Mimosa himalayana Gamble (syn. Mimosa rubricaulis sensu auct.; Mimosa rubricaulis subsp. himalayana (Gamble) H.Ohashi); . A large deciduous shrub with ribbed densely hairy branches with straight or hooked up to 4 mm long prickles; leaf bippinate with up to 25 cm long rachis; pinnae 5-12 pairs, leaflets (pinnules) 6-15 pairs,…
Mimosa pudica L. (syn: Mimosa hispidula Kunth); . mim-MOH-suh — from the word for mimic, referring to the movement of the leaves pud-EE-kuh — shrinking, closing, modest . commonly known as: humble plant, sensitive plant (Australia), shame plant, sleeping grass, prayer plant, touch-me-not • Assamese: nilajban • Bengali: laajak, lajjabati,…
Millettia pachycarpa Benth., F. A. W. Miquel, Pl. jungh. 250. 1852; . Fabaceae (Faboideae) Week_Milletia pachycarpa_RKC_05_08112011: Milletia pachycarpa Loc.: Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh (ca 700 msl) Date: Sept., 2007 This Milletia is confined to NE region in India. Root extract is locally used as a fish-poison. More information is…
Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) J.Sinclair, Gard. Bull. Singapore 14:378. 1955 (Syn: (≡) Saccopetalum tomentosum (Roxb.) Hook. f. & Thomson; (≡) Uvaria tomentosa Roxb. (basionym)); . ¿ mil-ee-u-suh ? — named for Josephus Milius Vottolinus, author of De Hortorum Cultura … Flora of Australia Online toh-men-TOH-suh — covered with fine, matted hairs…
Mikania micrantha Kunth, 1820. (Syn. Eupatorium denticulatum Vahl; Eupatorium orinocense (Kunth) M.Gómez ..; Kleinia alata G.Mey.; Mikania alata (G.Mey.) DC.; Mikania denticulata (Vahl) Willd.; Mikania glechomaefolia Sch.Bip. ex Baker [Illegitimate]; Mikania micrantha (Hieron.) B.L.Rob.; Mikania micrantha f. hirsuta (Hieron.) B.L.Rob.; Mikania orinocensis Kunth; Mikania scandens var. subcymosa (Gardner) Baker ..; Mikania sinuata…
Microstachys chamaelea (L.) Müll.Arg., Linnaea 32: 95 1863. (syn. Cnemidostachys chamaelaea (L.) Spreng.; Cnemidostachys linearifolia Miq.; Elachocroton asperococcum F.Muell.; Excoecaria chamelaea (L.) Baill.; Sebastiania chamaelea (L.) Müll.Arg.; Sebastiania chamaelea var. africana Pax & K.Hoffm.; Sebastiania chamaelea var. asperococca (F.Muell.) Pax; Sebastiania chamaelea var. chariensis Beille; Stillingia asperococca (F.Muell.) Baill.; Stillingia chamaelea…
Lepisorus zippelii (Blume) C.F.Zhao, R.Wei & X.C.Zhang, Cladistics 36: 251 (2019) (syn: Bathmium subfalcatum Fée ; Drynaria subfalcata J.Sm. ; Microsorum luzonicum (Copel.) Tagawa ; Pleopeltis luzonica (Copel.) Alderw. ; Polypodium luzonicum Copel. ; Polypodium oxyphyllum Kunze ; Colysis zippelii (Blume) J.Sm. ; Microsorum zippelii (Blume) Ching ; Neocheiropteris zippelii (Blume) Bosman ; Neolepisorus zippelii (Blume) Li Wang ; Pleopeltis zippelii (Blume) T.Moore ; Polypodium heterocarpum var. zippelii (Blume) Baker ; Polypodium zippelii Blume ); , Tropical…
Microsorum membranaceum (D. Don) Ching (Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO (Bosmania membranacea (D.Don) Testo)) Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. (Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo,…
Microlepia speluncae (L.) T. Moore (Tropics & Subtropics: Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji,…
Dennstaedtia species- Kalimpong, West Bengal Hypolepis resistens (Kze.) Hook. (Hainan to Tropical Asia and SW. Pacific: Borneo, Hainan, India, Malaya, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Tasmania, Victoria, Vietnam as per POWO) Microlepia speluncae (L.) T. Moore (Tropics & Subtropics: Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo,…
Meyna laxiflora Robyns (Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) . BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Name Distribution Meyna laxiflora Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal Meyna pubescens Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya,…
Mesua ferrea L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 1: 734 734 1762. (Syn: Calophyllum nagassarium Burm.f. (Unresolved); Mesua nagassarium (Burm. f.) Kosterm.); . ¿ may-SEW-ah ? — named after Mesue, father-son, Arabian physicians and botanists … A Pocket Botanical Dictionary by Sir Joseph Paxton, John Lindley FER-ee-uh — of iron … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: Ceylon…
Mentha spicata L., Sp. Pl. 576 1753. (syn: Mentha aquatica var. crispa (L.) Benth. ……..; Mentha crispa L. …….; Mentha longifolia var. crispata (Schrad. ex Willd.) Rouy ……..; Mentha spicata subsp. glabrata (Lej. & Courtois) Lebeau ……..; Mentha viridis (L.) L.; Mentha viridis var. allodonta Topitz ………….; Mentha walteriana Opiz); . Is this Mentha piperita? –…
Memecylon grande Retz., Observ. Bot. (Retzius) iv. 26.; . South-west Sri Lanka. This species was found in eight forest sites during the extensive forest surveys conducted for the National Conservation Review. A rare tree confined to lowland wet evergreen forest. (From IUCN Red List (VU) Citation- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998….
Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi (South India as per as per Review of the Genus Solena (Cucurbitaceae) Authors: Wilde, W.J.J.O. De; Duyfjes, B.E.E. Source: Blumea – Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, Volume 49, Number 1, May 2004 , pp. 69-81(13))- Shape of the fruit is distintive. (Images by Nasim Kasim (Id…
Melicope elleryana (F. Muell.) T.G. Hartley, Allertonia 8(1): 201 201 2001. (Syn: Euodia elleryana F. Muell.); . Maluku to Santa Cruz Islands and N. Australia: Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Western Australia; Introduced: Hawaii as per POWO; / Australia…
Melicope denhamii (Seem.) T.G.Hartley (Introduced) (Borneo, Moluccas, New Guinea, Solomon Isl., Bismarck Arch., Sulawesi, Vanuatu, Fiji, Palau Isl. (Babeldaob, Koror), Tonga (Tofua), Micronesia (Pohnpei), Philippines (I), Sumatra (I) as per Catalogue of Life) Melicope elleryana (F. Muell.) T.G. Hartley (Introduced) (Australia (NE-Western Australia, N-Northern Territory, Queensland, NE-New South Wales), Moluccas (Morotai, Obi, Ceram, Tanimbar),…
Melia azedarach L., Sp. Pl. 384 1753. (Syn. Azedara speciosa Raf.; Azedarach commelinii Medik.; Azedarach deleteria Medik.; Azedarach fraxinifolia Moench; Azedarach odoratum Noronha; Azedarach sempervirens Kuntze; Azedarach sempervirens var. glabrior (C.DC.) Kuntze ..; Melia azedarach var. intermedia (Makino) Makino …..; Melia japonica var. semperflorens Makino; Melia toosendan Siebold & Zucc. ….); . bead tree,…
Melanthera biflora (L.) Wild, Kirkia 5: 4. 1965 4 1965. (syn: Acmella biflora (L.) Spreng.; Anthemiopsis macrophylla Bojer ex DC.; Buphthalmum australe Spreng.; Eclipta scabriuscula Wall. [Invalid]; Niebuhria biflora (L.) Britten; Spilanthes peregrina Blanco; Stemmodontia biflora W.Wight (Unresolved); Stemmodontia canescens W.Wight (Unresolved); Verbesina aquatilis Burm.; Verbesina argentea Gaudich.; Verbesina biflora L. .; Verbesina canescens…
Melanocenchris jacquemontii Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 4: 36 1851. (syn. Amphipogon humilis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Gracilea royleana Hook.f.; Melanocenchris royleana Nees [Invalid]; Pommereulla royleana Steud. [Invalid]); . Socotra, Iraq, Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Socotra, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Desert Black-Millet , id…