Osmanthus
Osmanthus fragrans Lour. Osmanthus suavis King ex C.B.Clarke (Nepal to China (Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO)
Pouzolzia pentandra
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P. pentandra (Roxb.) Benn. & R. Br. ssp. pentandra (Himachal, UP, Bihar, Punjab, Jammu, Nepal, Sikkim, UP, Uttranchal, Assam, Bihar, MP, Maharashtra, AP, Karnataka ) Ssp. wightii (Benn. & R. Br.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear var. wightii (Orissa, TN, Karnataka, Kerala, AP, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka) Syn: P. caudata Benn.;…
Bamboo water fountain
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Bamboo water fountain: I would like to share the pictures of Bamboo Water fountain at NBNP, based on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishi_odoshi http://nbranaikatti.blogspot.in/2012/01/shishi-odoshi.html. This set up work very well for house garden.
Caesalpinia sappan ?
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Caesalpinia sappan L. ?; 300112 BRS 301: Pl. find the attached file contain seeds for id. request. (Some Caesalpiniaceae sp-.not sure?) I got it through my field asst. no other photos are available. Date: 28.01.2012 Location: Tholampalayam, Coimbatore Dist. Habitat:Garden Habit: Tree The pods to me look…
For identification
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For identification: ID request : Place : Near Pulgate, Pune CampDate & Time : 29-1-2012, 2.30 pm
Peperomia polybotrya (Cultivated)
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Peperomia polybotrya Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 60-61, t. 5 60 1815. (Syn: Piper polybotrya (Kunth) Poir.; Piper polybotryon Spreng.; Piper polybotryum Poir.; Piper polybotryum Roem. & Schult.); . Ecuador, Peru, Colombia (Cauca, Nario, Tolima), ?Honduras as per Catalogue of Life; . Garden Plant for ID : 300112…
Anisomeles indica ?
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Anisomeles indica ?; . flora uttarakhand uid 1 201211: Sending photos for id confirmation Shrubs about 2m tall flowers, aromatic. In waste places. Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 240 m alt. Can this be Perilla? No, … Perilla is different I am confused that it can be Anisomeles indica ?. I am not pretty sure…
Father Santapau – 109th birth anniversary
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Father Santapau – 109th birth anniversary: I have just been informed by a good friend from Spain that today is the 109th birth anniversary of Father Santapau. My friend Miguel’s uncle, also a Jesuit and serious plant aficionado, knew him very well and both of them shared the…
Knema
- December 13, 2012
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A taxonomic study on the diversity of Indian Knema Lour. (Myristicaceae) – Dipanwita Banik and Priyankush Protim Bora- June 2016 Taiwania 61(2):141-158 (Abstract: A taxonomic study on the diversity of the genus Knema Lour. belonging to the family Myristicaceae R. Br. in India revealed the distribution of the ten taxa under…
Vicia sativa subsp. sativa
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Vicia sativa L. subsp. sativa (Syn: (=) Vicia alba Moench; (=) Vicia leucosperma Moench; (=) Vicia sativa var. leucosperma (Moench) Ser. (=) Vicia sativa var. obovata Ser.) as per GRIN; . Vicia sativa L. (syn: Vicia alba Moench; Vicia bacla Moench; Vicia bobartii E. Forster; Vicia communis Rouy; Vicia cornigera St.-Amans;…
Silene coeli-rosa (Cultivated)
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Silene coeli-rosa (L.) Godr., Fl. France 1: 221 1847. (Syn: Agrostemma coeli-rosea L.; Coronaria coeli-rosa (L.) Fr. ex Heynh.; Eudianthe coeli-rosa (L.) Endl.; Eudianthe oculata A.Braun; Lychnidia coeli-rosa (L.) Pomel; Lychnis coeli-rosa (L.) Desr.; Pontinia coeli-rosa (L.) Fr.; unresolved names ……………); Caryophyllaceae Week: Silene coeli-rosa from Kashmir:…
Pleione praecox
- December 12, 2012
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Pleione praecox (Sm.) D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 37 1825. (Syn: Coelogyne birmanica Rchb.f.; Coelogyne praecox (Sm.) Lindl. …; Coelogyne reichenbachiana T.Moore & Veitch; Coelogyne wallichiana Lindl.; Cymbidium praecox (Sm.) Lindl.; Dendrobium praecox (Sm.) Sm.; Epidendrum praecox Sm.; Pleione birmanica (Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams; Pleione concolor B.S.Williams; Pleione praecox var. alba E.W.Cooper ……; Pleione…
Andrographis lawsonii
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Andrographis lawsonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 375 1923. ; Images by Muthu Karthick, N, Ialidated by Gunadayalan Gnanasekaran & P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Nilgiris: Acanthaceae for identification 191112MK02: Please help me to identify this small herb found in the grasslands of high altitudes….
Sagina subulata (USA)
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Sagina subulata (Sw.) C.Presl, Fl. Sicul. 158 1826. (Syn: Alsine subulata (Sw.) E.H.L. Krause; Arenaria verna H.Vilm.; Phaloe subulata (Sw.) Dumort.; Spergella subulata (Sw.) Rchb.; Spergula subulata Sw.); Caryophyllaceae Week: Sagina subulata from California: Sagina subulata (Swartz) C. Presl, Fl. Sicul. 158. 1826. Common names: Irish moss,…
Sagina
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Sagina saginoides (L.) H.Karst. Sagina saginoides ? Sagina species in India: Sagina apetala Ard. S. japonica (Sw.) Ohwi S. procumbens L. S. purii R.D.Gaur S. saginoides (L.) H.Karst. References: Majumdar, N.C. 1993. Caryophyllaceae. In; Sharma, B.D., Balakrishnan, N.P. and Sanjappa, M. (Eds.) Flora of India Vol-2,…
Dendrobium gratiosissimum
- December 11, 2012
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Dendrobium gratiosissimum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 23: 99 1865. (Syn: Callista boxaleii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Callista gratiosissima (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Callista gratissima (Rchb. f.) Kuntze (Unresolved); Dendrobium boxallii Rchb.f.; Dendrobium bullerianum Bateman); . Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Graceful…
Cleisostoma tenuifolium
- December 10, 2012
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Cleisostoma tenuifolium (L.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 175 1972. (Syn: Aerides tenuifolia (L.) Moon; Cleisostoma pauciflorum (Wight) Senghas; Cymbidium tenuifolium (L.) Willd.; Epidendrum tenuifolium L.; Gastrochilus acuminatus (Thwaites) Kuntze; Saccolabium acuminatum Thwaites; Saccolabium peninsulare (Dalzell) Alston; Saccolabium tenuifolium (L.) Alston; Sarcanthus pauciflorus Wight; Sarcanthus peninsularis Dalzell; Sarcanthus tenuifolius (L.)…
Silene falconeriana
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Silene falconeriana Benth. in Royle, Ill. Himal. Mts. Cashm. 79. t. 20. 1834. Rohrb., Monogr. der Gatt. Silene 202. 1868; Edgew. & Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 220. 1874; E. Nasir in Biologia 5: 66: 1959; Stewart; Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 252. 1972. ;…
Indigofera trita ?
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Indigofera trita L.f. ?; . Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: FOR ID Indigofera sp. :: Yeoor Hills :: DVOCT91 : 7 posts by 3 authors. 5 images. Indigofera sp. Herb standing about 2 – 3 feet high, flower about 3 mm across, pod about an inch long, 2 – 3 mm wide….
Parnassia wightiana
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Parnassia wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 35 35 1834. (Syn: Parnassia ornata Wall. ex Arn.; Parnassia wightiana var. ornata (Wall. ex Arn.) Drude); . Parnassia wightiana from Uttarakhand: Oct. 2014_DSR_2 : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2). Parnassia wightiana Wall. ex Wight &…