Callisia gentlei var. elegans (Alexander ex H.E.Moore) D.R.Hunt, Kew Bull. 41: 411 1986. (Syn: Callisia elegans Alexander ex H.E.Moore); Requesting ID of this ornamental species – Jijamata Udyan Flower Show, Mumbai – Feb 2014 :: 04JUL14 :: ARK-07 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Requesting to…
Dracaena sanderiana Mast., Gard. Chron. III, 13: 442 1893. (Syn: Dracaena poggei Engl.; Dracaena vanderystii De Wild.; Pleomele poggei (Engl.) N.E.Br.; Pleomele sanderiana (Mast.) N.E.Br.); . Dracaena braunii is a species of the genus Dracaena. It is also known as Dracaena sanderiana, after the German–English gardener Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847–1920). Common names include…
Goa, May 2014 :: Requesting ID of this orchid :: 23JUN14 :: ARK-42 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3). Requesting to please ID this orchid from a spice plantation in Goa in May 2014. It was not in flowering state 🙁 Bulbophyllum sp. . .B sterile is very…
Gentiana capitata subsp. harwanensis (G.Singh) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov. Sect. Nat. 3: 36 1995. (Syn: Ciminalis harwanensis (G.Singh) Omer; Gentiana harwanensis G.Singh); Images by Gurcharan Singh, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details). Campanulaceae and Gentianaceae Fortnight: Gentianaceae-Gentiana harwanensis G. Singh from Kashmir-GSJUL07 : 4 posts by…
Gentiana quadrifaria var. zeylanica (Griseb.) Kusn., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 15: 403 1898. ; Tufted herbs; stem 4-angular, angles narrowly winged. Leaves ovate, to 4 x 3 mm, estipulate, sessile, chartaceous, glabrous, 3-ribbed, midvein thickened, connate at base, base rounded, apex acute, mucronate, basal(rosette) leaves smaller than stem leaves….
Henckelia missionis (Wall. ex R.Br.) A.Weber & B.L.Burtt, Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 70: 350 1997-1998 publ. 1998. (Syn: Didymocarpus membranaceus Bedd.; Didymocarpus missionis Wall. ex R.Br.; Roettlera missionis Kuntze (Unresolved)); Picture of Didymocarpus missionis : 3 posts by 3 authors. Do anyone have a pictures of the following Endangered plants? 1….
Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B. Robinson ?; Plant for ID : 01072014 : RV 1 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). Please help to id this plant saw today (1.7.14) at SGNP, Borivali……. difficult to say whether it is a shrub or a tree as there were…
Ixora elongata B.Heyne ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 571 1834. (Syn: Ixora pedunculata Dalzell); . Common name: Rosy Ixora • Marathi: गुलाब कुडा Gulab kuda . Small trees up to 5 m tall. Trunk\bark- Bark smooth. Branchlets- Branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves- Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules interpetiolar, caducous and leaving…
Syringa pubescens Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13: 73 1840. (Syn: Syringa meyeri C.K.Schneid.; Syringa pubescens f. pilosa C.K.Schneid.; Syringa villosa var. ovalifolia DC.; Syringa villosa var. pubescens (Turcz.) auct.; Syringa wulingensis Skvortsov & W.Wang) ?; . China North-Central; China Southeast; Inner Mongolia as per Catalogue of Life; ….
Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S.Watson ? (Images by Alka Khare (Id assistance by Viplav Gangar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))
Streblus taxoides (Roth) Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 2: 465 1877. (Syn: Phyllochlamys taxoides (Roth) Koord.; Trophis taxoides Roth); Spinous shrub or small tree 2-3 m tall. Branchets curved, quite glabrous, with dark-yellow marginal hairs on one side, spines strong, 1-1.5 cm long. Leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate obtuse or obtusely…
Exacum wightianum Arn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 11: 176 1839. (Syn: Exacum foliosum Griseb.; Lisianthius zeylanicus Spreng. (Unresolved)); Common name: Wight’s Persian Violet Shrubs, stem 4-winged. Leaves opposite, 6 x 4 cm, broadly ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, 5-nerved, sessile. Cymes axillary and terminal; calyx lobes winged, 12 mm,…
Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev. (Syn: Cordyline terminalis (L.) Kunth [Illegitimate]) ?; . Dracena ID from Bangladesh SM074 : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1). Leaves seem to have lateral veins, should be Cordyline as per FoC – http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10507#KEY-1-28 I think this is Cordyline terminalis Is it Corn Plant (Dracaena fragrans) ? It…
Anemone blanda Schott & Kotschy, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 129 1854. (Syn: Anemone apennina subsp. blanda (Schott & Kotschy) Nyman; Anemonoides blanda (Schott & Kotschy) J. Holub); Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], , Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains,…
Wild Plant For ID : Jim Corbett,Uttarakhand : 240614 : AK-47 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Wild plants seen deep inside the jungle on 18/5/14. No flowers seen. Please put information across to all members that the pics which are sent in for Identification…
Plant for ID : 01072014 : RV 2 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Requesting and ID of this plant saw today (1.7.14) at SGNP, Boriwali….. it was seen in large number on the forest floor near Kanheri Caves. Could be seedling of Clematis sp. Difficult to say…
Strobilanthes urens ?. Herb ID from Bangladesh SM055 : 12 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: Herb Habitat ; Floodplain Location: Sundarbans Flowers look like Hemigraphis hirta, but the plant is not. Heads look like Hemigraphis dura, but leaves not; supposedly not to be found in that region. This…
Persicaria lapanthifolia ? ID from Bangladesh SM096 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: ShrubHabitat: WildLocation: Dhaka City efi page on Persicaria lapathifolia Persicaria for sure. More details are required to confirm the species.
Saurauia punduana Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 40 1830.; . Fl. Arunachal_Saurauia punduana_RKC10_27102012: Saurauia punduana Wall. Actinidiaceae …………………. Very nice picture …! Here are mine from Manipur. …, I feel the flower color and petal shape in my pics look different. Any comments? …………….. Plants from Northeast Tour…
Plants related to Buddha and Bharhut : 2 posts by 2 authors. Came across this site: which narrates Jataka tales with illustrations: stone sculptures mainly from Bharhut and mural paintings from Ajanta/Ellora. Most stories revolve around plants, trees, and the stone sculptures do show them. http://ignca.nic.in/jatak.htm …