• Poa annua

    Poa annua L., Sp. Pl. 68 1753. (Syn: Aira pumila Pursh; Catabrosa pumila Roem. & Schult.; ;Ochlopoa annua (L.) H.Scholz; Poa aestivalis J.Presl; Poa algida Trin.; Poa annua var. annua  ……..; Poa bipollicaris Hochst.; Poa hansiana Nees [Invalid]; Poa hohenackeri Trin.; Poa humilis Lej. [Illegitimate]; Poa meyenii Nees & Meyen;…

  • Poa

    Poa alpina L. (Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Mexico (Veracruz): Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Colorado, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Manitoba, Mexico Gulf, Michigan, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nepal, Nevada,…

  • Plumeria filifolia

    Plumeria filifolia Griseb., Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts n.s., 8: 519 1863. (Syn: Plumeria stenophylla Urb.); . Images by Dinesh Valke & (Raghu Ananth – identified by Usha Desai), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)    commonly known as: Aztec: cacalloxochitl (meaning – crow flower) • Bengali: kathgolop • Canary Islands: flor de cebo…

  • Plumeria rubra

    Plumeria rubra L., Sp. Pl. 209 1753. (Syn. Plumeria acuminata W.T.Aiton; Plumeria acutifolia Poir.; Plumeria acutifolia var. gasparrini A. DC.; Plumeria angustifolia A.DC.; Plumeria arborea Noronha; Plumeria arborescens G.Don; Plumeria aurantia Endl.; Plumeria aurantia Lodd. ex G.Don; Plumeria aurantiaca Steud.; Plumeria bicolor Ruiz & Pav.; Plumeria blandfordiana Lodd. ex G.Don; Plumeria…

  • Plumeria pudica

    Plumeria pudica Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 13 1760. (Syn: Plumeriacaracasana J.R.Johnst.; Plumeriacochleata S.F.Blake); , Bridal Bouquet, White Frangipani; . ID Confirmation Requested_28122010_DS_SN6: This garden flower show at Uluberia. West Bengal in Sep. 2010 –  Nice photograph of Plumeria pudica locally called Pandhra Chapha. white flower 1st July 2011 Churchgate Mumbai MAH…

  • Plumeria obtusa

    Plumeria obtusa L., Sp. Pl. 210 1753. (Syn: Plumeria clusioides var. parviflora (Griseb.) M. Gómez; Plumeria emarginata var. sericifolia (C. Wright ex Griseb.) M. Gómez; Plumeria obtusa var. laevis Griseb.; Plumeria obtusa var. parviflora Griseb.;            Plumeria apiculata Urb.; Plumeria bahamensis Urb.; Plumeria barahonensis Urb.; Plumeria beatensis Urb.; Plumeria bicolor Seem.;…

  • Plumeria

    Plumeria filifolia Griseb.  Plumeria obtusa L.  Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson (Image by Aarti Khale – identified by Ajinkya Gadve, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))    Plumeria pudica Jacq. (Images by (Padnabhan Geetha – identified by Ken Greby), (Geeta Rane – identified by Ajinkya Gadve) & Balkar Singh, (inserted…

  • Plumbago auriculata (Introduced)

    Plumbago auriculata Lam., Encycl. 2: 270 1786. (Syn. Plumbagidium auriculatum (Lam.) Spach; Plumbago alba Pasq.; Plumbago auriculata f. alba (Pasq.) Z.X. Peng; Plumbago capensis Thunb.; Plumbago grandiflora Tenore); . South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Mozambique, Sao Tome (I), Seychelles (I), Cameroon (I), trop. Afr….

  • Pluchea tomentosa

    Pluchea tomentosa DC., 1834, in Wight (syn: Eupatorium mysorense Heyne ex DC. [Illegitimate]; Pluchea tomentosa var. tomentosa); . India (widespread, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala), Pakistan, Madagascar, Comores, Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq) as per Catalogue of Life; . PLOO-sha — named for Abbé Noel-Antoine…

  • Lepisorus scolopendrium

    Lepisorus scolopendrium (Ching) Mehra & Bir, Res. Bull. Punjab Univ., New Ser., Sci. 15: 168 (1964) (syn: Lepisorus excavatus var. himalayensis Bir & Trikha ; Lepisorus excavatus var. mortonianus Bir & Trikha ; Lepisorus himalayensis (Bir & Trikha) Khullar & Pangtey ; Lepisorus kumaonensis Kholia, Bhakuni, R.Punetha & Bankoti ; Lepisorus mortonianus (Bir & Trikha) Khullar ; Lepisorus scolopendrium var. himalayensis (Bir & Trikha) Pangtey & Punetha…

  • Strobilanthes sessilis var. ritchei

    Strobilanthes sessilis var. ritchei C. B. Cl. (Syn: Pleocaulus ritchei (C. B. Cl.) Bremek.) as per Catalogue of Life; . ¿ plee-oh-KAW-lus ? — from the Greek pleos (many) and kaulos (stem) RICH-ee-eye — named for Dr. Ritchie, collector of plants in Belgaon . commonly known in Marathi as: माळ कारवी…

  • Pleiospermium alatum

    Pleiospermium alatum (Wight & Arn.) Swingle, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 6: 428 428 1916. (Syn: Limonia alata Wight & Arn.); . S. India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands as per POWO; . Common name: Winged Naringi • Kannada: Kaadu bilvapathre, Naayi baela • Malayalam: Kurtham • Tamil: Kurnthumullthalai, Kurnthumul thazhai • Telugu: Kondanimma, Munukundu, Nalla munukundu …

  • Pleiospermium

    Pleiospermium alatum (Wight & Arn.) Swingle (S. India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands as per POWO) . BSI Flora of India Vol. 4 with Keys (1997) (Distribution): Pleiospermium alatum (Wight & Arn.) Swingle (India: Moist deciduous or semievergreen forests, up to 1250 m; occasionally also found at lower elevations, 50 – 100 m. Andhra Pradesh,…

  • Pleione maculata

    Pleione maculata (Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 2: 5 1851. (Syn: Coelogyne arthuriana Rchb.f.; Coelogyne diphylla (Lindl. & Paxton) Lindl.; Coelogyne maculata Lindl.; Coelogyne maculata var. virginea Rchb.f.; Gomphostylis candida Wall. ex Lindl.; Pleione diphylla Lindl. & Paxton; Pleione maculata var. arthuriana (Rchb. f.) Rolfe ex Kraenzl.; Pleione maculata…

  • Pleione hookeriana

    Pleione hookeriana (Lindl.) J.Moore, Orch.-Grow. Man. ed. 6: 548 1885. (syn. Coelogyne hookeriana Lindl., Coelogyne hookeriana var. brachyglossa Rchb.f., Pleione hookeriana (Lindl.) Rollisson, Pleione hookeriana (Lindl.) Kuntze, Pleione hookeriana var. brachyglossa (Rchb.f.) Karth., Pleione hookeriana var. brachyglossa (Rchb. f.) Rolfe, Pleione laotica Kerr); . Hooker’s Pleione; . Distribution: Nepal to…

  • Plectranthus mollis

    Plectranthus mollis (Aiton) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 690 1825. (Syn: Ocimum cordifolium Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Ocimum maypurense Roth; Ocimum molle Aiton; Plectranthus cordifolius D.Don; Plectranthus divaricatus Weinm.; Plectranthus incanus Link; Plectranthus maypurensis (Roth) Spreng.; Plectranthus secundus Roxb.); . plek-TRAN-thus — from the Greek plektron (spur) and anthos (flower), referring to…

  • Plectranthus barbatus

    Plectranthus barbatus Andrews, Bot. Repos. 10: t. 594 1810. (syn. Coleus adolfi-friderici Perkins; Coleus barbatus (Andrews) Benth. ex G.Don; Coleus coerulescens Gürke; Coleus forsskaolii var. adoensis Briq.; Coleus penzigii Dammann ex Baker; Coleus speciosus Baker f.; Coleus vestitus Baker; Ocimum asperum Roth; Orthosiphon asperus (Roth) Benth. ex Sweet; Plectranthus asper…

  • Plectranthus

    Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng. (Cultivated)  (Images by (Bhagyashri Ranade – Id by Gurcharan Singh & Vijayasankar Raman), Alka Khare, Giby Kuriakose, (For more photos & complete details, click on the links, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Plectranthus barbatus Andrews (Wild & Cultivated)  (Images by Dinesh Valke, (For more photos & complete details, click on the…

  • Platycerium bifurcatum (Introduced)

    Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr., Index Filic.: 496 (1906) (syn: Alcicornium bifurcatum (Cav.) Underw. ; Platycerium bifurcatum var. normale Domin ; Acrostichum bifurcatum Cav.) ; . E. Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia: Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., New Caledonia, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Queensland, Sulawesi; Introduced: Canary Is., Colombia, Hawaii, KwaZulu-Natal, New Zealand North as per POWO;…

  • Platycerium

    Platycerium alcicorne Desv. (Introduced) (S. Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean: Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: India as per POWO) Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. (Introduced) (E. Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia: Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., New Caledonia, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Queensland, Sulawesi; Introduced: Canary Is., Colombia,…