• Rivina humilis

    Rivina humilis L., Sp. Pl. 121 1753. (Syn. Piercea acuminata Raf.; Piercea glabra Mill.; Piercea obliquata Raf.; Piercea tomentosa Mill.; Rivina acuminata Raf.; Rivina aurantiaca Warsc. ex Schenk; Rivina brasiliensis Nocca; Rivina canescens G. Don ex Steud.; Rivina gracilis Salisb.; Rivina humilis var. canescens (G. Don ex Steud.) Moq. …….; Rivina…

  • Rivea ornata

    Rivea ornata (Roxb.) Choisy in Hook. f., Mem. S. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 6: 409 (1834). (syn: Argyreia ornata (Roxb.) Sweet; Convolvulus ornatus (Roxb.) Wall.; Convolvulus tarita Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Lettsomia ornata Roxb.; Rivea clarkeana Craib; Rivea laotica Ooststr.; Rivea ornata var. griifithii Clarke); . S-India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma] (Shan), Darjeeling, Nepal,…

  • Rhynchospora

    Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton (Tropics & Subtropics: Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast,…

  • Rhynchosia suaveolens

    Rhynchosia suaveolens (L.f.) DC. (syn. Glycine suaveolens L.f.; Hedysarum venosum Rottler); . India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh; Goa; Gujarat ; Karnataka ; Kerala; Maharashtra ; Orissa ; Tamil Nadu ; Sri Lanka (N) as per ILDIS; . Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India (2000- Description & Keys- R. rufescens,…

  • Rhynchosia minima

    Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. (Syn: Arcyphyllum rhombifolium (Willd.) Elliott; Dolicholus flavus Medik.; Dolicholus minimus (L.) Medik.; Dolichos minimus L.; Glycine lamarckii Kunth; Glycine littoralis DC.; Glycine reflexa Nutt.; Rhynchosia aureo-guttata Andersson; Rhynchosia exigua Andersson; Rhynchosia hockii De Wild.; Rhynchosia ischnoclada Harms; Rhynchosia mexicana Steud.; Rhynchosia mexicana Hook. & Arn.; Rhynchosia microphylla…

  • Rhynchoglossum obliquum

    Rhynchoglossum obliquum Blume, Bijdr. 741 1826. (Syn. Antonia obliqua (Blume) R.Br.; Loxotis intermedia Benth. (Unresolved); Loxotis obliqua (Blume) R.Br.; Rhynchoglossum hologlossum Hayata; Rhynchoglossum obliquum f. albiflorum Kuntze …; Rhynchoglossum zeylanicum Hook.; Wulfenia obliqua Wall.); . Small Flowered Rhynchoglossum • Malayalam: Kalu-tali; . Himalaya (Garhwal to NEFA), India, Ceylon, Burma, W. & S….

  • Rhynchoglossum notonianum

    Rhynchoglossum notonianum (Wall.) B.L.Burtt , Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 24: 170 1962 (Syn. Wulfenia notoniana Wall.); . rin-koh-GLOSS-um — Greek: rhynchos (beak); glossa (tongue) … Genera-Gesneriaceae ¿ noh-tun-nee-AH-num ? — named after Benjamin Noton, an avid collector of Indian plants … Botanics Stories . commonly known as: south Indian klugia, south Indian tongue-lip • Konkani: नील neel • Malayalam: കല്ലു…

  • Melinis repens

    Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka, Biblioth. Bot. 38: 55 1988. (syn. Erianthus repens (Willd.) P.Beauv.; Melinis argentea Mez; Melinis brachyrhynchus Mez; Melinis congesta Mez; Melinis nitens Mez; Melinis paupera Mez; Melinis repens subsp. repens ; Melinis rosea (Nees) Hack.; Melinis ruficoma (Steud.) Chiov.; Melinis stolzii Mez; Melinis ugandensis Mez; Monachyron roseum…

  • Sporobolus

    Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P.Beauv. (Socotra, S. Arabian Peninsula, W. Indian Ocean, Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Seychelles, Socotra, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand,…

  • Justicia repens

    Justicia repens L. (Syn. R. repens (L.) Nees) in view of New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood (2014));  . A procumbent much branched herb with oblong-lanceolate up to 5 cm long leaves; flowers in close one-sided spike with 4-farious bracts; corolla white with purple or…

  • Rhodomyrtus tomentosa var. parviflora

    Rhodomyrtus tomentosa var. parviflora (Alston) A.J.Scott, Kew Bull. 33: 315 (1978) (syn: Rhodomyrtus parviflora Alston) as per POWO; . SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . roh-doh-MIR-tus — Greek: rhodo (red), myrtos (myrtle) … Dave’s Botanary toh-men-TOH-suh — covered with fine, matted hairs … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known…

  • Rhodomyrtus

    Rhodomyrtus tomentosa var. parviflora (Alston) A.J.Scott      

  • Rhododendron arboreum ssp. nilagiricum

    Rhododendron arboreum Sm. subsp. nilagiricum (Zenker) Tagg, J. B. Stevenson, Sp. Rhodod. 15. 1930 (syn. (≡) Rhododendron arboreum var. nilagiricum (Zenker) C. B. Clarke; (≡) Rhododendron nilagiricum Zenker (basionym)); . roh-do-DEN-dron — rose tree, referring to flower color ar-BOR-ee-um — tree-like ¿ nil-uh-gi-REE-cum ? — of or from Nilgiri Hills (TamilNadu,…

  • Rhododendron arboreum

    Rhododendron arboreum Sm., Exot. Bot. 1: 9, pl. 6 9 1805.; . Tree Rhododendron • Hindi: बुरांस Burans, लाल बुरांश Lal buransh • Tamil: பிலி Billi • Malayalam: Kattupoo varasu • Kannada: Pu • Nepali: लाली गुराँस Lali gurans; . Evergreen tree up to 12 m tall, leaves leathery, up…

  • Rhododendron anthopogon

    Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 409-410 409 1821. (Syn: Rhododendron anthopogon var. album Davidian; Rhododendron anthopogon var. haemonium (Balfour fil. & Cooper) Cowan & Davidian; Rhododendron haemonium I.B.Balf & Cooper) as per Catalogue of life; . S-Tibet, Bhutan, India, Sikkim, Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin) as per Catalogue…

  • Rheum spiciforme

    Rheum spiciforme Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 315, 318, pl. 78 315 1839. (Syn: Rheum scaberrimum Lingelsh.) as per The Plant List Ver.1.1 ;  . Rheum spiciforme Royle, Ill. bot. Himal. Mts. 1(9):318. 1836; 2(4): t. 78. 1834 (Syn: (=) Rheum przewalskyi Losinsk.; (=) Rheum rhizostachyum Schrenk; (=) Rheum rhomboideum…

  • Rhamphicarpa fistulosa

    Rhamphicarpa fistulosa (Hochst.) Benth., Prodr. 10: 504 1846. (Syn: Buchnera longiflora Arn.; Macrosiphon elongatus Hochst.; Macrosiphon fistulosus Hochst.; Rhamphicarpa australiensis Steenis; Rhamphicarpa elongata (Hochst.) O. J. Hansen; Rhamphicarpa longiflora Benth.); . ram-fee-KAR-puh — from the Greek rhamphos (crooked beak) and karpos (fruit) fist-yoo-LOW-suh — hollow, tube-like … Dave’s Botanary ….

  • Reissantia indica

    Reissantia indica (Willd.) N. Hallé, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 30:466. 1958 (Syn. Hippocratea beccarii Tuyn; Hippocratea cassinoides DC.; Hippocratea disperma Vahl (ambiguous synonym); (Hippocratea euonymoides Vahl; Hippocratea fuscescens Kurz; (≡) Hippocratea indica Willd. (basionym); Hippocratea lobbii M. Laws.; Hippocratea obtusifolia Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Hippocratea pentandra Griff.; Pristimera…

  • Reissantia

    Reissantia arborea (Roxb.) Hara (Central Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) and Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal as per POWO)    Reissantia indica (Willd.) N. Hallé . From Floral Database of Tamilnadu : Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Reissantia grahamii (Wight) Ding Hou Shrub Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats ,…