IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) . Diospyros paniculata Dalzell, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 109 1852.; . dy-oh-SPY-ros or dy-oh-SPEE-ros — wheat (fruit) of the gods pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tuh or pan-ick-yoo-LAH-tuh — referring to the flower clusters (panicles) . commonly known as: panicle-flowered ebony • Kannada: ಕರೆ ಮರ kare…
Diospyroschloroxylon Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 38 1795. (Syn: Diospyroscapitulata Wight; Diospyroschloroxylon var. cupulosa V.Singh; Diospyrosinsculpta Buch.-Ham.; Diospyrostomentosa Poir.); . Flora of Ranga Reddi District Andhra Pradesh, IndiaBy T. Pullaiah, M. Silar Mohammed (2000- Description & Keys- Diospyros chloroxylon,Diospyros peregrina (Syn. of Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel. as per The Plant List), Diospyros melanoxylon & Diospyros montana)…
Diospyros candolleana Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1221 1848. (Syn: Diospyros arnottiana Miq. ex Thwaites; Diospyros canarica Bedd.; Diospyros oligandra Bedd.); . S. India as per POWO; . Tamil: Karimaram Malayalam: Kari Kannada: Kare mara . Dioecious trees, to 15 m high, bark 5-6 mm thick, greenish-black, smooth; young shoots pubescent….
Dioscorea pentaphylla L., Sp. Pl. 1032 1753. (Syn. Botryosicyos pentaphyllus (L.) Hochst.; Dioscorea changjiangensis F.W.Xing & Z.X.Li; Dioscorea codonopsidifolia Kamik.;Dioscorea digitata Mill.; Dioscorea globifera R.Knuth; Dioscorea jacquemontii Hook.f.; Dioscorea kleiniana Kunth; Dioscorea spinosa Burm.;Dioscorea triphylla L. ; Hamatris triphylla (L.) Salisb.; Ubium quadrifarium J.F.Gmel.; Ubium scandens J.St.-Hil.); . dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh — named…
Dioscorea oppositifolia L., Sp. Pl. 1033 1753. (syn. Dioscorea opposita Thunb.; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill); . Bangladesh; East Himalaya; India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh — named for Pedanios…
Dioscorea bulbifera L. , Sp. Pl. 1033 1753. (Syn: Dioscorea anthropophagorum A.Chev.; Dioscorea bulbifera var. albotuberosa Y.F.Zhou, Z.L.Xu & Y.Y.Hang; Dioscorea bulbifera var. anthropophagorum (A.Chev.) Summerh.; Dioscorea bulbifera var. crispata (Roxb.) Prain; Dioscorea bulbifera f. domestica (Makino) Makino & Nemoto; Dioscorea bulbifera var. elongata (F.M.Bailey) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea bulbifera…
Dioscorea alata L. – D. alata can be mistaken for D.bulbifera, one of the main differences between the 2 is that in the former the “stem climbs to the right” [in a clockwise direction], whereas in the latter, the “stem climbs to the left” [in an anti-clockwise direction]. Also seen are…
Dionaea muscipula J.Ellis, Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 1: 98 1773. (syn. Dionaea corymbosa Raf.; Dionaea sensitiva Salisb.; Dionaea sessiliflora Raf.; Dionaea uniflora Raf.; Drosera sessiliflora Raf.; Drosera uniflora Raf. [Illegitimate]); . Venus Flytrap; . Venus Fly Trap-PC-41-28.08.2015 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) please it is…
Dinetus racemosus (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: , pl. 127 1825. (syn: Porana gagnepainiana H. Lév.; Porana racemosa Roxb.; Porana racemosa var. tomentella C.Y. Wu; Porana racemosa var. violacea C.Y. Wu); . din-EE-tus — from the Greek dinetos (whirled round) … Dave’s Botanary ray-see-MO-sus — having racemes (a type of flower cluster)…
Dinetus grandiflorus (Wall.) Staples Dinetus malabaricus (C. B. Cl.) Staples Dinetus racemosus (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Sweet . From Floral Database of Tamilnadu : Binomial Habit Notes Ref. Distrib. Porana paniculata Roxb. = Poranopsis paniculata Twining shrub Plains, Cultivated, Native of Indo – Chinese Region Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II,…
Dimorphocalyx balakrishnanii Chakrab. & Premanath Dimorphocalyx beddomei (Benth.) Airy Shaw Dimorphocalyx glabellus Thwaites Dimorphocalyx glabellus var. lawianus (Hook.f.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. Dimorphocalyx kurnoolensis R.Venkatar. & Pullaiet (India: Dry deciduous forests, along sides of streams. Rare. Andhra Pradesh (Kurnool Dist.) as per BSI Flora of India) . Keys as per BSI Flora of India:…
Dimocarpus longan Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 233 1790. (syn. Dimocarpus longus Dietr.; Dimocarpus pupilla Moon [Invalid]; Dimocarpus undulatus Wight; Euphoria cinerea (Turcz.) Radlk.; Euphoria gracilis Radlk.; Euphoria litchi Blanco; Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. [Illegitimate]; Euphoria longana Lam.; Euphoria microcarpa Radlk.; Euphoria pupillum (Moon) Steud.; Euphoria undulata Wall. [Invalid]; Euphoria verruculosa Salisb.;…
Digitalis purpurea L., Sp. Pl. 621 1753. (Syn: Digitalis alba Schrank; Digitalis campbelliana W.Baxter; Digitalis carnea Meigen & Weing.; Digitalis fucata Ehrh.; Digitalis gloxinioides Carrière; Digitalis gyspergerae Rouy; Digitalis intermedia Lapeyr.; Digitalis libertiana Dumort.; Digitalis longiflora Lej.; Digitalis media Elmig.; Digitalis miniana Samp.; Digitalis nevadensis Kunze; Digitalis purpurascens Roth; Digitalis…
Digera muricata (L.) Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 285 1826. (syn. Achyranthes alternifolia L.; Achyranthes alternifolia Russell ex Wall. [Invalid]; Achyranthes ciliata Lam.; Achyranthes digera Poir.; Achyranthes muricata L.; Achyranthes polygonoides Retz.; Amaranthus arvensis (Forssk.) K.Krause; Celosia muricata Spreng.; Chamissoa arabica Spreng.; Chamissoa ciliata Spreng.;…
Dicranopteris lanigera Fraser-Jenk. (Himalaya to Taiwan: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, West Himalaya as POWO) Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.) Underw. (Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea,…
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. (syn. Cailliea cinerea (L.) Roberty; Cailliea glomerata (Forssk.) J.F.Macbr.; Desmanthus nutans (Pers.) DC.; Desmanthus trichostachyus DC.; Dichrostachys glomerata (Forssk.) Chiov.; Dichrostachys nutans (Pers.) Benth.; Dichrostachys platycarpa Welw.; Mimosa bicolor Bacle ex DC.; Mimosa cinerea L.; Mimosa glomerata Forssk.; Mimosa nutans Pers.); . dy-kro-STAK-iss or dy-kro-STAY-kiss…
Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 178 1917. (Syn: Andropogon annulatus Forssk.; Andropogon annulatus Forssk. ex F. Schmidt; Andropogon annulatus var. decalvatus Hack.; Andropogon comosus Link [Illegitimate]; Andropogon garipensis Steud.; Andropogon ischaemum Roxb. ex Wight; Andropogon nodosus (Willd.) Nash [Illegitimate]; Andropogon obtusus Nees ex Hook. & Arn; Andropogon…
Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf (Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos,…
Diapensia purpurea Diels, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 419 (1912) (syn: Diapensia bulleyana Forrest ex Diels ; Diapensia purpurea f. bulleyana (Forrest ex Diels) W.E.Evans ; Diapensia purpurea f. rosea W.E.Evans); . Common name: Purple Pincushion Plant . Sikkim to China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) and N. Myanmar: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Tibet as per POWO;…
Diapensia himalaica Hook. fil. & Thomson (E. Nepal to China (NW. Yunnan) and N. Myanmar: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO) Diapensia purpurea Diels Image by Ratna Ghosh