• Epimedium × warleyense (Cultivated- USA)

    Epimedium × warleyense Stearn, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 51: 519 1938. ;    Images by Alka Khare, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details) MBNN Fortnight :: Berberidaceae :: Epimedium x warleyensis Orange Queen :: USA, Chicago Botanical Garden :: ARKOCT-09 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attached…

  • Epimedium

    Epimedium elatum Morr. & Decne. (N. Pakistan to W. Himalaya as per POWO)     

  • Platanus racemosa (USA)

    Platanus racemosa Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 47 1842. (Syn: Platanus californica Benth.; Platanus occidentalis Hook. & Arn.); USA (California), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora) as per Catalogue of life;   Platanus racemosa is a species of sycamore tree known by several common names, including California sycamore, Western…

  • Sapria

    Sapria himalayana Griff. (SE-Tibet, China (S-Yunnan), NE-India, Thailand, Vietnam, Assam, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin) as per Catalogue of life)   Species with description & keys in Floraof China (Distribution other than China): Sapria himalayana Griffith [NE India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

  • Rafflesiaceae

    Sapria himalayana Griff. (SE-Tibet, China (S-Yunnan), NE-India, Thailand, Vietnam, Assam, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin) as per Catalogue of life)   Rafflesiaceae- comparative images : 1 post by 1 author. Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎‎ Rafflesiaceae‎ are now with comparative images. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete…

  • Nymphaea odorata (USA)

    Nymphaea odorata Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:227. 1789 (Syn: (=) Castalia lekophylla Small; (=) Castalia minor (Sims) Nyár.; (≡) Castalia odorata (Aiton) Wood; (=) Castalia odorata var. latifolia R. M. Harper; (=) Castalia pringlei Rose; (=) Castalia pudica Salisb.; (=) Castalia reniformis (Walter) Hitchc.; (=) Castalia spirilis (Raf.) Cockerell; (≡) Leuconymphaea…

  • Richardia brasiliensis (Introduced)

    Richardia brasiliensis Gomes, Mem. Ipecacuanha Bras. 31 1801. (Syn: Richardia adscendens (DC.) Steud.; Richardia emetica (Mart.) Schult.; Richardia rosea (A.St.-Hil.) Schult.; Richardia rosea f. albiflora Kuntze; Richardia rosea f. lilacina Kuntze; Richardia sericea Walp.; Richardia villosa Sessé & Moc. ex DC.; Richardsonia adscendens DC.; Richardsonia brasiliensis (Gomes) Klotzsch; Richardsonia brasiliensis…

  • Rothia

    Rothia indica (L.) Druce  

  • Rice Swift in Allamanda flower

          SYMBIOSIS : 656 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a Rice Swift butterfly on the flower of Allamanda.        

  • Berberis thunbergii (Cultivated)

    Berberis thunbergii DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 9 1821. (Syn: Berberis thunbergii var. argenteomarginata C.K.Schneid.; Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea Chenault; Berberis thunbergii f. erecta Rehder; Berberis thunbergii var. erecta (Rehder) Ahrendt; Berberis thunbergii var. maximowiczii (Regel) Regel; Berberis thunbergii var. minor Rehder; Berberis thunbergii var. pluriflora Koehne; Berberis thunbergii var. rubrifolia…

  • Pistacia chinensis (USA- Cultivated)

    Pistacia chinensis Bunge, Mém. Sav. Étr. Acad. St. Pétersbourg 2: 89 1835. (Syn: Pistacia formosana Matsum.; Pistacia philippinensis Merr. & Rolfe; Rhus argyi H. Lév.; Rhus gummifera H. Lév.); Images by Gurcharan Singh & Aarti S. Khale (Identified by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Pistacia chinensis (English: Chinese pistache;…

  • 54th Tree Appreciation Walk in MNP, Dharavi

        54th Tree Appreciation Walk in MNP, Dharavi on 26th Oct,14 at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. Dear Friends,  Under the sweltering Sun of October, the acoustic of the season has changed……..thundering, lightning and the rattle of the raindrops are the sound of past……….Crunch and the…

  • State of Science in India

        Letter to PM in state of Science in India : 1 post by 1 author. My open letter to PM: What India Wants? (2014) LabArchives, DOI:10.6070/H45B00DT Grab and comment!https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Felix_Bast/publication/267024913_My_open_letter_to_PM_Modi_What_India_wants/links/54410ffb0cf2a6a049a4b4ef?ev=pub_int_doc_dl&origin=publication_detail&inViewer=true          

  • Pseuderanthemum species ?- Sri Lanka

          PRD 16 2/10/14 : 10 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1). Please ID this small ornamental shrub with pinkish white flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec 2013. Ruspolia sp? Ruspolia saticalyx. Pseuderanthemum species To me it seems to be species of Pseuderanthemum. Thanks for the thread…

  • Alnus cordata (Cultivated- USA)

    Alnus cordata (Loisel.) Duby, Bot. Gall. 1: 423 1828. (Syn: Alnus cordata Desf. [Invalid]; Alnus cordata f. parvifolia Callier; Alnus cordifolia Ten.; Alnus cordifolia var. rotundifolia Regel; Alnus macrocarpa Req. ex Nyman; Alnus neapolitana Savi; Alnus nervosus Dippel; Alnus obcordata C.A.Mey. ex Steud. [Spelling variant]; Alnus rotundifolia Bertol. [Illegitimate]; Betula cordata Loisel.); NE….

  • Pereskia aculeata

    Pereskia aculeata Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 s.p. 1768. (Syn: Cactus lucidus Salisb.; Cactus pereskia L.; Pereskia aculeata var. godseffiana (hort.) F.M. Knuth; Pereskia aculeata var. lanceolata Pfeiff.; Pereskia aculeata var. rotundifolia Pfeiff.; Pereskia aculeata var. rubescens Pfeiff.; Pereskia foetens Speg. in Weingart; Pereskia fragrans Lem.; Pereskia godseffiana hort.; Pereskia…

  • Indian Biodiversity Congress 2014, Chennai

        Fwd: Event: Indian Biodiversity Congress 2014, Chennai, 18-20 December 2014 :  1 post by 1 author. Indian Biodiversity Congress – 2014 (IBC -2014) Central Secretariat: Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), MBC-27, Museum Bains Compound, Nanthancode, Kowdiar P.O., Thiruvananthapuram-695 003, Kerala. Telefax : +91 471-2722151, Mob: 09447216157, www.ibconline.co.in; biodiversitycongress@… Organizing Committee Office: C.P.R. Environmental Education…

  • Alyogyne

    Alyogyne hakeifolia (Giord.) Alef. (Cultivated- USA) Alyogyne huegelii (Endl.) Fryxell (Cultivated- USA)

  • Berberis tinctoria

    Berberis tinctoria Lesch., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 306 1822. ; Images by P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)    Evergreen, erect shrub, variable in size and form, often 1-2 m high, in forests to 4 m high; stems furrowed, pale brown; wood…

  • 21 mukhi Rudraksh

        AKOCT05 : 4 posts by 4 authors. 1 image. Had been to Rishikesh last weekend and went and visited a few gem stores. They sold spatik malas, navrathan malas, etc. and also Rudraksh beads of many types. One particular Rudraksh at a State Government run shop caught my…