Gymnosperms Fortnight :: 12122013 ARK-12 :: For ID :: Araucaria from Lalbagh, Bangalore : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 2 authors. Attached are pictures of a plant captured in Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore in November 2013. Requested to please provide ID. Is it the Monkey puzzle tree?…
SL 220 131213 : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 5 authors. Please ID this prostrate ornamental plant. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Sep 2012. Seems to be Glandularia pulchella. It looks like Verbena sps. Family-Verbenaceae Verbena Details are not clear, but it may turn out to be…
Blachia andamanica (Kurz) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 403 1887. (Syn: Codiaeum andamanicum Kurz; Dimorphocalyx andamanicus (Kurz) Benth.; Blachia chunii P.T.Li; Blachia philippinensis Merr.); Blachia andamanica (Euphorbiaceae) : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. This photo of Blachia andamanica (Kurz) Hook.f. ssp. andamanica was taken by Dr. P. G. Diwakar…
Ornamental Bush For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 291113 : AK-3 : Attachments (4). 5 posts by 3 authors. Ornamental bush seen at Lalbagh with tiny white flowers and green fruits. Could this be Ehretia species? …, I too think it is Ehretia? to me it looks closer to…
Neobrachyactis pubescens (Candolle) Brouillet, Fl. China. 20-21: 573. 2011. (syn: Brachyactis pubescens (DC.) Aitch. & C. B. Cl.; Brachyactis robusta Benth.; Conyza edelbergii Rech.fil.; Conyza pubescens DC.; Erigeron robustum (Benth.) Boiss.); Afghanistan (Badakshan, Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Paktia / Khost, Parwan), Pakistan (Kurram, Dir, Chitral, Swat, Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Baltistan),…
Neobrachyactis anomala (DC.) Brouillet Neobrachyactis pubescens (Candolle) Brouillet (Images by Gurcharan Singh, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details)) Neobrachyactis (Asteraceae (Compositae)) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Neobrachyactis (Asteraceae (Compositae)) page with images…
Gymnosperms Fortnight : 11122013 ARK-10 : Encephalartos villosus from Mumbai : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors. Attached are pictures of Encephalartos villosus from Sagar Upvan, Mumbai captured in February 2012. Requested to please validate ID, if possible. I cant see the leaves properly, by any chance do you…
Gymnosperms fortnight: Cycas rumphii Miq. @ Mumbai garden; sm1 : Attachments (9). 9 posts by 6 authors. Hopefully id is correct. Yes looks like C. rumphii based on free limb of megasporophyll being narrow and with indistinct teeth. But then if we believe this paper of 2007, it may be…
Arunachal flora-7. : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Id pl, of a herb. Pictures are too small.. but Acanthaceae for sure. Please check with Perilepta or Pseuderanthemum. May be pseuderanthemum variabile Phaulopsis imbricata subsp. imbricata Syn : Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet ??? Does not have distribution in India as per https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53010-1 Also does not…
GYMNOSPERMS FORTNIGHT :: STATISTICS : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 3 authors. The species discuused during the GYMNOSPERMS FORTNIGHT are compiled as usual in an Excel sheet which is attached. Total 86 taxa were discussed. Abies pindrow Afrocarpus gracilior Agathis robusta Araucaria araucana Araucaria columnaris Araucaria cookii Araucaria bidwillii Araucaria…
Is this Opuntia macrorhiza ?: Plz provide Id to this cactus. Looks like Opuntia sp. … Plant Habit- Cactus Habitat- Wild Location- Taljai Hill , Pune Date- 14 th April 11. Opuntia macrorhiza is a justified call Yes.. you rright Opuntia for sure, but not sure of the species….
Jatropha heynei N.P.Balakr., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 40 1962. (Syn: Jatropha heterophylla B.Heyne ex Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Jatropha tuberosa Elliot); Subshrubs. Leaves alternate, deeply 3-fid, 3-nerved; lobes oblanceolate, 10-16 x 3-4 cm, base cuneate, shortly decurrent, apex acute; petiole ca. 8 cm. Flowers unisexual, 6 mm across. Outer tepals ovate,…
Sesamum alatum Thonn., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 284 1827. (syn: Sesamopteris alata (Thonn.) DC. ex Meisn.; Sesamum ekambaramii Naidu; Sesamum gracile Endl.; Simsimum rostratum Bernh.; Volkameria alata (Thonn.) Kuntze) as per POWO; . Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India (I), Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania,…
SL 93 041213 : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 3 authors. Can you please identify this small ornamental shrub with pink flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Sep 2012. Perhaps it is Centaurea Monarda ‘Beauty of Cobham’ I see a lot of herbaceous sepals in the images at (which…
Saxifraga pulvinaria Harry Sm., Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2(4): 105 105 1958. (syn: Saxifraga imbricata Royle); DECEMBER 2013: Saxifraga pulvinaria from Uttarakhand_DSR_1 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Saxifraga pulvinaria Harry Sm. [=S.imbricata Royle] of the family Saxifragaceae is a cushion forming alpine plant. All flowers…
Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C.A.Mey., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. VI, 6: 107 1846. (Syn: Ephedra aitchisonii (Stapf) V.A.Nikitin; Ephedra alte Brandis; Ephedra asparagoides Griff.; Ephedra ciliata Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Ephedra ciliata Aitch. [Illegitimate]; Ephedra ciliata var. polylepis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Riedl;…
Id request please. Id no-006 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors. Place-Challakarae Dist-Chitradurga,Karnataka Habitat-Dry-land Date of Pic. taken-15.04.2013 Probably Capparis sp? Yes, can be Capparis as suggested by …, please look for recurved spines…
Juniperus indica Bertol., Misc. Bot. 23: 16 1862. (Syn: Juniperus wallichiana Hook.f. & Thomson ex E.Brandis; Juniperus wallichiana Hook. f. & Thomson ex Parl.; Juniperus wallichiana var. meionocarpa Hand.-Mazz.; Sabina indica (Bertol.) L.K.Fu & Y.F.Yu; Sabina wallichiana (Hook.f. & Thomson ex E.Brandis) W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu; Sabina wallichiana (Hook. f. &…