• Dendrobium crepidatum

    Dendrobium crepidatum Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 1: 63 1850. (Syn: Callista crepidata (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze; Callista lawiana (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium actinomorphum Blatt. & Hallb.; …; Dendrochilum roseum Dalzell); . Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guizhou) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos,…

  • Dendrobium aphyllum

    Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 1416 (1928). Synonyms Limodorum aphyllum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 34 (1795). Cymbidium aphyllum (Roxb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6:73 (1799). Epidendrum aphyllum (Roxb.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 371 (1810). Callista aphylla (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl….

  • Delphinium malabaricum

    Delphinium malabaricum (Huth) Munz, J. Arnold Arbor. 49: 106 1968. (syn. Delphinium dasycaulon var. malabaricum Huth; Delphinium malabaricum var. ghaticum Billore); . SW. India as per POWO; . India (Maharashtra) as per CoL; . del-FIN-ee-um — from the word for dolphin – referring to the shape of the nectary … Dave’s…

  • Delonix regia

    Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf. (Syn. Delonix regia var. flavida Stehle; Delonix regia var. genuina Stehlé; Delonix regia var. genuina Stehle; Poinciana regia Bojer; Poinciana regia Hook.); . Images by Bhagyashri Ranade, Raman and tspkumar . commonly known as: flamboyant tree, mayflower, peacock flower, royal poinciana • Bengali: গুলমোহর gulmohar • Gujarati:…

  • Delonix elata

      Delonix elata (L.) Gamble (Syn. Poinciana elata L.);     Images by Ajinkya Gadave, Raman, Padmini Raghavan and tspkumar         Safed Gulmohar, Creamy Peacock Flower, White Gul Mohur, Yellow Gul-Mohur; Vatham-Nairaini or Vatham-Rasi (Tamil); ID confirmation MS270311 -19 – Birds on Delonix elata: I am posting…

  • Deccania

    Deccania pubescens var. candolleana (Wight & Arn.) Tirveng. (S. India as per POWO)       . BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Deccania pubescens (Roth) Tirveng. var. pubescens (Karnataka) var. candolleana (Wight & Arn.) Tirveng. (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) . Flora of Peninsular India with keys at species links, if any: Deccania pubescens Randia candolleana (syn….

  • Datura stramonium (Introduced)

    Datura stramonium L., Sp. Pl. 179 1753. (Syn: Datura bernhardii Lundstr., Datura bertolonii Parl. ex Guss., Datura cabanesii P.Fourn., Datura capensis Bernh., Datura ferocissima Cabanès & P.Fourn., Datura ferox Nees, Datura hybrida Ten., Datura inermis Juss. ex Jacq., Datura laevis L.f., Datura loricata Sieber ex Bernh., Datura lurida Salisb., Datura microcarpa Godr., Datura muricata Godr., Datura parviflora Salisb., Datura praecox Godr., Datura pseudostramonium Sieber ex Bernh.,…

  • Flowers offered to Shiv ji

    Flowers offered to Shiv ji: During recent visit to Chhattisgarh forest I took this picture. Hibiscus and Datura flowers with Marigold were offered to Shiv ji.    I was told that Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is Devi Phool offered to The Goddess only not to Shiv ji. But there is difference in…

  • Datura metel (Introduced)

    Datura metel L., Sp. Pl. 179 1753. (Syn: Brugmansia waymannii Paxton; Datura aegyptiaca Vis.; Datura alba Rumph. ex Nees; Datura alba F.Muell.; Datura alba var. africana Mattei; ….; Datura fastuosa L.; Datura fastuosa var. alba Bernh.; Datura fastuosa var. flaviflora O.E.Schulz ex O.C.Schmidt; Datura fastuosa var. glabra Bernh.; Datura fastuosa var….

  • Datura innoxia (Introduced)

    Datura innoxia Mill., Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) no. 5 no. 5 1768. (syn: Datura guayaquilensis Kunth, Datura meteloides DC. ex Dunal, Datura velutinosa V.R.Fuentes); . Arizona to Texas and Mexico: Arizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Texas; Introduced: Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest,…

  • Datura

    Datura discolor Bernh. (Introduced) Datura ferox L. (Introduced)   Datura innoxia Mill. (Introduced) Datura metel L. (Introduced) Datura stramonium L. (Introduced) . As per efi thread : In both D. stramonium and D. metel the plants are glabrous, hairy in D. inoxia The deciding difference between D. metel and D. stramonium is that mature fruit of D….

  • Daphne papyracea

    Daphne papyracea Wall. ex Steud., Nomencl. bot. ed. 2, 1:483. 1840 (syn: Daphne mairei Leveille; (=) Daphne odora auct.; Daphne papyrifera Buch.-Ham. ex Meissn. (ambiguous synonym)); . 1500-2300 m; Himalaya (Kashmir to Nepal) as per Checklist of Nepal; . W. Himalayas, Western Nepal, N. Uttar Pradesh, Simla, W. Pakistan as…

  • Damnacanthus indicus

    Damnacanthus indicus C.F.Gaertn., Suppl. Carp.: 18 (1805) (syn: Canthium gaertneri Steud.; Canthium indicum (C.F.Gaertn.) D.Dietr.; Carissa spinarum G.Lodd.; Bridelia spinosa DC.; Baumannia geminiflora DC.; Damnacanthus formosanus (Nakai) Koidz.; Damnacanthus lancifolius (Makino) Koidz.); . Assam to S. China, Korea (Jeju-do), Central & S. Japan, Taiwan: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Taiwan, Tibet…

  • Damnacanthus

    Damnacanthus indicus C.F.Gaertn. (Assam to S. China, Korea (Jeju-do), Central & S. Japan, Taiwan: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Taiwan, Tibet as per POWO) . BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Damnacanthus indicus C.F. Gaertn. var. indicus (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam) var. major (Siebold & Zucc.) T.Yamaz. (Manipur, Meghalaya) (syn. of Damnacanthus major Siebold…

  • Dalbergia horrida

    Dalbergia horrida (Dennst.) Mabb. (Syn: Amerimnon horridum Dennst.; Amerimnon sympatheticum (Nimmo) Kuntze; Dalbergia multiflora B.Heyne; Dalbergia multiflora Prain; Dalbergia sympathetica Nimmo); . Prickly Dalbergia • Malayalam: Ana-mullu • Kannada: Maradeeballi, Muldi; . Dalberia horrida (Dennst. ex Fortsetz.)Mabberley – efloraofindia | Google Groups : at Sawantwadi, Mah.; Delbergia horrida: Is it Delbergia…

  • Dalbergia volubilis

    Dalbergia volubilis Roxb. (Syn: Amerimnon volubile (Roxb.) Kuntze; Dalbergia confertiflora “Benth., p.p.”; Dalbergia purpurea “Benth., p.p.”; Dalbergia stipulacea sensu Gamble (misapplied)); . dal-BERG-ee-uh — for Nils & Carl Dahlberg, Swedish botanist and officer, respectively … Dave’s Botanary vol-OO-BIL-iss — twining … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: bastard rosewood climber, climbing…

  • Dalbergia stipulacea

    Dalbergia stipulacea Roxb. (syn: Amerimnon ferrugineum Kuntze; Dalbergia ferruginea Roxb.; Dalbergia ferruginea var. daronensis Elmer; Dalbergia limonensis Benth.; Dalbergia luzonensis Vogel; Dalbergia rivularis Merr. & L.M.Perry; Dalbergia stipulacea var. stipulacea ; Dalbergia stipulaceae Fern.-Vill.); . Flora of Manipur: Dalbergia stipulacea : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Dalbergia stipulacea, a…

  • Dalbergia latifolia

    IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) . Dalbergia latifolia Roxb., (Syn: Amerimnon latifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze; Dalbergia emarginata Roxb.); . dal-BERG-ee-uh — for Nils & Carl Dahlberg, Swedish botanist and officer, respectively lat-ee-FOH-lee-uh or lat-ih-FOH-lee-uh — wide leaves . commonly known as: black rosewood, blackwood tree, Bombay blackwood, East Indian rosewood,…

  • Dalbergia

    Dalbergia assamica Benth. Dalbergia assamica ? Dalbergia coromandeliana Prain Dalbergia foliolosa Benth. (Cultivated- Lalbagh, Banglore)   Dalbergia horrida (Dennst.) Mabb. Dalbergia lanceolaria L.f. – As per efi thread: D. lanceolaria subsp. lanceolaria has 11-17 leaflets not turning black when dry, and pink flowers, upper two calyx teeth obtuse lower three acute; whereas D. lanceolaria…

  • Dactyloctenium scindicum

    Dactyloctenium scindicum Boiss., in Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 4: 131 (1859) (syn: Dactyloctenium glaucophyllum Courbon ; Dactyloctenium glaucophyllum var. elongatius Courbon ; Dactyloctenium glaucophyllum var. robustius Courbon ; Eleusine aristata Ehrenb. ex Hook.f. ; Eleusine glaucophylla (Courbon) Munro ex Benth.; Eleusine scindica (Boiss.) Duthie); . Egypt to Kenya and NW. India: Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Kenya, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi…