TAW at Ranibagh on 19th Sunday AT 8 am: We, a group of nature lovers have decided to start Tree Appreciation Walks in Mumbai. Our aim is to create awareness and inculcate a love for the trees. You are most welcome to join us forour walks. Our next…
Leucas inflata Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 744 1835. (Syn: Leucas acrodonta Steud. [Invalid]; Leucas schimperi C.Presl; Physoleucas acrodonta Jaub. & Spach; Physoleucas arabica Jaub. & Spach; Physoleucas pachystachya Jaub. & Spach; Physoleucas schimperi (C.Presl) Jaub. & Spach); Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week : Request for ID…
‘Wild Orchids of Northern-Western Ghats’ book: ‘Wild Orchids of Northern-Western Ghats’ by Dr Satish Pande, Niranjan Sant, Vivek Vishwasrao, Mandar Datar. Published by Ela Foundation. Any reviews please? Something is better than nothing. Good for people who are not looking for taxonomic and scientific details. Only pictures are…
Acanthaceae week: Eranthemum roseum: …………………………. What is Dashmularishta? Dasmularishta: is fermented/ alcohol containing extract (medicated wine / sort of ) made from a month’s fermentation of Guda/jaggery and extracts of Dahmuls…ten roots… plus 40+ other (some say 53) herbs…main are the Dashmula …roots of 1. Aswenna – Alysicarpus…
Cryptochilus roseus (Lindl.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood, in Fl. China 25: 362 (2009). Synonyms:Eria rosea Lindl., Bot. Reg. 12: t. 978 (1826).Octomeria rosea (Lindl.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 310 (1827).Xiphosium roseum (Lindl.) Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 364 (1845).Pinalia rosea (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 679 (1891). …
Citations, the Internet, and Wikipedia: How do people approach teaching students how to cite an internet source? If one is citing an on-line article with an authors and date, I don’t think there is much of a problem, however how does one deal with wikipedia? My thinking is that wikipedia…
Mussaenda erosa Champ. ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 193 1852. ; Rubiaceae Week: Mussaenda erosa Champ. ex Benth.: Mussaenda erosa Champ. ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 193 (1852). Family: RUBIACEAEDistribution: China, Hong Kong, Nansei-shoto, Laos, Vietnam…
OT: a really wonderful idea: though this mail has nothing to do with trees or flowers, it has something to do with our environment.So I thought of sharing it with you. Perhaps you forward this mail to NGOs or other groups, or you may know where to implement…
Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2:15. 1906 (Syn: Lonchocarpus speciosus Bolus); Trees of Lalbagh, Bangalore – Bolusanthus speciosus, (Bolus) Harms African Wisteria Tree – RA: (10 images) This decorative, small to medium-sized tree is deciduous, dropping its leaves only for a short period…
Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms
Bassia dasyphylla (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 546 1891. (Syn: Bassia caspica (Lehm. ex Bunge) Ulbr.; Bassia divaricata (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze; Bassia fiedleri (Kar. & Kir.) Aellen; Chenolea divaricata (Kar. & Kir.) Hook.f.; Echinopsilon caspicus Bunge; Echinopsilon dasyphyllus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Moq.; Echinopsilon divaricatus Kar. &…
Millettia glaucescens Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 67 (1873) (syn: Millettia prainii Dunn; Phaseoloides glaucescens Kuntze); . Bhutan (N); India (N); Assam; Sikkim; West Bengal; Myanmar (N); Nepal (N); Thailand (N) as per ILDIS; . Legume from West Bengal for Id: Request for Id Collected from West…
Amaranthus hybridus L., Sp. Pl. 990 1753. (syn: Amaranthus aureus Moq.; Amaranthus batalleri Sennen; Amaranthus bellardii Moq.; Amaranthus berchtholdii Moq.; Amaranthus catechu Moq.; Amaranthus caudatus Baker & Clarke, in Dyer; Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.; Amaranthus chlorostachys var. hybridus S. Watson; Amaranthus eugenii Sennen; Amaranthus flavescens Moq.; Amaranthus hecticus Willd.; Amaranthus hybridus…
Rhododendron virgatum Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 26(A) 1851. (syn: Rhododendron oleifolium Franch.; Rhododendron virgatum var. glabriflorum K.M. Feng ex R.C. Fang; Rhododendron virgatum var. oleifolium Demoly; Rhododendron virgatum subsp. oleifolium (Franch.) Cullen); Id for Rhododendron sp poss R.virgatum ?, Lama Camp, Eaglenest, Arunanchal Pradesh:…
Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea, Sida 19: 984 2001. (syn: Albersia blitum var. oleraceus (L.) Hook.f.; Albersia oleracea (L.) Kunth; Amaranthus ascendens var. oleraceus (L.) Thell. ex Priszter; Amaranthus circinnatus Poir.; Amaranthus lividus L.; Amaranthus lividus subsp. oleraceus (L.) Soó; Amaranthus obtusiflorus (Mart.) Kov.; Amaranthus officinalis Gromov ex Trautv.;…
Rhizophora apiculata Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 91 91 1827. (Syn: Rhizophora candelaria DC.); Australia (N-Northern Territory, NE-Queensland), Java, Bismarck Archipelago, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, Sumatra, Thailand, Borneo, Philippines (throughout), Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Isl., New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. (New Britain), peninsular Malaysia (all coasts), Singapore, Cocos (Keeling) Isl., China…
Eugenia roxburghii DC., Prodr. 3: 271 1828. (Syn: Eugenia bracteata (Willd.) Raeusch. ex DC. [Illegitimate]; Eugenia bracteata var. fasciculata (Wall. ex Blume) Duthie; Eugenia bracteata var. roxburghii (DC.) Duthie; Eugenia fasciculata Wall. ex Blume; Eugenia heynei Rathakr. & N.C.Nair; Eugenia macrosepala Duthie; Eugenia rothii Panigrahi [Illegitimate]; Eugenia rothii var. fasciculata…
ID Pls – is it any LITSEA sp. ? Kukurchita ( Bengali Name) -Host plant of Common Mime ? Found in Kalikapur , South 24 Pgs , West Bengal: is it LITSEA GLUTIONSA (Bengali – Kukurchita) ? pls help with ID: is it LITSEA GLUTIONSA…
Rhododendron campanulatum D. Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 410 1821. (syn: Azalea campanulata (D.Don) Kuntze; Rhododendron batemanii Hook.f.; Rhododendron edgarii Gamble; Rhododendron heftii Davidian; Rhododendron mutabile Webb ex Royle; Rhododendron nobile Wall.; Rhododendron planifolium Nutt.; Rhododendron wallichii Hook.f.) as per POWO; . Shrub with leaves brownish hairy beneath and white flowers spotted with purple inside; When…
Blitum capitatum L. (Poland) (Images by Promila Chaturvedi (Identified by Carmelita) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Blitum virgatum L. (Images by Gurcharan Singh, Prashant Awale & Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Blitum page (Amaranthaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Blitum page (Amaranthaceae) with images…