• Scadoxus cinnabarinus (Introduced- UK)

    • June 23, 2022
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    Scadoxus cinnabarinus (Decne.) Friis & Nordal, Norweg. J. Bot. 23: 64 (1976) (syn: Haemanthus angolensis Welw.; Haemanthus brachyandrus Baker; Haemanthus cabrae De Wild. & T.Durand; Haemanthus cinnabarinus Decne.; Haemanthus congolensis De Wild.; Haemanthus demeusei De Wild.; Haemanthus diadema L.Linden; Haemanthus eetveldeanus De Wild. & T.Durand; Haemanthus fascinator L.Linden; Haemanthus germarianus J.Braun & K.Schum.; Haemanthus kundianus J.Braun & K.Schum.; Haemanthus laurentii De Wild.; Haemanthus…

  • Impatiens hians (Introduced- UK)

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    Impatiens hians Hook. fil., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 7 (1861) (syn: Impatiens aureokermesina Gilg); . W. Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Zaïre as per POWO; . SK 3552 07 June 2022: 6 very high res. images Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit…

  • Chlorophytum holstii (Introduced- UK)

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    Chlorophytum holstii Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 140 (1895) (syn: Chlorophytum hoffmannii Engl.; Chlorophytum pulverulentum Peter ex Poelln.; Chlorophytum uvinsense Poelln.); . SE. Kenya to Tanzania: Kenya, Tanzania as per POWO; .   Chlorophytum holstii Engl.: 3 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated / Labeled…

  • Mumbai- trunks linked at SGNP

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    Two tree species sharing nutrients in SGNP: I came across this interesting feature yesterday in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) Mumbai. Two tree species joined together in two places, sharing nutrients. Is the one on the right Lannea coromandelica and the left one a Lagerstroemia species? Sorry, I omitted…

  • Costus mosaicus (Introduced- UK)

    • June 22, 2022
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    Costus mosaicus W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 1887: 10 (1887); . Zaïre as per POWO; . SK 3547 06 June 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated This is similar to Costus mosaicus (Costaceae) Thank you … I was thinking about…

  • Mycaranthes floribunda

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    Mycaranthes floribunda (D.Don) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood, Fl. China 25: 348 (2009) (syn: Callista floribunda (D.Don) Kuntze; Dendrobium floribundum D.Don; Eria paniculata Lindl.; Mycaranthes paniculata (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen; Pinalia paniculata (Lindl.) Kuntze); . Central Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Borneo: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as…

  • Posidonia australis- World’s largest plant has been discovered in Australia

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    World’s largest plant: World’s largest plant has been discovered in Australia. Here’s what makes it unique besides its size https://scroll.in/article/1025262/stretching-over-180-km-worlds-largest-plant-has-been-discovered-off-the-coast-of-western-australia Really fascinating…nature has no upper limits!! Who knows, what else remains to be discovered..now we have highly develped communication, commuting and recording devices..

  • Justicia scheidweileri (Introduced- UK)

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    Justicia scheidweileri V. A. W. Grah., Kew Bull. 43: 617 (1988) (syn: Amphiscopia serpens Nees; Dianthera lanceolata (Scheidw. ex Hook.) Har.; Justicia serpens (Nees) V.M.Badillo; Porphyrocoma lanceolata Scheidw. ex Hook.; Porphyrocoma serpens (Nees) Lindau); . SE. Brazil as per POWO; , SK 3546 05 June 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date:…

  • Osmanthus × burkwoodii (UK/ USA)

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    Osmanthus × burkwoodii (Burkwood & Skipwith) P.S.Green, Kew Bull. 26: 489 (1972) (syn: × Osmarea burkwoodii Burkwood & Skipwith); . SK 3544 05 June 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Osmanthus x burkwoodii. Google search . Plant for ID :…

  • Artemisia hedinii

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    Artemisia hedinii Ostenf. & Paulson, S. Tibet 6(3): 41 (1922) ; . Central Asia to Himalaya and Central China: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Xinjiang as per POWO; . China (Gansu, SW-Nei Mongol, Qinghai, W-Sichuan, N-Xinjiang, W-Yunnan), Tibet, India (Himalayas), Nepal, N-Pakistan, Tajikistan,…

  • Erythronium californicum (Introduced- UK)

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    Erythronium californicum Purdy, Fl. & Sylva 2: 253 (1904) (syn: Erythronium bolanderi (S.Watson) Baker; Erythronium revolutum var. bolanderi S.Watson); . NW. California as per POWO; . SK 3542 04 June 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Which Lilium…??? Erythronium. One such as Erythronium californicum…

  • Lepidagathis mahakassapae

    • June 21, 2022
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    Lepidagathis mahakassapae Sushant More, Sharad Kambale, Mandar Sawant, Rohit Mane and Harshal Bhosale, Nordic Journal of Botany 2022; . lep-id-AG-ath-is — Greek: lepis (scale); agathis (clew = ball of thread, yarn, or twine) … Catalogue of the Plants ¿ mah-AH-kus-suh-pay ? — named for Mahakasyapa (Pali: Mahakassapa) – he was one of the principal disciples of the Buddha…

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st May’22

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    Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st May’22- more than 14,000 species: It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 4,24,600 messages so far & membership currently around 3330 nos. efloraofindia (eFI…

  • Clematis cirrhosa ? (Introduced- UK)

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    Clematis cirrhosa L., Sp. Pl.: 544 (1753) (syn: Atragene balearica Pers.; Atragene cirrhosa Pers.; Cheiropsis balearica (Rich.) Bercht. & J.Presl; Cheiropsis cirrhosa Bercht. & J.Presl; Cheiropsis elegans Spach; Cheiropsis semitriloba (Lag.) Bercht. & J.Presl; Clematis balearica Rich.; Clematis cirrhosa var. bibracteata W.T.Wang; Clematis laeta Salisb.; Clematis pedicellata (DC.) Sweet; Clematis polymorpha Viv.; Clematis semitriloba Lag.); . Medit.: Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy,…

  • Phaulopsis pulchella (Introduced- UK)

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    Phaulopsis pulchella M. Manktelow, Symb. Bot. Upsal. 31(2): 150 (1996); . Tanzania (Zanzibar, Pemba) as per POWO; . Phaulopsis pulchella Mankt.: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated / Labeled  This completes my 100 plus images plus other replies in a day !  …

  • Ranunculus auricomus (Introduced- UK)

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    Ranunculus auricomus L., Sp. Pl.: 551 (1753) (syn: Ranunculastrum auricomum (L.) Fourr.; Ranunculus glabratus (Lynge) Ericsson; Ranunculus obtusulus Markl.; Ranunculus variifolius Salisb.); . Norway to Finland: Finland, Norway, Sweden as per POWO; . SK 3530 31 May 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Wild Ranunculus…

  • Psychotria ankasensis (Introduced- UK)

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    Psychotria ankasensis J.B.Hall, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 50: 258 (1980); . Ghana as per POWO; . Psychotria ankasensis J.B.Hall: 5 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated / Labeled      . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  GBIF (High resolution specimens)  Wikimedia…

  • Palisota mannii (Introduced- UK)

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    Palisota mannii C.B.Clarke, A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 132 (1881) ; . S. Nigeria to Tanzania: Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre as per POWO; . Palisota mannii C.B.Clarke: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London,…

  • Selaginella vogelii (Introduced)

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    Selaginella vogelii Spring, Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique 24: 170 (1849) (syn: Selaginella africana A.Braun; Selaginella dixitii Madhus. & S.Nampy); . Tropical Africa: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre; Introduced into: Brazil Southeast, Sri Lanka…

  • Hibiscus aff. genevii (Introduced- UK)

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    Hibiscus genevii Boj., Bot. Mag. 59: t. 3144 (1832) ; . Mauritius as per POWO; . Hibiscus aff. genevil: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated / Labeled      . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Wikipedia  Ntbg  plantnet

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