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 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 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 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 (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 (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 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 ,…
Reinwardtia indica Dumort., Comment. Bot. 19 19 1822. (syn. Kittelocharis trigyna (Rchb.) Alef.; Linum cicanobum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; Linum repens Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; Linum trigynum Roxb.; Macrolinum trigynum Rchb.; Reinwardtia trigyna (Roxb.) Planch.); . Yellow Flax, Golden girl • Hindi: बसंती Basanti • Nepali: प्याउली Pyauli; . Up…
Reinwardtia cicanoba (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) H. Hara, ; J. Jap. B. 40: 328 (1965); in Fl. E. Him. 168 (1966). (Syn: Linum tetragynum Colebr. ex Benth.; Reinwardtia tetragyna (Benth.) Planch.); . Yellow Himalayan Flax; . Himalaya, W. China as per Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal; . As…
Reinwardtia cicanoba (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) H. Hara (As per efi thread: Reinwardtia cicanoba (Syn: Reinwardtia tetragyna), which is supposed to have bigger leaves and bigger flowers as compared to the Yellow Flax (Reinwardtia indica). It is found in the Himalayas. For me, a clear difference between the two is that Reinwardtia cicanoba flowers have a longer…
Ravenia spectabilis (Lindl.) Engl. (Introduced) (Jamaica (I), Trinidad (I), Cuba, Haiti, India (I), Java (I), Honduras (I) as per CoL) . BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Ravenia spectabilis (Lindl.) Planch. ex Griseb. (Cultivated taxa)
Rauvolfia tetraphylla L., Sp. Pl. 208 1753. (syn. Rauvolfia canescens L. [Illegitimate]; Rauvolfia canescens var. glabra Müll. Arg.; Rauvolfia canescens var. intermedia Markgr.; Rauvolfia canescens var. tomentosa Müll. Arg.; Rauvolfia canescens var. typica Markgr.; Rauvolfia heterophylla Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Rauvolfia heterophylla var. puberula A. Gray; Rauvolfia hirsuta Jacq.; Rauvolfia…
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 2: 171 1877. (Syn. Ophioxylon album Gaertn.; Ophioxylon obversum Miq.; Ophioxylon salutiferum Salisb.; Ophioxylon serpentinum L.; Ophioxylon trifoliatum Gaertn.; Rauvolfia obversa (Miq.) Baill.; Rauvolfia serpentina var. obversa (Miq.) Bakh. f.; Rauvolfia trifoliata (Gaertn.) Baill.); . Indian snakeroot, java devil pepper, ichneumon-plant, insanity…
Critically endangered . Rauvolfia micrantha Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 3: 633 1882. (syn: Rauvolfia indosinensis Pichon; Rauvolfia littoralis Pierre ex Pit.; Rauvolfia membranifolia Kerr; Rauvolfia vietnamensis Lý); . SW. India, Indo-China: Cambodia, India, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Small Flowered Snake Root . Shrubs, to 1.5 m high; branches slender, glabrous….
Rauvolfia micrantha Hook.f. (Images by Santhosh Kumar E. S.) Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz (Images by Surajit Koley) Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. (Images by Shubhada Patwardhan and Balkar Singh) Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill. (Images by Anurag N. Sharma) . Rauvolfia L. : 4 posts by 2 authors. Just for correction. I realized…
Raphanus sativus L., Sp. Pl. 669 1753. (Syn: Raphanus acanthiformis J.M. Morel ex Sasaki; Raphanus candidus Vorosch.; Raphanus macropodus H. Lév.; Raphanus raphanistroides (Makino) Nakai; Raphanus taquetii H. Lév.; Raphanus taquetti H. Lév. ….); . RAF-an-us — quickly appears sa-TEE-vus — cultivated .. commonly known as: radish • Bengali: মুলো…
Ranunculus sceleratus L., Sp. Pl. 551 1753. (syn. Adonis palustris Raeusch.; Batrachium sceleratum (L.) Th.Fr. ex A.Pihl; Hecatonia palustris Lour.; Hecatonia scelerata Fourr.; Ranunculus apiifolius St.Lag. (ambiguous synonym); Ranunculus apiophyllus St.Lager.; Ranunculus carnosus Wall.; Ranunculus digitatus Gilib. (ambiguous synonym); Ranunculus holophyllus Hance; Ranunculus indicus Roxb.; Ranunculus oryzetorum Bunge; Ranunculus palustris Garsault…
Ranunculus longicaulis С.А. Меу. in Ledebour, Fl. Alt. 2: 308. 1830. (Syn: Ranunculus gramineus Spreng. (ambiguous synonym); Ranunculus nephelogenes var. longicaulis (C.A.Mey.) W.T.Wang (ambiguous synonym); Ranunculus pulchellus var. longicaulis (C.A.Mey.) Hook.fil. & T. (ambiguous synonym)) as per Catalogue of life; . R. pulchellus var. longicaulis (India: Kashmir (Ladakh), Himachal Pradesh…
Ranunculus muricatus L., Sp. Pl. 555 1753 (Syn: Notophilus muricatus (L.) Fourr.; Ranunculus cabulicus Boiss.; Ranunculus coronatus Ehrenb. ex Boiss.; Ranunculus echinatus Vent.; Ranunculus graecus Griseb.; Ranunculus microcarpus Bertol.; Ranunculus muricatus var. brasilianus DC.; Ranunculus muricatus var. emuricatus G.H. Dar & P. Kachroo; Ranunculus muricatus var. graecus (Griseb.) Heldr. &…
Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) Roxb. ex K.Schum., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 243 1895. (syn. Bignonia xylocarpa Roxb.; Spathodea xylocarpa (Roxb.) T.Anderson ex Brand.; Stereospermum xylocarpum (Roxb.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Tecoma xylocarpa (Roxb.) G.Don); . Images by Neil Soares, Dinesh Valke (Id by Neil Soares), Raman Arunachalam, Satish Phadke, N Muthu Karthick (id…