Gynochthodes parvifolia (Bartl. ex DC.) Razafim. & B.Bremer, Adansonia, sér. 3, 33(2): 293 2011. (syn: Lucinaea cumingiana S.Vidal; Morinda cumingiana S.Vidal; Morinda parvifolia Bartl. ex DC.); SE. China to Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines as per WCSP; China Southeast; Hainan; Philippines; Taiwan; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; SK1414 06 Sep…
Melastoma dodecandrum Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 274 1790. (syn: Asterostoma repens (Desr.) Blume; Melastoma repens Desr.; Osbeckia repens (Desr.) DC.); China (Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Melastoma dodecandrum Lour. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)- around 400 kb each….
Rubus reflexus Ker, The Botanical register 1815 t.461 1820. (syn: Rubus esquirolii H. Lév.); China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; SK1412 05 Sep 2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300…
Ardisia lindleyana D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 1: 617 1839. (Syn: Ardisia kwangtungensis E. Walker; Ardisia punctata Lindl.; Ardisia tsangii E. Walker; Bladhia lindleyana (D. Dietr.) Nakai; Bladhia punctata (Lindl.) Nakai; Tinus punctata (Lindl.) Kuntze); China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; SK1410 04 Sep 2018…
Adenosma glutinosum (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 413 1913 publ. 1914. (syn: Adenosma caerulea R. Br.; Adenosma caerulea var. grandiflora Bonati; Adenosma caerulea var. racemosa Bonati; Adenosma caerulea var. urticifolia Bonati; Adenosma cordifolium Bonati; Adenosma glutinosum var. caeruleum (R.Br.) Tsoong; Adenosma grandiflorum Benth. ex Hance; Adenosma…
Cyperus sesquiflorus subsp. sesquiflorus (Syn: Cyperus kernianus Ohwi & T.Koyama; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. bulbiferus (Kük.) Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. denticulatus Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. dunensis (Osten) Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. elongatus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. globosus Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. gracilis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Cyperus sesquiflorus var. minor (Boeckeler) Kük.;…
List of Papers and Books Published 1) Saini S.S. & Atri N. S. 1981. Russula foetens (Pers.) Fr. – A new record for India. Curr. Sci. 50 (10): 460-461. 2) Saini S.S. & Atri N. S. 1982. North Indian Agaricales – I. Indian Phytopath. 35 (2) : 265-272. 3) Saini…
Flora Identifications- more and more reliance on net : 14 posts by 6 authors. With omnipresent mobile and net, I have the feeling that people are more and more going to rely on net in their identifications rather than books etc. I always remember and appreciate Rawat ji’s words in this matter-…
Helicteres angustifolia L., Sp. Pl. 963 1753. (syn: Helicteres parviflora Ridl.; Helicteres salicifolia Presl; Helicteres virgata Wall.; Oudemansia integerrima Miq.; Oudemansia javanensis Müll.Berol.; Oudemansia javensis Hassk.; Oudemansia virgata Hassk.); . China (S-Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, S-Yunnan), Taiwan, Ryukyu Isl., Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines (Luzon, Busuanga, Culion, Panay, Negros, Mindanao), Thailand,…
Bistorta amplexicaulis in Auli Uttarakhand: 07-08-2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Loved seeing this flower on the ground. As per wiki, the species name amplexicaulis means “clasping or “embracing the stem”. This behavior can be seen in the leaf pic attached. 🙂 With these images, I think it…
Melastoma sanguineum Sims, Bot. Mag. 48: , pl. 2241 1821. (Syn: Melastoma balinense Bakh. fil.; Melastoma bancanum Bakh. fil.; Melastoma decemfidum Roxb.; Melastoma dendrisetosum C. Chen; Melastoma dodecandrum Roxb.; Melastoma gaudichaudianum Naud.; Melastoma macrocarpum Naud.; Melastoma malabatricum Blanco; Melastoma muricatum Hunter ex Ridl.; Melastoma pulcherrimum Korth.; Melastoma sanguineum var. latisepalum…
Schisandra neglecta A.C.Sm., Sargentia 7: 127 1947. (syn: Schisandra lancifolia var. polycarpa Z.Ho; Sphaerostema grandiflorum Wall.); . Nepal to China (S. Sichuan ?, Yunnan) as per WCSP; . China (S-Sichuan, W-Yunnan), S-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), India (West Bengal, Meghalaya) as per Catalogue of Life; . India:…
Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 1148 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Honey bee visiting flowers of Coffee sp. wonderful white flower bunched up with honey bees visiting coffee flowers. one of the pollinators. i wonder if there are other pollinators for coffee flowers this…
Euphorbia geroldii Rauh, Succulentes 17(1): 5 1994. ; . NE. Madagascar as per WCSP; . Photo from Dr. Amit Mirgal : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) 12.8.2018…I’d Location Ratnagiri Maharashtra Was it cultivated or wild? Cultivated one Assuming the plant is unarmed, this (IMG-20180812-WA0023.jpg) would be Euphorbia geroldii Rauh [Euphorbiaceae]. It…
Peristylus goodyeroides (D.Don) Lindl., Sp. Orchid. Pl. 299 1835. (syn: Digomphotis undulata Raf. [Illegitimate]; Habenaria glaucescens Ridl.; Habenaria goodyeroides D.Don; Habenaria goodyeroides var. affinis King & Pantl.; Habenaria goodyeroides var. formosana Hayata; Habenaria grandis Benth. ex Ridl.; Habenaria hayatana Schltr.; Habenaria hollandiae (J.J.Sm.) Schltr.; Habenaria lauterbachii Kraenzl. ex K.Schum. &…
Fwd: Fwd: Call for participation, Harmony 2018, Ranchi, India : Call for Full-papers for Pre – Conference Proceedings of HARMONY-2018 as special volume of The Bioscan NAAS rating 5.26 Like previous years, this year also the National Environmentalists Association- India (NEA) is organizing an International Conference HARMONY-2018 in collaboration with …
Gardenia thunbergia Thunb., Diss. Gard. 13 1780. (syn: Caquepiria bergkia J.F.Gmel. ; Gardenia appendiculata Stokes; Gardenia crassicaulis Salisb., nom. illeg.; Gardenia macrocarpa Carey ex Voigt; Gardenia medicinalis Vahl ex Schumach. & Thonn.; Gardenia speciosa Salisb., nom. illeg.; Gardenia verticillata Lam., nom. illeg.; Genipa thunbergia (Thunb.) Baill.; Warneria thunbergia (Thunb.) Stuntz, genus…
Jasminum nepalense Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 12 1827. (syn: Jasminum dichotomum D.Don, nom. illeg.; Jasminum glandulosum Wall. ex G.Don; Jasminum hamiltonii G.Don); . Himalaya to N. Myanmar: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Wall. Cat. 2849 ; glabrous, leaves elliptic acumi¬nate, cymes slender lax few-flowered, calyx-tube…
Corchorus olitorius ?; . Requesting ID of this plant – Mumbai :09082013 : ARK-01 : August 2013 : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors. Requesting to please ID this plant captured growing wild by the roadside in Mumbai in August 2013. Please note the base of the leaves, I did not notice these structures on…
Allophylus villosus (Roxb.) Blume, Rumphia 3: 132 1847. (syn: Allophylus cobbe var. villosus (Roxb.) Hiern; Cardiospermum villosum (Roxb.) Dalzell & A.Gibson; Ornitrophe villosa Roxb.; Schmidelia villosa (Roxb.) Wight); Myanmar [Burma] (Taninthayi), NE-India (Assam), Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; MS Aug.2018/10 Allophylus villosus ? for confirmation : 7 posts…