• Calanthe triplicata

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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…

  • Caesalpinia mimosoides

    Caesalpinia mimosoides Lam. (Syn: Caesalpinia resupinata Roxb.; Caesalpinia simora Roxb.); . ¿ hewl-THOL-ee-uh ? — named for Cambodian botanist Dr. Sovanmoly Hul Thol … PhytoKeys mim-yoo-SOY-deez — refers to the phyllode like leaves, similar to mimosa … Wikipedia . commonly known as: mimosa thorn, prickly brasiletto • Kannada: ಈಜಿಮುಳ್ಳು eejimullu,…

  • Caesalpinia cucullata

    Caesalpinia cucullata Roxb. (syn. Mezoneuron cucullatum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Mezoneuron cucullatum var. grandis Baker; Mezoneuron cucullatum var. robustum Craib; Mezoneuron macrophyllum Miq.; Mezoneurum cucullatum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Mezonevron cucullatum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.); . Andaman Is; Bhutan; Burma; China; India; Indonesia; Jawa; Kalimantan; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Nicobar Is;…

  • Caesalpinia crista

    Caesalpinia crista L. (Syn: Caesalpinia chinensis Roxb.; Caesalpinia kwangtungensis Merr.; Caesalpinia laevigata Perr.; Caesalpinia nuga (L.) W.T.Aiton; Caesalpinia nuga (L.) Aiton; Caesalpinia paniculata Desf.; Caesalpinia paniculata (Lam.) Roxb.; Caesalpinia scandens Roth; Caesalpinia szechuenensis Craib; Genista scandens Lour.; Guilandina bonduc var. minus DC.; Guilandina crista Small; Guilandina nuga L.; Guilandina paniculata Lam.;…

  • Cactaceae

    Comparative images of species from genera other than Cylindropuntia, Epiphyllum, Hylocereus, Mammillaria, Nopalea, Opuntia, Pereskia, Pereskiopsis & Pseudorhipsalis (pl. click on this link to see their images): . Aporocactus species ?  Astrophytum hybrid at the Bonsai, Bougainvillea and Cactus Show   Astrophytum myriostigma Lem. Astrophytum ornatum (DC.) Britton & Rose Carnegiea gigantea…

  • Byttneria herbacea

    Byttneria herbacea Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 28 1795.; . As per Flora of India Volume 3 (1993), it is distributed in Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. . Profusely branched prostrate herbs, stem hairy. Leaves simple, alternate, 2-3 x 1.5-2.5 cm, ovate, base…

  • Byttneria

    Byttneria aspera Collebr. ex Wall. ? Byttneria herbacea Roxb.  Byttneria pilosa Roxb. (China (Yunnan), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, India, Myanmar [Burma], peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Pahang), India (Darjeeling, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur), Sikkim, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life)   . BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Distribution):…

  • Butea superba

    Butea superba Roxb. (syn: Plaso superba (Willd.) Kuntze; Rudolphia superba (Willd.) Poir.); . Butea superba (left) and monosperma (right) flowers     butea superba and monosperma flowers : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) They are flowering since last two weeks. Here are two flowers to compare their size…

  • Butea monosperma

    Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. (Syn. Butea braamania DC.; Butea frondosa Roxb.; Butea frondosa Willd.; Butea frondosa var. lutea (Witt.) Maheshw.; Butea monosperma Kuntze; Erythrina monosperma Lam.; Plaso monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze; Plaso monosperma var. flava Kuntze; Plaso monosperma var. rubra Kuntze; Rudolphia frondosa (Willd.) Poir.); . Images by J.M.Garg, Debasish Joardar, Satish…

  • Burmannia

    Keys available at Flora of China . Burmannia coelestis D.Don         Burmannia disticha L. Burmannia pusilla (Miers) Thwaites Burmannia species- Mulsi, Pune  Burmannia species- Lonavala, Pune Burmannia species- Mahadevgad, Amboli hill station, MH     Burmannia species- Ailawng, Mizoram BSI Flora of India Checklist Volume 3 (1993) (Distribution): Name Distribution Burmannia candelabrum…

  • Burmanniaceae

    Burmannia coelestis D.Don Burmannia disticha L. Burmannia pusilla (Miers) Thwaites   Burmannia species- Mulsi, Pune   Burmannia species- Lonavala, Pune Species & genera pages of ‎‎‎Burmanniaceae are now with images : 1 post by 1 author. Species, genera & family pages of ‎‎‎Burmanniaceae are now with images. I request members to…

  • Bupleurum

    Keys as per Flora of Bhutan: 1. Annuals or short-lived perennials; inflorescences diflusely branched, rays very slender; flowers yellow-green; fruits ovoid, ribbed …….. 1. B. hamiltonii + Perennials; inflorescences erect, rays slender to more robust; flowers yellowgreen or purple; fruits oblong to ovoid, ribbed or winged … 2 2. Plants…

  • Bulbophyllum species- Vietnam

      Bulbophyllum_RKC01_22072012: No images seen now. Saw this Bulbophyllum in a flower show at Da Lat City of Vietnam. Is it a hybrid? Sorry for the hazy photographs. (July, 2012) This is not hybrid, but I need to see from top how it looks. Could be Bulbophyllum auratum but need…