• Sphagneticola trilobata

    Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski, (syn. New York Bot. Gard. 78 114 1996.; Acmella brasiliensis Spreng.; Acmella spilanthoides Cass.; Buphthalmum procumbens Desf. ex Steud.; Buphthalmum repens Lam.; Buphthalmum strigosum Spreng.; Complaya trilobata (L.) Strother; Seruneum trilobatum (L.) Kuntze; Silphium trilobatum L.; Sphagneticola ulei O.Hoffm.; Stemmodontia carnosa (Rich.) O.F.Cook & G.N.Collins; Stemmodontia…

  • Sphagneticola calendulacea

    Sphagneticola calendulacea (Linnaeus) Pruski, Novon. 6: 411. 1996. (syn. Verbesina calendulacea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 902. 1753; Complaya chinensis (Osbeck) Strother; Jaegeria calendulacea (Linnaeus) Sprengel; Seruneum calendulaceum (Linnaeus) Kuntze; Solidago chinensis Osbeck; Thelechitonia chinensis (Osbeck) H. Robinson & Cuatrecasas; Wedelia calendulacea (Linnaeus) Lessing (1832), not Richard (1807); W. chinensis (Osbeck)…

  • Sphaeranthus indicus

    Sphaeranthus indicus L., 927 1753. (Syn: Sphaeranthus hirtus Willd.; Sphaeranthus mollis Roxb.; Sphaeranthus mollis Roxb. ex DC.); . sfay-RAN-thus — Greek: sphaira (sphere), anthos (flower) … Dave’s Botanary IN-dih-kus or in-DEE-kus — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: East Indian globe thistle, Indian sphaeranthus, seed…

  • Spermadictyon suaveolens

    Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 32 1815. (Syn. Hamiltonia suaveolens (Roxb.) Roxb.;                   Hamiltonia dulina Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Hamiltonia mysorensis Wight & Arn.; Hamiltonia propinqua Decne.; Hamiltonia scabra D.Don; Hamiltonia spectabilis Carrière; Lasianthus tubiflorus Blume; Mephitidia tubiflora DC.; Nonatelia filamentosa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Spermadictyon mysorense Steud.; Spermadictyon scabrum Spreng.); . Indian…

  • Spermadictyon

    Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb. (Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Tibet as per POWO) . BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution): Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb. (Cultivated species) (Native range is Indian Subcontinent as per POWO) . Flora of Peninsular India: Spermadictyon suaveolens . Species with description & keys…

  • Spermacoce ocymoides

    Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f., Fl. Indica 34 1768. (syn. Bigelovia gracilis Spreng.; Bigelovia laevicaulis Miq.; Bigelovia linifolia (Vahl) Spreng.; Bigelovia ocymoides (Burm.f.) Miq.; Bigelovia parviflora Spreng.; Bigelovia tenera (R.Br. ex G.Don) Heynh.; Borreria laevicaulis (Miq.) Ridl.; Borreria ocimoides f. ocimoides ; Borreria ocymoides (Burm.f.) DC.; Borreria ocymoides var. thekkumalensis Sivar. &…

  • Spergularia rubra

    Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl, Fl. Cech. 94 1819. (Syn: Alsine alpina Willk.; Alsine radicans Guss.; Alsine rubra (L.) Crantz; Arenaria membranacea Gaterau; Arenaria rubra L.; Arenaria rubra var. campestris L.; Buda borealis S. Wats.; Buda campestris (L.) Kuntze; Buda rubra (L.) Desv.; Buda rubra (L.) Dum.; Corion rubrum…

  • Spergularia

    Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl (Corolla pink as per BSI Flora of India) (As per efi thread: The presence of connate stipules in Spergularia and stipules not connate in Spergula is more satisfactory in separating the genera as they occur in Pakistan) Spergula arvensis L. (Corolla white as per BSI Flora of India) (As per efi thread: The presence of…

  • Spergula

    Spergula arvensis L. (Corolla white as per BSI Flora of India) (As per efi thread: The presence of connate stipules in Spergularia and stipules not connate in Spergula is more satisfactory in separating the genera as they occur in Pakistan.)   Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl (Corolla pink as per BSI Flora of India) (As per efi thread: The presence…

  • Spatholobus parviflorus

    Spatholobus parviflorus (DC.) Kuntze (Syn: Butea parviflora DC.; Butea sericophylla Wall.; Spatholobus roxburghii Benth.; Spatholobus roxburghii var. denudatus Baker; Spatholobus roxburghii var. platycarpus Baker;                     (≡) Butea parviflora Roxb. ex DC. ); . ¿ spath-oh-LOH-bus ? — Greek: spatho (spathe, blade); lobus (lobe, pod); referring to blade-like pod| par-VEE-flor-us or par-vi-FLOR-us…

  • Sorghum halepense

    Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 101 1805. (Syn. Andropogon arundinaceus Scop. …..; Blumenbachia halepensis (L.) Koeler; Holcus decolorans Willd. …; Milium halepense (L.) Cav.; Rhaphis halepensis (L.) Roberty; Sorghum bicolor subsp. halepense Barkworth et al. ………; Trachypogon avenaceus Nees [Illegitimate] ….); . Macaronesia to Central Asia and Indo-China: Afghanistan, Algeria, Canary Is.,…

  • Sorghum

    Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (Africa, Indian Subcontinent: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, East Himalaya, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,…

  • Sorbus microphylla

    Sorbus microphylla (Wall. ex Hook.f.) Wenz., Linnaea. 38: 76. 1874 (syn: Pyrus microphylla Wall. ex Hook.f.); . Himalaya to S. Central China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Small Leaf Rowan . Flora of Uttarakhand- Plant1 for Id- JM : 7…

  • Sorbus

    Sorbus foliolosa (Wall.) Spach (Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)      Sorbus lanata (D. Don) Schauer (Afghanistan to W. Nepal: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO)   Sorbus microphylla (Wall. ex Hook.f.) Wenz. (Himalaya to S. Central China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya…

  • Sorbaria tomentosa

    Sorbaria tomentosa (Lindl.) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 19(1): 74 74 1938. (Syn. Schizonotus tomentosus Lindl.); . Afghanistan to Central Asia and Nepal: Afghanistan, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Kashmir False Spirea, Himalayan Sorbaria • Nepalese: बाखरे झार baakhre jhaar; . sor-BAY-ree-uh— referring to its resemblance to…

  • Sorbaria

    Sorbaria tomentosa (Lindl.) Rehder (Afghanistan to Central Asia and Nepal: Afghanistan, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya as per POWO) . BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution):| Sorbaria aitchisonii (Hemsl.) Rehder in Moller syn. Spiraea aitchisonii Hemsl. (Jammu & Kashmir) (syn. of Sorbaria tomentosa var. angustifolia (Wenz.) Rahn as per POWO) Sorbaria tomentosa (Lindl.) Rehder (Himachal…

  • Parasopubia delphiniifolia

    Parasopubia delphiniifolia (L.) H.-P. Hofm. & Eb. Fisch., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 125(3): 357 2004. (syn: Euphrasia coromandelina Rottl. ex Spreng.; Gerardia delphinifolia L.; Gerardia heyneana Benth.; Lophanthera delphinifolia (L.) Raf.; Sopubia delphinifolia (L.) G.Don) as per Catalogue of Life; . India, Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . sow-PEW-bee-uh…

  • Sonneratia apetala

    Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham., Embassy Ava 477 477 1800.; . son-ner-AY-tee-uh — named for French botanist Pierre Sonnerat … Dave’s Botanary a-PET-al-uh — without petals … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: sonneratia mangrove • Bengali: কেওড়া keora • Gujarati: કાંડેલ kandel, કિયોરા kiyora, મોટી તવર moti tavar • Marathi: चीपी chipi, तिवार tivar…

  • Sonneratia alba

    Sonneratia alba Sm., Cycl. 33(I): Sonneratia no. 2 1816. (Syn: Sonneratia iriomotensis Masam.; Sonneratia mossambicensis Klotzsch ex Peters); . son-ner-AY-tee-uh — named for French botanist Pierre Sonnerat … Dave’s Botanary AL-ba — white … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: mangrove apple, sweet-scented apple mangrove • Bengali: সাদাচক কেওড়া sadachak keora • Gujarati: ઉરાવા urawa • Kannada: ಕರ್ಪು…

  • Sonchus oleraceus

    Sonchus oleraceus (L.) L., Sp. Pl. 794 1753. (Syn: Sonchus australis Hort. ex Trev. ….); . Images by Gurcharan Singh & (Alka Khare – Id by Nidhan Singh), (Formore photos & complete details, click on the links)     . Common sowthistle, Sow thistle, Smooth Sow Thistle, Annual Sow Thistle, Hare’s Colwort,…