Psychotria connata Wall., Fl. Ind. 2: 163 (1824) (syn: Mapouria connata (Wall.) K.Schum. ; Psychotria arnottiana Steud. ; Psychotria laevigata Wight & Arn. ; Psychotria viticina Steud. ; Uragoga connata (Wall.) Kuntze; Vitex laevigata Wight & Arn.); . S. India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu) as per POWO; . For ID280423MRJ2: 3 high res. images. Place: Avalanche forest…
Cordia grandis Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 335 (1824) (syn: Cordia cordata Steud.; Gerascanthus grandis (Roxb.) Borhidi; Lithocardium grande Kuntze); . W. Central Himalaya to Indo-China: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Large, fast growing deciduous tree 9-21m. Branches dark brown with pale…
Musa textilis Née, Anales Ci. Nat. 4: 123 (1801) (syn: Musa abaca Perr. ; Musa amboinensis Miq. ; Musa mindanaensis Miq. ; Musa textilis var. amboinensis (Miq.) Baker ; Musa tikap Warb. ; Musa troglodytarum var. textoria Blanco ); . Philippines; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Borneo, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Costa Rica, Jawa, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Trinidad-Tobago as per…
SK 3719 09 April 2023: 7 very high res. images. Location: Chandragiri, Kathmandu, Nepal Altitude: 2299m. Date : 8 April 2023 Habitat : Wild Erigeron emodi I.M.Turner Syn : Erigeron bellidioides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke ?? https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/e=Erigeron~bellidioides https://biosciences.unimelb.edu.au/erigeron-bellidioides I do not think so. https://powo.science.kew.org/names:77159820-1 Pl. check Erigeron multiradiatus as per http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=120721&flora_id=2 https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/28/erigeron-multiradiatus/ I guess…
Aristolochia punjabensis Lace, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 273 (1911) (syn: Isotrema punjabense (Lace) X.X.Zhu, S.Liao & J.S.Ma); . NE. Pakistan to W. Himalaya as per POWO; . Aristolochia punjabensis Lace submission AS5 May 2023: 6 high res. images. Here’s a new rare addition to eFloraofIndia website. Aristolochia punjabensis Lace Family…
Happy World Honey Bee Day!: Happy World Honey Bee Day! & On the new honey bee settlement in our Champak/ Sampige tree canopies. (Yesterday) I came onto the terrace of our house, peering into the tall sampige/champaka tree crown, and waited for a long time to see the well-camouflaged green…
SK 3726 07 May 2023: 7 very high res. images. Location: Gaurati, Chautara, Nepal Date: 06 May 2023 Elevation: 1733 m. Habit : Wild Trichosanthes wallichiana (Ser.) Wight ?? The following is also possible: https://efloraofindia.com/2020/03/22/trichosanthes-bracteata/ Cannot say …
SK 3724 18 April 2023 – Fern: 7 very high res. images. Location: Suryavinayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal Date: 17 April 2023 Elevation: 1450 m. Habit : Wild Perhaps Microlepia
437 ID wild plant- 2: 2 high res. images. Posting separately from another post by Sam ji to avoid confusion: Sharing images from Gulmarg which is comparatively smaller than Sonamarg plants. Flower date:12APR2023, 11.35am Flower diameter: 05 mm Height: 03 cm Can it be Gentiana clarkei as per images at https://efloraofindia.com/2012/07/13/gentiana-clarkei/? Yes,…
Triadica cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 610 (1790) (syn: Excoecaria loureiroana Müll.Arg. ; Sapium cochinchinense (Lour.) Gagnep. ; Shirakia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Hurus. ; Stillingia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Baill.; Excoecaria discolor (Champ. ex Benth.) Müll.Arg. ; Excoecaria lanceolaria (Miq.) Müll.Arg. ; Sapium discolor (Champ. ex Benth.) Müll.Arg. ; Sapium discolor var. wenhsienensis S.B.Ho ; Sapium eugeniifolium Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. ; Sapium hookeri Hook.f. ; Sapium…
Tetracentron sinense Oliv., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1892 (1889) (syn: Tetracentron sinense var. himalense H.Hara & Kanai ); . E. Nepal to Central & S. China: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO; . Unidentified plant from Eaglenest, Arunachal Pradesh : 5 posts…
SK 3722 10 April 2023: 7 very high res. images. Location: Chandragiri, Kathmandu, Nepal Altitude: 2264m. Date : 8 April 2023 Habitat : Wild My earlier post https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/1bQAJ Looks close. Could be a species of Photinia Please have a look Only this sp. has got distribution in Nepal. I think looks different from…
Salvia mellifera Greene, Pittonia 2: 236 (1892) (syn: Audibertia spinulosa Nutt. ex Benth. ; Salvia mellifera subsp. jonesii (Munz) Abrams ; Salvia mellifera var. jonesii Munz ; Salvia mellifera var. revoluta Munz ; Salvia mellifera subsp. revoluta (Munz) Abrams ; Audibertia stachyoides Benth. ; Audibertiella stachyoides (Benth.) Briq. ; Ramona stachyoides (Benth.) Briq. ; Salvia mellifera var. typica Munz ); . W. California to Mexico (N. Baja California) as per POWO; . Salvia mellifera…
Seed Bank in Bangalore?: I have earlier got help for tree ID here. Not sure if this is the right forum. Is there any tree seed bank in Bangalore? I understand in cities like Bangalore there has been more progress than Kolkata (my hometown) Context is, if I can get some…
AS, April, 2023/01 unknown sp. for identification- 060523AS1: 2 images- 1 high res. Posting these images again from … as clubbed in the same post (AS, April, 2023/01 unknown sp. for identification) due to same subject: Have a look pl. Location: Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh, India Alt: ca. 1200 m….
Pittosporum moluccanum (Lam.) Miq., Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind.: 76 (1870) (syn: Anasser moluccana Lam.; Anasser rumphii Span. ; Pittosporum euphlebium Merr. ; Pittosporum ferrugineum var. moluccanum (Lam.) Boerl. ; Pittosporum fissicalyx Miq. ; Pittosporum glaberrimum Merr. ; Pittosporum littorale Merr. ; Pittosporum megacarpum Merr. ; Pittosporum microcalyx Koord. & Valeton ; Pittosporum monticola Miq. ; Pittosporum obscurinerve Merr. ; Pittosporum odoratum Merr. ; Pittosporum pulgarense Elmer…
SK 3727 07 May 2023 – Orchidaceae: 4 very high res. images. Location: Gaurati, Chautara, Nepal Date: 06 May 2023 Elevation: 1733 m. Habit : Wild Coelogyne prolifera Lindley?? Nice pictures. Coelogyne for sure but without flowers it can’t be confirmed unless you have seen flowers already previously !
Barking up the wrong tree: de Almeida RF, Pellegrini MO, de Morais IL, Simão-Bianchini R, Rattanakrajang P, Cheek M, Simões ARG (2023) Barking up the wrong tree: the dangers of taxonomic misidentification in molecular phylogenetic studies. Plant Ecology and Evolution 156(2): 146-159. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.101135 A very interesting article, recently published, talking about…
Ardisia pauciflora B. Heyne ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 279 (1824) (syn: Ardisia pauciflora var. wightiana DC. ; Ardisia tenuiflora Kollmann ex A.DC.; Tinus pauciflora (B.Heyne ex Roxb.) Kuntze); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Regarding the identification of the Sp. Collected from Mayurbhanja, Odisha: 6 very high res. images. To me appears…
Genista stenopetala Webb & Berthel., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 2): t. 45 (1836) (syn: Cytisus everestianus (Everest ex J.J.Blandy) W.Bull ; Cytisus racemosus Marnock ; Cytisus stenopetalus (Webb & Berthel.) Christ; Cytisus stenopetalus var. gomerae Pit. ; Cytisus stenopetalus var. palmensis Pit. ; Genista everestiana Everest ex J.J.Blandy ; Genista formosa Carrière ; Genista racemosa B.S.Williams ; Genista racemosa (Marnock) Anon. ; Genista racemosa var. elegans B.S.Williams ; Genista racemosa var. superba B.S.Williams; Telinaria stenopetala (Webb &…