Professor TC Narendran passed away : 4 posts by 4 authors. It is with great enthusiasm we have informed you all the release of the latest issue of SAMAGRA (vol. 9) (26 December 2013), which contains five new curious insects from the Western Ghats by Prof. TC Narendran. Unfortunately…
Melianthus major L.
Leucas zeylanica (L.) W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 3: 409 1811. (Syn: Leonurus marrubiastrum Burm.f.; Leonurus parviflorus Moench; Leucas bancana Miq.; Leucas indica (L.) Sm.; Leucas malayana Hance; Leucas zeylanica (L.) R. Br.; Leucas zeylanica var. linearis L.H.Cramer; Leucasia zeylanica (L.) Raf.; Phlomis gracilis (L.) Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Phlomis indica L.; Phlomis octodentata…
Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 660 1933. (syn: Cassine fortunei (Turcz.) Kuntze; Elaeodendron fortunei Turcz.; Euonymus austroliukiuensis Hatus.; Euonymus carrierei Vauvel; Euonymus fortunei var. acuminatus F.H.Chen & M.C.Wang ……………………….; Euonymus gracilis Siebold; Euonymus hederaceus Champ. ex Benth.; Euonymus japonicus L.f. [Illegitimate] ………………..; Euonymus kewensis (Bean) Hesse; Euonymus kiautschovicus Loes. .;…
EUPHORBIACEAE FORTNIGHT: Indian Euphorbiaceae available as Flora of India Vol-23 : 11 posts by 9 authors. It is relevant to mention here in this fortnight of Euphorbiaceae that the complete account of Indian Euphorbiaceae is now available as Flora of India Vol-23 which includes Loranthaceae, Viscaceae, Santalaceae, Balanophoraceae,…
Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Nov.’13- more than 9000 species : 5 posts by 5 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 1,76,000…
Acer davidii subsp. grosseri (Pax) P.C. DeJong, Maples of The World 151 1994. (syn: Acer grosseri Pax (Unresolved); Acer tegmentosum subsp. grosseri (Pax) E. Murray; Acer tegmentosum subsp. grosseri (Pax) A.E. Murray); Sapindaceae Fortnight: Acer davidii var. grosseri from California-GS-2 : Acer davidii var. grosseri, photographed from California …
Acer davidii Franch., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. II, 8: 212 1885. (syn: Acer cavaleriei H.Lév.; Acer davidii var. glabrescens Pax; Acer davidii f. glabrescens (Pax) Schwer.; Acer davidii var. grandifolium S.Y.Liang & Y.Q.Huang; Acer davidii var. horizontale Pax; Acer davidii f. tomentellum Schwer.; Acer horizontale Franch. ex W.P.Fang; Acer laxiflorum var….
Gymnosperms Fortnight- Pinaceae- Pinus sp.-3 for ID from Kashmir-GS-40 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. Pinus sp-3 photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir; Small tree leaves 2 in a cluster, barely 4-6 cm long. Some Pinus species in India & eFI Pinus roxburghii Sargent : Leaves 3 needles per bundle Pinus…
Aglaonema pictum (Roxb.) Kunth, Pl. 3: 55 1841. (Syn: Aglaonema gracile Schott; Aglaonema pictum f. concolor Jervis; Aglaonema pictum var. tricolor N.E.Br. ex Engl.; Aglaonema versicolor auct.; Calla picta Roxb.); Images by Aarti Khale – identified by Gurcharan Singh( inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Ornamental For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore…
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) Syzygium alternifolium (Wight) Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 179 1843. (Syn: Eugenia alternifolia Wight); India as per WCSP; Submission of Syzizium alternifolium : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Additions to the images of Syzizium alternifolium, fresh flowers and fruit are not…
Bangalore-Ooty November 2013 :: Requesting ID of this tree at Lalbagh, Bangalore :: 26122013 :: ARK-36 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Requesting to please ID this tree captured in Lalbagh, Bangalore in November 2013. Lagerstroemia sp
Myriopteron extensum (Wight & Arn.) K. Schum., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 215 1895. (syn: Myriopteron paniculatum Griff.; Streptocaulon extensum Wight & Arn.; Streptocaulon extensum var. paniculatum (Griff.) Kurz; Streptocaulon horsfieldii Miq.); Images by Karuna Kanti Das & M Sawmliana (Id by Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete…
Myriopteron extensum (Wight & Arn.) K. Schum. (Images by Karuna Kanti Das & M Sawmliana (Id by Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Myriopteron page (Apocynaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author Pl. go through…
Microtropis ramiflora Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 977 1845. (Syn: Paracelastrus ramiflorus (Wight) F.N.Williams); . Evergreen trees, to 25 m high; bark greenish-yellow, smooth with bluish-green blotches, blaze yellow turning yellowish-brown; branchlets black purple, rough. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, estipulate; petiole 3-10 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 5-13…
Microtropis latifolia Wight ex M.A.Lawson Microtropis ramiflora Wight Images by Muthu Karthick, Validation by Santhosh Kumar (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Microtropis species- Sispara, Kerala . In Flora of India Vol-5. (Eds.-N.P.Singh, J.N.Vohra, P.K.Hajra and D.K. Singh; published by Botanical Survey of India) the account of Indian Celastraceae is…
Anaphalis brevifolia DC., 273 1838. (Syn: Anaphalis bournei Fyson; Gnaphalium brevifolium Thwaites); Images by N Muthu Karthick (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Well branched herb; branchlets slender, white fluffy, old leaves clustered at base. Leaves linear to (ob)lanceolate, 1.5…
Pogostemon wightii Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 156 1833. (Syn: Pogostemon hirsutus Wight [Illegitimate]); Pogostemon wightii is a small herb found at an attitude of 2,200 m and is endemic to the southern Western Ghats. It is only known from Tamil Nadu (Korakundah, Ooty, Pykara falls in Nilgiri dist.; Kodikanal…
Plectranthus vettiveroides (Jacob) N.P.Singh & B.D.Sharma, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79: 712 1982 publ. 1983. (syn: Coleus vettiveroides Jacob); Images by Santhan P Plectranthus vettiveroides (Jacob) N.P.Singh & B.D.Sharma : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Plectranthus vettiveroides (Jacob) N.P.Singh & B.D.Sharma (= Coleus vettiveroides Jacob); Fam: Lamiaceae 23/07/2009…
Hedyotis hirsutissima Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. III, 1: 49 1864. (Syn: Oldenlandia hirsutissima (Bedd.) Kuntze); India (Tamil Nadu) as per WCSP; Shrubs or undershrubs, 50-150 cm long; branches leafy above and with scars of stipules and fallen leaves below; stem obtusely angular or terete, glabrous. Leaves opposite, sessile…