Croton zeylanicus Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 107 1865. (Syn: Croton hypoleucus Dalzell [Illegitimate]; Oxydectes zeylanica (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze); KROH-tun — Greek: kroton (tick) due to the seed’s similarity in shape … Dave’s Botanaryzey-LAN-ee-kus — of or from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: Ceylon croton • Malayalam: പൊരിവട്ട…
Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Nov.’14- more than 10,000 species : 3 posts by 3 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindiais the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with more than…
HP, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID – Potted plant1 :: ARKDEC-25 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Requesting to please provide ID of this potted plant in our hotel in Manali, HP in October 2014.
Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 155 1826. (syn: Callistemon glaucus (DC.) Sweet; Callistemon heleogiton Domin; Callistemon salignus var. paludosus (R.Br.) F.Muell.; Callistemon speciosus (Sims) DC.; Callistemon speciosus var. glaucus DC.; Melaleuca paludosa R.Br.; Metrosideros crassifolia Dum.Cours.; Metrosideros glauca Dum.Cours.; Metrosideros glauca Bonpl. [Illegitimate]; Metrosideros speciosa Sims): Images by Gurcharan…
Mussaenda laxa (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble, Fl. Madras 610 1921. (Syn: Mussaenda frondosa var. laxa Hook.f.); . Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu as per BSI Flora of India Checklist; . W. India as per POWO; . branches stipules and cymes finely densely tomentose, leaves all petioled broadly elliptic rounded at the base with fine short appressed hairs, stipules short…
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Succulent for identification 19: Some Sempervivum sp. : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). Kindly help with identification of this cultivated Sempervivum sp..Place: Shimla The plant uploaded seems to be Sempervivum tectorum Its an echeveria.. not a sempervium… leaf shape color…
Cypreaceae ID from Bangladesh SM 182 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) I need a specimen to identify this plant.
Cypreaceae ID from Bangladesh SM 180 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Habitat: Wild It looks like an Eleocharis species. Need photograph of an inflorescence to confirm identity of the species.
Eucalyptus leucoxylon F.Muell., Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 33 1855. (syn: Eucalyptus gracilipes Naudin; Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. angulata Benth.; Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. erythrostema Miq.; Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. leucoxylon ; Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. rostellata Miq.; Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. rubra Guilf.; Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. rugulosa Miq.); Eucalyptus leucoxylon, commonly known as…
Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 54 1821. (Syn: Aloe fasciata (Willd.) Salm-Dyck ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Aloe fasciata var. major Salm-Dyck; Aloe subfasciata Salm-Dyck ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Apicra fasciata Willd.; Catevala fasciata (Willd.) Kuntze; Catevala subfasciata (Salm-Dyck ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze; Haworthia browniana Poelln.; Haworthia fasciata…
Myriophyllum tetrandrum Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 1: 470 1820. (syn. Myriophyllum indicum sensu C.B.Clarke) as per Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 ; Myriophyllum ? from Hooghly 23/11/12 sk: 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8) Attaching photographs of an aquatic herb…
ID of climber from Assam KD 07 Dec’14 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Attached images are vegetative part of a unknown climber. No flowering is found. Please ID the plant. Date :12.12.2014 Location: Assam Family : ?? Genus & species : ?? Habitat: Grows…
HALDU 2 2014/12/20 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Please ID this Nepanthaceae plant. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Mar 2013. It is difficult to identify a Nepenthes species with an young seedling. Sri Lanka’s native species is Nepenthes distillatoria L. But in Colombo and Nuwara Eliya,…
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight:: Crassulaceae:: For id from Shimla- NS 23 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Please suggest id for this herb, recorded from Shimla.. I must say the pics are not enough to conclude anything.. Even I have posted same plant clicked…
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight- Combretaceae- Combratum climber for ID : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) please Identify this Combretum climber which brightens my house from April to August. Images are so poor it is very difficult to ID !
Commelina appendiculata C.B.Clarke, Commelyn. Cyrtandr. Bengal. t. 13 1874. (Syn: Commelina alba Buch.-Ham. ex C.B.Clarke); Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. 13 ; Monogr. 186 ; leaves sessile linear or linear-lanceolate, spathes very long-peduncled lanceolate deeply cordate complicate, seeds oblong smooth appendaged at both ends, or in the dorsal cell…
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight : Crassulaceae For ID : California : 17DEC14 : AK-23 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Another very tiny plant seen in Los Angeles on 5/10/14. Again I do not have any idea. Another Sempervivum cultivar. Thanks for suggested id. I…
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight : Crassulaceae For ID : BBC Show,MNP,Mumbai : 18DEC14 : AK-41 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Seen at the BBC Show in MNP, Mumbai on 31/3/13. Small, cultivated, potted plant. I fail to suggest anything, for plants from several genera look similar. Echeveria crassulaceae…