Anaphalis triplinervis

Anaphalis triplinervis (Sims) Sims ex C.B.Clarke, 105 1876. (Syn. Antennariatriplinervis Sims; Gnaphaliumcuneatum Wall. ex DC.; Gnaphaliumcynoglossoides Trevir.; Gnaphaliumnepalense Hort. ex DC.; Gnaphaliumperfoliatum Wall. [Illegitimate]; Gnaphaliumquintuplinerve Buch.-Ham. ex DC.); . Woolly Pearly Everlasting; . Stout erect perennial herbs with cottony covering; leaves elliptic up to 6 cm long, up to 2.5 cm broad, lower 3-5-veined, upper […]

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Anaphalis contorta

Anaphalis contorta (D.Don) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3 284 1881. (Syn: Anaphalis hondae Kitam.; Antennaria contorta D.Don; Gnaphalium contortum (D.Don) Spreng.;                       Anaphalis falconeri C.B.Clarke; Antennaria tenella DC.; Gnaphalium contortum (D.Don) Buch.-Ham.; Gnaphalium simplicicaule Wall. [Illegitimate]; Gnaphalium tenellum Wall. [Illegitimate]); . a-NAF-uh-lus — from the Greek name for a similar plant … Dave’s Botanary kon-TOR-tuh — […]

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Anaphalis busua

Anaphalis busua (Buch.-Ham.) DC., 275 1838. (Syn: Anaphalis araneosa DC.; Anaphalis arenosa DC.; Anaphalis busua (Buch.-Ham.) Hand.-Mazz. [Illegitimate]; Anaphalis semidecurrens Wall. ex C.B.Clarke; Anaphalis semidecurrens (Wall. ex DC.) DC.; Antennaria semidecurrens DC.; Antennaria villosissima D.Don; Gnaphaliumbusua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Gnaphalium busuum Buch.-Ham.; Gnaphalium semidecurrens Wall. ex DC.; Gnaphalium villosissima D.Don); . Tall Pearly Everlasting • […]

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Anaphalis (Asteroideae- Gnaphalieae)

Anaphalis brevifolia DC. (Images by N Muthu Karthick (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Anaphalis busua (Buch.-Ham.) DC. Anaphalis contorta (D.Don) Hook.f.   Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. (Images by Dinesh Valke & Dalia Set (Both Ids by Gurcharan Singh) & Prashant Awale (Validation by Nidhan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) […]

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Anamirta cocculus

Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 446 1834. (Syn: Anamirta baueriana Endl.; Anamirta jucunda Miers; Anamirta paniculata Colebr.; Anamirta populifolia (DC.) Miers; Anamirta racemosa Colebr. ex Steud.; Anamirta toxifera Miers; Cocculus indicus Royle; Cocculus lacunosus DC.; Cocculus populifolius DC.; Cocculus suberosus DC.; Menispermum cocculiferum Stokes; Menispermum cocculus L.; Menispermum heteroclitum […]

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Anagallis

Anagallis arvensis L. var. arvensis (Europe to Central Asia and Himalaya, N. Africa to Ethiopia and Arabian Peninsula: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great […]

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Anacardium occidentale

Anacardium occidentale L., Sp. Pl. 383 1753. (Syn. Acajuba occidentalis (L.) Gaertn.; Anacardium microcarpum Ducke; Anacardium occidentale var. americanum DC.; Anacardium occidentale var. gardneri Engl.; Cassuvium pomiferum Lam.; Cassuvium reniforme Blanco; Cassuvium solitarium Stokes); . Images by tspkumar   . an-uh-KAR-dee-um — a fruit’s name of an Indian tree, applied to cashew by Linnaeus ock-sih-den-TAY-lee […]

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Thelypteris prolifera ?

(040509SCS1-2) Nephrolepis or Blecnum fern, Sonepat, Haryana ? – indiantreepix | Google Groups: While flora-watching on 2nd May 09, I cam across this fern like plant growing under a culvert of a canal. My ID narrows down to Nephrolepsis or Blechnum. Experts may please confirm or correct me. Sonepat, Haryana, 2nd May 09. Please see […]

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Thelypteris prolifera

Thelypteris prolifera (Retz.) C.F.Reed, Phytologia 17: 306 (1968) as per POWO; . Ampelopteris prolifera (Retz.) Copel., Gen. Fil. (Copeland) 144 144 1947. (syn. Abacopteris prolifera (Retz.) W.C. Shieh; Ampelopteris elegans Kunze; Ampelopteris firma Kunze; Aspidium proliferum (Retz.) H. Christ; Aspidium proliferum (Retz.) Hieron.; Cyclosorus prolifer (Retz.) Tardieu in Tardieu & C. Chr.; Dryopteris prolifera (Retz.) […]

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Ampelocissus

Ampelocissus barbata (Wall.) Planch. (India (Assam, Darjeeling, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya), Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma], Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.), Nicobar Isl. (North Nicobar Isl.), Vietnam, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life) Ampelocissus indica (L.) Planch. (S-India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of […]

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Vitaceae

Comparative images of this family except for Ampelocissus, Cayratia, Cissus, Leea and Tetrastigma (for these, it can be seen by clicking at these links) are given below: . Ampelopsis glandulosa (Wall.) Momiy. (China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Korea, India (Manipur, Meghalaya), Sikkim, Nepal, Myanmar [Burma], Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life)                  […]

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Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson, Taxon 26: 337 1977. (Syn: Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne. ..; Amorphophallus chatty Andrews; Amorphophallus decurrens (Blanco) Kunth; Amorphophallus dixenii K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen; Amorphophallus dubius Blume; Amorphophallus giganteus Blume [Illegitimate]; Amorphophallus gigantiflorus Hayata; Amorphophallus malaccensis Ridl.; Amorphophallus microappendiculatus Engl.; Amorphophallus paeoniifolius var. campanulatus (Decne.) Sivad.; Amorphophallus rex Prain; Amorphophallus rex Prain ex Hook. f.; […]

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Amorphophallus commutatus

Amorphophallus commutatus (Schott) Engl., Monogr. Phan. 2: 319 1879. (Syn: Amorphophallus commutatus var. anmodensis Sivad. & Jaleel; Amorphophallus commutatus var. anshiensis Punekar, Lakshmin. & Sivad.; Amorphophallus commutatus var. wayanadensis Sivad. & Jaleel; Conophallus commutatus Schott) as per POWO; . India as per POWO; . a-mor-fo-FAL-us — without definite form … Dave’s Botanarykom-yoo-TAH-tus — changing … Dave’s Botanary .commonly known as: […]

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Amorphophallus bulbifer

Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Blume, Rumphia 1: 148 1837. (Syn: Amorphophallus aculatum Hook.f.; Amorphophallus bulbifer var. atroviridimaculata Engl.; Amorphophallus bulbifer var. marmoratus Engl.; Amorphophallus bulbifer var. tuberuliger (Schott) Engl.; Amorphophallus taccoides Hook.f.; Amorphophallus tuberculiger (Schott) Engl.; Arum bulbiferum Roxb.; Arum punctulatum Zipp. ex Kunth; Arum spectabile Zipp. ex Kunth; Conophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Schott; Conophallus tuberculiger Schott; […]

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Ammannia baccifera

Ammannia baccifera L., Sp. pl. 1:120. 1753 (Syn: (=) Ammannia aegyptiaca Willd.); . ammannia, acrid weed, blistering ammania, monarch redstem, tooth cup • Bengali: বনমরিচ banmarich • Hindi: अगिन बूटी aginbuti, बन मिरिच ban mirich, दादमारी dadmari, जंगली मेंहदी jungli mehendi • Kannada: ಕಾಡುಗಿಡ kaadugida • Konkani: दादमार्या dadmaria • Malayalam: kallur vanchi, nirumelneruppu • […]

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Ammannia

Ammannia auriculata Willd. Ammannia baccifera L.     Ammannia lanceolata B. Heyne ex Wall. (Sri Lanka, India as per Catalogue of Life) Ammannia multiflora Roxb. . From Floral Database of Tamilnadu : Binomial Habit Notes Ref. Distrib. Ammannia baccifera L. subsp. baccifera Herb Plains, Marsh Localities  Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983 All districts Ammannia baccifera L. subsp. […]

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Lythraceae

Comparative images in this family are given below except for genera: Ammannia, Lagerstroemia & Rotala : . Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F.Macbr. Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth Cuphea ignea A.DC. Cuphea micropetala Kunth Cuphea procumbens Ortega Duabanga grandiflora (DC.) Walp. Lafoensia vandelliana Cham. & Schltdl.     Lawsonia inermis L.   Lythrum salicaria L. Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & […]

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Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., Sp. Pl. 988 1753. (Syn: Iva monophylla Walt.); . USA (Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont), Canada (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I)), Java (I), Peru (I), South Africa […]

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Amaranthus

Amaranthus blitum L. Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))   Amaranthus caudatus L. (Images by D.S.Rawat & (Usha Desai – identified by Gurcharan Singh), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))    Amaranthus cruentus L. (Images by (Pudji Widodo– identified by Surajit Koley) & (Arpita Rathore – validation by Mani ), (Inserted by […]

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Amanita

Amanita citrina Pers. ?     Amanita cokeri E.-J. Gilbert & Kühner ex E.-J. Gilbert       Amanita constricta Thiers & Ammirati ?       Amanita flavipes S. Imai       Amanita pantherina (DC.) Krombh. ?             Amanita rubrovolvata S. Imai       Amanita vaginata (Bull.) […]

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