• Justicia diffusa

    Justicia diffusa Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 87 87 1797. (syn: Rostellaria diffusa (Willd.) Nees); . Herbs. Leaves 4-5 x 3 cm, elliptic-ovate, apex subacute, base rounded; petiole to 1 cm. Spike axillary, to 6 cm; bracts and bracteoles to 2 cm, ovate, acute; calyx lobes to 4 mm, lanceolate, acute,…

  • Leucocoprinus cepistipes

    Leucocoprinus cepistipes (Sowerby) Pat., Journal de Botanique (Morot), 3: 336, 1889 (Syn: ≡Lepiota lutea (With.) Quél.;  ≡Lepista lutea (With.) Godfrin; ≡Agaricus caepestipes Sowerby; ≡Agaricus luteus With; ≡Agaricus cepistipes Sowerby, ≡Agaricus cepaestipes Sowerby, ≡Agaricus cepaestipes var. luteus Pers., ≡Agaricus cepistipes var. luteus Pers., ≡Coprinus cepaestipes (Sowerby) Gray, ≡Coprinus cepistipes (Sowerby) Gray, ≡Lepiota cepistipes…

  • Why do we publish Indian plants in foreign journals ?

        TWO NEW SPECIES OF ERIOCAULON (ERIOCAULACEAE) FROM INDIA……!!!: ……………………….. …………………………. Congrats .., for the discoveries. But my question is… why do we publish taxonomic records of Indian plants, that too endemics, in some foreign journals, and why do we feel proud of it?! The users will have to…

  • Bulbostylis densa ?

    Bulbostylis densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz., Vegetationsbilder 20(7): 16 1930. (Syn: Abildgaardia densa (Wall.) Lye; Bulbostylis capillaris f. densus (Wall.) C.B.Clarke; Bulbostylis capillaris var. trifida (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Bulbostylis densa subsp. densa ; Bulbostylis tenuissima Nakai [Illegitimate]; Bulbostylis trichokolea (Steud.) Beetle; Bulbostylis trifida (Nees) Nelmes; Fimbristylis capillacea Hochst. ex Steud.; Fimbristylis densa (Wall.)…

  • Limnophila repens

    Limnophila repens (Benth.) Benth., Prodr. 10: 387 387 1846. (Syn: Ambulia conferta (Benth.) Baill. ex Wettst.; Bonnaya punctata G.Don; Diceros stoloniferus Blanco; Gratiola lucida Heyne ex Wall.; Limnophila conferta Benth., Limnophila conferta var. dubia (Bonati) Bonati, Limnophila dubia Bonati; Limnophila serrata Thwaites, Limnophila sessilis (Benth.) C.E.C.Fischer; Limnophila stolonifera Merrill; Stemodia repens Bentham; Stemodia…

  • Eleutheranthera ruderalis

    Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 24 165 1866. (Syn: Eleutheranthera areolata Klatt; Eleutheranthera discoidea (Less. ex Less.) M.Gómez; Eleutheranthera ovalifolia Baill.; Eleutheranthera ovata Poit. ex Steud.; Eleutheranthera ovata Poit.; Eleutheranthera prostrata var. leiocarpa (Cass.) Hochr.; Eleutheranthera prostrata var. portoriccensis (DC.) Hochr.; Eleutheranthera ruderalis var. radiata Pruski; Fingalia hexagona…

  • Eleutheranthera

      Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip. (Images by Surajit Koley (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))   Eleutheranthera (‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Eleutheranthera (‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) page with images of species (done by me)…

  • Video: The plant family tree

        Video: The plant family tree : 4 posts by 3 authors. A very interesting video about Kew’s contribution to Botany. A highly recommended!! http://www.nowness.com/day/2013/8/11/3242/the-plant-family-tree By the way, the person sitting with the book is my dream guru, Prof. Mark Chase. I really wish I get to work with…

  • Merremia cissoides

    Merremia cissoides (Lam.) Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 552 1893. (Syn: Batatas cissoides (Lam.) Choisy; Convolvulus calycinus Kunth; Convolvulus cissoides Lam.; Convolvulus oronocensis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Convolvulus riparius Kunth; Ipomoea cissoides (Lam.) Griseb.; Ipomoea cissoides f. viscidula Meisn.; Pharbitis cissoides (Lam.) Peter);    Slender, herbaceous, twiners;…

  • Nanorrhinum incanum

    Nanorrhinum incanum (Wall.) Betsche, Courier Forschungsinst. Senckenberg 71: 132 1984 (Syn: Kickxia incana (Wall.) Pennell; Linaria incana Wall. (ambiguous synonym)); . Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, Quetta, N.W.Frontier Prov., Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Pakistani Punjab, Murree, Salt Range, Rawalpindi), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), India, Nepal, Bhutan, Iran (S-Iran, SW-Iran) as per Catalogue…

  • Phryma

    Phryma oblongifolia Koidz. (Temp. Asia to N. Vietnam as per WCSP)            

  • Digitalis species- SFO Bot. Park. USA

        Scrophulariaceae fortnight :: Digitalis sp. San Francisco SMP 22 : 1 image. 1 post by 1 author. Attaching some different coloured Digitalis flowers observed in SFO Bot. Park. USA     Scrophulariaceae fortnight :: Digitalis sp. San Francisco SMP 23 : 1 image. 1 post by 1 author….

  • Lindernia procumbens

    Lindernia procumbens (Krock.) Philcox, Taxon 14: 30 1965. (Syn: Anagalloides procumbens Krock.; Lindernia erecta (Benth.) Bonati; Lindernia kitaibelii G.Don (Unresolved); Lindernia procumbens (Krock.) Borbás; Lindernia pyxidaria All. (Unresolved); Pyxidaria procumbens (Krock.) Borbás; Tittmannia erecta Benth. (Unresolved); Torenia erecta Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (Unresolved); Torenia trichotoma Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (Unresolved); Vandellia erecta Benth.) as per The Plant…

  • Russelia sarmentosa (Cultivated)

    Russelia sarmentosa Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 25 25 1760. (Syn: Flamaria coccinea (L.) Raf.; Russelia americana Raeusch.; Russelia chiapensis Lundell; Russelia colombiana Pennell; Russelia flammea Raf.; Russelia flavoviridis S.F. Blake; Russelia oxyphylla Lundell; Russelia sarmentosa f. eglandulata Carlson; Russelia sarmentosa var. nicaraguensis Carlson; Russelia sarmentosa var. oaxacensis Carlson; Russelia sarmentosa…

  • Penstemon ‘Sour Grapes’ (USA)

    Penstemon ‘Sour Grapes’;     Scrophulariaceae Fortnight: Penstemon ‘Sour Grapes’ from California -GS-32 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Penstemon cultivar Sour Grapes, photographed from Sunnyvale, California Lovely colours, thanks for showing this ornamental..         References: https://www.gardenexpress.com.au/product/penstemon-sour-grapes/  https://hayloft.co.uk/product/penstemon-sour-grapes/yp26d13 https://www.bethchatto.co.uk/plants-for-general-conditions/penstemon-sour-grapes.htm https://www.sarahraven.com/flowers/plants/cut-flower-seedlings/penstemon-sour-grapes.htm https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/89778/Penstemon-Sour-Grapes-M-Fish/Details https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/penstemon-sour-grapes/

  • Erythranthe hybrida (Cultivated)

    Erythranthe hybrida (Siebert & Voss) Silverside, New J. Bot. 7(1): 9 (2017) (syn: Mimulus hybridus Siebert & Voss);   USA as per Catalogue of Life;       Scrophulariaceae Fortnight: Mimulus ×hybridus hort. ex Voss from Delhi-GS-28:  Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. Mimulus ×hybridus hort. ex Voss syn: Mimulus tigrinus…

  • Diplacus aurantiacus (USA)

    Diplacus aurantiacus (W. Curtis) Jepson, Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. 918 1925. (syn: Diplacus glutinosus (J.C. Wendl.) Nutt.; Diplacus glutinosus var. aurantiacus (W. Curtis) Lindl.; Diplacus glutinosus var. pubescens Torr.; Diplacus latifolius (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom; Mimulus aurantiacus W. Curtis; Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens (Torr.) D.M.Thomps.; Mimulus glutinosus J.C. Wendl.; Mimulus latifolius A….

  • Scrophularia decomposita

    Scrophularia decomposita Royle ex Benth., Scroph. Ind. 18 1835.; Nepal, Pakistan (Waziristan), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Astor, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Fern-Leaf Figwort   Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas By Francis . Pennell (Description & Keys- Scrophularia calycina, edgeworthii, himalayensis (himalensis in the Plant…

  • Chaenostoma cordatum (USA)

    Chaenostoma cordatum (Thunb.) Benth., Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 377 1836. (Syn: Manulea cordata Thunb.; Sutera cordata (Thunb.) Kuntze);   Sutera cordata also known by the name Bacopa or Ornamental Bacopa (not to be confused with the genus of that name) is a species in the genus Sutera (Scrophulariaceae) and is…