• Rhododendron species- Thulo Phedi, Taplejung, Nepal

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      SK849 03 Nov-2017:ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)  Location: Thulo Phedi, Taplejung, Nepal Date: 18 April 2017 Altitude: 11000 ft.  Rhodendron … ??? Pl. check /species/a—l/e/ericaceae/rhododendron To me appears close to images at Rhododendron wightii as per comparative images at Rhododendron Pl. confirm. Thank you …! Nepali Name : राडु …

  • Rhododendron species- Thulo Phedi, Taplejung, Nepal

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      SK848 03 Nov-2017:ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Thulo Phedi, Taplejung, Nepal Date: 18 April 2017 Altitude: 11000 ft.  Rhododendron …??? Pl. check /species/a—l/e/ericaceae/rhododendron To me appears closer to images at Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don as per comparative images at Rhododendron Pl. confirm. Sorry but the Rhododendron…

  • Thanks to you all, I have completed 50,000 messages

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    Thanks to you all, I have completed 50,000 messages : 19 posts by 4 authors. It is because of you all that I could complete such a long journey of ten (10) and a half years with 50,000 messages.  Earlier people used to say that Indians excell individually but fail when…

  • Quercus shumardii (USA)

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    Quercus shumardii Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 444 1860 publ. 1861.; S. Ontario to C. & E. U.S.A. as per WCSP;   Tree for ID : New Windsor,New York : 21NOV17 : AK-21 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Tree seen on 23rd June,17. In a…

  • Lonicera species- New York, USA

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    Red Berries for ID : New Windsor,New York : 21NOV17 : AK-20 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Red berries in pairs on a shrub. Seen in the last week of June. Probably cultivated, not very sure. Lonicera sp These are the berries from New Windsor, New York….

  • Rhododendron cultivars- San Francisco, USA

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      Garden Plant for ID : San Francisco : 18NOV17 : AK-16 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Posting few more missed out earlier from my visit to California. Seen at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in Sept, 2014. Azalea Species? Some Azalea cultivar?  Not sure…

  • Crassula subacaulis subsp. erosula (Cultivated)

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    Crassula subacaulis subsp. erosula (N.E.Br.) Toelken, Bothalia 12: 634 1979. (syn: Crassula erosula N.E. Br.; Crassula inamoena N. E. Brown; Crassula rauhii Friedrich; Globulea erosula (N.E. Br.) P.V. Heath; Globulea erosula var. inamoena (N.E. Br.) P.V. Heath);  South Africa (W-Cape Prov., N-Cape Prov.), S-Namibia as per Catalogue of Life;  …

  • Brownea species- Botanical Garden, Kolkata

    • November 28, 2017
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      Tree for Id – ID19112017SH3 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Tree for Id pl. Is this Brownea coccinea ?Location – Botanical Garden, Kolkata Date – November 2017 Thanks, … Yes, Brownea.    

  • Hypecoum

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    Hypecoum leptocarpum Hook. f. & Thomson (Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Mongolia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan), Pakistan (Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Nubra), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Chumbi, China (Gansu, NW-Hebei, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, W Sichuan, Xinjiang, NW-Yunnan), Tibet as per Catalogue of Life)

  • Rhododendron species- San Francisco, USA

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      Garden Plant for ID : San Francisco : 18NOV17 : AK-18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) One more from Golden Gate Park seen in Sept,2014. Probably Azalea or Rhododendron again.  

  • Erigeron species ?- Nashik, Maharashtra

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      Asteraceae week Erigeron spp? for identification from Nashik : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) attaching images of Erigeron spp? for identification from hill top  Nashik, please identify Pl. check at  /species/a—l/ar/asteraceae/asteroideae/astereae/erigeron

  • Heteropterys glabra

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    Heteropterys glabra Hook. & Arn., Bot. Misc. 3: 57 1833. (syn: Banisteria fruticosa Vell.; Banisteria tenuis Lindl.; Heteropterys angustifolia Griseb.; Heteropterys angustifolia f. angustissima Nied.; Heteropterys angustifolia f. lanceolata Nied.; Heteropterys microdon Skottsb.; Heteropterys pseudoangustifolia Chod.; Heteropterys regnellii Miq.; Heteropterys undulata Tenore);    Common name: Red Wing Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios,…

  • Heteropterys

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    Heteropterys glabra Hook. & Arn.  

  • Rhododendron species- San Francisco, USA

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      Ornamental Plant for ID : San Francisco : 15NOV17 : AK-10 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) This is a plant I missed out posting from my earlier visit. End of Sept, 2014. At the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Could be Protea Species? Magnolia?  Rhododendron…

  • Itea nutans

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    Itea nutans Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 226 1835.; N-India, Pakistan (Hazara, Pakistani Punjab, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Jammu), Pakistani Kashmir (Mirpur) as per Catalogue of Life;   Please identify the small tree at Kapkot (bageshwar) : 13 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2) – 1 MB each. Please…

  • Trichodesma khasianum

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    Trichodesma khasianum C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 154 1883. (syn: Boraginella khasiana Kuntze); Myanmar [Burma] (Chin), India (Arunachal Pradesh), Assam, Bhutan, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   MS Jan.,2019/01 Trichodesma sp. (khasianum ?) for ID. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Tan, Mizoram Altitude :…

  • Eriocaulon gulnarparianum

    • November 27, 2017
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    Eriocaulon gulnarparianum Paithane V. A, Bhuktar A. S., Kashetti R. P and Patil S. B, Int. J. Adv. Res. 5(10), 1937-1940 (2017); New sp of Erioculon : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) – Erioculon.pdf- 225 Kb. Congratulations to the team.. Congrats, Bhuktar ji, Paithane ji and the team. …

  • Swertia macrosperma

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    Swertia macrosperma (C.B. Clarke) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4(10): 123–124 1883. (syn: Ophelia macrosperma C.B. Clarke; Swertia randaiensis Hayata); . Bhutan, India, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Nepal, Sikkim, Vietnam, China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan as per Catalogue of Life ; . Swertia macrosperma (C.B. Clarke) C.B. Clarke ??…

  • General classfication

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    General classification : 2 posts by 2 authors. I think a general classification based on the following characteristics will be more helpful and easier for those new to botany:  1. Oshadhis – annual plants. 2. Vanaspatis – trees bearing fruits without evident flowers. 3. Vrikshas – trees bearing flowers and…

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