Hedychium calcaratum A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma (Assam as per POWO) Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. (Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan, Guangxi) as per WCSP) Hedychium coronarium J.König (Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Azores, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck…
Hedera nepalensis K.Koch, Hort. Dendrol. 284 1853 (Syn: Cissus wallichiana Turcz.; Hedera cinerea (Hibberd) Bean; Hedera helix var. chrysocarpa DC.; Hedera helix var. cinerea Hibberd; Hedera helix var. himalaica Hibberd; Hedera himalaica Tobler; Hedera himalaica (Hibberd) Carrière); . Afghanistan to Thailand as per WCSP; . Afghanistan; Assam; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Nepal;…
Hedera helix L., Sp. Pl. 202 1753. (Syn: Hedera communis Gray, nom. superfl.; Hedera helix var. vulgaris DC., not validly publ.; Hedera poetarum Bertol., nom. illeg. (ambiguous synonym); Hedera poetica Salisb. [Illegitimate]); . Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is.,…
Fernandoa adenophylla (Wall. ex G.Don) Steenis, Blumea 23: 135 1976. (syn. Bignonia adenophylla Wall. ex G.Don; Haplophragma adenophyllum (Wall. ex G.Don) Dop; Heterophragma adenophyllum (Wall. ex G.Don) Seem. ex Benth. & Hook.f.; Spathodea adenophylla A.DC.); . Katsagon • Hindi: मरॊड़फली Marodphali; Petthan; ‘Karen wood’; . Native to: Myanmar, Bangladesh, India…
Haplanthodes verticillatus (Roxb.) R.B.Majumdar, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 25: 76 1971. (Syn: Barleria acanthophora (Roem. & Schult.) Nees; Bremekampia spinosa (Lour.) M. R. Almeida; Bremekampia verticillata (Roxb.) Sreemadh.; Eranthemum acanthophorum Roem. & Schult.; Eranthemum spinosum Lour. (ambiguous synonym); Eranthemum verticillatum (Roxb.) Spreng.; Haplanthus verticillatus (Roxb.) Nees; Justicia verticillata Roxb. (ambiguous synonym));…
Hamelia patens Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 16 1760. (syn. Duhamelia odorata Willd. ex Schult.; Duhamelia patens (Jacq.) Pers.; Duhamelia sphaerocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.; Hamelia brachystemon Wernham; Hamelia brittoniana Wernham; Hamelia coccinea Sw.; Hamelia corymbosa Sessé & Moc.; Hamelia erecta Jacq.; Hamelia intermedia Urb. & Ekman; Hamelia lanuginosa M.Martens &…
Hamelia patens Jacq. (Introduced) . BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution): Hamelia patens Jacq. (Cultivated species) . Flora of Peninsular India: Hamelia patens Hamelia sphaerocarpa (syn. of Hamelia patens Jacq. as per POWO) . Species with description from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution): Hamelia patens Jacquin (A native of tropical America….
Halenia elliptica D.Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 529 1837. (Syn: Swertia centrostemma Wall. (Unresolved); Swertia peloria Griff. (Unresolved)); . Spurred Gentian • Nepali: टिक्टा Tikta; . Annual herb up to 80 cm tall with erect 4-angled striate stems; basal leaves elliptic, spatulate to suborbicular 2-3 cm long on slightly flattened 1-2…
Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth (Tropical & Subtropical Asia to NW. Pacific: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)
Hackelia uncinata (Benth.) C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 298 1932. (syn: Cynoglossum uncinatum Benth.; Lappula glochidiata (A. DC.) Brand; Lappula uncinata (Benth.) C.E.C. Fisch.; Omphalodes glochidiata Bunge; Paracaryum glochidiatum (A. DC.) Benth. & Hook. f.; Paracaryum uncinatum (Benth.) N.P.Balakr.) as per The Plant List; . S-Tibet, China (NW-Yunnan), India,…
Habenaria viridiflora (Rottler ex Sw.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 319 1835. (Syn: Coeloglossum luteum Dalzell; Habenaria chlorantha Turcz.; Habenaria graminea A.Rich.; Habenaria tenuis Griff.; Habenaria viridiflora (Rottler ex Sw.) R. Br.; Orchis viridiflora Rottler ex Sw.); . India to Indo-China, Sri Lanka, China (N. Guangxi): Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast,…
Habenaria roxburghii Nicolson, Fl. Hassan Distr. 834 1976. (syn: Gymnadenia plantaginea (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Wall.; Habenaria platyphylla Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Orchis plantaginea Roxb.; Orchis platyphyllos Willd. [Illegitimate]; Orchis roxburghii Pers. [Illegitimate]; Orchis tenuis Rottler ex Wall. [Invalid]); . India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Roxburgh’s Habenaria • Telugu: Chukka dumpa;…
Habenaria rariflora A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 15: 70 1841. (syn: Habenaria uniflora Dalzell); . SW. India as per POWO; . Spreading Flowered Habenaria • Marathi: चिरे हबॆअमरी Chire habe-amri; . Leaves Linear lanceolate to oblong lanceolate.1-4 flowered inflorescence. Flowers White. pedicellate, bracteate. Capsule ribbed 2-3 cm. Beak 0.2-0.4cm…
Habenaria plantaginea Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 323 1835. (Syn: Gymnadenia plantaginea Lindl.; Plantaginorchis plantaginea (Lindl.) Szlach.); . Indian Subcontinent, Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor): Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Lesser Sunda Is., Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya as per POWO; . hab-en-AR-ee-uh — from the Latin habena (rein or strap) referring to…
Habenaria longicornu Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 322 1835. (Syn: Blephariglottis longicornu (Lindl.) Raf.; Habenaria decipiens Wight; Habenaria montana A.Rich.; Habenaria montana Wight [Illegitimate]; Orchis longicornu B.Heyne ex Wall. [Invalid]; Plantaginorchis longicornu (Lindl.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap.); . SW India as per POWO; . Common name: Long-Horned Habenaria . Stem 10-40 cm…
Habenaria grandifloriformis Blatt. & McCann , J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 36: 17 1932. (Syn: Habenaria grandiflora Lindl. ex Dalzell & Gibson [Illegitimate]); . India as per POWO; . hab-en-AR-ee-uh — from the Latin habena, (rein or strap) … Dave’s Botanary ¿ gran-dih-FLOR-ih-for-miss — free-flowering, with large flowers ? . commonly known as: large…
Habenaria furcifera Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 319 1835. (Synonym: Habenaria hamigera Griff.; Habenaria modesta Dalzell; …; Habenaria tenuicornis Wall. ex Hook.f. ); . Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan): Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Forked Habenaria • Marathi:…
Habenaria commelinifolia (Roxb.) Wall. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 325 1835. (Synonyms: Orchis commelinifolia Roxb.; Orchis stylosanthes Ham. ex Hook.f.; Platanthera commelinifolia (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Wall.; Platanthera commelinifolia (Roxb.) Lindl.); . Commelina-Leaf Habenaria • Marathi: कोमल अमरी Komal-amri; . Indian Subcontinent to China (SW. Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya,…
Habenaria acuifera Wall. ex Lindl. (E. Himalaya to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) Habenaria aitchisonii Rchb.f. (Afghanistan to W. & S. Central China and N. Myanmar: Afghanistan, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO) Habenaria arietina…
Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 282 1763. (Syn: Gyrocarpus asiaticus Willd.; Gyrocarpus jacquini Gardner 1791); . Common name: Helicopter Tree, Whirly Whirly Tree Burl, Stinkwood, Shitwood • Hindi: ज़ैतून Zaitun • Kannada: kadubende, pollika, kaadu bende • Tamil: Chaivavatala, Tanakku, Kadavai • Telugu: Tanuku, Nallaponaku, Kumaara ponaku ; ….