 (Syn: Heckeria sidifolia (Link & Otto) Kunth; Heckeria subpeltata (Willd.) Kunth; Heckeria umbellata (L.) Kunth; Lepianthes umbellata (L.) Raf. ex Ramamoorthy; Lepianthes umbellatum (L.) Rafin.; Peperidia afzeliana (Roem. & Schult.) Kostel.; Peperidia sidifolia (Link & Otto) Kostel.; Peperidia subpeltata (Willd.) Kostel.; Peperidia umbellata…

  • Crotalaria berteroana

    Crotalaria berteroana DC. (Syn: Crotalaria fulva Roxb.; Crotalaria grandis Baker; Crotalaria paniculata sensu Bojer); . kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh — Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken … Dave’s Botanaryber-ter-oh-AY-na or ber-ter-oh-AH-na — named for Carlo Giuseppe Bertero, Italian physician and botanist … Dave’s Botanary  .commonly known as: Bertero’s crotalaria, tawny crotalaria • Konkani: भाट घागरी bhat ghagari • Marathi: रेशम ताग resham tag  . Crotalaria…

  • Ruta graveolens (Cultivated)

    Ruta graveolens L., Sp. Pl. 383 1753. (Syn: Ruta altera Mill., Ruta ciliata Mill., Ruta crithmifolia Moric. ex DC., Ruta divaricata Ten., Ruta diversifolia Wender., Ruta holopetala Kitt., Ruta hortensis Mill., Ruta intermedia Steud., Ruta macrophylla Sol., Ruta officinalis Pall., Ruta subtripinnata Miq.) . N. Balkan Peninsula to Krym.: Albania, Bulgaria, Krym, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Alberta, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium,…

  • Ajuga

    Ajuga integrifolia Buch.-Ham.   Ajuga integrifolia ?   Ajuga lobata D.Don (Nepal to China; Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal as per POWO)       Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth. Ajuga parviflora Benth. Ajuga reptans L. (Cultivated) . FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution, local names etc. : Ajuga bracteosa WALL….

  • Blumea eriantha

    Blumea eriantha DC., 1834.; . India (widespread, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Goa), Nepal, ?Andamans as per Catalogue of life; . blum-EE-uh — named after Karl Ludwig von Blume, Dutch botanist er-ee-AN-thuh — wool flower … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: wool-flower blumea • Marathi: बुराडी…

  • Tetrameles nudiflora

    Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br.,  Pl. Jav. Rar. 79, pl. 17 79 1838. (Syn: Anictoclea grahamiana Nimmo; Tetrameles grahamiana (Nimmo) Wight; Tetrameles grahamiana var. ceylanica A. DC.; Tetrameles rufinervis Miq.); . China (S. Yunnan) to Tropical Asia and N. Queensland: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa,…

  • Tetrameles

    Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br. (China (S. Yunnan) to Tropical Asia and N. Queensland: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)     . Flora of Peninsular India: Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br. . Species with description from Flora of…

  • Acmella ciliata

    Acmella ciliata (Kunth) Cass., 331 1822. (Syn: Acmella fimbriata (Kunth) Cass.; Ceratocephalus ciliatus (Kunth) Kuntze; Ceratocephalus fimbriatus (Kunth) Kuntze; Ceratocephalus poeppigii (DC.) Kuntze; Spilanthes ciliata Kunth; Spilanthes fimbriata Kunth; Spilanthes melampodioides Gardner; Spilanthes poeppigii DC.; Spilanthes popayanensis Hieron.); .  Fringed Pod Toothache Plant ; . A. ciliata mainly differs from A….