Aristolochia punjabensis Lace, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 273 (1911) (syn: Isotrema punjabense (Lace) X.X.Zhu, S.Liao & J.S.Ma); . NE. Pakistan to W. Himalaya as per POWO; . Aristolochia punjabensis Lace submission AS5 May 2023: 6 high res. images. Here’s a new rare addition to eFloraofIndia website. Aristolochia punjabensis Lace Family…
Happy World Honey Bee Day!: Happy World Honey Bee Day! & On the new honey bee settlement in our Champak/ Sampige tree canopies. (Yesterday) I came onto the terrace of our house, peering into the tall sampige/champaka tree crown, and waited for a long time to see the well-camouflaged green…
SK 3726 07 May 2023: 7 very high res. images. Location: Gaurati, Chautara, Nepal Date: 06 May 2023 Elevation: 1733 m. Habit : Wild Trichosanthes wallichiana (Ser.) Wight ?? The following is also possible: https://efloraofindia.com/2020/03/22/trichosanthes-bracteata/ Cannot say …
SK 3724 18 April 2023 – Fern: 7 very high res. images. Location: Suryavinayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal Date: 17 April 2023 Elevation: 1450 m. Habit : Wild Perhaps Microlepia
437 ID wild plant- 2: 2 high res. images. Posting separately from another post by Sam ji to avoid confusion: Sharing images from Gulmarg which is comparatively smaller than Sonamarg plants. Flower date:12APR2023, 11.35am Flower diameter: 05 mm Height: 03 cm Can it be Gentiana clarkei as per images at https://efloraofindia.com/2012/07/13/gentiana-clarkei/? Yes,…
Triadica cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 610 (1790) (syn: Excoecaria loureiroana Müll.Arg. ; Sapium cochinchinense (Lour.) Gagnep. ; Shirakia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Hurus. ; Stillingia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Baill.; Excoecaria discolor (Champ. ex Benth.) Müll.Arg. ; Excoecaria lanceolaria (Miq.) Müll.Arg. ; Sapium discolor (Champ. ex Benth.) Müll.Arg. ; Sapium discolor var. wenhsienensis S.B.Ho ; Sapium eugeniifolium Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. ; Sapium hookeri Hook.f. ; Sapium…
Tetracentron sinense Oliv., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1892 (1889) (syn: Tetracentron sinense var. himalense H.Hara & Kanai ); . E. Nepal to Central & S. China: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO; . Unidentified plant from Eaglenest, Arunachal Pradesh : 5 posts…
SK 3722 10 April 2023: 7 very high res. images. Location: Chandragiri, Kathmandu, Nepal Altitude: 2264m. Date : 8 April 2023 Habitat : Wild My earlier post https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/1bQAJ Looks close. Could be a species of Photinia Please have a look Only this sp. has got distribution in Nepal. I think looks different from…
Salvia mellifera Greene, Pittonia 2: 236 (1892) (syn: Audibertia spinulosa Nutt. ex Benth. ; Salvia mellifera subsp. jonesii (Munz) Abrams ; Salvia mellifera var. jonesii Munz ; Salvia mellifera var. revoluta Munz ; Salvia mellifera subsp. revoluta (Munz) Abrams ; Audibertia stachyoides Benth. ; Audibertiella stachyoides (Benth.) Briq. ; Ramona stachyoides (Benth.) Briq. ; Salvia mellifera var. typica Munz ); . W. California to Mexico (N. Baja California) as per POWO; . Salvia mellifera…
Seed Bank in Bangalore?: I have earlier got help for tree ID here. Not sure if this is the right forum. Is there any tree seed bank in Bangalore? I understand in cities like Bangalore there has been more progress than Kolkata (my hometown) Context is, if I can get some…
AS, April, 2023/01 unknown sp. for identification- 060523AS1: 2 images- 1 high res. Posting these images again from … as clubbed in the same post (AS, April, 2023/01 unknown sp. for identification) due to same subject: Have a look pl. Location: Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh, India Alt: ca. 1200 m….
Pittosporum moluccanum (Lam.) Miq., Ill. Fl. Archip. Ind.: 76 (1870) (syn: Anasser moluccana Lam.; Anasser rumphii Span. ; Pittosporum euphlebium Merr. ; Pittosporum ferrugineum var. moluccanum (Lam.) Boerl. ; Pittosporum fissicalyx Miq. ; Pittosporum glaberrimum Merr. ; Pittosporum littorale Merr. ; Pittosporum megacarpum Merr. ; Pittosporum microcalyx Koord. & Valeton ; Pittosporum monticola Miq. ; Pittosporum obscurinerve Merr. ; Pittosporum odoratum Merr. ; Pittosporum pulgarense Elmer…
SK 3727 07 May 2023 – Orchidaceae: 4 very high res. images. Location: Gaurati, Chautara, Nepal Date: 06 May 2023 Elevation: 1733 m. Habit : Wild Coelogyne prolifera Lindley?? Nice pictures. Coelogyne for sure but without flowers it can’t be confirmed unless you have seen flowers already previously !
Barking up the wrong tree: de Almeida RF, Pellegrini MO, de Morais IL, Simão-Bianchini R, Rattanakrajang P, Cheek M, Simões ARG (2023) Barking up the wrong tree: the dangers of taxonomic misidentification in molecular phylogenetic studies. Plant Ecology and Evolution 156(2): 146-159. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.101135 A very interesting article, recently published, talking about…
Ardisia pauciflora B. Heyne ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 279 (1824) (syn: Ardisia pauciflora var. wightiana DC. ; Ardisia tenuiflora Kollmann ex A.DC.; Tinus pauciflora (B.Heyne ex Roxb.) Kuntze); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Regarding the identification of the Sp. Collected from Mayurbhanja, Odisha: 6 very high res. images. To me appears…
Genista stenopetala Webb & Berthel., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 2): t. 45 (1836) (syn: Cytisus everestianus (Everest ex J.J.Blandy) W.Bull ; Cytisus racemosus Marnock ; Cytisus stenopetalus (Webb & Berthel.) Christ; Cytisus stenopetalus var. gomerae Pit. ; Cytisus stenopetalus var. palmensis Pit. ; Genista everestiana Everest ex J.J.Blandy ; Genista formosa Carrière ; Genista racemosa B.S.Williams ; Genista racemosa (Marnock) Anon. ; Genista racemosa var. elegans B.S.Williams ; Genista racemosa var. superba B.S.Williams; Telinaria stenopetala (Webb &…
Dymondia margaretae Compton, J. S. African Bot. 19: 110 (1953); . Cape Prov. as per POWO; . Dymondia margaretae from California-GS01052023-1: 4 high res. images. Dymondia margaretae Compton The genus with only one species is Endemic to Cape Province Region of South Africa, cultivated elsewhere as ground cover and a lawn…
Veronica campylopoda Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 80 (1844) (syn: Veronica biloba Bourg. ex Boiss. ; Veronica biloba var. minima K.Koch ; Veronica hallbergii Blatt. ; Veronica microtheca Boiss. & Balansa ; Veronica minima (K.Koch) K.Koch ); . E. Medit. to W. China and W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Sinai,…
Hoita orbicularis (Lindl.) Rydb., N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 24: 11 (1919) (syn: Lotodes orbiculare (Lindl.) Kuntze ; Psoralea orbicularis Lindl.); . California to NW. Mexico as per POWO; . Hoita orbicularis from California-GS21042023-1: 3 high res. images. Hoita orbicularis(Lindl.) Rydb., Round-leaf leather-root, endemic to California, photographed from San Francisco Botanical…
MS, April, 2023/04 Diospyros sp. ? for id.: 4 images- 1 high res. Location : Hmuifang tlang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,500 m Date : 04-04-2023 Habit : Middle-sized evergreen tree Habitat : Wild After working a lot with the attached keys and checking almost all the species with herbarium specimens in POWO…