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…
SK 3721 09 April 2023: 7 very high res. images. Location: Chandragiri, Kathmandu, Nepal Altitude: 2264m. Date : 8 April 2023 Habitat : Wild Carex ? Carex sp. – Cyperaceae Carex longipes D.Don ?? I do not know this species
Hypoxis baurii Baker, J. Bot. 14: 181 (1876) (syn: Rhodohypoxis baurii (Baker) Nel); . S. Africa as per POWO; . Rhodohypoxis baurii from California-GS17042023-2: 2 very high res. images. Rhodohypoxis baurii (Baker) Net is a species of Family Hypoxidaceae differing from genus Hypoxis in tepals occurring in two series. This is…
Rhamnella martinii (H. Lév.) Schneid., Pl. Wilson. 2: 225 (1914) (syn: Microrhamnus cavaleriei H.Lév. ; Rhamnella mairei C.K.Schneid. ; Rhamnus martini H.Lév.; Rhamnus yunnanensis Heppeler ); . Nepal, SE. Tibet to S. Central China (and N. Guangdong): China South-Central, China Southeast, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . SK 3718 08 April 2023: 11 high res. images….
Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.) DC., Prodr. 6: 166 (1838) (syn: Gnaphalium diosmifolium Vent. ; Gnaphalium piluliferum DC.; Helichrysum diosmifolium (Vent.) Less. ex Steud.); . E. Australia as per POWO; . Rice Flower, Ozothamnus diosmifolius ‘Dark Pink’ from California-GS11042023-1: 4 high res. images. Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.) DC. (Syn: Gnaphalium diosmifolium Vent.; Helichrysum diosmifolium (Vent.) Sweet, is an erect shrubby…
Senecio candicans Wall. ex DC., Contr. Bot. India: 22 (1834) (syn: Cacalia sarmentosa Lesch. ex Hook.f. ; Cineraria sarmentosa Lesch. ex DC. ); . Karnataka, Orissa, Tamilnadu as per Flora of peninsular India; . India as per POWO; . Regarding identification of the Species collected From Ganjam Odisha: 5 images- 4 high…
Gentiana loureiroi subsp. napulifera (Franch.) J. J. Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 3: 48 (1995) (syn: Gentiana napulifera Franch.; Gentiana sarcorrhiza Y.Ling & Ma ex T.N.Ho); . Assam to China (SW. Sichuan, NW. & Central Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . MS, April, 2023/20 herb for…
Glandora diffusa (Lag.) D. C. Thomas, Taxon 57: 94 (2008) (syn: Lithodora diffusa (Lag.) I.M.Johnst.; Lithospermum diffusum Lag.); . Spain as per POWO; . Glandora diffusa (Lag. ) I.M.Johnst. from California-GS12042023-1: 4 very high res. images. Glandora diffusa (Lag. ) I.M.Johnst. (Syn: Lithodora diffusa Lag., Purple Gromwell, a mat-forming perennial, with blue…