PUBLICATIONS: 1. K.N. Rao and K. Madhava Chetty, Flowering plants and Pollinators, Proc. 6th Nat. Symp. Life Sci. 17-19th Jan Tirupati, p 133-138, 1985. 2. K.N. Rao and K. Madhava Chetty, Growth characteristics of Eichhorniaand Pistia Prespectives in Hydrobiology, edited by K.S.Rao and Shrivastava, Vikram University, Ujjain, India, Vol. 35,…
Memecylon sessile Benth. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 320 1834 [10 Oct 1834]. (syn: Memecylon amplexicaule var. cordatum Wight ex C. B. Cl.; Memecylon sessile Benth. (ambiguous synonym); Memecylon subcordatum Cogn.); India (Nilgiri Hills), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Stalkless Memecylon •…
Osbeckia abrahamii G.S. Giri & M.P. Nayar, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81(2): 434 (1984) 1984.; Osbeckia ? SN201117 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Wild undershrub from Idukki hill Kerala Pl. check /species/m—z/m/melastomataceae/osbeckia It is Osbeckia leschenaultiana My friend … working on Indian Osbeckia identified this plant as…
Valparai: Herb for identification 240912MK01: 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Kindly help me to identify this herb found inside the shade of shola forest near a river. I have not noticed any flowers or fruits. Could this be any Urticaceae? Leaf: 8cm long and hirsute surface…
Osbeckia stellata var. hispidissima (Wight) C. Hansen; ANSEPT86 Please confirm if Osbeckia hispidissima : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7). Charmady Ghat (Karnataka)14th September 2014 Is it Osbeckia virgata ? efi page on Osbeckia virgata Pl Check for O.stellata! O.stellata var. hispidissima References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Osbeckia hispidissima…
Osbeckia wightiana Benth., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4060 1831.; Keys of South Indian Species at efi thread; AKJAN02 Osbeckia for ID : 6 posts by 4 authors. 5 images. It looked like a small tree, about 10 feet tall. Photo taken in Kodaikanal. The plant uploaded seems to be Osbeckia…
Osbeckia wynaadensis C. B. Cl.; Tall shrubs; branches densely scabrid. Leaves to 18 x 3 cm, lanceolate, acute, 3-5-nerved, hairy; hairs adnated and spreading from the midrib. Flowers many, in terminal panicled cymes; pedicels 4 mm long; calyx tube 8 mm long, bristles 4 or 5 in a tuft, to…
Memecylon madgolense Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919, 227. ?; Andhra Pradesh as per 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants; Request for Id of Memecylon species : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) This is also a shrub, found near the Memecylon depressum, but the flowers are not seen. May…
Id requested? Arunachal Pradesh. 25.12.17 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) – 2 Mb or more. Looking like garcinia sp. It was a climber, I suppose. Does the leaf on the second image belong to the same plant ? Any image of fruit ? These are female flowers…
SK932 05 JAN-2018 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: 20 August 2012 Altitude: 40 ft. From flower display at a hotel ! Orchidaceae? Yes … Yes sir This is a hybrid of Vanda.
Homalium tomentosum (Vent.) Benth., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 34 1860. (syn: Blakwellia propinqua Wall.; Blakwellia spiralis Wall.; Blakwellia tomentosa Vent.; Homalium propinquum C.B.Clarke); . E. India to W. Malesia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Burma Lancewood, Moulmein…
Piloselloides hirsuta (Forsk.) C. Jeffrey ex Cufod.
Piloselloides hirsuta (Forsk.) C. Jeffrey ex Cufod. (syn: Arnica hirsuta Forsk.; Arnica piloselloides L.; Epiclinastrum candollei Boj. ex DC.; Gerbera aberdarica R.E. Fr.; Gerbera amabilis Hance; Gerbera candollei Sch. Bip.; Gerbera hirsuta (Forsk.) Less.; Gerbera ovalifolia DC.; Gerbera piloselloides (L.) Cass.; Gerbera piloselloides var. yemensis Defl.; Gerbera schimperi Sch. Bip. ex…
Senecio odontophyllus C.Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 47(1): 95 (1992) (syn: Doronicum linifolium DC.; Senecio linifolius C. B. Cl.); . India (Meghalaya (Khasia Hills)) as per Catalogue of Life; . Request for identification-C2 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 MB. Kindly request you to identify with scientific name. This…
Fwd: Regarding “NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FLORISTICS, MONOGRAPHS AND REVISIONARY STUDIES IN THE AGE OF MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS” : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)- Final brochure.pdf- 1 MB Department of Botany, Shivaji University kolhapur will be going to conduct “NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FLORISTICS, MONOGRAPHS AND REVISIONARY STUDIES IN THE AGE OF MOLECULAR…
The most important Plant in the world : 3 posts by 3 authors. On the magazine cover yet again! Here is my popular science writing at its best 😁 Cover story in “Dream 2047”, the five rupees popular science magazine for common people, published by Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science…
Memecylon heyneanum Benth. ex Wight & Arn., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4102 1831. (syn: Memecylon grande Heyne; Memecylon heyneanum Benth. in Wall. (ambiguous synonym)); India as per Catalogue of Life; M. heyneanum is an under shrub pls see attachment : 1 post by 1 author. M. heyneanum is an…
Can someone ID this butterfly : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) Can you identify this butterfly? There is a specific group in facebook dealing with butterflies. You can try there! Looks Sahyadri Redspot DukeDophla evelina laudabilis
Herb ID from BD_SM_1227 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Details are not clear, pl. post original image. Also mention place and date in all your posts. Looks like some sedge. Closer photos please.