Indonesian Banana: I find the nomenclature of banana is very complicated. Could you find the ID of our “Pisang Gebrot“. Branching Banana: Could you explain to me why our banana is branching. There are three inflorescence in one individual plant. Musa × paradisiaca L. ? It may be an abnormality….
Eryngium foetidum L., Sp. Pl. 232 1753. (Syn: Eryngium antihystericum Rottler); . shadon, shado beni (shadow benny), bandanya (in Trinidad), culantro (Panama); culantro coyote (Costa Rica); cilantro ancho (Dominican Republic); alcapate (El Salvador); long, wild, or Mexican coriander; samat (Guatemala); culantro burrero (Venezuela); fitweed; spiritweed; duck-tongue herb; sawtooth or saw-leaf herb,…
Dioscorea belophylla (Prain) Voigt ex Haines, Forest Fl. Chota Nagpur 530 1910. (Syn: Dioscorea nummularia var. belophylla Prain; Dioscorea sagittata Royle); . Indian Subcontinent: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . spear-leaved dioscorea • Bengali: chupri alu • Hindi: तुरर turar • Kannada: ಕಾದು ಗೆಣಸು kaadu…
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Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L., Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753; . cauliflower • Assamese: ফুল-কবি ful kobi • Bengali: ফুলকপি fulkopi • Gujarati: ફૂલકોબી phulkobi, ફૂલકોબીજ phulkobij • Hindi: फूल गोभी phul gobhi, फूल कोबी phul kobi • Kannada: ಹೂವುಕೋಸು huvukosu • Konkani: फुल्लावर phullavar, पुल्ल कोसु pulla kosu •…
Rubus pedunculosus D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 234 234 1825. (Syn: Rubus concolor Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Rubus gracilis Roxb. (ambiguous synonym); Rubus gracilis var. chiliacanthus Hand.-Mazz.; Rubus gracilis var. hypargyrus (Edgew.) Focke; Rubus gracilis var. hypargyrus (Edgw.) S. K. Mukerjee; Rubus gracilis var. pluvialis Hand.-Mazz.; Rubus hypargyrus Edgew.; Rubus hypargyrus…
Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook., Bot. Mag. 54: t. 2743 1827. (Syn: Abiesbatavorum Siebold ex Carrière; Abieslanceolata (Lamb.) Poir.; Belislanceolata (Lamb.) Hoffmanns.; Cunninghamialanceolata var. unicanaliculata (D.Y.Wang & H.L.Liu) Silba; Cunninghamiasinensis R.Br.; Cunninghamiasinensis var. prolifera Lemée & H.Lév.; Cunninghamiaunicanaliculata D.Y.Wang & H.L.Liu; Cunninghamiaunicanaliculata var. pyramidalis D.Y.Wang & H.L.Liu; Larixchinensis Mill.; Pinuslanceolata Lamb.); ….
Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. (Introduced) (S. China; Introduced into: Cambodia, China North-Central, Hainan, Korea, Laos, Qinghai, St.Helena, Vietnam as per POWO) . Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (1986- Cunninghamia lanceolata (Cultivated) ) . Species with description & keys in Flora of China : Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lambert) Hooker Cunninghamia lanceolata var. konishii (Hayata) Fujita Cunninghamia lanceolata…
Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J. R. I. Wood comb. nov. (Syn: Aechmanthera tomentosa Nees in Wallich; Aechmanthera wallichii Nees; Ruellia gossypina Wall.; non Strobilanthes gossypina T. Anderson; Aechmanthera gossypina (Wall.) Nees; Aechmanthera wallichii Nees, nom. illeg. superfl. var. β gossypina (Wall.) Nees subvar. β ** fomentaria Nees; Aechmanthera wallichii Nees var. β…
Cyathula tomentosa (Roth) Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 327 1849. (Syn: Achyranthes sequax Wall.; Achyranthes tomentosa Roth; Cyathula sequax (Wall.) Moq.; Desmochaeta sequax A.Br.; Desmochaeta tomentosa Schult.); . Subshrub with grey-tomentose stems; leaves opposite, elliptic, up to 10 cm long, densely tomentose on both surfaces, petiolate; flowerscreamish-white, in cymose clusters forming dense spikes;…
Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott, Gen. Fil. pl. 3 pl. 3 1834. (Syn: Aspidium biserratum Sw. ; Hypopeltis biserrata (Sw.) Bory ; Lepidoneuron biserratum (Sw.) Fée ; Nephrodium biserratum (Sw.) C.Presl ; Nephrolepis biserrata var. normalis Domin ; Nephrolepis exaltata var. biserrata (Sw.) Baker ; Nephrolepis hirsutula var. biserrata (Sw.) Kuntze; Aspidium acuminatum Willd. ; Aspidium acutum Schkuhr ; Aspidium articulatum Siebold ; Aspidium bidentatum (C.Presl) Spreng. ; Aspidium biserratum var. furcans (T.Moore) Farw. ; Aspidium biserratum var. paraense Farw. ; Aspidium ensifolium Schkuhr ; Aspidium exaltatum var. longipinna Benth. ; Aspidium…
Spodiopogon rhizophorus (Steud.) Pilg., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 14e: 119 1940. (Syn: Andropogon albidus Wall. [Invalid]; Andropogon rhizophorus Steud.; Spodiopogon albidus Benth.); India as per POWO; . Common name: Stalked-Leaf Beard Grass . A common grass found in forest fringes and forest roads under dense shade. . The petioled leaves, stilt roots…
Cestrum parqui L’Hér., Stirp. Nov.: 73 (1788) (syn: Cestrum adelbertii Bakh.f., Cestrum campestre Griseb., Cestrum foetidissimum Jacq., Cestrum glaucescens Sendtn., Cestrum lorentzianum Griseb., Cestrum mandonii Rusby, Cestrum parqui var. glabriusculum Kuntze, Cestrum parqui var. longiflorum Francey, Cestrum parqui var. macrocalyx Francey, Cestrum parqui var. oranense Scolnik, Cestrum parqui var. poeppigii (Schltr.) Dunal,Cestrum parqui var. tomentostipes Kuntze, Cestrum plicatum Francey, Cestrum poeppigii Schltdl., Cestrum pubens Griseb., Cestrum salicifolium Kunth ex Spreng., Cestrum salicifolium Dunal, Cestrum salicifolium var. angustifolium Dunal, Cestrum spurium Dunal, Cestrum virgatum…
Thunbergia coccinea Wall., Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 120 120 1825 (Syn: Hexacentris coccinea (Wall.) Nees); . thun-BER-jee-uh — named after Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist … Dave’s Botanary • Wikipedia kok-SIN-ee-uh — scarlet … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: scarlet clock vine • Adi: bising kiring, pakrega • Assamese: চুঙা লতা chung lota • Dogri: लाल गदा बेल laal…
Indigofera cassioides DC., Prodr. 2:225. 1825. Ali in Bot. Notiser 111: 569. 1958. (Syn: Indigofera arborea Roxb.; Indigofera byansghatensis S.N.Biswas; Indigofera cassoides DC. [Spelling variant]; Indigofera elliptica Roxb.; Indigofera gibsonii Graham; Indigofera leptostachya DC.; Indigofera pulchella Roxb.; Indigofera pulchella var. purpurascens (Roxb.) Haines; Indigofera purpurascens Roxb.; Indigofera violacea Roxb.); ….
Miscanthus nepalensis (Trin.) Hack. (Syn: Diandranthus nepalensis (Trin.) L.Liou; Erianthus aureus Nees ex Steud.; Erianthus nepalensis (Trin.) Steud.; Eulalia nepalensis Trin.; Pollinia nepalensis (Trin.) Benth. ex Duthie); . Indian Subcontinent to S. Central China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya…
Miscanthus nepalensis (Trin.) Hack. (Indian Subcontinent to S. Central China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Miscanthus nudipes (Griseb.) Hack. (Nepal to S. Tibet and Assam: Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO)
Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 542 1919. (Syn: Brachiaria chennaveeraiana Basappa & Muniy.; Brachiaria multispiculata H.Scholz; Brachiaria ramosa var. pubescens Basappa & Muniy.; Brachiaria regularis var. nidulans (Mez) Täckh.; Echinochloa ramosa (L.) Roberty; Panicum arvense Kunth; Panicum bispiculatum Chiov. [Invalid]; Panicum brachylachnum Steud.; Panicum breviradiatum Hochst.; Panicum…
Also see Brachiaria (POWO has placed the species under this genus now under Urochloa) . Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv. (Egypt to S. Africa and Indo-China: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chad, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia,…
Panicum antidotale Retz., Observ. Bot. 4: 17 1786. (Syn: Chasea prolifera (Lam.) Nieuwl.; Milium effusum Lour. [Illegitimate]; Panicum akoense Hayata [Invalid]; Panicum brevifolium Balb. ex Nees [Invalid]; Panicum elliottii Trin. ex Nees [Invalid]; Panicum meneri J.Koenig ex Nees [Invalid]; Panicum miliare Lam.; Panicum musciparum L. ex Munro [Invalid]; Panicum proliferum Lam.;…