Alocasia ‘Calidora’ (syn: Alocasia x calidora) as per Dave’s Garden; Persian Palm, Giant Elephant Ear, Calidora Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Araceae :: ID Request :: Mumbai :: ARKAUG-71 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Requesting to please provide ID of the plant captured…
Ophiorrhiza trichocarpon Blume, Bijdr. 977. 1826; DC., Prodr.4: 416. 1830; G. Don, Gen. Syst. Gard. Bot. 3: 522. 1834; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 78. 1880; Deb & Mondal, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 39: 131. 1997. Type: Java, Linga Jattie and Kambanga Island in shady places, 1823, Blume s.n., Holotype…
Araceae For ID : Way to Saputara : 030914 : AK-1 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Araceae, most probably Arisaema Species seen on way from Nasik to Saputara on 7/8/13. Id please. Arisaema It may be Amorphophalus sp? Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson ! I think it is difficult…
Croton malabaricus Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India 204 1873. (syn; Oxydectes malabarica (Bedd.) Kuntze); Habit- Trees up to 18 m tall. Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets terete, stellate scaly. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules linear, caducous; petiole 3-11 cm long, terete, stellate scaly; lamina 7.5-15.5 x 3.8-10.5 cm, broadly-elliptic to…
Balanites roxburghii Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IV, 2: 258 1854. (syn: Agialid roxburghii (Planch.) Kuntze; Balanites aegyptiaca var. indica Voigt; Balanites aegyptiaca var. roxburghii (Planch.) Duthie; Balanites indica Tiegh.; Balanites jacquemontii Tiegh.; Balanites rigida Royle ex B.D.Jacks.; Coccocypselum herbaceum Royle); . India as per POWO; . . As per…
Ulva paschima BAST, F., JOHN, A.A. AND BHUSHAN, S. 2014. ; New plant species : 5 posts by 5 authors. Other recipients: I’ve recently published a new algal species- surprisingly a large macroscopic seaweed species abundantly distributed along Indian West Coast, that might be interesting to some ecologists here….
Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Arecaceae :: ID Request – Palm :: Mumbai, Mahakali Udyan :: ARKAUG-64 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Requesting to please provide ID of the plant captured at Mahakali Udyan, Mumbai in March 2014. A species of Phoenix, not…
Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Arecaceae :: ID Request – Palm :: Hiranandani Powai, Heritage Gardens :: ARKAUG-58 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Requesting to please provide ID of the plant captured at Hiranandani Powai, Heritage Gardens in January 2013. Looks like a…
Alocasia decipiens Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 28 1859. (syn: Arum fornicatum Wight [Illegitimate]); Images by Prashant Awale – identified by Sivanthi Murugan & validated by E S Santhosh Kumar (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Araceae-:: Schismatoglottis moodii ?? from Andaman :: PKA9: 5 posts…
Report on botanical nomenclature—Melbourne 2011. XVIII International Botanical Congress, Melbourne: Nomenclature Section, 18–22 July 2011 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Please find the attachment- 2 MB
Oenocarpus bacaba Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 24 1823. (syn: Areca bacaba Arruda [Invalid]; Oenocarpus bacaba var. bacaba ; Oenocarpus bacaba var. grandis (Burret) Wess.Boer; Oenocarpus bacaba var. xanthocarpa Trail; Oenocarpus baccata Cuervo Marquez; Oenocarpus grandis Burret; Oenocarpus hoppii Burret); Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by John Dransfield) (Inserted…
Oenocarpus bacaba Mart. (Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by John Dransfield) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Oenocarpus page (Arecaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Oenocarpus page (Arecaceae) with images of species in…
Malaysia – Strange Fruit for ID – 240814 – RK : 10 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). Fraser’s Hill – 18/07/2014. I was intrigued by this fruit & would love to know the ID 🙂 Noticed the beautiful details only when zooming in on the camera monitor! The central portion…
Fwd: REMINDER: Please Write to the Minister for a Credible National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) : 1 post by 1 author. India’s Sanctuaries and National Parks are in grave danger from development projects that the government is trying to push through in a hurry by means of a…
Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Arecaceae (Palm family) :: Aiphanes minima from Hiranandani Powai, Heritage Gardens :: ARKAUG-08 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2). Attached are pictures of Aiphanes minima captured at Hiranandani Powai, Heritage Gardens in January 2013. Requested to please validate the ID. Not an…
Ravenea rivularis Jum. & H.Perrier, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille III, 1: 54 1913. ; Images by Alka Khare (Identified by Dr. Andrew Henderson & Dr. John Dransfield) (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Ravenea rivularis is an endangered species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. The extremely elegant, fast-growing majesty…
Ravenea rivularis Jum. & H.Perrier (Images by Alka Khare (Identified by Dr. Andrew Henderson & Dr. John Dransfield) (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Re: completed insertion of images of Ravenea : 1 post by 1 author. there is only 1 species Ravenea page (Arecaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia :…
Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Arecaceae :: ID Request – Palm :: Hiranandani Powai, Heritage Gardens :: ARKAUG-56 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Requesting to please provide ID of the palm captured at Hiranandani Powai, Heritage Gardens in January 2013. Distant shot, could…