• Gaultheria trichophylla

    Gaultheria trichophylla Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 260 1835. (Syn: Brossaea trichophylla (Royle) Kuntze; Gaultheria nana C.Y.Wu & T.Z.Hsu); . Spreading prostrate undershrub with slender braches, long hairs on young branches; leaves subsessile, 4-10 mm long, elliptic to ovate, margin ciliate; flowers solitary, white to pink; calyx lobes ovate, 2-3…

  • Garuga pinnata

    Garuga pinnata Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 5 1811. (Syn: Garuga pharhad Buch.-Ham.; Garuga pinnata var. obtusa Engl.; Garuga pinnata var. sikkimensis Engl.; Guaiacum abilo Blanco); . commonly known as: grey downy balsam • Assamese: পমা pama • Bengali: jum, কপিল kapila • Garo: dumi • Gujarati: કાકેઢ kaked, ખુસિંબ khusimb…

  • Gardenia species ?- Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka

    Tree for ID : 271210 : AK-3: This tree with many buds taken at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka on the 17th of Nov, 2010. Sorry for the bad picture quality as taken in a hurry with no sunlight. Seems to be a species of Gardenia  …

  • Gardenia

    Gardenia carinata Wall. ex Roxb.  (Cultivated- Lalbagh, Banglore) Gardenia coronaria Buch.-Ham. Gardenia gummifera L.f. Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis (Cultivated & Wild) Gardenia latifolia Aiton Gardenia resinifera Roth Gardenia thunbergia Thunb. (Cultivated)   Kailarsenia lineata (Craib) Tirveng. (Cultivated) Gardenia species- Cherapunji, Meghalaya Gardenia species- Lahore botanical garden, Pakistan . BSI Flora of India…

  • Garcinia xanthochymus ?

    Which tree? Imphal Manipur – efloraofindia | Google Groups: This tree is in kangla Fort in Imphal, Manipur. I am told that its fruit is edible and sweet Is this one “Litchi tree”? Litsea chinensis No it is not. The leaves of the Litchi tree are much smaller in size. And…

  • Garcinia xanthochymus

    Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson , Fl. Brit. India 1: 269 1874. (syn. Garcinia pictoria (Roxb.) Dunn [Illegitimate]; Garcinia pictoria (Roxb.) Engl.; Garcinia roxburghii Kurz [Illegitimate]; Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) W.Wight; Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) Dunn; Stalagmitis pictoria G.Don (Unresolved); Xanthochymus pictorius Roxb.; Xanthochymus tinctorius DC.); . Tamala, Mysore gamboge , sour mangosteen…

  • Garcinia gummi-gutta

    Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 42 1814. (syn. Cambogia binucao Blanco; Cambogia gemmi-gutta L.; Cambogia solitaria Stokes; Garcinia affinis Wight & Arn.; Garcinia cambogia (Gaertn.) Desr.; Garcinia sulcata Stokes; Mangostana cambogia Gaertn.; Stalagmitis gutta G.Don); . Gambooge, Brindleberry, Brindall berry, Fish Tamarind, Malabar Tamarind or Kerala Tamarind, Gorikapuli, Kodumpulli…

  • Strobilanthes urens

    Strobilanthes urens (Roth) J. R. I. Wood, comb. nov. (Basionym: Ruellia urens Roth, Gantelbua urens (Roth) Bremek., Hemigraphis urens (Roth) J. R. I. Wood, Ruellia dura Nees in Hook., Hemigraphis dura (Nees) T. Anderson, J.) as per New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood- Novon: A…

  • Gamochaeta pensylvanica

    Gamochaeta pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 9 375 1961. (Syn: Gnaphalium peregrinum Fernald; Gnaphalium purpureum var. spathulatum (Lam.) H.E.Ahles; Gnaphalium purpureum var. spathulatum (Lam.) Baker; Gnaphalium spathulatum Lam.; Gnaphalium spathulatum Burm. f.;                  (≡) Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd. ); . Pennsylvania Cudweed, Pennsylvania everlasting;  . Annual herb, up to 25…

  • Galphimia gracilis (Cultivated)

    Galphimiagracilis Bartl., Linnaea 13: 552 1839. (syn. Galphimiaglauca Bartl. [Invalid]; Galphimiagracilis var. gracillima Hieron.; Galphimiasplendens Jacob-Makoy ex Walp.; Thryallisgracilis (Bartl.) Kuntze); . Golden Thyrallis, Gold Shower, Rain of Gold, Canary bush, Slender goldshower, Thriallis, Spray of Gold; . Native of tropical America. Commonly cultivated as per BSI Flora of India; . Galphimia…

  • Galium aparine

    Galium aparine L., Sp. Pl. 108 1753. (Syn: Aparine hispida Moench [Illegitimate]; Aparine vulgaris Hill; Asperula aparine (L.) Besser [Illegitimate]; Asterophyllum aparine (L.) Schimp. & Spenn.; Asterophyllum aparine (L.) Schimp. & Spenn.; Crucianella purpurea Wulff ex Steud.; Galion aparinum (L.) St.-Lag.; Galium aculeatissimum Kit. ex Kanitz; Galium adhaerens Gilib. [Invalid];…

  • Galinsoga quadriradiata

    Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav., Syst. veg. fl. peruv. chil. 1:198. 1798 (Syn: Adventina ciliata Rafin.; Ageratum perplexans M. F. Johnson; Baziasa urticifolia (Kunth) Steud.; Galinsoga allaeocarpa Spreng. (ambiguous synonym); Galinsoga aristulata E. P. Bickn.; Galinsoga bicolorata St. John & White; Galinsoga brachystephana Regel; Galinsoga caracasana (DC.) Sch. Bip.; Galinsoga ciliata…

  • Galinsoga parviflora

    Galinsogaparviflora Cav., Icon. 3 “41, t. 281” 1796. (Syn: Adventinaparviflora (Cav.) Raf.; Baziasa microglossa Steud.; Galinsoga acmella Steud.; Galinsoga calva Sch. Bip. (ambiguous synonym); Galinsogahirsuta Baker; Galinsogalaciniata Retz.; Galinsogaquinqueradiata Ruiz & Pav.; Galinsoga semicalva var. percalva S. F. Blake; Sabazia microglossa DC.; Stemmatellasodiroi Hieron.; Vigolinaacmella (Roth) Poir.; Wiborgiaacmella Roth; Wiborgiaparviflora…

  • Galinsoga

    Differences between Galinsoga quadriradiata & Galinsoga parviflora : I got the difference between Galinsoga quadriradiata & Galinsoga parviflora, which could be easily checked:  Galinsoga parviflora:  upper part of the stem not hairy or with short and sparse simple hairs http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=galinsoga+parviflora Galinsoga quadriradiata: upper part of the stem with glandular hairs…

  • Gaillardia pulchella

    Gaillardia pulchella Foug., Mem. Acad. Sci. Paris 1786 5 1788. (Syn: Calonnea pulcherrima Buc’hoz; Gaillardia bicolor Lam.; Gaillardia drummondii (Hook.) DC.; Gaillardia lobata Buckley; Gaillardia neomexicana A.Nelson; Gaillardia picta D.Don; Gaillardia pulchella var. albiflora Cockerell …..; Gaillardia scabrosa Buckley; Gaillardia villosa Rydb.; Galordia alternifolia Raeusch.); . Gaillardia pulchella (Firewheel, Indian blanket,…

  • Gagea

    Gagea bashoensis Ali   Gagea bulbifera (Pall.) Salisb. Gagea dschungarica Regel ? Gagea fragifera (Vill.) E.Bayer & G.López Gagea gageoides (Zucc.) Vved. Gagea jaeschkei Pascher Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl.    Gagea reticulata (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f. Gagea serotina (L.) Ker Gawl. (Images by Gurcharan Singh (ID by D.S.Rawat), Nidhan Singh (Id by D…

  • Fritillaria cirrhosa

    Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 51 1825. (Syn: Baimo cirrhosa (D.Don) Raf.; Fritillaria cirrhosa var. bonatii (H.Lév.) S.C.Chen; Fritillaria cirrhosa var. brachyantha C.Marquand & Airy Shaw; Fritillaria cirrhosa var. dingriensis Y.K.Yang & J.Z.Zhang; Fritillaria cirrhosa var. jilongensis Y.K. Yang & Gesan; Fritillaria cirrhosa subsp. roylei (Hook.) Ali; Fritillaria cirrhosa…

  • Fritillaria

    Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don (Images by Viplav Gangar & Gurcharan Singh) Fritillaria imperialis L. (E. Central & SE. Turkey to NW. Iran, Afghanistan to W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Austria, Bulgaria as per POWO)     . Fritillaria species in India: Fritillaria bhutanica Turrill (synonym of F. delavayi Franch.) F. cirrhosa D.Don…

  • Freesia

    Freesia × kewensis J.Wright    Freesia hybrid- Delhi University Flower show Freesia species/ hybrid ?- Pusa flower show 2015, Delhi   Freesia species/ hybrids- Kathmandu, Nepal   Freesia hybrid- Nasik, Maharashtra Freesia hybrid- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal