Rotala serpyllifolia (Roth) Bremek., Acta Bot. Neerl. 3: 149 1954. (syn: Ameletia tenuis Wight; Ammannia tenuis Clarke in Hook.f.); . Rotala serpyllifolia is annual or perennial in permanent water. In India, it is widely spread in southern, central, eastern and northwestern India (Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,…
Rotula aquatica Lour. (Images by P Santhan, Anurag Sharma 2, Rashmi Khiani (ID Radha Vaech), Prashant Awale, Rajesh Sachdev and Manudev Madhwan, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click links to see details and more images)) Rotula page (Boraginaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Rotula page (Boraginaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia…
Boerhavia elegans subsp. stenophylla (Boiss.) A.G. Miller, Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 40 1994. (syn: Boerhavia bastica Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Boerhavia repanda Roxb.; Boerhavia rubicunda var. stenophylla (Boissier) F.R. Fosberg; Boerhavia stellata Wight; Boerhavia umbellata Wight ex Hook. fil.; Commicarpus repandus Standl.; Commicarpus stellatus (Wight) Berhaut); S-Libya (Tibesti), Niger, Chad, ?Sudan, South Sudan,…
Plant for ID from Paddar valley J&K : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Request for Identification: Kindly identify this plant Location: Paddar valley J&K. Date: 9th August 2011 Altitude: 3400 meters asl I hope Anaphalis sp. Can it be some Leontopodium species like Leontopodium monocephalum?
Pimpinella species for ID 16/01/2012 SMP1 : Attachments (5). 2 posts by 2 authors. I understand that identification of Pimpinelaa and for that matter Apiaceae family as a whole is difficult without characters like fruits/mericarps etc. I searched the earlier discussions on Pimpinella on the group. None has…
Non-veg (Fruit) : Attachments (1). 6 posts by 5 authors. These beautiful fruits were attracting attention of many visitors in Sirpur Mela of Chhattisgarh this Monday. Later it was identified as non-veg (fruit). 😉 hahaha, its attractive, and beautifully prepared! I think turmeric has been used for medicinal…
Perilla frutescens var. crispa (Thunb.) H.Deane, Rhodora 25: 40 1923. (syn: Dentidia nankinensis Lour.; Dentidia purpurascens Pers.; Dentidia purpurea Poir.; Ocimum acutum Thunb.; Ocimum crispum Thunb.; Perilla acuta (Thunb.) Nakai; Perilla arguta Benth.; Perilla crispa (Thunb.) Tanaka; Perilla frutescens var. acuta (Thunb.) Kudô; Perilla frutescens var. arguta (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz.; Perilla…
Over to mini Switzerland in Uttarakhand : 8 posts by 8 authors. Due to uncertainty of programme with possible election duties of …, this could not announced on the group, but finally we have managed a short trip to Uttarakhand starting today evening and coming back on 3rd…
Nemesia cheiranthus E.Mey. ex Benth., Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 19 1836. ?; Requesting ID of this plant with yellow white flowers – Chicago, Illinois, USA : 29052013 : ARK-02 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. Requesting to please ID this plant with yellow white flowers captured in…
Hyacinthus orientalis L. (Images by Alka Khare (Id by Pankaj Kumar & N Arun Kumar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Hyacinthus page (Asparagaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Hyacinthus page (Asparagaceae) with images…
Cheirostylis pusilla Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 489 1840. (syn: Cheirostylis malleifera C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.); . Sikkim to Taiwan and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . New publication: Cheirostylis pusilla new record from Hong Kong : 9 posts by…
Rhododendron thomsonii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 2: , pl. 12 1851. (syn: Azalea thomsonii (Hook.fil.) Kuntze; Rhododendron candelabrum Hook.fil.; Rhododendron thomsonii subsp. candelabrum (Hook.fil.) D.F.Chamberlain); S-Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, N-India, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Thomson’s Rhododendron Rhododendron thomsonii (半圆叶杜鹃) is a rhododendron…
39th Tree Appreciation Walk at Colaba Woods 2nd June Sunday 2013 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. Colaba Woods is very close to my heart for it was here that in 1993, I started my discovery of trees. I have many interesting memories…. One day I…
Bauhinia rufescens Lam., Encycl. 1:391. 1785 ; Images by Raman Arunachalam Bauhinia rufescens is a shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to sem-arid areas of Africa such as the Sahel. It is usually 1–3 meters high but can grow to 8 meters. It appears to have thorns which are…
Cactus For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 230513 : AK-1 : Attachments (1). 6 posts by 2 authors. A Cactus seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 19/2/2011. Small, potted plant. it’s a melocactus Thanks for a possible id. Could this be Melocactus matanzanus? Melocactus …,…
Hooghly : botanical terms 21/5/13 sk3 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Please throw some light on 1. “stipules broad with long cuspidate points” And how does it differ from “stipules ovate with arista”? 2. “apex of ochrea truncate” See the attachment 1. Stipule broad with long cuspidate…
Philodendron giganteum Schott, Syn. Aroid. 89 1856. ; Image by Aarti Khale – validation by Ajinkya Gadave, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Common names: Giant Philodendron Ornamental For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 240513 : AK-1 : An ornamental plant seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan,…
Gerbera jamesonii ?; . Validation of a composite from Mahe : 19 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)- 3 mb each. Request for validation of a composite from Mahe photographed in September 2019. Is it Gerbera jamesonii? Leaves and habit are not clear. Pl. see Gerbera jamesonii So, I can not…
Plant For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 180513 : AK-3 : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 3 authors. Ornamental plant seen at the Flower Show in Mumbai on 25/2/12. Bromeliad? Aechmea sp. Aechmea ‘Del Mar’? Just a guess. Yes, seems close to images of Aechmea ‘Flamingo’ at http://www.bromeliad.org.au/pictures/Aechmea/Flamingo.htm http://www.bocabromeliads.com/nick/aechmea/Flamingo/ http://fcbs.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=photo&uid=default&photono=194&ww=on&mh=5&view_records=View+Records…