• Schima

    Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth. (Central Himalaya to S. China and W. & Central Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO) Schima wallichii var. khasiana (Dyer) Bloem. (China (Yunnan), SE-Tibet, N-Vietnam, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing, Shan), India (Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya) as…

  • Scaevola taccada

    Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb., Hort. bengal. 15. 1814 (Syn: (≡) Lobelia taccada Gaertn. (basionym); (≡) Scaevola frutescens K. Krause; (=) Scaevola koenigii Vahl; (=) Scaevola sericea Vahl) as per GRIN; . Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 2: 146 146 1824. (Syn: Lobelia frutescens Mill.; Scaevola billardieri Dieter.;…

  • Scadoxus multiflorus

    Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 1838. (Syn: Amaryllis multiflora (Martyn) Tratt.; Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn; Nerissa multiflorus (Martyn) Salisb. [Invalid]); . Foot Ball Lily, Powder Puff Lily; .  Summer beauty – MS120511 -32 .: Football lily. Haemanthus multiflorus, Amaryllidaceae. With its numerous scarlet flowers grouped in a large round…

  • Saxifraga sibirica

    Saxifraga sibirica L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 1027 1759. (Syn: Cymbalariella mollis (Sm.) Nappi; Cymbalariella sibirica Nappi; Lobaria sibirica (L.) Haw.; Piarophyla sibirica Raf. (Unresolved); Saxifraga exilis Stephan ex Sternb.; Saxifraga mollis Sm.; Saxifraga mollis Smith; Saxifraga pekinensis Maxim.; Saxifraga radiata Small; Saxifraga sibirica var. bockiana Engl.; Saxifraga sibirica…

  • Saxifraga moorcroftiana

    Saxifraga moorcroftiana Wall., Rev. Saxifrag. 28, pl. 24 1831. (syn: Hirculus moorcroftianus (Wall.) Losinsk.; Saxifraga diversifolia var. moorcroftiana Seringe; Saxifraga kuana P.Yu. Zhmylev; Saxifraga lysimachioides Klotzch; Saxifraga nyanangensis J.T. Pan;Saxifraga reflexa Ku); . As per efi thread: 1. The bottom leaves on S. parnassifolia have long hairy stalks (3-4 cm,…

  • Saxifraga

    Saxifraga andersonii Engl. (Nepal, Bhutan, S-Tibet, Sikkim as per Catalogue of life)   Saxifraga asarifolia Sternb. (Himalaya to Assam: Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO) Saxifraga brachypoda   Saxifraga brunonis   Saxifraga cernua Saxifraga cinerea H. Sm. (Nepal as per Catalogue of Life) Saxifraga filicaulis Wall. (Himalaya to China (W. Sichuan,…

  • Saussurea simpsoniana

    Saussurea simpsoniana (Fielding & Gardner) Lipsch.,“in Novit. Syst. Pl. Vasc., Acad. Sci. URSS, 1964, 319 (1964).” 1964. (Syn: Aplotaxis gossypina var. minor DC.; Aplotaxis simpsoniana Fielding & Gardner; Saussurea sacra Edgew.); . Common name: Phen Kamal • Dogri: ghuggi, jogi booti, jogi phull, jogipadshah • Hindi: फेन कमल Fen Kamal •…

  • Saussurea piptathera

    Saussurea piptathera Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 76, in obs.” 76 1846. (Syn: Aplotaxis discolor DC.); Images by Nidhan Singh (1,2,3) and Prashant Awale (4-validation by Balkar Singh)   2nd week of August’10 during the trek from Ghangaria to Hemkunt Sahib; Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb3 for Id- JM –…

  • Himalaiella heteromalla

    Himalaiella heteromalla (D.Don) Raab-Straube, Willdenowia 33:391. 2003 (syn: Aplotaxis candicans DC.; Aplotaxis scaposa Edgew.; Carduus heteromallus D. Don; Cirsium heteromallum (D. Don) Spreng.; Cnicus heteromalla D. Don; Jurinea brassicifolia Bornm.; Jurinea malacophylla Rchb. fil. & Esfand.; Saussurea brahuica Boiss.; Saussurea brassicifolia (Bornm.) Rech. fil.; Saussurea candicans (DC.) C. B. Cl. (ambiguous…

  • Saussurea auriculata

    Saussurea auriculata (DC.) Sch.Bip., Linnaea 19: 331. 1846 331 1846. (syn. Aplotaxis auriculata DC.; Carduus auriculatus Wall. [Invalid]; Cnicus auriculatus Wall. [Invalid]; Himalaiella auriculata (DC.); Saussurea hypoleuca Spreng. ex DC.; Theodorea auriculata Kuntze); . so-SUR-ree-a — named for Nicolas-Theodore de Saussure, Swiss chemist and … Dave’s Botanary aw-rik-yoo-LAY-tuh — shaped…

  • Saussurea

    Saussurea albescens (DC.) Sch.Bip. (Images by Gurcharan Singh (1,2) and Alok Mahendroo (3,4- ID by Gurcharan Singh)) Saussurea atkinsonii C.B.Clarke (Image by D.S.Rawat) Saussurea auriculata (DC.) Sch.Bip. (Images by Balkar Singh) Saussurea candicans C. B. Clarke or Himalaiella heteromalla (D. Don) Raab-Straube (Images by Nidhan Singh (1,2,3) and Alok Mahendroo (4-ID by…

  • Breynia quadrangularis

    Breynia quadrangularis (J.G. Klein ex Willd.) Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr. in Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 19(2): 121. 2012; Welzen et al. in Blumea 59(2): 90. 2014, p. p., incl. typo, excl. syn., sens. str. (syn: Phyllanthus quadrangularis J.G. Klein. ex Willd.; Sauropus quadrangularis (J.G. Klein ex Willd.) Müll.Arg.; Ceratogynum rhamnoides…

  • Sauromatum venosum

    Sauromatum venosum (Aiton) Kunth, Enum. pl. 3:28. 1841 (Syn: (≡) Arum venosum Aiton (basionym); (=) Sauromatum guttatum Schott; (≡) Typhonium venosum (Aiton) Hett. & P. C. Boyce) as per GRIN; . Typhonium venosum (Dryand. ex Aiton) Hett. & P.C.Boyce, Aroideana 23: 51 2000 (Syn. Alocasia pedata (Link & Otto) Raf.;…

  • Satyrium nepalense

    Satyrium nepalense D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 26 1825. (syn. Satyrium albiflorum A.Rich.; Satyrium henryi Schltr.; Satyrium nepalense f. albiflorum (A.Rich.) Tuyama; Satyrium pallidum A.Rich.; Satyrium perrottetianum A.Rich.; Satyrium wightianum Lindl.); . Nepal Satyrium; .   Wild flower.Sikkim-2: got this one at an altitude of 10,000 feet on the way to…

  • Sarcopyramis napalensis

    Sarcopyramis napalensis Wall., Tent. Fl. Napal. 1: 32, pl. 23 1824. (Syn: Phyllagathis chinensis Dunn; Sarcopyramis dielsii Hu; Sarcopyramis lanceolata Wall. ex Benn.; Sarcopyramis napalensis var. maculata C.Y. Wu ex C. Chen); Herb for ID-1 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4). Please help me to identify this small…

  • Sarcococca coriacea

    Sarcococca coriacea (Hook.) Sweet, Hort. brit. 491. 1827 (Syn: (≡) Pachysandra coriacea Hook. (basionym); (=) Sarcococca pruniformis Lindl.); . Sarcococca coriacea (Hook.) Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 1, 491. 1826. Pachysandra? coriacea Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 148. 1825. Sarcococca pruniformis Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 12: t. 1012. 1826 (var. latifolia Lindl.); Hook.f.,…

  • Sarcococca

    Sarcococca coriacea (Hook.) Sweet Sarcococca saligna (D. Don) Müll. Arg. Sarcococca wallichii Stapf . Keys in flora of Bhutan ; l. Shoots puberulous; leaves narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 5 — 9 x 1 – 2cm, pinnately veined to base … 1. S. hookeriana + Shoots glabrous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 8— 12 x 2.5-4cm,…

  • Buxaceae

    BUXACEAE: Reported in India: 2 genera, 8 species; represented in eFI:  2 genera, 7 species, including 1 cultivated species from outside India Buxus: microphylla, papillosa, sempervirens (Cultivated), wallichiana Sarcococca: confusa (Cultivated-UK), coriacea, hookeriana, saligna, wallichii (Nepal) . Buxus microphylla Siebold & Zucc.   Buxus sempervirens L.   Buxus wallichiana Baill….

  • Saraca asoca

    IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) . Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd., (Syn: Jonesia asoca Roxb.; Jonesia confusa Hassk.; Jonesia pinnata Willd.; Saraca confusa (Hassk.) Backer; Saraca indica auct. (non L.); Baker in Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 271, 1878); . images by Dr. D.S. Rawat & Dinesh Valke . sar-AK-a —…

  • Saraca

    Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd.  images by Dr. D.S. Rawat & Dinesh Valke Saraca indica L. (Keys at efi thread)        Saraca thaipingensis Prain (Keys at efi thread) images by Ranjini Kamath & Raman Arunachalam . Surajit ji updated Ormosia, Intsia, Hymenaea, Saraca, Tamarindus & Haematoxylum : 2 posts by 1 author. Ormosia,…