Salvia virgata Jacq., Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 14 1770. (Syn: Euriples rugosa Raf.; Salvia affinis Spreng. ex Steud.; Salvia amplexicaulis Benth.; Salvia barrelieri Benth. [Invalid]; Salvia bauhinii Benth.; Salvia caduca Vahl ex Hornem.; Salvia campestris M.Bieb.; Salvia caucasica Schrank; Salvia extersa Klokov; Salvia garganica Ten.; Salvia gigantea Desf.; Salvia grandidentata…
Fwd: Photo of a Bharhut Tree : 6 posts by 5 authors. I am writing to you after viewing your botanical photographs in Wikipedia. Can you identify this flowering tree from Bharhut in central India, please? I will be much obliged. This is very interesting, probably the first post…
Croton glandulosus var. hirtus (L’Hér.) Müll.Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 684 1866. (syn: Brachystachys hirta (L’Hér.) Klotzsch; Croton aberrans Müll.Arg.; Croton glandulosus subsp. hirtus (L’Hér.) Croizat; Croton glandulosus var. martii Müll.Arg.; Croton glandulosus var. subincanus Müll.Arg.; Croton guaraniticus Chodat & Hassl. ….; Croton hirtus L’Hér.; Oxydectes aberrans (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Oxydectes glandulosa var. hirta…
Androsace muscoidea Duby, Prodr. 8: 48 1844. (Syn: Primula duthiei Derganc); . W. & Central Himalaya to SW. Tibet: Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Plumbaginaceae, Primulaceae & Myrsinaceae Fortnight 1-14June2014: Androsace for ID from Uttarakhand_DSR_23 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2). This Androsace species was…
Plantago ciliata Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 137 1798. ; Plantago ovata : For ID Confirmation : Jabal Shams,Oman : 220114 : AK-14 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). I found these tiny wild plants on the highest peak here, at Jabal Shams in the Hajar Mountains….
For id : Attachments (1). Found this Small plant In Evergreen forest at high altitude Murbad hills, 2014 june Not able to see leaf venation properly in this image. Mallotus philippensis is prone to these white dots on the leaves especially in the forest undergrowth. It might be a seedling of that…
Limonium sarcophyllum Ghaz. & J.R.Edm., Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 13 2003. ; Limonium For ID : Oman : 110214 : AK-4 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1 + 5). Limonium seen growing wild in Muscat. Can our experts help with the Species…
Maesa argentea ?; Plumbaginaceae, Primulaceae & Myrsinaceae Fortnight 1-14June2014: Maesa montana (?) from Uttarakhand_DSR_5 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). This white flowered uncommon shrub was shot near Jeolikot in Uttarakhand (1200m) and identified as Maesa montana. Validation is requested. This could be Measa argentea.This species is…
Canscorinella bhatiana (K.S. Prasad & Raveendran) Shahina & Nampy Images by Shahina Shanavas, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details). Canscorinella stricta (Sedgwick) Nampy & Shahina Image by Shahina Shanavas, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details) Canscorinella Shahina & Nampy[1] The genus Canscorinella is similar to…
Endostemon viscosus (Roth) M.R.Ashby, J. Bot. 74: 126 1936. (syn: Ocimum adscendens Wight ex Hook.f.; Ocimum diffusum Benth.; Ocimum glaucum B.Heyne ex Hook.f.; Ocimum menthoides B.Heyne ex Roth; Ocimum viscosum Roth; Orthosiphon diffusus (Benth.) Benth.; Orthosiphon hispidus Benth.; Orthosiphon tomentosus Benth.; Orthosiphon tristis Benth.; Plectranthus viscosus (Roth) Spreng.); . 78-TSP-ID-10JUN2016-1:…
IUCN Red List Status: Extinct in Wild (EW) Corypha taliera Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 51 1820. (Syn: Corypha careyana Becc.; Corypha martiana Becc. ex Hook.f.; Taliera bengalensis Spreng.; Taliera tali Mart. ex Blume); India (West Bengal) as per IUCN Red List (Ew); India (West Bengal) to Myanmar as per WCSP; …
Semecarpus subpanduriformis Wall., Numer. List 987 1829. ; Images by Sourav Mahmud (Identified by Surajit Koley & Vijayasankar Raman) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Tree Id from Bangladesh SM027 : 17 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3). Habit: Tree Habitat : Hill forest Fruiting: May Location : Kaptai NP,…
Isodon wightii (Benth.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 60: 237 1985. (Syn: Plectranthus nepetifolius Benth.; Plectranthus pulneyensis Hook.f.; Plectranthus striatus Wight ex Hook.f.; Plectranthus wightii Benth.; Rabdosia wightii (Benth.) H.Hara); Subshrubs, branchlets glabrescent. Leaves ovate, acute, base cordate, deeply serrate, membranous, sparsely hispid, to 7.5 x 6 cm; lateral nerves…
Benstonea foetida (Roxb.) Callm. & Buerki (Assam; Bangladesh; India; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of life) Benstonea thwaitesii (Martelli) Callm. & Buerki (S. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP) Indian Pandanaceae – an overview By Altafhusain Nadaf, Rahul Zanan (2013)- Great details- Benstonea foetida (Roxb.) Callm. & Buerki, comb. nova….
SYMBIOSIS : 608 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a male Purple Sun-bird on the flower of Hibiscus species.
Vitex megapotamica (Spreng.) Moldenke, Amer. J. Bot. 38: 327 1951. (Syn: Bignonia megapotamica Spreng.; Psilogyne viticifolia DC.; Vitex megapotamica f. albiflora Moldenke; Vitex megapotamica var. multinervis (Cham.) Moldenke; Vitex montevidensis Cham.; Vitex montevidensis var. multinervis Cham.; Vitex multinervis (Cham.) Schauer; Vitex taruma Mart.; Vitex viticifolia (DC.) B.L.Rob.) ? Images…
Fwd: Well written piece on tree planting : 2 posts by 2 authors. Just read this article and thought I should share it. The bigger picture should always be taken into account. 🙂 For PALs, we need to concentrate on planting trees that will help the nesting and…
Fwd: [efloraofindia:190038] Shrub ID from Bangladesh SM050 (1) : 2 posts by 1 author. Habit: TreeHabitat: Hill forest along the stream Location: Chittagong Hill TractFlowering : May
DSLR vs Mirrorless cameras : 4 posts by 3 authors. All of us have photography as our first love, and flowers the second. All of us on this forum are using cameras, preferably DSLR to have good results of close up, some using point and shoot or other…
Corchorus aestuans L. ?; . “For Id 090614CS1” : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). It is a variety of green leafy vegetable consumed by the Oraon community of District Gumla, Jharkhand”. Date/ Time of sample collection- 13/03/2013. 23. 46’17.99” N, 86.13’55.24” E, elevation 222m, eye altitude 1.37 km. Location- Village Nawagarh, District…