Caltha alba Cambess. (NW. Iran, Afghanistan to W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO) Caltha palustris L. (Temp. & Subarctic Northern Hemisphere: Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China…
Calophyllum inophyllum L., Sp. Pl. 513 53 (Syn: Balsamaria inophyllum Lour.; Calophyllum apetalum Blanco; Calophyllum bingator Roxb.; Calophyllum blumei Wight; Calophyllum ovatifolium Noronha; Calophyllum spurium Choisy; Calophyllum wakamatsui Kaneh. …..); . kal-oh-FIL-lum — from the Greek kalos (beautiful) and phyllon (leaf); referring to the beautifully-veined leaves … Dave’s Botanary in-oh-FILL-um — from the Greek inodes (fibrous, sinewy) and phyllon (leaf) … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: Alexandrian laurel, ball tree,…
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Calophyllum apetalum Willd., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 79 1811. (Syn: Calophyllum calaboides G.Don; Calophyllum decipiens Wight; Calophyllum wightianum Wall. ex Planch. & Triana); Malayalam: Arrupunna, Manjapunna, Valuzhavam. Kannada: Holi honne, Irai, Kal honne, Kalpoone, Shri hone; Sans.—-Punnagam, Namaeruak,…
Calophyllum apetalum Willd. (Images by Prashant Awale) Calophyllum inophyllum L. Calophyllum polyanthum Wall. ex Choisy Clusia rosea Jacq. (Images by Satish Phadke (ID by Ajinkya Gadave) and Prashant Awale) Garcinia cowa Roxb. ex Choisy (Images by Tapas Chakrabarty & M. Sawmliana (Inserted by Surajit Koley & J.M.Garg)) Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Roxb. Garcinia…
Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don ex Loudon; . Weeping/ Drooping Bottlebrush, Bottle brush • Hindi: Cheel चील • Manipuri: বরপ লৈ Barap lei; . As per efi thread : The Weeping Bottlebrush tree [C.viminalis] is larger than the Red Bottlebrush tree [C.citrinus], but is mainly differentiated from the latter…
Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 154 1942. (syn. Rectanthera fragrans (Lindl.) O.Deg.; Spironema fragrans Lindl.; Spironema orthandrum Lindb.); . Herbs, perennial, robust, stoloniferous. Stems ascending, bromeliadlike, to 1 m. Leaves spirally arranged; blade oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 15–30 ´ 2.5–5cm (distal leaf blades much narrower than sheaths…
Calligonum polygonoides L., Sp. Pl. 530 1753. (syn: Calligonum intertextum Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika); . E. Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan: Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Yemen as per POWO; . Punjab, Rajasthan as per BSI Flora of India Checklist; . Common…
Calligonum comosum L’Hér. (N. Africa to Sahara, Socotra (Abd al Kuri), W. Asia to Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula: Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara as per POWO) Calligonum polygonoides L. (Punjab, Rajasthan as per BSI Flora of India Checklist)…
Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 13 1794. (Syn. Callicarpa cana Gamble (Misapplied); Callicarpa dunniana H.Lév.; Callicarpa incana Roxb.; Callicarpa macrophylla var. griffithii C.B.Clarke; Callicarpa macrophylla var. kouytchensis H.Lév.; Callicarpa roxburghii Wall. ex Walp.; Callicarpa salviifolia Griff. [Invalid]; Callicarpa tomentosa K.D.Koenig ex Vahl [Illegitimate]); . kal-ee-KAR-puh or kal-ih-KAR-puh — beautiful seeded…
Callicarpa arborea Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 405 1820. (Syn: Aganon umbellata Raf.; Callicarpa arborea var. villosa King & Gamble; Callicarpa magna Schauer; Callicarpa tectonifolia Wall. [Invalid]; Callicarpa tomentosa var. magna (Schauer) Bakh.; Callicarpa villosissima Ridl.; Premna arborea (Roxb.) Roth); . Callicarpa arborea Roxb from Kamrup district, Assam : Attachments (9)….
Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. (Syn: Anneslia haematocephala (Hassk.) Britton & P.Wilson; Calliandra inaequilatera Rusby; Calliandra novaesii Hoehne; Feuilleea haematocephala Kuntze); . kal-ee-AN-druh — from the Greek kallos (beautiful) and andra (stamen) hee-mat-oh-KEF-uh-luh — from the Greek haima (blood) and kephale (head) . commonly known as: red powder puff, red tassel flower, rose…
Calceolaria tripartita Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 1: 14 1798. (syn: Calceolaria celendinensis López Guillén ….; Calceolaria corazonica Gilli; Calceolaria flaccida Benth.; Calceolaria gracilis Kunth; Calceolaria heterophylla Willd.; Calceolaria micrantha Pennell; Calceolaria pinnata Ruiz & Pav. [Illegitimate]; Calceolaria puru-puru Kraenzl.; Calceolaria ranunculoides Kraenzl.; Calceolaria sarmentosa Kraenzl.; Calceolaria scabiosifolia Roem. & Schult.;…
Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 326 (1907). (syn: Alismorchis angraeciflora (Rchb. f.) Kuntze; Alismorchis diploxiphion (Hook. f.) Kuntze; Alismorchis furcata (Bateman ex Lindl.) Kuntze; Alismorkis angraeciflora (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Alismorkis diploxiphion (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Alismorkis furcata (Bateman ex Lindl.) Kuntze; Alismorkis veratrifolia Kuntze [Illegitimate]; Amblyglottis veratrifolia Blume [Illegitimate]; Bletia quadrifida Hook.f.;…
Calanthe brevicornu Lindl. (Himalaya to SE. Tibet: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO) Calanthe davidii Franch. (Himalaya to S. Japan: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Calanthe × dominyi Lindl. (SE. China to Temp. E. Asia: China Southeast, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan as per POWO) Calanthe…
Calamus tenuis Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 780 1832. (Syn: Calamus amarus Lour.; Calamus heliotropium Buch.-Ham. ex Kunth; Calamus horrens Blume; Calamus royleanus Griff.; Calamus stoloniferus Teijsm. & Binn. [Invalid]; Palmijuncus amarus (Lour.) Kuntze; Palmijuncus heliotropium (Buch.-Ham. ex Kunth) Kuntze; Palmijuncus horrens (Blume) Kuntze; Palmijuncus royleanus (Griff.) Kuntze; Palmijuncus…
Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent., Mag. Encycl. 4: 464 1800. (Syn: Alocasia rex N.E.Br. [Invalid]; Alocasia roezlii N.E.Br.; Arum bicolor Aiton; Arum pellucidum Fulchir ex Kunth [Invalid]; Arum pulchrum Salisb.; Arum vermitoxicum Vell.; Arum vermitoxicum Vell. ex Kunth; Caladium albopunctatissimum Jacob-Makoy ex H.Karst.; Caladium amoenum Engl.; Caladium appunianum Engl. [Invalid]; Caladium…
Calacanthus grandiflorus (Dalzell) Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 13: 279 1884 publ. 1883. (Syn: Calacanthus dalzellianus T.Anderson ex Benth. [Illegitimate]; Lepidagathis grandiflora Dalzell); . ¿ kal-uh-KAN-thus ? — Greek: kalos (beautiful); akanthos (spine, thorn) … Origins of Plant Names gran-dih-FLOR-us — with large flowers … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: large flowered calacanthus • Hindi:…
Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth, Helios 11:133. 1893 “Cajan cajan” (C. F. Millspaugh, Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(1):53. 1900) (Syn: (=) Cajanus bicolor DC. ; (≡) Cajanus flavus DC.; (≡) Cajanus indicus Spreng.; (≡) Cytisus cajan L. (basionym)); . Images by Gurcharan Singh & Karuna Kanta Das (Placed here by J.M.Garg) . kaj-AY-nus…
Caesalpinia sappan L. (syn. Biancaea sappan (L.) Tod.); .. Common name: Sappan Wood, Brazil wood • Hindi: Patamg, Bakam • Kannada: Sappange • Malayalam: Chappannam, Sappannam • Marathi: patang, pathang • Sanskrit: Patrangah, Patangah • Tamil: Sappamgu, Patamgam • Telugu: Bakaruchakka ; . Tree/Shrub Request ID 0014 – looks like…
Caesalpinia pulcherrima f. flava (Degener) H. St. John, List & Summary Fl. Pl. Hawaiian Is. 179 179 1973. (Syn: Poinciana pulcherrima f. flava Degener); . ses-al-PIN-ee-uh — named for Andreas Caesalpini, Italian botanist pul-KAIR-ih-muh — beautiful FLA-vuh or FLAY-vuh — yellow . commonly known as: Barbados flower-fence, dwarf poinciana, paradise…