Smilax lanceifolia Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 792 1832. (syn: Smilax laevis Wall. ex A.DC. [Illegitimate]; Smilax laevis var. ophirensis A.DC.; Smilax laevis var. parkii A.DC.; Smilax lanceifolia var. lanceifolia ; Smilax lanceifolia var. opaca A.DC.; Smilax lanceifolia subsp. opaca (A. DC.) T. Koyama; Smilax micropoda A.DC.; Smilax opaca…
Orchid For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 06FEB17 : AK-11 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Orchid seen at the Flower Show in Mumbai on 13th Jan. For id please. It appears to be Arachnis sp. We will wait for experts opinion. Another hybrid of Renanthera
Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Maxim., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 136 1859. (syn: Caprifolium maackii (Rupr.) Kuntze; Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herd. (ambiguous synonym); Lonicera maackii f. podocarpa Franch. ex Rehder; Xylosteum maackii Rupr.); SK383 17FEB-2017:ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location: AIBO, Beijing, China Altitude: 100…
SK382 17FEB-2017:ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location: AIBO, Beijing, China Altitude: 100 ft. Date: 19 October 2014 Sorbus sp. ? I guess so but could not close on into the correct ID. Sorbus domestica L. ?? I think looks different from images at http://www.euforgen.org/species/sorbus-domestica/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbus_domestica https://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Sorbus+domestica Any…
Hetaeria affinis (Griff.) Seidenf. & Ormerod, Oasis Suppl. 2: 9 2001. (syn: Cerochilus rubens Lindl.; Goodyera affinis Griff.; Hetaeria rubens (Lindl.) Hook.f.; Rhamphidia rubens (Lindl.) Lindl.); . E. Himalaya to SC. China and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Reddish Hetaeria…
Campanula immodesta Lammers, Novon 8: 34 1998. (syn: Campanula modesta Hook.f. & Thomson [Illegitimate]); Himalaya to China (SW. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) as per WCSP; Campanula immodesta from Uttarakhand_DSR_Feb. 2017 : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) This species was photographed while I was a research student and collecting…
Polygonatum nervulosum Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 557 1875.; E. Himalaya as per WCSP; Polygonatum nervulosum : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) I have attached several images of Polygonatum species native to the Indian Himalaya. Please use them for the website. References: Catalogue of Life …
Polygonatum cathcartii Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 559 1875.; Nepal to SC. China as per WCSP; Polygonatum cathcartii : 1 post by 1 author. I have attached several images of Polygonatum species native to the Indian Himalaya. Please use them for the website. Thanks a lot, … This…
Polygonatum brevistylum Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 556 1875. ; Nepal to Darjiling as per WCSP; Polygonatum brevistylum : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) I have attached several images of Polygonatum species native to the Indian Himalaya. Please use them for the website. References: Catalogue…
Polygonatum luteoverrucosum Aaron Jennings Floden- Phytotaxa Vol 236, No 3- 1 December 2015; Polygonatum luteoverrucosum: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) I have attached several images of Polygonatum species native to the Indian Himalaya. Please use them for the website. Thanks a lot, … This is a great help. References:…
Polygonatum angelicum Aaron Jennings Floden- Phytotaxa Vol 236, No 3- 1 December 2015; Polygonatum angelicum : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) I have attached several images of Polygonatum species native to the Indian Himalaya. Please use them for the website. Thanks a lot, … This is a great help. …
Impatiens panduranganii KM Prabhu Kumar et al., Phytotaxa 296 (3): 281–286 (2017); I. mankulamensis sp. nov. and I. panduranganii sp. nov.- Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern parts of Western Ghats, India : 2 posts by 2 authors. Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern parts of…
Impatiens mankulamensis KM Prabhu Kumar et al., Phytotaxa 296 (3): 281–286 (2017); I. mankulamensis sp. nov. and I. panduranganii sp. nov.- Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern parts of Western Ghats, India : 2 posts by 2 authors. Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern parts of…
Fwd: Id please- 060217RS- 1 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) Thanks & welcome, … Pl. mention place, date, habitat etc. for proper Id.
Fwd: Chris Chadwell ‘hard at work’ leading a botanical tour in Lahaul in the mid-1980s! : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Here with an image scanned in from a slide taken during a botanical tour I led in the Miyah Nullah, Lahaul, H.P. more than 30 years ago. …
Fwd: Identifying plants from a train window…. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Earlier this week I was on the south coast of England lecturing about how to grow Himalayan alpines. To help pass the time on the train journey back to London I looked out of the very large windows the carriage…
Brassica napus subsp. napus ?; . Yello Brassicaceae member for ID :: Mana, Uttarakhand :: Aug 2018 :: ARKSEP-29 : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Requested to please ID this yellow Brassicaceae member seen at Mana near Badrinath, Uttarakhand in Aug 2018. I am not sure but it could…
Orchid For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 06FEB17 : AK-9 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Another Cultivated Orchid seen at the Flower Show on 13th Jan. This is an interesting hybrid with Vanda and Aerides I think. I am no good at hybrids. You will be…
Astragalus himalayanus ?; Fwd: Astragalus ??himalayanus : 1 post by 1 author. I have 5 images taken by Krishan Lal, clearly of two separate plants – no locations provided (though would have been somewhere in H.P.) both identified as A.himalayanus -presumably by an expert in the genus. However, to my eye…