Kas- list of plants; Kaas Week: October 1 to 14, 2012-Coordinator Mr. Shrikant Ingalhalikar: I am posting a check list of 175 plants found at Kas. Any additions to this list are welcome. List of Plants found at Kas (175 sp) Actinodaphne angustifolia Adelocaryum coelestinum Adelocaryum…
Kas- other details; Event : Kas Flora Walk kaas tour. The new (unwanted) face of Kaas – Maharashtra: Is this what we want Kas to be like! To stop the unregulated Flora tourism, are we justifying with local Fauna? Pic courtesy Jitendra Katre on Love Kaas, Conserve…
Kas in Pictures; Kas Week :: DV :: some moments in, around the famed plateau of Kas in different seasons: Kas plateau … about 4000 ft asl… one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India Wonderful compilation. Lovely pictures. Kas darshan at…
Tulipa clusiana DC., Liliac. 1: t. 37 1803. (Syn: Liriactis albiflora Raf.; Tulipa aitchisonii A.D.Hall; Tulipa aitchisonii subsp. cashmiriana A.D.Hall; Tulipa aitchisonii var. clusianoides Wendelbo; Tulipa chitralensis A.D.Hall; Tulipa chrysantha Boiss.; Tulipa clusiana f. cashmeriana (A.D.Hall) Raamsd.; Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha (A.D.Hall) Sealy; Tulipa clusiana f. clusianoides (Wendelbo) S.Dasgupta &…
Ropeway to Hemkund; Some relevant news for Valley of Flowers National Park visitors: Centre approves Hemkunt Sahib ropeway project CHANDIGARH: For convenience of the pilgrims, the Centre government has given its approval for ropeway from Gurdwara Gobind Dham to Hemkunt Sahib. The project will cost around…
Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra N.E.Br.; Tanzania; Zambia; Zare as per Catalogue of Life; Images by Bhagyashri Ranade – validation by Ajinkya Gadave efloraofindia:”For Id 09102012MR2’’ which Sansevieria spp is this garden plant at Pune: Sep 2012 potted plant at a private society garden at Pune Flowers were not fragrant. No…
Cynanchum callialatum Buch.-Ham. ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India 56 1834. (Syn: Cyathella callialata (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) C.Y.Wu & D.Z.Li; Cynanchum angustifolium Wight & Arn. [Illegitimate]; Cynanchum heyneanum Schult.; Cynoctonum angustifolium Decne.; Cynoctonum callialata (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) Decne.; Periploca reticulata Roth (Unresolved); Vincetoxicum callialatum (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) Kuntze); . Images by Satish…
Leccinum scabrum (Bull.) Gray, 1821 (Syn: Boletus albus Gillet, 1881; Boletus avellaneus J. Blum, 1970; Boletus gilletii Sacc. & Cub., 1888; Boletus niveus Fr., 1815; Boletus oxydabilis (Singer) J. Blum, 1970 …; Boletus roseofractus (Watling) Hlaváček, 1988; Boletus rotundifoliae (Singer) S. Lundell, 1959; Boletus rotundifoliae (Singer) S. Lundell, 1959; Boletus scaber Bull.,…
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire, 1921 (syn: Agaricus aurantiacus Wulfen, 1781; Agaricus subcantharellus Sowerby, 1809; Cantharellus aurantiacus (Wulfen) Fr., 1821 (ambiguous synonym); Cantharellus aurantiacus Krombh., 1841 (ambiguous synonym); Cantharellus aurantiacus var. aurantiacus (Wulfen) Fr., 1821 ……; Cantharellus brachypodus Chevall., 1826; Cantharellus ravenelii Berk. & M. A. Curtis, 1853; Cantharellus rufescens Fr.,…
For ID 161012 NS2: The location details are here: Location – Uttarkashi district (Uttarakhand) Habitat – Forest – mostly Bhoj (Birch?) trees Altitude – approx 11,000ft asl Leaves important in this case. Could be Cichorium intybus or even a Lactuca sp. Cichorium intybus L. The Hindi name is Kasni the colour of…
Justicia trinervia Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 156 156 1804. (Syn: Adhatoda trinervia (Vahl) Nees; Dicliptera trinervia (Vahl) Juss.; Nicoteba trinervia (Vahl) Lindau); . ¿ nee-KOH-tay-bah ? — anagram of the epithet betonica; could not find reasoning try-NER-vee-uh — three-veined … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: three-nerved squirrel tail • Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ sanna aadusoge • Konkani:…
IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened and Lower Risk/Near Threatened (NT) . Utricularia praeterita P.Taylor, Fl. Tamilnadu Carnatic 3(1): 1120 1983. ;] . Common name: Tiny Bladderwort . It is endemic to southern India, widely distributed in five states. However, it is a niche specific species. It grows in seasonally…
Drimia polyantha (Blatt. & McCann) Stearn, Ann. Mus. Goulandris 4: 209 1978. (Syn: Indurgia polyantha (Blatt. & McCann) Speta; Thuranthos polyanthus (Blatt. & McCann) Speta; Urginea polyantha Blatt. & McCann); Images by Shrikant Ingalhalikar (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Kas…
Isachne globosa (Thunb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 778 1891. (Syn: Agrostis globosa (Thunb.) Poir.; Aira ischoemoides K.D.Koenig ex Kunth [Invalid]; Aira violacea Willd. ex Steud.; Eriochloa globosa (Thunb.) Kunth; Eriochloa japonica Steud. [Invalid]; Helopus globosus (Thunb.) Steud.; Isachne adstans (Steud.) Miq.; Isachne atrovirens (Trin.) Trin.; Isachne australis R.Br. .; Isachne…
Melocactus matanzanus León, Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. “Felipe Poey” 8: 206 206 1934. (Syn: Melocactus actinacanthus Areces); Cacti for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 111012 : AK-3: A Cacti seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 18/2/2011. A very small, cultivated, potted plant….
Nymphaea × omarana Bisset, Gard. Tr. 8: 96 1895. ; . efloraofindia:”For Id 10102012MR1’’ which Nymphaea sp is this at Pune: 4 images. July & Aug 2012 water lily at my home at Pune. Has flowered twice after I got it in July. I noticed a peculiar thing about its…