Plagiochilaceae
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Didymocarpus species- Mussoorie, Uttarakhand
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ANMAR20/27 Please identify this odd plant : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments(5) I found this curious looking plant growing on a rock on the trek route to Mussoorie. I do not know if I am looking at a dried up flowering plant or something lower down the evolutionary line….
Neuropeltis malabarica
- March 20, 2015
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Neuropeltis malabarica Ooststr., Blumea 5(1): 272–273, f. 2, g–h 1942.; Large woody climbers; bark grey, with warty tubercles; young shoots brown tomentose, lenticellate. Leaves alternate, to 12 x 6 cm, elliptic or oblong, shortly caudate-acuminate, mucronate, base acute, young leaves tomentose on both sides, becoming glabrous when mature; lateral…
Neuropeltis
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Neuropeltis malabarica Ooststr.
Paper on endophytic algae
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Today’s The Hindu News Paper : 1 post by 1 author. Happy to share that our research on endophytic algae that was earlier published in Journal of Biosciences (PDF here) got featured in today’s (12/3/2015) The Hindu (national newspaper in India) in Science & Technology column, all editions throughout India 🙂 http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/endophytic-algae-found-in-indian-ocean/article6982868.ece…
Elaeodendron species- Anmod, Karnataka
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Anmod Ghat :: Genus FOR ID :: DVFEB70/103 : 8 posts by 3 authors. 3 images. Anmod Ghat … NH4A descending from Anmod, Karnataka to Mollem, Goa Date: 23 APR 2011 … Altitude: descends from about 640 m asl to 90 m asl Genus ID please Cannot recollect the dimensions; only these…
Chamaecrista nigricans
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Chamaecrista nigricans (Vahl) Greene (Syn: Cassia nigricans Vahl); India (N); Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka; Kerala ; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu; Angola (N) ; Benin (N); Burkina (N) ; Cameroon (N) ; Central African Rep. (N) ; Chad (N) ; Ethiopia (N); Gambia The (N); Ghana (N); Guinea Bissau (N); Kenya (N); Mali…
Red Vented Bulbul on Aralia species
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SYMBIOSIS : 751 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching an image of a Red Vented Bulbul on the fruits of Aralia sp.
Trees to plant in a lake bed
- March 19, 2015
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trees to plant in a lake bed : 11 posts by 7 authors. Before the water level increases in monsoon, we want to plant tree saplings in the lake bed and on a couple of islands at the Puttenahalli Lake, J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru . Specifically we are looking…
Haworthia reinwardtii ?
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Haworthia reinwardtii (Salm-Dyck) Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 53 1821. (syn: Aloe reinwardtii Salm-Dyck; Catevala reinwardtii (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze; Haworthia reinwardtii var. archibaldiae Poelln. ……….) ?; Jijamata Udyan Flower Show, Feb 2015 :: ID validation of this ornamental:: ARKMAR-05/05 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please validate the ID this…
Adiantum incisum
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Adiantum incisum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 187 1775. (syn: Adiantum capillus-gorgonis Webb; Adiantum caudatum var. glabripinnatum Bonap.; Adiantum caudatum var. laciniata Bonap.; Adiantum caudatum var. minor Pirottain); . Africa, Arabian Peninsula Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan): Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, China South-Central, Comoros, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Ghana, India,…
Viola indica
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Viola indica W.Becker, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 20(2): 126 1906. ; . Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya), Pakistan (Chitral, Hazara) as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Indian Violet • Hindi: बनफ़्शा Banafsha • Manipuri: Amo • Nepali: घट्टे घाँस Ghatte ghans . Perennial…
Crateva tapia ?
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Crateva tapia ?; Crataeva religiosa for Validation : Jijamata Udyan,Mumbai : 28FEB15 : AK-28 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Crataeva religiosa from Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai. For validation please. According to … link, this should be Crataeva tapia. please … i m confused about both species….
Red-whiskered Bulbul on Aralia Species
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SYMBIOSIS : 750 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching an image of a Red-whiskered Bulbul on the fruits of Aralia Sp. Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 1093 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Red whiskered bulbul feeding on…
Datura species- Pune
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Solanaceae Fortnight:: Pune:: Datura metel :: SMPFEB23/23 : 5 posts by 4 authors. 1 image. Datura metelPlease validate Pune efi page on Datura metel (Cultivated) yes but something’s eating / destroying the leaves The plant looks like pubescent, so should not be D. metel as per discussion in…
Solanaceae fortnight Statistics
- March 18, 2015
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Solanaceae fortnight Statistics : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) Compilation of Solanaceae genera and species discussed during the Solanaceae fortnight. A good job done, thanks … Acnistus Atropa Browallia Brugmansia Acnistus arborescens Atropa acuminata Browallia elata Brugmansia arborea Browallia americana Brugmansia versicolor Brugmansia suaveolens Brugmansia candida…
Barringtonia racemosa ?
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Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. ?; Images by P. Santhan, Identified by Surajit Koley (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Barringtonia sarcostachys (Blume) Miq. 15Feb SN 08 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Barringtonia sarcostachys (Blume) Miq., a cultivated ornamental tree from Theerthahalli town, near Shivmoga, Karnatatka, kindly validate …, I have…
Vigna pandeyana
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Vigna pandeyana Gore, Gaikwad and Randive (2015); please visit the document sharing thread about new species Vigna pandeyana : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1)- Vigna pandeyana (Fabaceae).pdf We (author’s) are pleased to inform you that we are published a new species of Genus Vigna of subgenus Ceratotropis j.e. Vigna pandeyana Gore,…
Bougainvillea species/ cultivars- California
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Bougainvillea For ID : California : 07MAR15 : AK-5 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Cultivated Bougainvillea seen in San Francisco on 1st Oct,14.