Gesneriaceae

Comparative images of this family except for Aeschynanthus, Didymocarpus & Henckelia genera are given below: . Achimenes longiflora DC. Boeica filiformis C.B.Clarke Boeica multinervia K.Y.Pan (China South-Central, East Himalaya as per POWO) Chrysothemis pulchella (Donn ex Sims) Decne.  Corallodiscus lanuginosus (Wall. ex DC.) B.L.Burtt Episcia cupreata (Hook.) Hanst.  (Cultivated)   Episcia ‘Pinkiscia’ Images by Bhagyashri Ranade (Identified by […]

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Acer negundo (Introduced in India)

Acer negundo L., Sp. Pl. 1056 1753. (syn: Acer californicum var. texanum Pax; Acer fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot; Acer fraxinifolium Raf.; Acer lobatum Raf.; Acer negundo subsp. boreale A.E.Murray; Acer negundo f. flamingo Geerinck; Acer negundo f. loeveorum B.Boivin; Acer negundo f. sanguineum L.Martin; Acer negundo var. trifoliatum Kuntze; Acer trifoliatum Raf.; Negundium fraxineum Steud.; Negundium […]

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Acer

Acer acuminatum Wall. ex D.Don (India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir) as per Catalogue of Life) Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis (E. Afghanistan to N. & E. Central China as per POWO; India (Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (c)), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistani Kashmir (Azad Kashmir), Bangladesh, Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan), […]

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Sapindaceae

Comparative images of this family are given below except for Acer, Aesculus, Cardiospermum, Lepisanthes and Sapindus (which can be seen by clicking on these links): . Allophylus cobbe (L.) Forsyth fil. (India to Philippines as per POWO; Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Bangladesh, Philippines (widespread), Lesser Sunda Isl. (Timor), India (West Bengal, Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu, Andhra Pradesh, […]

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Acanthospermum hispidum

Acanthospermum hispidum DC., Prodr. 5: 522. 1836. 522 1836. (Syn: Acanthospermumhumile var. hispidum (DC.) Kuntze);  . a-kanth-oh-SPER-mum — Greek: ákantha (thorn), sperma (seed) … Dave’s Botanary HISS-pih-dum — with bristly hairs … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: bristly starbur, goathead, hispid starburr, Texas cockspur • Kannada: ಕಡಲೆ ಮುಳ್ಳು kadle mullu • Marathi: लांडगा landga […]

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Acanthus ilicifolius

Acanthus ilicifolius L., Sp. Pl. 639 1753. (Syn: Acanthus doloarin Blanco; Acanthus ilicifolius var. subinteger Nees; Acanthus neoguineensis Engl.; Dilivaria ilicifolia (L.) Juss.); . a-KANTH-us — Greek: ákantha (thorn); also spine or spike … Dave’s Botanary il-liss-ee-FOH-lee-us — having leaves like a holly … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: holly-leaved acanthus, holly-leaved bear’s breech, […]

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Acanthaceae member

  from Pench Tiger Reserve– on 28-12-07;  Herb from Pench – NSD -36 – efloraofindia | Google Groups from Pench– Oct’09?; Another Acanthaceae plant from Pench – NSD 32 – efloraofindia | Google Groups   ID No. 29042011 RD15: Please help to identify this shrub Date/Time-09/04/2011– 09 AM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Assam, Habitat- Garden/ […]

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Acampe ochracea

Acampe ochracea (Lindl.) Hochr., Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 270 (1910).(Syn: Acampe dentata Lindl.; Acampe griffithii Rchb.f.; Gastrochilus ochraceus (Lindl.) Kuntze; Saccolabium lineolatum Thwaites; Saccolabium ochraceum Lindl.); . India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Ochre-Yellow […]

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Acampe praemorsa

Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 495 1932. (Syn: Acampeexcavata Lindl.; Acampepapillosa (Lindl.) Lindl. [Illegitimate]; Acampewightiana (Lindl. ex Wight) Lindl.; Cymbidiumpraemorsum (Roxb.) Sw.; Epidendrumpraemorsum Roxb.; Gastrochiluspapillosus (Lindl.) Kuntze [Illegitimate]; Rhynchostylispapillosa (Lindl.) Heynh.; Saccolabiumpapillosum Dalzell & Gibson [Illegitimate]; Saccolabiumpapillosum Lindl.; Saccolabiumpraemorsum (Roxb.) Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Saccolabiumwightianum (Lindl. ex Wight) Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; […]

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Acampe

Acampe carinata (Griff.) Panigrahi (India and Himalaya to Hainan: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Acampe ochracea(Lindl.) Hochr. (India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann (Tropical & […]

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Acalypha wilkesiana

Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 817 1866. (syn. Acalypha amentacea f. circinata (Müll.Arg.) Fosberg; Acalypha amentacea subsp. wilkesiana (Müll.Arg.) Fosberg; Acalypha circinata A.Gray ex Seem.; Acalypha compacta Guilf. ex C.T.White; Acalypha godseffiana Mast.; Acalypha hamiltoniana Briant; Acalypha illustris Pax & K.Hoffm.; Acalypha macafeeana Veitch; Acalypha macrophylla Veitch; Acalypha marginata (Mill.) J.J.Sm.; Acalypha musaica auct.; Acalypha […]

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Acalypha indica

Acalypha indica L., Sp. Pl. 1003 1753. (syn. Acalypha bailloniana Müll.Arg.; Acalypha canescens Wall. [Invalid]; Acalypha caroliniana Blanco [Illegitimate]; Acalypha chinensis Benth.; Acalypha ciliata Wall. [Invalid]; Acalypha cupamenii Dragend.; Acalypha decidua Forssk.; Acalypha fimbriata Baill.; Acalypha indica var. bailloniana (Müll.Arg.) Hutch.; Acalypha indica var. minima (H.Keng) S.F.Huang & T.C.Huang; Acalypha minima H.Keng; Acalypha somalensis Pax; […]

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Acalypha ciliata

Acalypha ciliata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 162 1775. (syn. Acalypha ciliata var. trichophora Müll.Arg.; Acalypha rubra Wight ex Wall.; Ricinocarpus ciliatus (Forssk.) Kuntze); . ak-uh-LY-fuh or ak-uh-LEE-fuh — nettle … Dave’s Botanary sil-ee-ATE-uh or sil-ee-AH-tuh — fringed with hairs … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: fringed acalypha • Gujarati: દાદરી dadari, રૂછાળો દાદરો ruchalo dadaro • […]

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Euphorbiaceae

Comparative images of all genera except for Acalypha, Croton, Euphorbia, Jatropha, Macaranga & Mallotus are given below: . Agrostistachys indica Dalzell Alchornea tiliifolia (Benth.) Müll.Arg. Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.  Balakata baccata (Roxb.) Esser Baliospermum calycinum Müll.Arg. Baliospermum calycinum var. corymbiferum (Hook.f.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. Image by Dr. Tapas Chakrabarty   Baliospermum solanifolium (Burm.) Suresh Blachia andamanica […]

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Senegalia ferruginea

Senegalia ferruginea (DC.) Pedley, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92: 250 (1986). (syn: Acacia ferruginea DC.) as per Synoptic overview of Acacia sensu lato (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in East and Southeast Asia- B.R. Maslin- Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 67(1): 231–250. 2015; . Acacia ferruginea DC. (syn. Mimosa ferruginea Roxb.) as per The Plant List; . India (N) ; […]

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Vachellia farnesiana

Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 272. 1834 (Syn: (≡) Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.; (=) Acacia minuta (M. E. Jones) R. M. Beauch.; (=) Acacia smallii Isely; (≡) Mimosa farnesiana L. (basionym); (=) Pithecellobium minutum M. E. Jones; (=) Vachellia densiflora Alexander ex Small) as per GRIN. . Acacia farnesiana (L.) […]

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Senegalia rugata

Senegalia rugata (Lam.) Britton & Rose, N. Amer. fl. 23:120. 1928 (syn: (=) Acacia concinna (Willd.) DC.; (=) Acacia rugata (Lam.) Buch.-Ham. ex Voigt; (=) Acacia sinuata auct.; (=) Mimosa concinna Willd.; (≡) Mimosa rugata Lam. (basionym)) as per GRIN ; . Acacia concinna (Willd.) DC. (syn. Acacia concinna var. rugata (Benth.) Baker; Acacia hooperiana Miq.; Acacia […]

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Acacia auriculiformis

Acacia auriculiformis Benth. (syn: Acacia auriculaeformis Benth.; Acacia moniliformis Griseb.; Racosperma auriculiforme (Benth.) Pedley); . a-KAY-see-uh or uh-KAY-shuh — from the Greek akis, meaning point, barb, thorny, spiny aw-rik-yoo-lee-for-miss — shaped like an ear, eared . commonly known as: auri, black wattle, Darwin black wattle, earleaf acacia, earpod wattle, northern black wattle, Papuan wattle, tan […]

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Abutilon persicum

Abutilon persicum (Burm.f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 364 1921. (syn. Abutilon oxyphyllum C.Presl [Invalid]; Abutilon polyandrum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Abutilon sundaicum (Blume) G.Don; Abutilon timoriense (DC.) G.Don; Sida heterotricha Zipp. ex Span. (unresolved); Sida persica Burm. f.; Sida polyandra Roxb.; Sida sundaica Blume; Sida timoriensis DC.; Sida wallichii Steud. (Unresolved)); .   a-BEW-tih-lon — from the […]

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Abutilon pannosum

Abutilon pannosum (G.Forst.) Schltdl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 9: 828 1851. (syn. Abutilon glaucum (Cav.) Sweet; Abutilon muticum (Delile ex DC.) Sweet; Abutilon muticum var. parvifolium Baker f.; Abutilon muticum var. villosum Webb; Abutilon pannosum (G. Forst.) Webb; Abutilon tomentosum Wight & Arn.; Sida pannosa G.Forst.;Sida tomentosa Roxb.); . Ragged Mallow • Marathi: Karandi • Gujarati: […]

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