Habenaria periyarensis Sasidh., K.P.Rajesh & Augustine, Rheedea 8: 168 (1998); . SW. India (Kerala) as per POWO; . Common name: Periyar Habenaria . Stem 10-15 cm high. Leaves to 5 x 2 cm, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, acute, mucronate, cuneate at base. Flowers greenish-white, in 15 cm long spike; dorsal sepal green,…
Unknown tree for identification: I have attached pictures of the leaves and fruit of the unknown tree to identify the species. This species is quite common in the tropical forests of the Imphal valley. Time of Collection: August 2021 Place: Imphal Alt.: 788m asl Maybe some Ixora species. But fruits…
Mumbai, September 2018 :: Small herb for ID :: ARK2022-079: 4 images- 3 high res. This was growing in alongwith a potted plant. May have come in from the nursery. Requested to please ID. Any idea about the family or genus? I find it somewhat close to images at Spermacoce hispida…
BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 4 (1997) (Distribution): Merope angulata (Willd.) Swingle (India: Tidal forests and marshy swamps of the Sunderbans in W. Bengal and the Mahanadi delta in Orissa. Rare (Banerji et al., (1989). Mangroves of India 99. (1989); Myanmar, Malesia, Java, Singapore and New Guinea) . Flora of…
Rubia tibetica Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 204 (1881) (syn: Rubia transalaica O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.); . Afghanistan to W. China: Afghanistan, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; . Common name: Tibetan Madder . Rubia tibetica fron Lahaul, HP: 3 images. Rubia tibetica captured from Sarchu, Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh by Krishan…
Iris collettii Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 129: t. 7889 (1903) (syn: Iris duclouxii H.Lév.; Junopsis collettii (Hook.f.) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev); . E. Himalaya to S. Central China and Indo-China: Doubtfully present in: Nepal; China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO; . SK 3601 12 August 2022: 3 very high…
BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution): Urophyllum andamanicum King & Gamble (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) Urophyllum ceylanicum (Wight) Thwaites (Tamil Nadu) (POWO only shows its distribution in Sri Lanka)
Timonius finlaysonianus (Wall. ex G.Don) Hook.f. (W. & Central Malesia: Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera as per POWO) & (Andaman & Nicobar Islands as per BSI Flora of India Checklist) . BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution): Name Distribution Timonius confertiflora DOUBTFUL TAXA (Timonius confertiflorus Merr. as per POWO with distribution in…
BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution): Tarennoidea wallichii (Hook.f.) Tirveng. & Sastre (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura) . Species with description in Flora of China (Distribution): Tarennoidea wallichii (J. D. Hooker) Tirvengadum & Sastre (Forests or thickets at streamsides in valleys or on hills or…
Ophiorrhiza nutans C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 3: 84 (1880); . Central Himalaya to China (Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Herbs, up to 80 cm tall; stems densely reddish brown villous with multicellular trichomes. Leaves simple, opposite decussate; stipules ca. 0.8-1 cm, persistent, lanceolate…
BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution): Name Distribution Spiradiclis arunachalensis Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland (syn. of Ophiorrhiza arunachalensis (Deb & Rout) Razafim. & Rydin as per POWO) Spiradiclis bifida Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya (syn. of Ophiorrhiza bifida (Kurz) Razafim. & Rydin as per POWO) Spiradiclis ceaspitosa Andaman…
Mumbai, January 2020 :: Herb with white flowers for ID :: ARK2022-077: 3 high res. images. This was growing in alongwith a potted plant. May have come in from the nursery. Requested to please ID. Looks somewhat close to Leptopetalum biflorum (L.) Neupane & N.Wikstr., but I think corla tube looks a bit…
BSI Flora of India Checklist Volume 2 (Distribution): Scyphiphora hydrophylacea C.F. Gaertn. (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) . Species with description in Flora of China (Distribution): Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea C. F. Gaertner (Foreshore mud at seasides; near sea level. Hainan [Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; SE Asia to Pacific islands, Australia, Madagascar])
Corydalis latiflora Hook. fil. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 270 (1855) (syn: Capnoides latiflora Kuntze; Corydalis alburyi Ludlow & Stearn; Corydalis gerdae Fedde; Corydalis gerdae var. physodes D.G.Long; Corydalis latiflora subsp. gerdae (Fedde) Lidén ex C.Y.Wu, H.Chuang & Z.Y.Su; Corydalis mitae Kitam.); . Nepal to Sikkim and S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Suberect or somewhat decumbent,…
Glycosmis albicarpa Sujana & Vadhyar, Nordic Journal of Botany 2022; . Southern Western Ghats . 347 ID wild plant: 16 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607 Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 28.07.2022, 02.10pm Habitat: wild, moisture, shady, misty hill rocky, wind Plant habit:…
Luculia grandifolia Ghose, J. Bengal Nat. Hist. Soc. 25: 159 (1952); . E. Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: White Luculia . Luculia grandifolia from Gangtok: 2 images. Luculia grandifolia we found growing in Gangtok, Sikkim in June. . References: POWO Catalogue of Life Flora of peninsular India Flowers…
BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution): Ridsdalea pulcherrima (Kurz) J.T. Pereira (DOUBTFUL TAXA) (Andaman Is. as per POWO) Ridsdalea schoemannii (Teijsm. & Binn.) J.T. Pereira (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)
BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution): Rennellia speciosa (Wall. ex Kurz) Hook.f. (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)
BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution): Pubistylus andamanensis Thoth. (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)
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