Gymnosperms Fortnight :: Araucaria heterophylla leaf(Xmas tree) Pune::SMP 25 : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 2 authors. Araucaria heterophylla leaf (Xmas tree) Leaves laminar, spinous tipped, alternate, crowded, linear, incurved, blunt at apex. As per my search, the following species are cultivated in India & Araucaria heterophylla may not…
Tree ID Kozhikode : Attachments (3). 9 posts by 6 authors. Photographed at IIM Kozhikode.Is this Amherstia nobilis? Looks like Brownea Grandiceps Looks like Brownea to me too, is a Brownea arriza Looks more like Brownea coccinea. However, one has to wait for the flowers to confirm. There are varieties…
Brownea ariza Benth. (syn: Brownea princeps Linden; Hermesias ariza Kuntze); ID pls : Attachments (3). 12 posts by 8 authors. the plant was clicked from bangalore during my recent trip (24th August-30th August, 2010). it was drizzling and the temperature was around 24-25 degree C. the branches bore a brown…
SL 226 161213 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Please ID this ornamental shrub with pink/red flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Sep 2012. Should be a Clerodendrum, perhaps C. splendens…
Gymnosperms Fortnight: December 1-14, 2013- Coordinator Dr. R. C. Srivastava-Introduction : 3 posts by 3 authors. With an expert from BSI Dr. R. C. Srivastava kindly agreeing to coordinate Gymnosperms Fortnight should be a very useful one. Gymnosperms constitute an interesting group of plants, usually shrubs or trees…
Tribulus subramanyamii P.Singh, G.S.Giri & V.Singh, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 25: 197 1983 publ. 1985.; India (Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of life; Tamil Nerunji Keys at Tribulus complex Flower Solitary, axillary; bright yellow. Flowering from June-July. Fruit A schizocarp; mericarps dorsally ridged, appressed…
Gymnosperms fortnight :: Araucariaceae » ¿ Araucaria ? in a garden of Mumbai :: DV07 : 1 image. 21 posts by 6 authors. ¿ Araucaria ? sp. Dear friends, I hope this burnt photo gives a clue – hoping it to be species of Araucaria. at Chota Kashmir garden, Mumbai on 11…
SL 205 081213 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Please ID this ornamental herbaceous plant with white flowers and yellow centre. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Sep 2012.
Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 330 1906. (syn: Eotaiwania fushunensis Y.Yendo; Taiwania cryptomerioides var. flousiana (Gaussen) Silba; Taiwania flousiana Gaussen; Taiwania fushunensis (Y.Yendo) Koidz.; Taiwania yunnanensis Koidz.); Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) is a large coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, formerly listed in the segregate family…
Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif. 189 1855. (Syn: Abies americana Mill.; Abies canadensis (L.) Dum.Cours. [Illegitimate]; Abies canadensis (L.) Michx.; Abies curvifolia Salisb.; Abies pectinata Poir. [Illegitimate]; Picea canadensis (L.) Link; Pinus americana (Mill.) Du Roi; Pinus canadensis L.; Pinus pendula Sol. ex Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Tsuga americana (Mill.)…
Podocarpus macrophyllus (Thunb.) Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. 211 1818. (Syn: Margbensonia forrestii (Craib & W.W.Sm.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Margbensonia macrophylla (Thunb.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Margbensonia sweetii (C.Presl) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan [Illegitimate]; Nageia macrophylla (Thunb.) F.Muell.; Nageia macrophylla (Thunb.) Kuntze; Podocarpus canaliculatus Carrière [Invalid]; Podocarpus forrestii Craib & W.W.Sm.; Podocarpus longifolia…
Podocarpus totara G.Benn. ex D.Don, Descr. Pinus ed. 3: 189 1832. (Syn: Nageia totara (G.Benn. ex D.Don) F.Muell.; Podocarpus totara var. waihoensis Wardle; Podocarpus variegatus auct.); Podocarpus totara (tōtara) is a species of podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island and northeastern South Island…
Sicyos edulis Jacq., Enum. syst. pl. 32. 1760 (Select. stirp. amer. hist. 258, t. 163. 1763) (Syn: Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.; Sechium americanum Poir.) as per The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013) The…
Sicyos angulatus L. Sicyos edulis Jacq.
Trichosanthes anamalaiensis Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. III, 1: 47 1864. ; Large climbers; stem pilose, tendrils bifid. Leaves to 15 cm across, shallowly 3-5-lobed, lobes cuspidate, toothed, tomentose below, covered with circular cystolith above; petiole 5-6 cm long. Female flowers in cymes; bracts 3 cm across, deeply serrate;…
Vacancy at BSIP : Attachments (1)- BSIP VACANCY.pdf. 1 post by 1 author. An interesting opportunity to work in the Himalayas.
Pinus muricata D.Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 441 1837. (Syn: Pinus edgariana Hartw.; Pinus muricata subsp. anthonyi (Lemmon) A.E.Murray; Pinus muricata var. anthonyi Lemmon; Pinus muricata var. borealis Axelrod ex Farjon; Pinus muricata var. remorata (H.Mason) Silba; Pinus muricata subsp. remorata (H.Mason) A.E.Murray; Pinus muricata f. remorata (H.Mason) Hoover;…
Pinus edulis Engelm., Mem. Tour N. Mexico 88 1848. (Syn: Caryopitys edulis (Engelm.) Small; Pinus cembroides subsp. edulis (Engelm.) A.E.Murray; Pinus cembroides var. edulis (Engelm.) Voss; Pinus monophylla var. edulis (Engelm.) M.E.Jones); Pinus edulis, the Colorado pinyon, two-needle pinyon, or piñon pine,[1] is a pine in the pinyon pine…
Picea abies (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl. 325 1881. (syn: Abies abies (L.) Druce [Invalid]; Abies alpestris Brügger; Abies carpatica (Loudon) Ravenscr.; Abies cinerea Borkh.; Abies clambrasiliana Lavallée; Abies clanbrassiliana Loudon; Abies coerulescens K.Koch; Abies communis P.Lawson [Illegitimate]; Abies commutata var. mucronata Loudon; Abies conica Lavallée; Abies cranstonii Lavallée [Invalid]; Abies…