Luculia gratissima (Wall.) Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: t. 145 1826. (Syn: Cinchona gratissima Wall.; Mussaenda luculia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don [Illegitimate]); . Bhutan, China, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per Flora of China; . Pleasant Luculia • Nepali: बन काँगियो Ban kangiyo, दोवारी फूल Doware phool . Keys…
Keys as per Flora of China and As per efi thread: What struck me is the spathulate calyx given in the description in your book link (at MS,Aug., 2021/08 Luculia sp.for id.) for Luculia pinceana, which I found at Plants from Northeast Tour 2017- Luculia pinceana from Cherrapunji, Meghalaya. Also lamellate appendages at the base of corolla lobes for this species can be seen at Rubiaceae Week: Sharing Rubiaceae…
Lophopetalum wightianum Arn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 151 1839.; . commonly known as: Wight’s crest-petal • Coorgi: ಪಾಲ್ಮನಿ paalmani • Hindi: बनाती banati • Kannada: ಬಲ್ಪಾಲೆ balpaale, ಬನಾಟೆ banaate, ಬೌರಾಲಪಾಲೆ bauralapaale, ಬಿಳಿ ಹಲಸು bili halasu, ಪಾಲ್ಮನಿ paalmani • Konkani: बोलपली bolpali • Malayalam: വെമ്പാല vembala, വെണ്കടവം venkatavam, വെങ്കൊട്ട venkotta • Marathi: बलफळे balphale, बनाती banati • Nepali:…
Lonicera japonica Thunb., Syst. Veg. ed. 14 216 1784. (syn: Caprifolium chinense S.Watson ex Loudon; Caprifolium japonicum (Thunb.) Dum.Cours.; Caprifolium roseum Lam.; (≡) Lonicera aureoreticulata T. Moore (basionym); (=) Lonicera japonica var. aureoreticulata (T. Moore) G. Nicholson); , China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu,…
Lonicera acuminata Wall. (Images by Nidhan Singh) Lonicera asperifolia (Decne.) Hook. fil. & Thoms. Lonicera brownii (Regel) Carriere (Cultivated) (Image by Ranjini Kamath (ID by Nalini)) Lonicera caerulea L. ? Lonicera caprifolium L. (Cultivated) (Images by Nalini photographed in Ritterhude (ID by Gurcharan Singh)) Lonicera etrusca Santi (Images by Gurcharan Singh) Lonicera glabrata Wall….
Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh. (Syn: Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) (Europe to Xinjiang and Himalaya, Macaronesia to N. Africa: Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Connecticut, Corse,…
Loeseneriella arnottiana (Wight) A.C. Sm., J. Arnold Arbor. 26(2): 174 1945. (Syn: Hippocratea arnottiana Wight); . India: Western Ghats. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; Sri Lanka as per BSI Flora of India; . Loeseneriella arnottiana (Wight) A.C. Sm. : Attachments (4). 2 posts by 2 authors. Loeseneriella arnottiana (Wight) A.C. Sm.(= Hippocratea…
Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 169 1814 publ. 1815. (syn. Adyseton halimifolium Link; Adyseton maritimum (L.) Link; Adyseton orbiculare Bubani; Alyssum halimifolium L.; Alyssum halimifolium (All.) Willd. [Illegitimate]; Alyssum maritimum (L.) Lam.; Alyssum odoratum Voss; Anodontea halimifolia (DC.) Sweet; Clypeola halimifolia Link; Clypeola maritima L.; Draba maritima…
Lobelia nicotianifolia Roth ex Schult., Syst. Veg. 5: 47 1819. (Syn: Dortmanna colorata (Wall.) Kuntze; Dortmanna mishmica (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Dortmanna nicotianifolia (Roth ex Schult.) Kuntze; Dortmanna pyramidalis (Wall.) Kuntze; Dortmanna rosea (Wall.) Kuntze; Lobelia beddomeana E.Wimm.; Lobelia colorata Wall.; Lobelia colorata var. baculus E.Wimm.; Lobelia colorata var. dsolinhoensis E.Wimm.; Lobelia…
Lobelia erinus L., Sp. Pl. 932 1753. (Syn: Dortmannia debilis var. natalensis Kuntze; Dortmannia erinoides (L.) Kuntze; Dortmannia erinus (L.) Kuntze .; Dortmannia flexuosa (C.Presl) Kuntze; Dortmannia lavandulacea (Klotzsch) Kuntze; Dortmannia senegalensis (A.DC.) Kuntze; Enchysia erinoides (L.) C.Presl; Grammatotheca erinoides (L.) Sond.; Laurentia erinoides (L.) G.Nicholson; Lobelia acutangula (C.Presl) A.DC.; Lobelia…
Lobelia alsinoides Lam., Encycl. 3: 588 1792 (Syn: Dortmannia alsinodes (Lam.) Kuntze; Dortmannia trigona (Roxb.) Kuntze; Lobelia alsinoides var. cantonensis (E.Wimm. ex Danguy) E.Wimm.; Lobelia alsinoides f. elongata (Danguy) E.Wimm.; Lobelia alsinoides var. hirta (E.Wimm. ex Danguy) E.Wimm.; Lobelia chinensis var. cantonensis E.Wimm. ex Danguy; Lobelia chinensis f. elongata Danguy;…
Lobelia alsinoides Lam. (Images by Surajit Koley) Lobelia angulata G.Forst. (New Zealand: Antipodean Is., Chatham Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South; Introduced into: East Himalaya, Great Britain as per POWO) Lobelia chinensis Lour. Lobelia erinus L. (Cultivated) Images by Gurcharan Singh Lobelia heyneana Schult. (Images by Anurag N. Sharma (ID by Shrikant Ingalhalikar)) Lobelia leschenaultiana…
Gagea serotina (L.) Ker Gawl., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 102 1830. (Syn: Anthericum serotinum (L.) L.; Bulbocodium alpinum Mill.; Bulbocodium autumnale L.; Bulbocodium serotinum L.; Cronyxium serotinum (L.) Raf.; Gagea bracteata Schult. & Schult.f.; Gagea striata (Willd.) Sweet; Lloydia alpina (Mill.) Salisb.; Lloydia serotina (L.) Rchb. …..; Lloydia sicula A.Huet; Lloydia striata…
Litsea floribunda (Bl.) Gamble, Gamble, Fl. Madras 2: 1238. 1993; . Dioecious trees, to 15 high, bark 8-10 mm thick, light brown, smooth, brittle, lenticellate; lenticels horizontal; blaze dull yellow; branchlets brown to black pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 10-15 mm long, stout, pubescent; lamina 7.5-28 x 3.7-10.5 cm,…
Litsea deccanensis Gamble, Fl. Madras. 1235. (Syn: Litsea tomentosa Heyne ex Wall.; Tetranthera tomentosa Roxb. ex Wall. ex Wight); . LIT-see-a — Chinese litse or Ii, meaning small, little … Dave’s Botanary day-kahn-NEN-sis — of or from Deccan peninsula, India ak-tin-oh-DAF-nee — Greek: aktinos (ray) and daphne, who was transformed…
Litchi chinensis Sonn., Voy. Ind. Orient. 3: 255-258 255 1782. (Syn: Corvinia litschi (Lour.) Stadm. ex Willem.; Dimocarpus litchi Lour.; Euphoria litchi (Lour.) Juss.; Euphoria punicea Lam.; Euphoria sinensis (Sonner.) J. F. Gmel.; Laetji chinensis (Sonner.) Osb. ex Steud.; Litchi litchi (Cambess.) Britton; Litchi sinensis (Sonner.) J. F. Gmel.; Nephelium…
Lindernia crustacea (L.) F.Muell. (Syn. Antirrhinum hexandrum Forssk.; Antirrhinum hexandrum G.Forst.; Buchnera capillaris Desv. ex Ham.; Capraria crustacea L. (Unresolved); Gratiola aspera Roth; Gratiola lucida Willd.; Gratiola lucida Vahl.; Hornemannia ovata Link & Otto (Unresolved); Linaria hexandra F.Dietr. (Unresolved); Mimulus javanicus Blume (Unresolved); Morgania aspera Spreng. (Unresolved); Morgania lucida Spreng.; Pentsteira paniculata Griff. (Unresolved); Pyxidaria crustacea…
Artanema longifolium (L.) Vatke (Tropical Old World: Angola, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malaya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre as per POWO) Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst. (Tropical & Northern Prov., SW. Arabian Peninsula, India: Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia,…
Lindernia ciliata (Colsm.) Pennell, J. Arnold Arbor. 24(3): 253 253 1943. (syn. Gratiola ciliata Colsm. (Unresolved); Gratiola serrata Roxburgh; Ilysanthes ciliata (Colsm.) Kuntze; Ilysanthes serrata (Roxburgh) Urb.; Vandellia ciliata (Colsm.) T. Yamaz.; Bonnaya brachiata Link & Otto); . lin-DERN-ee-uh — named for Franz Balthasar von Lindern, German botanist sil-ee-ATE-uh or sil-ee-AH-tuh…
Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl., 2): 214 214 1931. (syn. Bonnaya antipoda (L.) Druce; Bonnaya bracteata Griff.; Bonnaya cyanea Griff.; Bonnaya grandiflora Spreng.; Bonnaya marginata Spreng.; Bonnaya pulegiifolia Spreng.; Bonnaya rothii A.Dietr.; Bonnaya roxburghiana A.Dietr.; Bonnaya verbenifolia Spreng.; Bonnaya veronicifolia (Retz.) Spreng.; Bonnaya veronicifolia var. angustifolia C.T.White &…