• Cerastium cerastoides

    Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 152 1894. (Syn: Alsine multicaulis (Willd.) E.H.L.Krause; Arenaria argaea (Boiss. & Balansa) Shinners; Arenaria trigyna (Vill.) Shinners (Unresolved); Centunculus alpinus Scop.; Cerastium argaeum Boiss. & Balansa; Cerastium cerastoides var. foliosum Kozhevn.; Cerastium cerastoides f. glandulosum Micevski; Cerastium cerastoides var. lanceolatocalyx Hazit; Cerastium…

  • Centratherum punctatum

    Centratherum punctatum Cass., 384 1817. (Syn. Ampherephis aristata Kunth; Ampherephis intermedia Link; Ampherephis mutica Kunth; Ampherephis pilosa Cass.; Ampherephis pilosa Cass. ex Steud.; Ampherephis pulchella Cass.; Amphibecis violacea (Schrank) Schrank; Baccharoides brachylepis (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Kuntze; Baccharoides holtonii (Baker) Kuntze; Baccharoides muticum (Kunth) Kuntze; Baccharoides punctatum (Cass.) Kuntze; Baccharoides violaceum (Schrank)…

  • Centranthera indica

    Centranthera indica (L.) Gamble , Fl. Madras 971 1924. (syn: Capraria rigida Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. fil.; Centranthera brunoniana Thw.; Centranthera hispida R. Br.; Centranthera procumbens Benth.; Digitalis stricta Roxb.; Razumovia hispida Britten; Razumovia indica (L.) Alston; Rhinanthus indicus L.) as per efi thread; . India, Sri Lanka, Nicobars (North Nicobars,…

  • Centaurea iberica

    Centaurea iberica Trevir. ex Spreng., Syst. veg. 3:406. 1826 ; . Common name: Iberian Star Thistle, Iberian Knapweed . Centaurea iberica (Iberian Starthistle or Iberian Knapweed) is a species of Centaurea. It is native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia. It is known elsewhere as an introduced species and a…

  • Cenchrus

    Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone (Introduced) (Benin to S. Tropical Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre; Introduced into: Afghanistan, Alabama, Amur, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South,…

  • Celosia argentea var. plumosa

    Celosia argentea L. var. plumosa Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1:864. 1895 (syn. (≡) Celosia plumosa (Voss) Burv.); . Images by Surajit Koley, Balkar Singh & (Usha Desai – identified by Gurcharan Singh), (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) . se-LO-see-uh or kay-LO-see-uh — from the Greek kelos (dry, burnt) – referring to…

  • Ceiba pentandra (Introduced)

    Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 244 1791. (Syn.: Bombax cumanense Kunth; Bombax guineense Schum. & Thonn.; Bombax guineensis Schumach.; Bombax inerme L.; Bombax mompoxense Kunth; Bombax occidentale Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Bombax orientale Spreng.; Bombax pentandrum L.; Bombax pentandrum Jacq.; Ceiba anfractuosa (DC.) M.Gómez; Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A.Chev.; Ceiba casearia…

  • Cedrus deodara

    Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex Lamb.) G.Don, Hort. Brit. 1: 388 1830. (Syn: Abies deodara (Roxb. ex Lamb.) Lindl.;  Cedrus deodara var. argentea Carrière …….; Cedrus indica Chambray; Cedrus libani var. deodara (Roxb. ex Lamb.) Hook.f.; Cedrus libani subsp. deodora (Roxb. ex Lamb.) P.D.Sell; Larix deodara (Roxb. ex Lamb.) K.Koch; Pinus deodara…

  • Cayratia pedata

    IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) . Cayratia pedata (Lam.) Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 346 1911. (Syn: Cayratia longzhouensis W.T.Wang; Cissus assimilis Kurz ex Laws.; Cissus canarensis (Dalz.) Planch.; Cissus cochinchinensis Spreng.; Cissus dioica Roxb. ex DC.; Cissus femineus Roxb.; Cissus foemina Steud.; Cissus heptaphylla Retz.; Cissus mucronata Hook. & Arn. ex…

  • Cayratia

    Keys in Flora of Peninsular India: 1. Leaves pedately 6-9 foliolate – C. pedata 1. Leaves 3-5 foliolate   2. Leaves 3- foliolate      3. Leaves acuminate at apex- C. mollissima      3. Leaves acute at apex- C. trifoliata   2. Leaves pedately 5-foliolate       4. Stipules prominent falcate- C. auriculata (syn. of…

  • Cautleya

    Taxonomic revision of the genus Cautleya (Zingiberaceae) in India with a description of a new variety (pdf)- Kizhakkethil AISHWARYA , Mamiyil SABU- Taiwania 66(1): 79‒88, 2021: Taxonomic key to the taxa of Cautleya: 1a. Leaves petiolate; arils in fruit prominent, completely covering the seeds ……… C. spicata 1b. Leaves sessile;…

  • Catunaregam spinosa

    Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, Bot. 35: 13 1978. (syn. Canthium chinense Pers.; Canthium coronatum Lam.; Ceriscus malabaricus Gaertn.; Gardenia dumetorum Retz.; Gardenia dumosa Salisb.; Gardenia floribunda Roxb. [Invalid]; Gardenia glabra R.Br. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Gardenia latifolia Schltdl. ex Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Gardenia spinosa L.f. [Illegitimate]; Gardenia…

  • Catunaregam

      Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng. (Pakistan to S. China and W. Malesia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) . BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Name Distribution Catunaregam longispina Andaman & Nicobar…

  • Cattlianthe Meadii (Cultivated)

    orchids from Orchid resort: From Kalimpong on 13/3/09 this seems to me like a hybrid Cattleya I have slight doubts about this. I think this is Laelia and not Cattleya. … can you please confirm. Sorry for the wrong identity. My friend Amey says this is Cattlianthe meadii (Guarianthe bowringiana…

  • Cattlianthe

    Cattlianthe Meadii .  Cattlianthe J.M.H. Shaw (2003), abbreviated Ctt. in the horticultural trade, is the orchid nothogenus for intergeneric hybrid greges containing between Cattleya Lindl. (1824) and Guarianthe Dressler & W.E. Higgins (2003) (Wikipedia).

  • Catharanthus roseus

    Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 95 1837. (syn. Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small; Hottonia littoralis Lour.; Lachnea rosea (L.) Rchb.; Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl.; Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K. Schum.; Pervinca rosea (L.) Gaterau; Pervinca rosea (L.) Moench; Vinca rosea L. ..); . kat-uh-RANTH-us — pure (immaculate)…

  • Catharanthus pusillus

    Catharanthus pusillus (Murray) G.Don , Gen. Hist. 4: 95 1837. (syn. Lochnerapusilla (Murray) K.Schum.; Vincaparviflora Retz.; Vincapusilla Murray); . Tiny Periwinkle, Tiny Vinca • Marathi: संगखी Sangkhi, रान केल Ran-kel, तिलोनी Tiloni • Tamil: Paalaich, chetthai, milakaych chakkalatti • Malayalam: chupa-vela • Telugu: kanupoolaku, erri mirapa, gulvidi, sukbanda, gaddipoolu •…

  • Casuarina equisetifolia

    Casuarina equisetifolia L., Amoen. Acad. 4: 143 1759 (Syn: Casuarina africana Lour.; Casuarina brunoniana Miq.; Casuarina equisetifolia var. souderi Fosberg; Casuarina excelsa Dehnh. ex Miq.; Casuarina indica Pers.; Casuarina lateriflora Poir.; Casuarina litorea L. ex Fosberg & Sachet; Casuarina littorea Oken; Casuarina littorea var. souderi (Fosberg) Fosberg & Sachet; Casuarina mertensiana…

  • Castanospermum australe (Introduced)

    Castanospermum australe A.Cunn. & C.Fraser ; . India (I); Karnataka ; Kerala; Punjab; Tamil Nadu ; West Bengal and other countries as per ILDIS; . Australia; Bismarck Archipelago; India; Indonesia; Jawa; Kenya; Mauritius; New Caledonia; New Zealand(North); Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Reunion; Society Is; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Tanzania; Uganda;…

  • Castanopsis tribuloides

    Castanopsis tribuloides (Sm.) A.DC., J. Bot. 1: 182 1863. (Syn: Balanoplis tribuloides Raf.; Castanea microcarpa Lindl. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Castanea tribuloides (Sm.) Lindl.; Quercus acuta Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Quercus armata D.Don; Quercus caudata Lindl. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Quercus loureiroi Hance; Quercus tribuloides Sm.); . WC. Himalaya to Indo-China as…