• Dinochloa species- Middle Andaman, India

    Grass Week- Bamboo from Andaman1-ID pl: Attaching herewith a few photographs of a bamboo for ID plz. Locality: Middle Andaman Date: December, 2009 But it seems to me some species of Dinochloa Buse. Yes of course!! It could be a species of Dinochloa, a climber among Bamboo

  • Dinochloa

    Dinochloa macclellandii (Munro) Kurz (E. Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) Dinochloa species- Middle Andaman, India

  • Digitaria species- Chandagal, Mysore, Karnataka

    Grass week : AR 06: Vernacular: Hanchina kaddi Chandagal, Mysore 16 May 2010 the plant looks like Digitaria sp – a wild guess, but the snake is Checkered keelback Please check Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler ! It’s Digitaria bicornis. Common type Digitaria – probably D.microbachne or D.ciliaris – need to see close up…

  • Arthraxon lancifolius

    Arthraxon lancifolius (Trin.) Hochst., Flora 39: 188 1856 (Syn: Andropogon lancifolius Trin.; Arthraxon microphyllus f. lancifolius (Trin.) Backer ;  Arthraxon microphyllus var. lancifolius (Trin.) Hack. ; Andropogon multicaulis Steud. ; Arthraxon comorensis A.Camus ; Arthraxon figarii (De Not.) Asch. & Schweinf. ; Arthraxon lancifolius var. birmanicus Kuntze ; Arthraxon lancifolius var. eremophilus Bor ; Arthraxon lancifolius var. hindustanicus S.K.Jain & Deshp. ; Arthraxon linifolius Henrard ; Arthraxon microphyllus var. hindustanicus (S.K.Jain & Deshp.) S.M.Almeida…

  • Athyrium wallichianum

    Athyrium wallichianum Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 8(6): 497-498 497 1938. (Syn: Aspidium brunonianum Wall.; Aspidium brunonianum Wall. ex Mett.; Dryopteris brunoniana (Wall. ex Mett.) Kuntze; Lastrea brunoniana (Wall. ex Mett.) Bedd.; Lastrea brunoniana C. Presl;  Nephrodium brunonianum (Wall. ex Mett.) Hook.); . Pakistan to China (Sichuan, NW. Yunnan)…

  • Athyrium

    Athyrium anisopterum Christ (Indian Subcontinent to S. China and W. Malesia: Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Athyrium falcatum Bedd. (Indian Subcontnent to Myanmar: Assam, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO) Athyrium hohenackerianum (Kunze) Moore (India (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat,…

  • Alliaria petiolata

    Alliaria petiolata (M.Bieb.) Cavara & Grande, Bull. Orto Bot. Regia Univ. Napoli 3: 418 1913. (Syn: Alliaria alliacea (Salisb.) Britten & Rendle; Alliaria alliaria (L.) Huth; Alliaria fuchsii Rupr.; Alliaria mathioli Rupr.; Alliaria officinalis Andrz. ex DC.; Arabis alliaria Bernh.; Arabis petiolata M.Bieb.; Clypeola alliacea Crantz; Crucifera alliaria E.H.L.Krause; Erysimum…

  • Rheum rhabarbarum (Introduced- USA/ Germany)

    Rheum rhabarbarum L., Sp. Pl. 372 1753. (Syn: Rhabarbarum verum Garsault; Rheum franzenbachii Münter; Rheum franzenbachii var. mongolicum Münter; Rheum undulalum L.; Rheum undulatum L.; Rheum undulatum var. longifolium C.Y. Cheng & T.C. Kao) as per The Plant List Ver.1.1; . S. Siberia to N. & Central China: Buryatiya, China…

  • Sedum rupestre (Cultivated)

    Sedum rupestre L., Sp. Pl. 431 1753. (Syn: Hylotelephium telephium subsp. ruprechtii H. Ohba; Petrosedum reflexum (L.) Grulich; Petrosedum rupestre (L.) P.V.Heath; Petrosedum rupestre subsp. reflexum (L.) Velayos; Sedum albescens Haw.; Sedum reflexum L.; Sedum rupestre subsp. reflexum Hegi & E. Schmid); . Tufted perennial herb with procumbent rooting stems;…

  • Nardostachys jatamansi

    IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR) . Nardostachys jatamansi (D. Don) DC., Prodr. 4: 624 624 1830. (Syn: Nardostachys grandiflora DC.; Patrinia jatamansi D. Don); . Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb2 for Id- JM: Wild Herb captured in 2nd week of August’10 during the trek from Ghangaria to Hemkunt Sahib….

  • Citrus × aurantiifolia (Introduced)

    Citrus × aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3 465 1913. (Syn: Citrus amblycarpa (Hassk.) Ochse, Citrus × excelsa Wester, Citrus × javanica Blume, Citrus × limonellus Hassk., Citrus × limonellus var. amblycarpa Hassk., Citrus × limonellus var. oxycarpa Hassk., Citrus × longispina Wester, Citrus × macrophylla Wester, Citrus medica f. aurantiifolium (Christm.) M.Hiroe, Citrus × nipis Michel, Citrus × notissima Blanco, Citrus × ovata Hassk., Citrus × papaya Hassk., Citrus × pseudolimonum Wester, Citrus × spinosissima G.Mey., Citrus × voangasay (Sagot & É.F.A.Raoul) Bojer, Limonia acidissima Houtt.); . Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman…

  • Lonicera quinquelocularis

    Lonicera quinquelocularis Hardw., Lonicera quinquelocularis Hardw.  (Syn: Caprifolium quinqueloculare Kuntze); . Shrub for ID from Shimla: Please Identify this shrub shot near Ind. Inst. Adv. Studies, Shimla, in November 2010. Fruit unique to me atleast. Leaves opposite, rough. Flowers not seen. -This should be Lonicera quinquelocularis variety translucens. Other recipients:…

  • Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme

    Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme (Dunal) D.M. Spooner, G.J. Anderson & R.K. Jansen, Amer. J. Bot. 80(6): 683 683 1993. (Syn: Solanum cerasiforme Dunal); .  A syn. of Solanum lycopersicum L. as per POWO; .   Fruits & Vegetables :: Cherry Tomatoes : 030111: AK: Cherry Tomatoes from Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra. In…

  • Brunfelsia americana

    Brunfelsiaamericana L., Sp. Pl. 191 1753. (Syn: Brunfelsiaabbottii Leonard; Brunfelsiaamericana var. pubescens Griseb.; Brunfelsiafallax Duchass. ex Griseb.; Brunfelsiainodora Mart.; Brunfelsialatifolia Steud.; Brunfelsiaterminalis Salisb.; Brunfelsiaviolacea Lodd.; Brunfelsiopsisamericana (L.) Urb.); Lady of the night; .   Garden Flower for ID_02012011_DS_SN4: This one from a garden, small bush like plant. – This is Brunfelsia…

  • Strobilanthes auriculatus var. dyeriana (Introduced)

    Strobilanthes auriculatus var. dyeriana (Mast.) J.R.I.Wood (Syn: Perilepta dyeriana (Mast.) Bremek.; Perilepta macclellandii (C.B.Cl.) Bremek.; Strobilanthes dyerianus Hort.Sander.; Strobilanthes maclellandi C.B.Cl.); . India (I), China (I) (Guangdong (I), Yunnan (I)), Cuba (I), Hispaniola (I), Isla Margarita (I), Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Shan, Taninthayi, Yangon), Cameroon (I) as per Catalogue of Life; ….

  • Physalis philadelphica (USA)

    Physalis philadelphica Lam., Encycl. 2(1): 101 101 1786. (Syn: Physalis atriplicifolia Poir., Physalis cavaleriei H.Lév., Physalis chenopodiifolia Willd., Physalis geniculata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Miers, Physalis laevigata M.Martens & Galeotti, Physalis megistocarpos Zuccagni, Physalis mexicana Molina ex Colla, Physalis ovata Poir., Physalis philadelphica var. minor Dunal, Physalis philadelphica f. pilosa Waterf., Physalis violacea Carrière, Saracha geniculata M.Martens & Galeotti); . Mexico to Central America, Cuba to…

  • Cynara cardunculus subsp. flavescens (Cultivated)

    Cynara cardunculus subsp. flavescens Wiklund, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 109: 120 (1992) 120 1992. (Syn: Cynara cardunculus var. sativa Moris.; Cynara cardunculus subsp. scolymus (L.) Hegi; Cynara cardunculus subsp. scolymus (L.) Beger; Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus (L.) Fiori; Cynara communis Lam.; Cynara esculenta Salisb.; Cynara hortensis Mill.; Cynara scolymus L.);…

  • Cynara (Carduoideae- Cynareae)

    Keys in Flora of North America . Cynara cardunculus subsp. flavescens Wiklund (Images by Gurcharan Singh & Aarti S Khale (Id by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Cynara cardunculus L. (Introduced) (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images &…

  • Astragalus munroi

    Astragalus munroi Bunge, Astrag. 1:30. 1868. 2:35.1869; Ali in Biologia 7:43.1961. (syn: Astragalus longicalyx C.C. Ni & P.C. Li; Tragacantha munroi Kuntze); Tibet, China (Xinjiang), Pakistani Kashmir (Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Dras, Ladakh), India (Himachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life; Sending photo from Hemis National Park: 8 posts by…

  • Daucus carota subsp. carota

    Daucus carota L., Sp. Pl. 242 1753. (syn: Carota sylvestris (Mill.) Rupr. ….); . wild carrot, (UK) bird’s nest, bishop’s lace, (US) Queen Anne’s lace; . Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week: Daucus carota var. carota from Kashmir: 3 images. Daucus carota Linn., Sp. Pl. 242. 1753. var. carota Common names: Wild carrot, Queen Anne’s-lace, queen’s-lace,…