Tamron 18-200 lens for my Canon 550D : 2 posts by 2 authors. Just received the delivery of Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di-II LD IF Aspherical Macro Telephoto Zoom Lens with Hood for Canon DSLR Camera for my Canon 55D. I was long planning to have a lens which…
ANJAN20/20 Please identify this plant: 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6) Family: Acanthaceae Date: 28th December 2014 Place: Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary Habit: Straggling shrub Justicia wynaadensis Justicia andersonii Wassh (= Justicia santapaui Bennet) efi page on Justicia wynaadensis & Justicia santapaui Could you through some light on this as you have posted Justicia wynaadensis. …,…
International conference @ ISEC, Bangalore : 1 post by 1 author http://www.isec.ac.in/ceenr-climate-change-modelling.html Please check the above link
Gaultheria semi-infera (C.B.Clarke) Airy Shaw, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1940: 306 1941. (Syn: Diplycosia semi-infera C.B.Clarke); Fruit for ID -ID08032015SH1 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Fruit for Id plLocation – Mishmi Hills, Arunachal PradeshDate- 24.2.02.2015Habitat –Wild Gaultheria sp (Ericaceae); probably Gaultheria lohitiensis S.Panda & Sanjappa Looks like…
Rajgad, Dec 2014 :: Requesting ID of this plant :: ARKMAR-10/10 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Please ID this tree captured at Rajgad near Pune in Dec 2014. These are long shots, was not possible to go near the tree…there were many such trees on the mountain…
ID requested for this tree-PC-20.03.2015 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Please Identify this tree. Pictures were taken outsied the Jahapanah forest, Delhi. May be Siris (Albizia lebbeck). Could you pl. post the original picture or the close up ? It is not Albizia lebeck – Siris….
Publications Sonia Abraham and V. S. Ramachandran. 2013. Additions to the Pteridophytic Flora of Tamil Nadu, India. Annals of Plant Sciences. 2 (8): 268-271. Sonia Abraham, V.S. Ramachandran and C. Sofia. 2012. Potential ornamental Ferns from Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. Ad. Appl. Sci. Res. 3 (4): 2388-2391. …
Thottea dalzellii (Hook.f.) Karthik. & Moorthy, Fl. Pl. India 156 2009. (Syn: Apama dalzellii (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Bragantia dalzellii Hook.f.); Images by Anurag N Sharma (Id by E S Santhosh Kumar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) Bragantia dalzellii Hook.f.; shrubby, stout, leaves…
Justicia concinna J. R. I. Wood (Replaced name: Rungia elegans Dalzell in Dalzell & Gibson, Bombay Fl. 196. 1861, non Justicia elegans P. Beauv.) as per New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood- Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 23(3):385-395. 2014; . Rungia elegans Dalzell & A.Gibson, Bombay…
Cucumis ritchiei (C.B.Clarke) Ghebret. & Thulin, Novon 17: 178 2007. (Syn: Dicoelospermum ritchiei C.B.Clarke; Mukia ritchiei (C.B.Clarke) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes (Unresolved)); Images by Sushant More – validation by Susanne Renner Prostrate or climbing, hirsute herbs. Leaves alternate, 2-4 x 2-4 cm, simple, ovate or orbicular, dentate, hispid, cordate at…
Acanthaceae fortnight ANMAR17/38 Justicia sp. for identification : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9) This one has glandular hair on the inflorescence and hence can be a different species than those I have posted so far during the fortnightFamily: AcanthaceaeDate: October 2014Place: Nandi Hills, Bangalore, KarnatakaHabit:…
Acacia elata A. Cunn. ex Benth., London J. Bot. 1:383. 1842 (Syn: (=) Acacia terminalis auct. pl.; (≡) Racosperma elatum (A. Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley); images by Muthu Karthick, N & Dr. Santhan P. (legume photo) Albizia ? tree SN 15March 17 : 5 posts by 4 authors….
Plant for ID : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Please help me to find ID of following plant species Habit: Shrub Locality: Jharkhand Date: Aug. 2010 leaves and rest of the plant ? habitat? size of this object ? size of the entire plant? time…
Fwd: [punetreewatch] Indegenous Trees of India : Important Native Trees of India Sr. No. Botanical Name Common Name Use 1 Acacia catechu Khair Used against the throat infections cough, diarrhoea, chronic ulceration, epistaxis and eruptions of the skin, leprosy, leucoderma and wounds. It is also useful in treating…
Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 95 1832. (syn: Ruellia fasciculata Retz.); . lep-id-AG-ath-iss — from the Greek lepis (scale) and agathis (ball of thread) fas-sik-yoo-LAH-tuh — banded (or striped), bundled … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: striped lepidagathis . Native to: s China, India, Sri Lanka,…
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 499 1891. (Syn: Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek.; Dipteracanthus calycinus Champ.; Goldfussia cusia Nees; Ruellia indigofera Griff.; Ruellia indigotica Fortune; Strobilanthes balansae Lindau; Strobilanthes championii T.Anderson ex Benth.; Strobilanthes flaccidifolia Nees); Images by Prashant Awale & M Sawmliana (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Common…
Stachyurus himalaicus Hook.f. & Thomson ex Benth., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 55 1861. (Syn: Stachyurus himalaicus var. alatipes C.Y.Wu; Stachyurus himalaicus var. dasyrachis C.Y.Wu; Stachyurus himalaicus var. himalaicus ; Stachyurus himalaicus var. microphyllus C.Y.Wu; Stachyurus himalaicus subsp. purpureus Y.P.Zhu & Zhi Y.Zhang; Stachyurus sigeyoii Masam.); . China (Guangdong, Guangxi,…
Stachyurus himalaicus Hook.f. & Thomson ex Benth. (China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, ?Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Kayin), Nepal, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, India (Darjeeling, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam) as per Catalogue of life) Flora of Peninsular India with keys at species links,…
Stachyurus himalaicus Hook.f. & Thomson ex Benth. (China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, ?Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Kayin), Nepal, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, India (Darjeeling, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam) as per Catalogue of life) Flora of Peninsular India with keys at species links,…
City based wildlife & photography trips : On a broader topic – I don’t know if we have a forum to kind of meet in different city chapter for e.g. members of Bangalore or Pune etc. have a Sunday meet. We can combine with say India biodiversity etc….