Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff, Bot. Gaz. 88: 293 (1929) 293 1929. (Syn. Actinea biternata (Lour.) Spreng.; Bidens abyssinica Sch.Bip. …; Bidens biternata var. abyssinica (Sch.Bip.) Sherff …; Bidens chinensis (L.) Willd. ..; Bidens cylindrica Sherff; Bidens decomposita Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Bidens kotschyi Sch.Bip.; Bidens laciniata Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. & Asch. [Invalid]; Bidens…
Berrya cordifolia (Willd.) Burret , Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 605 1926. (syn. Berrya ammonilla Roxb.; Espera cordifolia Willd. (Unresolved); Triopterys poliandra Blanco (Unresolved)); . Trincomalee Wood, Halmilla tree • Tamil: சமுளை Chamu’lai, Tiriconamalai maram; . The tree is native to Ceylon, South India, Burma and SE Asia. . Re-sending for ID…
Bergenia stracheyi (Hook.f. & Thomson) Engl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 26: 842 1868. (Syn: Bergenia gorbunovii B.Fedtsch.; Bergenia milesii Stein; Bergenia stracheyi auct.; Saxifraga milesii Baker; Saxifraga stracheyi Hook. f. & Thomson); . As per efi thread : B. stracheyi has oblong-obovate leaves with cuneate leaf base, whereas the low altitude species…
Bergeniaciliata (Haw.) Sternb., Revis. Saxifrag. Suppl. 2: 2 1831.(syn. Bergeniaciliata (Royle) A.Br. ex Engl. [Illegitimate]; Bergenialigulata var. cliata (Royle) Engl.; Bergeniathysanodes (Lindl.) C.K.Schneid.; Saxifragathysanodes Lindl. (Unresolved)); W. Himalaya to SW. Nepal as per POWO; Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan (Hazara), Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin), Bhutan, Sikkim, India (Arunachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life; …
Keys in Flora of Pakistan and Flora of China and FoC illustration . Bergenia ciliata (Haw.) Sternb. (W. Himalaya to SW. Nepal as per POWO) (The species as understood now differs from B. pacumbis (syn: B. ligulata) in smaller leaves, mostly less than 10 cm long with hirsute surface) Bergenia pacumbis (Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman), S-Tibet, Assam, China…
Comparative images of this family (except for Saxifraga (which can be seen at this link)) are given below: . Astilbe japonica (C.Morr. & Decne.) A.Gray (Introduced) (Japan (Honshu, Kyushu), USA (I) (Connecticut (I), New York (I), Rhode Island (I)) as per Catalogue of Life) Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don (Himalaya to Central…
Keys in A revision of berberis S.S. (Berberidaceae) in Nepal– B. ADHIKARI, C. A. PENDRY, R. T. PENNINGTON & R. I. MILNE- Edinburgh Journal of Botany 69(03) · November 2012: 1a. Flowers solitary or in fascicles (sometimes in a 2–3-flowered umbel in B. concinna var. extensiflora) __ 2 1b. Flowers in racemes,…
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn., Monogr. Phan. 3: 513 1881. (Synonyms: Benincasa cerifera Savi; Benincasa cylindrica Ser.; Benincasa pruriens (Parkinson) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Benincasa pruriens f. hispida (Thunb.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Benincasa vacua (F.Muell.) F.Muell.; Cucurbita alba Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Cucurbita farinosa Blume; Cucurbita hispida Thunb.; Cucurbita littoralis…
Actinostemma tenerum Griff. (Himalaya to Temp. E. Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Korea, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Benincasa fistulosa (Stocks) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai…
eFloraofIndia’s journey/ progress Year 2025: Congratulations J M Garg for 1,10,000 posts Bridging Science and Society: The eFloraofIndia Citizen Science Model Citizen Science Conclave I 5th-6th July 2025 I Pune eFloraofIndia completes 18 years on 17.6.25 Our images on eFloraofIndia helping in Google Lens Search in eFloraofIndia has become…
Bellis perennis L., 886 1753. (Syn: Aster bellis E.H.L.Krause; Bellis alpina Hegetschw.; Bellis armena Boiss.; Bellis croatica Gand.; Bellis hortensis Mill.; Bellis hybrida Ten.; Bellis integrifolia DC.; Bellis margaritifolia Huter; Bellis minor Garsault [Invalid]; Bellis perennis var. caulescens Rochebr. ………; Bellis pumila Arv.-Touv. & Dupuy; Bellis pusilla (N.Terracc.) Pignatti; Bellis scaposa…
Begonia trichocarpa Dalzell, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 230 1851. . Large herbs; stem reddish, flaccid, sub-erect, hispid. Leaves to 8 x 3 cm, ovate-oblong, acuminate, obliquely cordate at base, hirtus, membranous, 5-nerved from the base; petiole 1-3 cm long, hispid; stipule 6 x 2 mm, lanceolate. Cymes 2…
Begonia picta Sm., Exot. Bot. 2: 81 1806. (syn. Begonia echinata Royle); . Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya; India; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; . Indian Subcontinent as per WCSP; . Flora of Chakrata: Begonia sp from Chakrata Mussoorie Road: Begonia sp from Chakrata Mussoorie Road My id B picta…
Begonia ‘Cathedral’; . Common name: Stained Glass Begonia . Begonia from Munnar – indiantreepix | Google Groups This Begonia was photographed in a nursery near Munnar (November). ID please. This may be Begonia Joe Heyden? Does not look like Plant Finder ! Begonia ‘Cathedral’ ?? . References: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stained%20Glass%20Begonia.html https://www.terranovanurseries.com/product/begonia-cathedral/ http://www.phytograph.co.uk/b/be/begoniacathedral/species.html http://alexandra-hills.australialisted.com/4161/garden-house/begonia-cathedral-also-called-stained-glass-6-plants-available_18313333.html
Begonia hirtella Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 296 1822. (Syn: Begonia albidosetulosa Hassk.; Begonia brasila A.DC.; Begonia brasiliana Schrank ex Steud. [Invalid]; Begonia ciliata Kunth; Begonia dasypoda Meisn. ex A.DC.; Begonia diversifolia var. nana Walp.; Begonia hirtella var. nana A.DC.; Begonia villosa Lindl.); . Images by Santhosh Kumar Begonia…
Begonia acetosa Vell. (Cultivated) Begonia acetosella Craib Begonia aconitifolia A.DC. (Images by Arundhati Boyce – Id by Ajinkya Gadave) Begonia adscendens C.B.Clarke Begonia albococcinea Hook. ? (Images by Nadeem Waqif (Id help by K M Prabhu Kumar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the…
Beaumontia grandiflora Wall. , Tent. Fl. Napal. 15, t. 7. 1824. (Syn: Beaumontia longiflora Hook.f.; Beaumontia longifolia Lodd. ex Loudon; Echites grandiflorus Roxb. ); . China (Guangxi, S-Yunnan, Fujian (I), Guangdong (I)), Bangladesh, India (C- to E-Himalaya, Darjeeling, E-, NE- & peninsular India, Assam), Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar…
Beaucarnea recurvata Lem., Ill. Hort. Misc.: 59 1861. (Synonym: Beaucarnea inermis (S.Watson) Rose; Beaucarnea tuberculata Roezl; Dasylirion inerme S.Watson; Dasylirion recurvatum (Lem.) J.F.Macbr.; Nolina recurvata (Lem.) Hemsl.; Pincenectitia tuberculata Lem.); . Ponytail Palm; . Nolina recurvata from Cactus Park Panchkula: Nolina recurvata from Cactus Park Panchkula efloraofindia:”For Id 25092011MR3’’ showy leaved…
Bauhinia tomentosa L. (syn: Alvesia bauhinioides Welw.; Alvesia tomentosa (L.) Britton & Rose; Bauhinia pubescens DC.; Bauhinia tomentosa var. glabrata Hook. f.; Bauhinia volkensii Taub.; Bauhinia wituensis Harms; Pauletia tomentosa (L.) A.Schmitz); . Common names: bell bauhinia, St. Thomas-tree, yellow bauhinia Sans: Phalgu, pita, kanchana Hindi: Kachnar Mal: ptu Guj: Pilo asundro Tel: Adavi mandarmu Tam: Iruvaji Mal: Kanjanam . Shrub or small tree up to 4 m tall with small 3-5 cm long leaves, 5-8 cm broad, glabrous above, tomentose beneath, petiole 2-3…
Bauhinia racemosa Lam. (Syn: Bauhinia parviflora Vahl; Piliostigma racemosa (Lam.) Benth.; Piliostigma racemosum (Lam.) Benth.); . baw-HIN-ee-uh — named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians and botanists ray-see-MO-suh — having flower cluster in raceme . commonly known as: sona-tree • Gujarati: આપ્ટો apto • Hindi: कठमूली katmauli • Kannada: ಅಪ್ತಾ…