Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum Yieh, China: Bull. Hort. Special Issue 1942(2): 33 1942. (Syn: Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum H.T. Chang); Loropetalum chinense is commonly known as the Chinese fringe flower. Two forms of L. chinense exist; a white- (to pale-yellow-) flowering green-leafed variety and a pink-flowering variety with leaves varying…
Re: SANITATION : 2 posts by 2 authors. I got few lessons, observing activities in different bird nests. I worked on bird nests of some 13 different bird species in last 10 years and so. It was a great education for me.Attaching an image of a Magpie Robin….
Cyperaceae member for ID from Kashmir-GSFEB01/01 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Please help in ID of this member of Cyperaceae photographed from Khillenmarg in Kashmir, alt. 3000 m I think Fimbristylis sp.. It looks like a Carex species of high altitude. Need a mature…
Solanum pyracanthos Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 2: 22 1794. ; Solanaceae Fortnight: Solanum pyracanthos from California-GSFEB61/64 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Solanum pyracanthos Lam. Porcupine tomato Evergreen shrub with long yellow prickles, thicker lobed leaves and blue flowers. Photographed from California. are berries red? and covered in…
59th Tree Appreciation Walk at Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane on 15th March at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. Dear Friends, It is said that there is an art to using color in the garden so that it sparkle and sings………colors are one of the major…
Clerodendrum laevifolium Blume, Bijdr. 808 1826. (Syn: Clerodendrum ellipticum Zipp. ex Span.; Clerodendrum nutans Wall. ex D.Don [Illegitimate]; Clerodendrum wallichii Merr.); . Distribution: Pakistan to Pen. Malaysia, Jawa to Lesser Sunda Is. (WCSP) . Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Clerodendrum laevifolium :: cultivated :: DVMAY76/76 : 1 post by 1…
Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd, Bothalia 7: 448 1961. (Syn: Acokanthera lamarckii G.Don [Illegitimate]; Acokanthera longiflora Stapf; Acokanthera rhodesica Merxm.; Acokanthera venenata (Burm.f.) G.Don; Carissa acokanthera Pichon [Illegitimate]; Carissa longiflora (Stapf) G.H.M.Lawr.; Carissa oppositifolia (Lam.) Pichon; Cestrum oppositifolium Lam.; Cestrum venenatum Burm.f. [Illegitimate]; Garcinia sciura Spirlet; Pleiocarpa hockii De Wild.; Toxicophlaea…
Wild Weed For ID : California : 19FEB15 : AK-21 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Small, wild weed seen in Fremont on 27/9/14. Id please. Probably a Gnaphalium sp. Can we check with Gamochaeta Species?
Rotala verticillaris L., Mant. Pl. 2: 175 1771. ; . Rotala verticillaris is endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka. In India, this species is confined to Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu (Cook 1996), Karnataka (Sharma et al. 1984) and Maharashtra (Singh et al. 2001). It is annual or…
Synostemon bacciformis (L.) G.L.Webster Synostemon bacciformis (L.) G.L.Webster (1960) 26, in adnot. — Phyllanthus bacciformis L. (1767b) 294. — Agyneia bacciformis (L.) A.Juss. (1824) 24,t. 6. — Agyneia phyllanthoides Spreng. (1826) 19, nom. illeg., nom. superfl.— Diplomorpha bacciformis (L.) Kuntze (1891) 603. — Sauropus bacciformis (L.) Airy Shaw (1980a) 221….
Solanaceae Fortnight: Capsicum sp ?? at Ladakh: PKA-FEB52/52 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Capsicum sp. from Ladakh..
A book on 100 trees (In Tamil ) by Dr P.Santhan : 9 posts by 8 authors. Attachments (1) I am happy to announce that I have released a book in Tamil entitled “Nam valvodu inainda 100 marangalin payangal” ( Uses of 100 trees that mingled with our…
Premna scandens Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 82 1832. (Syn: Gumira scandens (Roxb.) Kuntze; Premna cordifolia Brandis [Illegitimate]; Premna coriacea var. cuneata C.B.Clarke; Premna coriacea var. oblonga C.B.Clarke; Premna ramosa Wall. [Invalid]); . China (Yunnan) to Tropical Asia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Myanmar,…
Premna coriacea var. villosa (C.B.Clarke) A.Rajendran & P.Daniel, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 38: 43 1996 publ. 2001. (Syn: Gumira villosa (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Premna coriacea (C.B. Clarke) A. Rajendran & P. Daniel; Premna villosa C.B.Clarke); Large climbers; bark pale brown, smooth. Leaves opposite, up to 17 x 12 cm, ovate,…
Caralluma bicolor V.S.Ramach., S.Joseph, H.A.John & Sofiya, Nordic J. Bot. 29: 447 2011. ; Notes on Justicia notha and Caralluma bicolor and Amomum nilgiricum : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4) Pls find some more literature on … Caralluma bicolor …
Justicia notha C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 537 1885. (Syn: Ecbolium nothum (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze); Clarke ; stems simple glabrous, leaves sessile oblong white-setulose on the nerves beneath, bracts elliptic, sepals linear-oblong white-setulose upwards. Rostellularia simplex, Wight Ic. t. 1542 (not Justicia simplex, D. Don). India ? ; Herb. Wight….
Eleocharis khandwaensis sp. nov. Shaikh Mujaffar, A. N. Chandore and S. R. Yadav, Nordic Journal of Botany 32: 710–712, 2014. ; Fwd: Eleocharis khandwaensis sp. nov. (Cyperaceae) from the Madhya : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- shaikh paper.pdf Congratulation to all the authors. A nice finding …
Please serialize your posts and give unique subject line to each : 2 posts by 2 authors. It has been noticed that some new members do not serialize their posts, which not only makes documentation difficult, but also gives chances of threads mixing up. Members are requested to serialize…
Lycianthes denticulata (Blume) Bitter, Lycianthes 473–475 1919. (syn: Solanum denticulatum Blume; Solanum membranaceum Wight ex C. B. Cl. (ambiguous synonym); Solanum nigrum Leschen. ex Dun. (ambiguous synonym)); Java, Vietnam, India, Malaysia as per Catalogue of Life; Solanaceae Week: Lycianthes denticulata PKFEB03/03 : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments…
Fwd: Need help for Identification. TK3- Schefflera sp. ? : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) Please help for Identify these plants. Image 4 I photographed in Buxa Tiger Reserve.