• Furcraea species ?- brought from abroad

    • January 14, 2017
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    ID required : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Is this Furcarea? I will be obliged if someone can confirm the identity. This is not an Indian plant and someone has brought it from abroad. SO, I am not in position to mention any locality or date of collection….

  • Mallotus peltatus

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    Mallotus peltatus (Geiseler) Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 187 1865. (Syn: Adisca acuminata Blume; Aleurites peltatus Geiseler; Hancea muricata Benth.; Mallotus acuminatus (Blume) Müll.Arg.; Mallotus alternifolius Merr.; Mallotus batjanensis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Mallotus camiguinensis Merr.; Mallotus columnaris Warb.; Mallotus floribundus var. cordifolius Chakrab.; Mallotus furetianus Müll.Arg.; Mallotus helferi Müll.Arg.; Mallotus kietanus Rech.;…

  • Indigofera glabra

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    Indigofera glabra L. (Syn: Indigofera fragrans Retz.; Indigofera pentaphylla Murray); India (N); Andhra Pradesh ; Bihar; Goa ; Gujarat ; Karnataka; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh; Maharashtra; Orissa ; Rajasthan ; Tamil Nadu ; West Bengal; Myanmar (N); Sri Lanka (N) ; Thailand (N); Vietnam (N); Mauritius (I) as per ILDIS;…

  • Rhynchosia densiflora

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    Rhynchosia densiflora (Roth) DC. (syn: Glycine densiflora Roth); Angola (N); Botswana (N); Ethiopia (N); Kenya (N); Malawi (N) ; Mozambique (N) ; Namibia (N); Nigeria (N) ; Rwanda (N) ; Sao Tome & Principe (N) ; South Africa (N) ; Sudan (N) ; Swaziland (N) ; Tanzania (N) ; Togo…

  • Rhynchosia heynei

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    IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Rhynchosia heynei Wight & Arn. (syn: Rhynchosia coodoorensis Bedd.); India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka; Tamil Nadu as per ILDIS; This species is endemic to peninsular India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu). Kumar and Sane (2003) consider the occurrence of this species in…

  • Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica

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    Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica J.L.Ellis & Swamin. ;   Submission of Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Plant name:Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica Ellis et Swaminadhan Erect herbs upto 1m taal; softly pubescent; leaves simple, 5-7 x 2-3cm, subsesile, brown-seerious; flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm, in…

  • WEST BENGAL- Barasat plant

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      id please Barasat,WEST BENGAL,14.12.16 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Please tell me the id. Barasat, WEST BENGAL, 14.12.16 update: Leaves are succulent. So donot say its Pteris It is growing in my house on the roots of Royal palm. Keen to the ID. Sorry for the…

  • Carduus species- Kenya

    • January 13, 2017
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      Thistle For ID : Kenya : 11DEC16 : AK-27 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Kindly help in identifying this wild Thistle. Seen in the first week of July in Kenya. Pl. check comparative images at ‎Carduoideae if it helps. Pl. check Carduus edelbergii Rech.f. or Onopordum acanthium L. or…

  • Mallotus species- Uttarakannada

    • January 8, 2017
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      uk plant for id 8 : 9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) requesting one more flowering plant for identifiaction seen at uttarakannada Seems to be Mallotus sp. … looks like Mallotus philippensis Can it be Mallotus tetracoccus (Roxb.) Kurz as per images herein ? I am unable to identify the species…

  • Anaphalis lawii

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    Anaphalis lawii (Hook.f.) Gamble, 696 1921. (syn: Anaphalis oblonga var. lawii Hook.f.); . Branched herbs, stem white wooly. Leaves 4-5 x 0.7 cm, oblong, apex acute, base amplexicaule. Heads 4 x 4 mm, in densely branched corymbose cymes; bracts 3-seriate, 3-4 mm long, elliptic, acute, dentate at apex; brown at…

  • Jasminum species- Nairobi, Kenya

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      Jasminum Species For ID : Nairobi,Kenya : 18DEC16 : AK-35 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Jasminum Species seen in the first week of July. Help in Species id please. I have only this picture. It may be Jasminum sambuc. …, thanks for suggested id. Leaves look…

  • Andrographis gracilis

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    Andrographis gracilis Nees, Prodr. 11: 516 1847. (syn: Andrographis atropurpurea auct. Non (Dennst.) Alston (1977): Anil Kumar & al., Fl. Pathanamthitta: 374 (2005).; Andrographis wightiana auct. non Arn. Ex Nees (1847): M. Mohanan & A. N. Henry, Fl. Thiruvananthapuram: 343 (1994)); . Article in Japanese Journal of Botany : 2…

  • Acmella radicans var. debilis (introduced)

    • January 7, 2017
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    Acmella radicans var. debilis (Kunth) R. K. Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 72. 1985. 72 1985. (syn: Acmella debilis (Kunth) Cass.; Acmella tenella (Kunth) Cass.; Ceratocephalus debilis (Kunth) Kuntze; Ceratocephalus tenellus (Kunth) Kuntze; Spilanthes debilis Kunth; Spilanthes mandonii Sch. Bip.; Spilanthes tenella Kunth); . Colombia, Peru, Bolivia (La Paz), Dominican Republic, Trinidad,…

  • Euphorbia epiphylloides

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    Euphorbia epiphylloides Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42(2): 247 1873. ; An unarmed succulent tree which was recorded, up to 1977, as locally common in several localities. Recent surveys have been less successful in locating the species. In total no more than 250 plants exist around…

  • Syzygium smithii (Cultivated- USA)

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    Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 85 1893. (syn: Acmena elliptica G.Don ex Steud.; Acmena elliptica G.Benn.; Acmena floribunda var. elliptica A.Cunn. ex DC.; Acmena kingii G.Don; Acmena pendula G.Benn.; Acmena smithii (Poir.) Merr. & L.M.Perry; Acmena smithii var. minor (Maiden) Merr. & L.M.Perry; Eugenia elliptica Sm. [Illegitimate]; Eugenia…

  • Fourth Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2017) during 10-12 March 2017 at Puducherry

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    Fwd: Fourth Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2017) during 10-12 March 2017 at Puducherry – reg. : Attachments (1) Fourth Indian Biodiversity Congress –  (IBC -2017) 10-12  March 2017| Pondicherry University Convention Centre, Puducherry www.indianbiodiversity.co.in CISSA/IBC /IV/College/16                                                                                   5-12-2016   Dear Sir,                       Sub: Fourth Indian Biodiversity Congress…

  • Impatiens pendula

    • January 6, 2017
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    Impatiens pendula Heyne ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 136 1834.; Common name: Hanging Balsam Erect flaccid herbs, 10-15 cm high; branches with a line of pubescence. Leaves alternate, 6-12 mm long, ovate, elliptic-ovate or subcordate at base, acute at apex, serrate, sparsely hairy above, glabrous below;…

  • Tragia hispida

    • January 5, 2017
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    Tragia hispida Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 323 1805. (syn: Tragia involucrata var. hispida (Willd.) Müll.Arg.); Uttarakhand to Bangladesh as per WCSP;   True Tragia hispida Willd. (Euphorbiaceae) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) I am attaching herewith an image of the true Tragia hispida – much misinterpreted/ misidentified…

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