Bromeliaceae member- Nasik Bromeliaceae member- Warsaw Bromeliad for ID : Mumbai : 241012 : AK-2: An ornamental bromeliad plant seen at Jijamata Udyan in Mumbai on 9/4/2011. Cultivated, potted plant. Bromeliad for ID : Mumbai : 241012 : AK-3: Bromeliad seen again at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai…
Bidens pilosa var. minor (Blume) Sherff, Bot. Gaz. 80: 387 (1925) 387 1925. (Syn: Bidens pilosa var. dubia (Cass.) O. E. Schulz (ambiguous synonym); Bidens sundaica var. minor Bl.); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Mendoza, Misiones, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Santa Catarina), Chile (Coquimbo, Reg….
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam., Encycl. 3: 153 1789. (Syn: Chondrocarpus sibthorpioides Sweet; Hydrocotyle americana var. monticola (Hook. f.) Hiern; Hydrocotyle monticola Hook. f.; Hydrocotyle nitidula A.Rich. (Unresolved); Hydrocotyle perexigua Hance (Unresolved); Hydrocotyle puncticulata Miq. (Unresolved); Hydrocotyle rotundifolia Roxb. ex DC.; Hydrocotyle rotundifolia Roxb.; Hydrocotyle splendens Zoll. ex Miq. (Unresolved); Hydrocotyle zollingeri Molk. (Unresolved); Hydrocotyle keelungensis Liu,…
Calliandra eriophylla Benth.; images by Dr. Karuna Kanta Das Calliandra eriophylla, commonly known as Fairy Duster, is a low spreading shrub which is native to deserts and arid grasslands in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and Mexico. The flowers, which appear between late winter and late spring, have…
Jungermannia species; Kas Week :: DV :: 28 SEP 08 – 0245 :: moss: Kas plateau … about 4000 ft asl… one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India I have no intent getting ID for this moss – this…
Saurauia armata Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 59 1873.; Fl. Arunachal_Saurauia punduana_RKC10_27102012: Saurauia punduana Wall. Actinidiaceae Loc.: Tuting, Upper Siang distt., Arunachal Pradesh Date: October, 2005 Very nice picture …! Here are mine from Manipur. …, I feel the flower color and petal shape in…
Centranthera grandiflora Benth., Scroph. Ind. 50 1835. (syn: Razumovia grandiflora (Wall. ex Benth.) Merr.); . China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, India, Darjeeling, ?Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin) as per Catalogue of life; . Common name: Large Spur-Anther Flower . Fl. Arunachal_Centranthera grandiflora_RKC04_27102012: No images seen now….
Abelmoschus manihot subsp. tetraphyllus (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Borss.Waalk., Blumea 14: 97 1966. (Syn: Abelmoschus luzonensis Merr.; Abelmoschus mindanaensis Warb.; Abelmoschus tetraphyllus (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Wall.; Abelmoschus warreensis Dalz.; Erebennus canaranus Alef.; Hibiscus canaranus Miq. ex Mast.; Hibiscus tetraphyllus Roxb.; (≡) Hibiscus tetraphyllus Roxb. ex Hornem.); . As per efi thread: Stem…
Aeschynanthus superbus C.B.Clarke, Commelyn. Cyrtandr. Bengal. t. 6 1874. (Syn: Trichosporum superbum (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze);
Rhaphidophora hookeri Schott, Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 381 1860.; Fl. Arunachal_Rhaphidophora hookeri_RKC09_27102012: Rhaphidophora hookeri Schott Araceae Loc.: Mariyang, Upper Siang distt., Arunachal Pradesh Date: April, 2007 Refrences: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-177774
Dendrobium monticola P.F.Hunt & Summerh., Taxon 10: 110 1961. (Syn: Callista alpestris Kuntze; Dendrobium alpestre Royle [Illegitimate]; Dendrobium pusillum D.Don [Illegitimate]; Dendrobium roylei M.Hiroe [Illegitimate]; Dendrobium roylei A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller [Illegitimate]); . Himalaya to China (SW. Guangxi) and Indo-China: China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Mountain Dendrobium • Nepali: जिवन्ती Jiwantee . ID21102012PHK1: Id please An Orchid…
Musa sikkimensis Kurz, J. Agric. Soc. India n.s., 5: 164 1878. (Syn: Musa hookeri (King ex Baker) A.M.Cowan & Cowan; Musa × paradisiaca var. hookeri (King ex Baker) K.Schum.; Musa × sapientum f. hookeri King ex Baker); Sikkim to Bangladesh as per WCSP; Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya as per Catalogue…
Strobilanthes penstemenoides (Nees) T. Anderson var. dalhousieana Kuntze; Strobilanthes penstemenoides (Nees) T. Anderson var. dalhousieana Kuntze is same as Strobilanthes dalhousieanus (Nees) Clarke As per efi thread: The leaves are glabrous in var. penstemonoides, not var. dalhousieana. Common name: Dalhousie Blue Bells • Hindi: Machine mashian ; Strobilanthes pentstemonoides…
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 129 (2010) as per POWO; . Pennisetum purpureum Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 44 1827. (Syn: Amphochaeta exaltata Andersson [Illegitimate]; Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone; Gymnotrix nitens Andersson; Pennisetum benthamii Steud.; Pennisetum benthamii var. nudum Hack.; Pennisetum benthamii var. sambesiense Hack.; Pennisetum benthamii var….
Crotalaria notonii Wight & Arn. (Syn: Crotalaria noveoides Griff.; Crotalaria rostrata Wight & Arn.); Please identify this species of Crotolaria – NS 131012: Photographed at Shahapur a fortnight ago (13.10.12). Please identify this species of Crotolaria. My apologies for the poor quality of the phtographs as there was a…
Cyperus rotundus ?; Grass for ID : Oman : 221012 : AK-2: A grass with reddish brown flowers seen growing wild at a farm in Muscat on 27/1/2012. This is a very common grass. This is not a grass, but a sedge – Cyperaceae, probably Cyperus rotundus how…
Piper aduncum L., Sp. Pl. 29 1753. (Syn: Artanthe adunca (L.) Miq. .; Artanthe cearensis Miq.; Artanthe celtidifolia (Kunth) Miq.; Artanthe elongata (Vahl) Miq. ..; Artanthe galeottii Miq.; Artanthe galleoti Miq.; Artanthe granulosa Miq.; Artanthe velloziana Miq.; Lepianthes granulatum Raf. (Unresolved); Piper aduncifolium Trel.; Piper aduncum var. laevifolium C. DC.; Piper anguillaespicum Trel.;…
Argyreia involucrata C.B.Clarke; . Penisular India as per An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- details with keys); . As per efi thread: A. boseana is climber, leaves widely ovate, the base is cordate, inflorescence loosely arranged cyme, peduncle longer than petiole, oblong bracts, sepal…
Eriocaulon sedgwickii Fyson, J. Indian Bot. 2: 260 1921. ?; . KAS Week DS_061012_01 Eriocaulon sedgwickii ??: Spherical hat like white flowers . from Kas 22nd Sep 2012. Please confirm the id. Eriocaulon tuberiferum A.R.Kulk. & Desai ?? . References: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-244263
Rudbeckia species ?; Garden Flower for ID : Pahalgam : 221012 : AK-1: A garden plant with yellow flowers seen in Pahalgam on 6/11/2011. Unfortunately, I don’t have a picture of the full plant or leaves. Plant was about 3-4 feet in height. I hope Rudbeckia…