Trisetaria

Trisetaria loeflingiana (L.) Paunero (Canary Islands, Medit. to Central Asia and Indian Subcontinent: Afghanistan, Algeria, Canary Is., India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, North Caucasus, Pakistan, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya as per POWO)

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Hunteria

Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gardner ex Thwaites (Somalia to Mozambique, India to W. Malesia: Andaman Is., Cambodia, Hainan, India, Kenya, Laos, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)          

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Hunteria zeylanica

Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gardner ex Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 191 (1860) (syn: Cameraria zeylanica Retz. ; Gynopogon lanceolatus Kurz ; Hunteria africana K.Schum. ; Hunteria corymbosa Roxb. ; Hunteria corymbosa var. roxburghiana (Wight) Trimen ex Gamble ; Hunteria corymbosa var. salicifolia (Wall. ex A.DC.) Hallier f. ; Hunteria corymbosa var. zeylanica (Retz.) Hallier f.; Hunteria lanceolata Wall. ex A.DC. ; Hunteria legocii Livera ; Hunteria roxburghiana Wight ; Hunteria zeylanica var. africana (K.Schum.) Pichon ; […]

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Artocarpus zeylanicus

Artocarpus zeylanicus (F. M. Jarrett) E. M. Gardner & Zerega, Gard. Bull. Singapore 72: 208 (2020) (syn: Artocarpus gomezianus subsp. zeylanicus F.M.Jarrett); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Habit: Deciduous trees, up to 35 m tall. Trunk & Bark: Bark brownish, flaking in small scales, lenticellate; blaze reddish. Branches and branchlets: Young branchlets terete, minutely grey pubescent. Exudates: Latex […]

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Strobilanthes species- Kumara Paravath, Karnataka (Pushpagiri WLS)

Strobilanthes sp at Kumaraparvath Karnataka: PKA1: 6 images. Seen this plant in the rock  crevices near KumaraParavath, Karnataka (Pushpagiri WLS). Looks like some Strobilanthes sp. Kindly help me with the ID. What does Strobilanthes minor Talbot look like?  I have not found any images on the Net ! I could not find even a specimen in GBIF or […]

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Isachne kunthiana

Isachne kunthiana (Wight & Arn. ex Steud.) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 460 (1857) (syn: Isachne elatior Hook.f. ; Isachne kunthiana var. elatior (Hook.f.) Alston ; Isachne kunthiana var. eligulata Davidse ; Isachne kunthiana var. latifolia Hook.f. ; Isachne kunthiana var. srilankensis Davidse ; Isachne metzii (Hochst. ex Steud.) Henrard ; Isachne neesiana Arn. ex Steud. ; Panicum cuspidiglume Steud. ; Panicum metzii Hochst. ex Steud. ; Panicum obliquum Zoll. ex Steud. ); […]

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Dichanthelium

Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark (Introduced) (E. U.S.A. to Ecuador, Caribbean: Alabama, Arkansas, Belize, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, […]

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Syzygium nervosum ?

Myrtaceae: Syzygium nervosum DC.: 2 high res. images. synonyms: Cleistocalyx operculatus (Roxb.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, Eugenia operculata Roxb., Syzygium operculatum (Roxb.) Nied. location/date (both): University of Agricultural Sciences campus, Bangalore, July 1997 I am yet to find as to how to differentiate it from widely variable https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/01/syzygium-cumini/ Maybe … can clarify as to what it can be […]

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Ischaemum ciliare

Ischaemum ciliare Retz., Observ. Bot. 6: 36 (1791) (syn: Andropogon aesthenos Steud. ; Andropogon asthenos Steud. ; Andropogon bifidus Steud. ; Andropogon macraei Steud. ; Andropogon malacophyllus Hochst. ex Steud. ; Andropogon patentivillosus Steud. ; Andropogon ramosus Blanco ; Andropogon retzii Steud. ; Andropogon simillimus Steud. ; Ischaemum apricum Ridl. ; Ischaemum aristatum var. wallichii (Hack.) Bor ; Ischaemum ciliare var. longipilum Hack. ; Ischaemum ciliare var. malacophyllum (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hack. ; Ischaemum […]

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Ischaemum molle

Ischaemum molle Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 128 (1896); . Pakistan to India, Myanmar: India, Myanmar, Pakistan as per POWO; . Common name: Soft Muraina Grass . Ischaemum molle images: 15 images- 13 high res. From Sushant ji at Badlapur, Maharashtra From Joveli Pada, Sape, Maharashtra 2 images- 1 high res.           . […]

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Ischaemum dalzellii

Ischaemum dalzellii Stapf ex Bor, Kew Bull. 6: 448 (1951 publ. 1952); . SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Common name: Western Ghats Muraina Grass . Ischaemum dalzellii images: 4 images- 3 high res. From Sushant More ji at Amboli, Maharashtra.           . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  Flora of […]

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Isachne gracilis

Isachne gracilis C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 77 (1927); > India as per POWO; . Common name: Slender Millet . Annual herbs, culms slender, 5-25 cm high, erect or geniculate; nodes glabrous. Leaves 1-3 x 0.2-1.5 cm, oblong-elliptic, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, sparsely villous; ligules membranous or obscure. Panicles lax, 1-10 cm long. Spikelets globose, 0.5-1 […]

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Indopoa

Indopoa paupercula (Stapf) Bor ex Ramamoorthy (India as per POWO)        

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Indopoa paupercula

Indopoa paupercula (Stapf) Bor ex Ramamoorthy, Fl. Hassan Dist.: 735 (1976) (syn: Tripogon pauperculus Stapf ); . India as per POWO; . Common name: Poor Indian Grass . A small, tufted grass growing on Rocky areas in high rainfall regions. Differs from other grasses in having long awns, few to many-flowered spikelets and upper lemma two-lobed. Awns […]

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Garnotia arborum

Garnotia arborum Stapf ex Woodrow, in T.Cooke, Fl. Bombay 2: 1013 (1908) (syn: Garnotia arborum var. saxicola Santos); . W. India as per POWO; . Common name: Tree-Dwelling Lawngrass . Garnotia arborum images: 1 high res. image. I will send you these images once i i get back to my pc i am currently traveling but if it is […]

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Nepal- Fallen buds at Ranibari, Kathmandu

SK 3928 16 February 2024: 2 images. Location: Ranibari, Kathmandu Date: 15 February 2024 Elevation: 1370 m. Habitat : Wild  Found fallen on ground ! Appears to be fallen buds. Yes fallen buds but could not ID ! May be difficult to id with these.  

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Lophatherum

Lophatherum gracile Brongn. (S. China to Japan and Tropical Asia, N. Queensland: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: Caroline Is., Marshall Is., Society Is. as per POWO)      

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Memecylon sahyadricum

Memecylon sahyadricum Sivu, Ratheesh & N. S. Pradeep, Int. J. Advanced Res. 2: 759 (2014); . India (Kerala) as per POWO; . ID 04/02: 2 high res. images. Please identify this Memycylon collected from Kannur in Kerala 10/2/24 Check with Memecylon umbellatum. M.sahyadrica Sivu et al     . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life MEMECYLON […]

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Hydnocarpus macrocarpus

Hydnocarpus macrocarpus (Bedd.) Warb., in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6a): 21 (1893) (syn: Asteriastigma macrocarpum Bedd. ; Hydnocarpus macrocarpus subsp. burmanicus Sleumer ; Hydnocarpus macrocarpus subsp. malabaricus Sleumer; Taraktogenos macrocarpa (Bedd.) N.P.Balakr.); . SW. India, Indo-China: India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Habit: Trees up to 15 m tall. Branches and Branchlets: Young branchlets terete, minutely pubescent. Leaves: Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules caducous; […]

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Neolitsea species?- Paderu forest area, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh

Actinodaphnae lanceolata….?: 1 high res. image. Identify weather it is Actinodaphnae lanceolata.,, Collected from Paderu forest area, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh. Northern Eastern Ghats Difficult for me to say after checking at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/01/actinodaphne/ The photograph is insufficient for arriving at conclusion. This could be Neolitsea sp.  

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