• Medicago × varia

    Medicago × varia Martyn, Fl. Rust. 3: 87 (1793) (syn: Medica × media (Pers.) Fourr.; Medicago × alaschanica Vassilcz.; Medicago × alatavica Vassilcz.; Medicago × annularis Besser; Medicago × caucasica Vassilcz.; Medicago × cibiniensis Lerchenf. ex Schur; Medicago × cyclocarpa Hy; Medicago × grandiflora (Grossh.) Vassilcz.; Medicago × hemicycla Grossh.; Medicago × komarovii Vassilcz.; Medicago × kultiassovii Vassilcz.; Medicago × ladak Vassilcz.;…

  • Phoenix species- Surkhet, West Nepal

    SK 3582 20 July 2022: 1 high res. image. Location: Surkhet, West Nepal Altitude:  535 m. Date: 27 April 2022 Habit : Wild Phoenix loureiroi Kunth ??  yn : Phoenix humilis Royle ex Becc.?? Any other image? Sorry … only this image. I think it is difficult to confirm without a habit image.  

  • Taraxacum sinicum ?

    Taraxacum sinicum Kitag., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47: 826 (1933) (syn: Taraxacum armeriifolium Soest; Taraxacum borealisinense Kitam.; Taraxacum czuense Schischk.; Taraxacum sinense Dahlst.; Taraxacum sinicum var. armeriifolium (Soest) Tzvelev); . Central Asia to Siberia and N. China: Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; ….

  • Henckelia wayanadensis

    Henckelia wayanadensis Janeesha & Nampy, May 2020 Rheedea 30(1):48-95; . Didymocarpus tomentosa : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) During rainy season, rocky hills too blooms. Ascent of 1088 mtr hillock in Melkote Temple Reserve Forest, Mandya district, Karnataka gifted Didymocarpus tomentosa. Nice pictures of the Gesneriad. I have…

  • Geranium himalayense ?

    Fwd: Ladakh Geraniums Part III : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) A couple more images of a Geranium from Ladakh attached. I know which species I consider this to be but it would be useful to know what other members think? Disappointed that nobody has suggested an identification. I…

  • Bentham and Hooker system of Classification

    To identify the family name according to Bentham and Hooker system of Classification: What were the formal name of ‘Sapindaceae’ and ‘Molluginaceae’ family according to Bentham and Hooker System of Classification. Kindly tell me. Botanist from worldwide came together under the title of Angiosperm Phlogeny or APG and provided widely…

  • Elaeagnus angustifolia

    Elaeagnus angustifolia L., Sp. Pl.: 121 (1753) (syn: Elaeagnus angustifolia var. biebersteiniana Kuntze; Elaeagnus angustifolia var. normalis Kuntze; Elaeagnus angustifolia subsp. orientalis (L.) Soják; Elaeagnus angustifolia var. orientalis (L.) Kuntze; Elaeagnus angustifolia var. spinosa (L.) Kuntze; Elaeagnus argentea Moench; Elaeagnus caspica (Sosn.) Grossh.; Elaeagnus dactyliformis Schltdl.; Elaeagnus erivanensis Fisch. ex Schltdl.; Elaeagnus hortensis M.Bieb.; Elaeagnus hortensis var. dactyliformis Loudon; Elaeagnus hortensis var. orientalis (L.) Loudon; Elaeagnus hortensis var. songarica Bernh. ex Schltdl.; Elaeagnus igda (Servett.) Tzvelev; Elaeagnus incana Lam.; Elaeagnus inermis Mill.; Elaeagnus…

  • Calamagrostis stolizkae

    Calamagrostis stolizkae Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 262 (1896) ; . W. Tibet to W. Himalaya as per POWO; . Grass for id 190722 JM1- Nubra valley, Ladakh: In Nubra valley, Ladakh in the sand dunes, on 16.6.22. Calamagrostis stoliczkae       . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  India Biodiversity Portal

  • Ephedra saxatilis

    Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 3, 12(1): 25 (1933) (Syn: Ephedra gerardiana var. saxatilis Stapf; Ephedra likiangensis f. mairei (Florin) C.Y.Cheng; Ephedra likiangensis var. mairei (Florin) L.K.Fu & Y.F.Yu); . Nepal to China (N. Yunnan): China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Ephedra: Sharing two pictures of Ephedra gerardiana…

  • Convolvulaceae member- Aravali Biodiversity Park, Gurugram

    Identification plant specimen 120722 SS 1: 2 high res. images. kindly help me in identifying this climber. One seems Ziziphus and the other is Convolvulaceae ! You are right one’s is Ziziphus nummularia (jhar ber) and second one is from Convulaceae family. I shall appreciate if you can help me in …

  • Artemisia minor ?

    Artemisia minor Jacquem. ex Bess., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 9: 22 (1836) (syn: Artemisia tibetica Hook.f.); . Himalaya to S. Xinjiang and China (W. Gansu): China North-Central, East Himalaya, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; .   Artemisia gmelinii: 10 images- 7 high res. Along the roadside on the Leh-Khardung…

  • Cryptocoryne species- Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

    Identify fruits please: 1 image. I missed to see flowers Fruits are found at Sindhudurg MH On June 2022 Stalks of fruits were white, leaves started emerging from side?? (I’m not sure) Can anyone help me identify this plant please Are they fruits or buds?? Fruits … I have opened it…

  • Habenaria acuifera

    Habenaria acuifera Wall. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 325 (1835) (syn: Pecteilis acuifera (Wall. ex Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones); . E. Himalaya to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Yellow Eastern Habenaria, Pointed Habenaria…

  • Dontostemon glandulosus

    Dontostemon glandulosus (Kar. & Kir.) O.E. Schulz, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 554 (1929) (syn: Alaida glandulosa (Kar. & Kir.) Dvorák; Arabis glandulosa Kar. & Kir.; Dimorphostemon glandulosus (Kar. & Kir.) Golubk.; Erysimum karelinianum Kuntze; Sisymbrium glandulosum (Kar. & Kir.) Maxim.; Stenophragma glandulosum (Kar. & Kir.) B.Fedtsch.; Torularia glandulosa (Kar. & Kir.) Vassilcz.); . Central Asia to W….

  • Athyrium hohenackerianum

    Athyrium hohenackerianum (Kunze) Moore, Index Fil.: xlix (1857) (syn: Allantodia hohenackeriana Kunze; Asplenium hohenackerianum Kunze); . India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . India (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per CoL; . Terrestrial herb with erect rhizome, 3 x 1.5 cm….

  • Polygonum cognatum

    Polygonum cognatum Meisn., Monogr. Polyg.: 91 (1826) (syn: Polygonum affine Stephan ex Spreng.; Polygonum alpestre C.A.Mey.; Polygonum ammannoides Jaub. & Spach; Polygonum confertum Royle ex Bab.; Polygonum libanoticum Ehrenb. ex Meisn.; Polygonum maritimum Eichw.; Polygonum monticola Steud.; Polygonum myriophyllum H.Gross; Polygonum pluriflorum K.Koch); . E. Medit. to Mongolia and W. Himalaya: Altay, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, North Caucasus,…

  • Hedinia tibetica

    Hedinia tibetica (Thomson) Ostenf., S.Hedin, S. Tibet 6(3): 77 (1922) (syn: Bursa tibetica Kuntze; Capsella thomsonii Hook.f.; Hedinia rotundata Z.X.An; Hedinia taxkargannica G.L.Zhou & Z.X.An; Hedinia taxkargannica var. hejigensis G.L.Zhou & Z.X.An; Hutchinsia tibetica Thomson; Smelowskia tibetica (Thomson) Lipsky); . Central Asia to Himalaya and W. & Central China: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan,…

  • Capparis olacifolia

    Capparis olacifolia Hook. fil. & Thoms., Fl. Brit. India 1: 178 (1872) ; . Central & E. Himalaya to SE. Tibet and Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; , India (West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Orissa, NE-Andhra Pradesh), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sikkim,…

  • Chamaerhodos sabulosa

    Chamaerhodos sabulosa Bunge, Fl. Altaic. 1: 431 (1829) (syn: Sibbaldia sabulosa (Bunge) Steud.); . Central Asia to SW. Siberia and W. Himalaya: Altay, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Id 090722 JM3: 3 images- 1  high res. On the way from Pangong Tso (14000 ft) to Chang…