• Biophytum insigne

    Biophytum insigne Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 216 1921. ;  India (Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life;     Biophytum insignis: Another interesting species of Biophytum, endemic to the southern Western Ghats. Biophytum insignis Gamble. The photograph was from our living collection at JNTBGRI, KERALA     References:…

  • Impatiens sodenii (Kenya/ Cultivated- Australia/ USA)

    Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 253 1895. (syn: Impatiens elgonensis T.C.E. Fr.; Impatiens magnifica G.M. Schulze; Impatiens oliveri C.H.Wright ex W.Watson; Impatiens oliveri C.H. Wright; Impatiens uguenensis Warb.); . Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga), Ecuador (I), Mexico (I), Costa Rica (I), Panama (I), Honduras (I), Canary…

  • Biophytum veldkampii

    Biophytum veldkampii Shanavas, Santhosh, Binu & Pushpangadan, Rheedea 8: 79 1998. ;   endemic species of Kerala state;      Biophytum veldkampii :  6 images.    Biophytum veldkampii Shanavas, Santhosh, Binu & Pushpangadan, an endemic species of Kerala state. Photo taken from Kerala by E S Santhosh Kumar very nice set of…

  • Aporocactus species ?

    Aporocactus species ?;        Cactus for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 050313 : AK-1 : 1 image. A cactus seen at the flower show in Mumbai during Feb,2011. Cultivated, ornamental, potted plant. Mmmhh, interesting! Some kind of Aporocactus? weird growth pattern…      

  • Haageocereus species

    Haageocereus species;       Cactus for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 050313 : AK-2 : 2 images.   Another discussion addresses this topic: You were redirected here from a topic that was marked as a duplicate:  Another cactus seen at the flower show in Mumbai during Feb,2011. An ornamental,…

  • Geranium richardsonii (USA)

    Geranium richardsonii Fisch. & Trautv., Index Seminum (LE) 4: 37 1838. (syn: Geranium albiflorum Hook. [Illegitimate]; Geranium hookerianum Walp.; Geranium loloense H.St.John; Geranium pentagynum Engelm.; Geranium richardsonii var. intermedium Kuntze);   It is native to western North America from Alaska to New Mexico, where it can be found in a…

  • Flowering Plants of the Western Ghats

        Flowering Plants of the Western Ghats : 4 posts by 4 authors. Have just received my copies of ‘Flowering Plants of the Western Ghats’ by T.S.Nayar, M. Sibi & A. Rasiya Beegam. It is in 2 volumes. The price is Rs.2632 [inclusive of postage]. For those intending to…

  • Tree at Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh

    Tree species for ID 28022013 KSK3-4: Another discussion addresses this topic: You were redirected here from a topic that was marked as a duplicate: Please identified the attached photograph of tree species recorded from Dibang Valley district, Arunachal Pradesh. Details are as below: Date/Time- 28.02.2013 11 am Location- Place, Altitude,…

  • Celtis caucasica

    Celtis caucasica Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 994 (1806) (syn: Celtis arcata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. ; Celtis australis subsp. caucasica (Willd.) C.C.Towns. ; Celtis caucasica var. caudata Planch. ; Celtis caucasica subsp. caudata (Planch.) Grudz. ; Celtis caucasica var. cuspidata Planch. ; Celtis caucasica var. tupalangi (Vassilcz.) Bondarenko ; Celtis inglisii Royle ; Celtis tupalangi Vassilcz.) ; . Türkiye to Central Asia and Assam: Afghanistan, Assam, East Himalaya, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Nepal,…

  • Lens culinaris

    Lens culinaris Medik. (Syn: Ervum lens Wall.; Vicia lens (L.) Cosson & Germ.; Vicia pisicarpa H. Lév.;           Ervum lens L.; Lens esculenta Moench; Lens lens Huth; Vicia lens (L.) Coss. & Germ.;                (=) Cicer lens (L.) Willd.; (=) Lentilla lens (L.) W. Wight ex D. Fairchild);    The lentil (Lens culinaris)…

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    Lens culinaris Medik.

  • Pelargonium graveolens

    Pelargonium graveolens L’Hér., Geraniologia , pl. 17 1792. (syn: Pelargonium intermedium Kunth;                             (=) Geranium terebinthinaceum Cav.; (=) Pelargonium terebinthinaceum (Cav.) Desf.); . pe-lar-GO-nee-um — from the Greek for stork – referring to the seed heads … Dave’s Botanary grav-ee-OH-lens — heavy scented, unpleasant smell … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known…

  • Markhamia species ?- Tree at Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh

    Tree species for ID 28022013 KSK1-2: Please identified the attached photograph of tree species recorded from Dibang Valley district, Arunachal Pradesh. Details are as below: Date/Time- 28.02.2013 11 am Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh , Altitude- 400-800 masl Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Plant Habit-…

  • Mammillaria species- Flower Show, Mumbai

          Cactus for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 020313 : AK-3: Another cactus seen at the Flower Show in Mumbai in Feb,2011. Cultivated, potted plant. Mammillaria compressa There are a few that look like this …,  And not sure why it is grafted, as they are all easy…

  • Cleistocactus winteri ?

    Cleistocactus winteri D.R.Hunt, Bradleya 6: 100 1988. (Syn: Borzicactus aureispinus (F.Ritter) G.D.Rowley; Cleistocactus aureispinus (F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt [Illegitimate]; Loxanthocereus aureispinus (F. Ritter) Buxb.; Winteria aureispina F. Ritter; Winterocereus aureispinus (F. Ritter) Backeb.) ?;   Golden Rat Tail;         Cactus for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 020313 : AK-1: A…

  • Cleistocactus

      Cleistocactus icosagonus (Kunth) A.Weber     Cleistocactus samaipatanus (Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt ?          Cleistocactus species   Cleistocactus? Cleistocactus brookeae Cárdenas? – Duars   Cleistocactus acanthurus (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt     Cleistocactus winteri D.R.Hunt ?  

  • Cobaea scandens (Introduced)

    Cobaea scandens Cav., Icon. 1: 11 1791. (syn: Cobaea lasseri Pittier; Rosenbergia scandens (Cav.) House); Mexico (Chiapas, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Honduras (I), Guatemala (I), Costa Rica (I), Australia (I) (New South Wales…

  • Cobaea

    Cobaea scandens Cav. (Introduced) (Mexico (Chiapas, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Honduras (I), Guatemala (I), Costa Rica (I), Australia (I) (New South Wales (I)), Java (I), Peru (I), Cuba (I), Jamaica (I), Bolivia (I),…