• Senecio edgeworthii

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    Senecio edgeworthii Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 346. 1881. (Syn: Doronicum argenteum Dalzell ex Cooke; Doronicum tomentosum Wight; Madaractis lanuginosa Edgew.; Senecio lanuginosus var. tomentosus (Wight) M.R.Almeida; Senecio tomentosus (Wight) C.B.Clarke) ?; . India (Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu) as per CoL; . Requesting ID of Asteraceae member: 3 high res. images. This Asteraceae…

  • Brachychiton australis (Cultivated)

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    Brachychiton australis (Schott & Endl.) A.Terracc., Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1(2): 62 1897. (Syn: Brachychiton platanoides R.Br.; Brachychiton trichosiphon Ewart & O.B.Davies [Illegitimate]; Clompanus australis Kuntze; Sterculia australis (Schott & Endl.) Druce; Sterculia australis var. acuminata Domin; Sterculia australis var. dietrichiae Domin; Sterculia trichosiphon Benth. [Illegitimate]; Trichosiphon australe Schott…

  • Erythrina mitis (Cultivated)

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    Erythrina mitis Jacq. (syn: Chirocalyx umbrosus Walp.; Corallodendron mite (Jacq.) Kuntze; Corallodendron umbrosum (Kunth) Kuntze; Erythrina umbrosa Kunth); images by Ranjini Kamath; id by Prashant Awale  Request Tree ID: Fabaceae : Is it Erythrina mitis, Erythrina umbrosa?:   http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Shady%20Coral%20Tree.htmlI wrongly identified as butea It is erythrina mitis confirmed from the lalbagh…

  • Impatiens bicolor

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    Impatiens bicolor Royle, Ill. bot. Himal. Mts. 1(5):151. 1835; 2(2): t. 28. 1834 as per efi thread and Flora of Pakistan; . Impatiens : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Please help in ID of this Impatiens species. Picture taken at sub-tropical Jammu. Picture is small, but with rosa upper…

  • Myrsine wightiana

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    Myrsine wightiana Wall., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17(1): 106 1834. (Syn: Myrsine capitellata var. grandiflora A. DC.; Myrsine capitellata var. lanceolata Clarke; Myrsine lepidocarpon Wight ex C. B. Cl.; Rapanea rubens Mez; Rapanea wightiana (Wall. ex DC.) Mez); S-India, Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of life; Trees, to 10 m…

  • 22nd Tree Appreciation Walk at BPT Garden [Sagar Upavan]

    • November 15, 2012
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    Tree Appreciation Walk at BPT Garden[Sagar Upavan];       22nd TAW on 22nd January at BPT Garden[Sgar Upavan] at 8 am: We, a group of nature lovers decided to start free Tree Appreciation Walks in Mumbai. Our aim is to create awareness and inculcate a love for the trees….

  • Unidentified 1- Mushroom

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    Unidentified 1; . efloraofindia:”For Id 08092011MR3’’ mushroom Pune: After incessant rains for 5 days this mushroom has cropped up Date/Time- Sep 2011 Location-Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune Height 5-6 cms Color brown with some white thread like structures at periphery

  • Aerides crispa ?

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    Aerides crispa ? . Nilgiris: Epiphytic Orchid for identification 031112MK03: Please help me to identify this Orchid found on tree branches. The plant height is about 30 cm tall. What species of Aerides could this be? I have not observed any flowers in this. Leaf: 15×2.5 cm Fruits: 2.5cm long…

  • Hoya species ?

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    Hoya species ?;           ID No.13062011 RD_New 1: Please help to identify this Hoya sp Date/Time-04/05/2011- 11 AM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Assam, Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Type Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Climber Flower: as seen in the photos … some asclepiad…

  • Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum (Oman)

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    Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum Boiss. (Syn: Zilla chamaerapistrum Boiss.; Zilla schouwioides Boiss.);         Brassicaceae Week : Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum : Oman : 091112 : AK: Sharing pictures of a wild plant from Oman for the family week of ‘Brassicaceae’. Plant about 3-4 feet in height. Identified from the book ‘Wild Plants…

  • Physorhynchus

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      Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum Boiss. (Oman)  

  • Commelina petersii

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    Commelina petersii Hassk., Flora 46: 385 1863. (Syn: Commelina alisagarensis Kumar & Deodikar; Commelina jacobii C.E.C.Fisch.; Commelina persicariifolia Wight ex C.B.Clarke [Illegitimate]); . Tropical & S. Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China: Angola, Botswana, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Somalia,…

  • Cynanchum acutum

    • November 13, 2012
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    Cynanchum acutum L., Sp. Pl. 212 1753. (Syn: Cynanchum excelsum Desf.; Cynanchum fissum Pomel; Cynanchum hastatum Lam.; Cynanchum maritimum Salisb.; Cynanchum monspeliacum L.; Solenostemma acutum (L.) Wehmer; Vincetoxicum acutum (L.) Kuntze; Vincetoxicum excelsum (Desf.) Kuntze);   Images by Prashant Awale (Validation by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos…

  • Musa aurantiaca

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    Musa aurantiaca G.Mann ex Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 222 1893.;  Assam; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Tibet as per Catalogue of Life;   Fl. Arunachal_Musa sikkimensis_RKC06_27102012: Musa sikkimensis Kurz Musaceae Loc.: Upper Siang distt., Arunachal Pradesh Date: Oct., 2005 … , nice shot. But regarding species ID, I think it is…

  • Saussurea taraxacifolia

    • November 12, 2012
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    Saussurea taraxacifolia Wall. ex DC., Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 532 1838. (Syn: Aplotaxis caespitosa DC.; Aplotaxis taraxacifolia DC.; Cyathidium taraxacifolium Lindl. ex Royle; Cyathidium taraxacifolium Lindl.);   Images by D.S.Rawat & Suresh Rana (ID by Gurcharan Singh)     Saussurea sp. from Paddar valley J&K. 06: Request for ID validation….

  • Sesbania species- Nashik, Maharashtra

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    Sesbania bispinosa : For Validation : Nasik : 16NOV15 : AK-4 : 04/04 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Is this Prickly Sesban, Sesbania bispinosa? Taken on 15th Oct,15 in Nasik. Unfortunately, I have only one picture. Kindly validate. Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. ?? It resembles Sesbania bispinosa, The plant has…

  • Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis (Cultivated)

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    Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis P.C.Li;  China (N) as per ILDIS;      03072011GS1 for ID from Herbal Garden, Srinagar: 10 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) This shrubby plant up to 2 m tall with pinnate leaves and echinate fruits was growing in Herbal Garden below Cheshma Shahi, Srinagar, Kashmir. It is…

  • Spiraea douglasii (Introduced)

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    Spiraea douglasii Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1(4): 172 172 1832. (syn: Drimopogon douglasii (Hook.) Rafin.; Spiraea cuneifolia Rafin. (ambiguous synonym); Spiraea douglasii var. roseata (Rydb.) C. L. Hitchc.; Spiraea nobleana Hook. fil.; Spiraea pachystachys Hort. ex C. Koch; Spiraea regeliana Hort. ex C. Koch; Spiraea roseata Rydb.; Spiraea sanssouciana C. Koch;…

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