Barringtonia

  Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.   Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz  Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.     . From Floral Database of Tamilnadu : Binomial Habit Notes Ref. Distrib. Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn. Medium Sized Tree Plains, Semi Aquatic, often Cultivated Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983 All districts Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz. Tree Coast Flora […]

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Barleria strigosa

Barleria strigosa Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 379 1800. (syn: Barleria caerulea Roxb.; Barleria macrophylla F.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke [Invalid]; Barleria polystachya Hook. ex Nees; Barleria strigosa var. polystachya (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Barleria strigosa var. terminalis (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Pseudobarleria coerulea Oerst.; Pseudobarleria polystachya Oerst.); . bar-LEER-ee-uh — name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier strig-OH-suh — with bristles . commonly […]

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Barleria repens

Barleria repens Nees , Prodr. 11: 230 1847.  (Syn: Barleria querimbensis Klotzsch; Barleria swynnertonii S.Moore); . Red Barleria, Small bush violet, Coral Creeper • Marathi: तांबडी कोरांटी Tambadi koranti; . Is this a Barleria? – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2) The nursery-man said this was a Barleria. Kindly confirm. […]

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Barleria lupulina

Barleria lupulina Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1483 1833. (Syn: Barleria macrostachya Bojer; Dicliptera spinosa Lodd. ex Nees [Invalid]); . hop-headed barleria, hophead, hophead Philippine violet, porcupine flower, snake bush • Bengali: বিসল্যকরনী vishalyakarani; . Small shrub with narrow lanceolate leaves up to 10 cm long, flowers yellow in compact erect spikes with broadly […]

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Barleria lawii

Barleria lawii T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 492 1867. (Syn: BarleriabeddomeiT.Anderson ex Bedd.; BarleriasepalosaC.B.Clarke); . Law’s Barleria • Marathi: पांढरी कोरांटी Pandhri koranti; . “Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India” by SM Shendage and SR Yadav, Rheedea, Vol. 20 (2), p. 81-130, 2010. (2.9 MB)- ………………………………….. (Subgenus Barleria- Section Chrysothrix-  Barleria strigosa, Barleria nitida, […]

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Bambusa species- Indonesia

  Indonesian Bamboo – efloraofindia | Google Groups: 1 image. I am sure this is NOT Bambusa vulgaris because it is smaller, the proportion of internode length and diameter is longer than that in Bambusa vulgaris. So what is it?  Is it the golden bamboo?

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Bambusa

Bambusa balcooa Roxb. (Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam; Introduced into: Cape Provinces, East Himalaya, Gulf of Guinea Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Trinidad-Tobago as per POWO)    Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss. (Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; Costa Rica; Cuba; El Salvador; Honduras; India; Jawa; Laos; Malaya; Maldives; Maluku; Myanmar; Nicaragua; Panam; Philippines; Seychelles; Sri Lanka; Sumatera; Thailand; Trinidad-Tobago; Vietnam; Windward […]

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Baliospermum solanifolium

Baliospermum solanifolium (Burm.) Suresh , Interpret. Rheede’s Hort. Malab. 106 1988. (syn. Baliospermum angulare Decne. ex Baill.; Baliospermum axillare Blume; Baliospermum indicum Decne.; Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Müll.Arg.; Baliospermum moritzianum Baill.; Baliospermum pendulinum Pax; Baliospermum polyandrum Wight; Baliospermum raziana Keshaw, Murthy & Yogan.; Croton polyandrum Roxb.; Croton roxburghii Wall.; Croton solanifolius Burm.; Croton solanifolius Geiseler; Jatropha […]

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Balanophora indica

Balanophora indica (Arn.) Griff. ( Syn: …………………); as per Catalogue of Life; . Balanophora fungosa subsp. indica (Arn.) B.Hansen, Dansk Bot. Ark. 28: 100 1972. (Syn: Balaniella pedicellaris (Schltr.) Hosok.; Balaniella sphaerica Tiegh.; Balanophora annamensis S.Moore; Balanophora bonii Tiegh.; Balanophora burmannica Griff.; Balanophora cryptocaudex S.Y.Chang & P.C.Tam; Balanophora decurrens Fawc.; Balanophora elkinsii Blatt.; Balanophora fungosa var. […]

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Balanophora dioica

Balanophora dioica R.Br. ex Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 330 1836. (Syn: Balanophora affinis Griff.; Balanophora alveolata Griff.; Balanophora hookeriana Hemsl.); . Common name: Himalayan Balanophora . Dioecious annual roots parasites. Rootstock tuberous, lobed, 4-6 cm in diameter. Leaves absent, Stem glabrous, fleshy, yellowish-white, unbranched, 10-15 cm long, stout, covered with laxly imbricated scaly leaves. […]

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Balanophora

Balanophora dioica R.Br. ex Royle (Images by Navendu Page (1), Prashant Awale (2-ID by Navendu Page) and Karuna Kant Das (3,4)) Balanophora fungosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Images by T. Badri Narayan (ID by Santhosh Kumar) & Ritesh Kumar Choudhary (from Vietnam- Validation by Tanay Bose)) Balanophora harlandii Hook.f. (Image by Pankaj Kumar, photographed in Hong Kong) Balanophora indica (Arn.) […]

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Zygophyllaceae

Balanites roxburghii Planch. (India as per POWO) Fagonia bruguieri DC. (Sahara to NW. India: Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Western Sahara, Yemen as per POWO) Fagonia indica Burm.f. (Mauritania to NW. India: Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi […]

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Baccharoides anthelmintica

Baccharoides anthelmintica (L.) Moench, Methodus 578. 1794 (Syn: Ascaricida anthelminthica (L.) Sweet; Ascaricida indica Cass. [Illegitimate]; Centratherum anthelmintica (L.) Kuntze ex Gamble; Centratherum anthelminticum (L.) Gamble; Conyza anthelmintica L.; Dolosanthus sylvaticus Klatt; Phyllocephalum anthelminticum (L.) S.R.Paul & S.L.Kapoor; Serratula anthelmintica (L.) Roxb.; Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd.; Vernonia stenolepis Oliv.); . Images by Nidhan Singh, Gurcharan […]

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Baccaurea

Baccaurea courtallensis (Wight) Müll.Arg. (India as per POWO) Baccaurea ramiflora Lour. (NE. India to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)    . Species as per Flora of India Vol 23 (Editors: N. P. Balakrishnan, T. Chakrabarty, M. Sanjappa, P. Lakshminarsimhan & P. Singh by […]

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Axonopus

Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv. (Tropical & Subtropical America: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, […]

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Avicennia marina

Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 71: 435 1907. (syn. Sceura marina Forssk.;                                            Avicennia alba Blume; Avicennia alba var. latifolia Moldenke; Avicennia intermedia Griff.; Avicennia marina var. alba (Blume) Bakh. …..; Avicennia mindanaensis Elmer; Avicennia officinalis var. alba (Blume) C.B.Clarke; Avicennia sphaerocarpa Stapf ex Ridl.; Avicennia spicata Kuntze; Avicennia tomentosa var. […]

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Averrhoa carambola

Averrhoa carambola L., Sp. Pl. 428 1753. (Syn: Averrhoa acutangula Stokes; Sarcotheca philippica (Villar) Hallier f.); . av-er-OH-uh — named for Averrhoes, an Arabian physician … Dave’s Botanary kah-rahm-BOH-luh or ka-RAM-boh-luh — Latin form of an aboriginal name … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: carambola, star fruit, Coromandel gooseberry, kamranga, five finger, five corner […]

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Averrhoa bilimbi

Averrhoa bilimbi L., Sp. Pl. 428 1753. (Syn: Averrhoa abtusangulata Stokes; Averrhoa obtusangula Stokes); . av-er-OH-uh — named for Averrhoes, an Arabian physician … Dave’s Botanary bil-LIM-bee — Latinized form of the aboriginal name … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: bilimbi, cucumber-gooseberry, cucumber tree, tree sorrel • Hindi: बिलिम्बी bilimbi • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿಂಬಿ bilimbi […]

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Avena strigosa ?

Avena strigosa Schreb.; .   Pech Tiger Reserve in agricultural field on 26-02-2007; Grass Week – Avena strigosa – efloraofindia | Google Groups

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