• Reinwardtia indica

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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…

  • Rauvolfia micrantha

    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

    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

    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 subsp. sceleratus

    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

    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

    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

    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…

  • Ichnocarpus frutescens

    Ichnocarpusfrutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 2: 69 1811. (Syn. Aganosma affinis (Roem. & Schult.) G.Don; Apocynum crassifolium Salisb.; Apocynum frutescens L.; Beluttakaka malabarica (Lam.) Kuntze; Carruthersia daronensis Elmer; Chonemorpha bantamensis G.Don; Chonemorpha malabarica (Lam.) G.Don; Echites affinis Roem. & Schult.; Echites bantamensis Blume; Echites caryophyllatus Roth [Illegitimate]; Echites caudatus Blanco…

  • Quercus

    Flush comparison of four W. Himalaya Quercus (Oak) species : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) Here is the flush comparison of 4 out of 6 native Quercus species to the Western Himalaya. Photo location: 1. Quercus baloot: Kalpa (2960m), Himachal Pradesh. 2. Quercus semecarpifolia: Hatu Peak (3400m), Himachal Pradesh….

  • Pyrus

    Pyrus calleryana Decne. (Introduced) (Central & S. China to Vietnam, Central Japan, Taiwan: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam; Introduced into: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iraq, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West…

  • Pyrostegia venusta

    Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188 1863. (Syn: Bignonia ignea Vell., Bignonia ignea Presl., Bignonia venusta Ker Gawl., Pyrostegia ignea (Vell.) C.Presl ….); . Flame vine, Flaming trumpet, Golden shower trumpet, Orange Bignonia • Tamil: தந்கா பூ Tanga pu;  . py-roh-STEG-ee-uh — Greek: pyr (flame),…

  • Pyracantha crenulata ?

      2100 metre level at Great Himalayan National Park on 11th May,2009; For ID050609ET113 – indiantreepix | Google Groups

  • Pyracantha

    Pyracantha crenulata (D. Don) M. Roem. (N. Pakistan to NW. India and China: Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, California, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Guatemala, Lesotho, Louisiana, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Northern Provinces,…

  • Solanum virginianum

    Solanum virginianum L., Sp. pl. 1:187. 1753 (Mant. pl. 2:340. 1771, as “virginicum“) (syn: (=) Solanum surattense Burm. f.; (=) Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad.;                  Solanum mairei H. Lév.); . NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, S. Iran to S. Central China and Indo-China: Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East…