• Metaplexis japonica (Korea)

    Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17(195): 87 87 1903. (Syn: Metaplexis chinensis (Bunge) Decne.; Metaplexis stauntonii R. Br. ex Schult.; Pergularia japonica Thunb.; Urostelma chinense Bunge);   Images by Ritesh Kumar Choudhary (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)    Metaplexis japonica_RKC01_09082012: Metaplexis japonica…

  • Metaplexis

      Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino (Korea) (Images by Ritesh Kumar Choudhary (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))

  • Psychotria glandulosa

    Psychotria glandulosa (Dennst.) Suresh, Interpret. Rheede’s Hort. Malab. 229 1988. (Syn: Baldingera glandulosa Dennst.); S. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP;   Psychotria glandulosa (Dennst.) Suresh in Nicolson et al. (Rubiaceae):   Sharing the images of Psychotria glandulosa (Dennst.) Suresh in Nicolson et al. (Rubiaceae) Syn: Baldingera glandulosa Dennst. Description: Shrubs….

  • Lindernia madayiparense

    Lindernia madayiparense, Ratheesh, Sunil & Nandakumar;     two more new species from Kerala: 8 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2) – Impatiens johnsiana.pdf & lindernia madayiparense.pdf I am herewith attaching two new species described by Ratheesh Narayanan and team.I would like to say few words about him, he is…

  • Impatiens johnsiana

    Impatiens johnsiana, Ratheesh, Sunil, & Anil;      two more new species from Kerala: I am herewith attaching two new species described by Ratheesh Narayanan and team.I would like to say few words about him, he is not only a good taxonomist but an excellent silent field worker and a great…

  • Glyptopetalum grandiflorum

    Glyptopetalum grandiflorum Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 1: 21 1871. ;       Glyptopetalum grandiflorum Bedd. (Celastraceae): Sharing an image of Glyptopetalum grandiflorum Bedd. (Celastraceae) Description: Shrub; branchlets terete, angled when young. Leaves elliptic-oblong, rounded or cuneate at base, entire, rarely obscurely serrate towards apex, acute or acuminate at…

  • Clerodendrum minahassae

    Clerodendrum minahassae Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 25: 409 1863. (Syn: Clerodendrum blancoi Náves ex Fern.-Vill.; Clerodendrum minahassae var. grandicalyx Moldenke; Siphoboea commersonii Baill.); Images by (Raman Arunachalam – Id by Mahadeswara Swamy) & Aarti Khale, (For more photos & complete details, click on the links, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)…

  • Mansoa species

    Mansoa species;       efloraofindia:”For Id 05102011MR6_a’ ?Garlic creeper or Lasun vel Pune:  Request for validation ?Lasun vel This picture has been taken by my friend at her farm in 2009 at Pune The leaves, if crushed emit garlic-like smell. I think Mansoa alliacea. Yes …, but perhaps Mansoa hjymenaea…

  • Scleria terrestris

    Scleria terrestris (L.) Fassett, Rhodora 26: 159 1924. (Syn: Scleria laevis var. scaberrima Benth.; Scleria scrobiculata C.B. Clarke; Zizania terrestris L.;                          Diaphora cochinchinensis Lour.; Schoenus paniculatus Burm.f.; Scleria aspera Boeckeler; Scleria chinensis var. biauriculata C.B.Clarke; Scleria cochinchinensis (Lour.) Druce; Scleria elata Thwaites ..; Scleria exaltata Boeckeler; Scleria haematostachys Boeckeler; Scleria hasskarliana…

  • Corallorhiza mertensiana (USA)

    Corallorhiza mertensiana Bong., Veg. Ins. Sitcha 165 1833. (Syn: Corallorhiza maculata subsp. mertensiana (Bong.) Calder & R.L.Taylor; Corallorhiza mertensiana f. albolabia P.M.Br.; Corallorhiza mertensiana f. pallida P.M.Br.; Corallorhiza purpurea L.O.Williams; Corallorhiza vancouveriana Finet; Neottia mertensiana (Bong.) Kuntze) . AnOrchid: Terrestrial from Yellowstone National Park USA: Observed this Terrestrial Orchid at…

  • Pittosporum napaulense

    Pittosporum napaulense (DC.) Rehder & E.H. Wilson, Pl. Wilson. 3(2): 326 326 1916. (Syn: Celastrus verticillata Roxb.; Pittosporum floribundum Wight & Arn.; Pittosporum napaulense var. rawalpindiense Gowda; Pittosporum verticillatum Wall.; Senacia napaulensis DC.); . China (W-Yunnan), SE-Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan (Rawalpindi), Pakistani Kashmir (Mirpur), Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu), Sikkim,…

  • Leycesteria gracilis

    Leycesteria gracilis (Kurz) Airy Shaw, Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3166 t. 3166 1927. (Syn: Lonicera gracilis Kurz);    Images by Sheila (ID by Sheila and Vijayashankar)   SHRUB ID………11/12/2011………S.S……….052…….. NEAR LAVA. WEST BENGAL.: Beautiful purple berries. Taken 15th April 2011. Near Lava. West Bengal. Please can someone id this. Habitat-…….

  • Papaver bracteatum (Cultivated)

    Papaver bracteatum Lindl., Coll. Bot. t. 23 1821. (Syn: Calomecon bracteatum Spach; Papaver orientale M.Bieb. (ambiguous synonym); Papaver pulcherrimum Fisch. ex Steud.); Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran), Northern Caucasus, Japan (I), Vietnam (I), Slovakia (I) as per Catalogue of Life;     Papaver bracteatum Lindl. from Kashmir: Papaver bracteatum Lindl.,…

  • Rhynchostylis gigantea

    Rhynchostylis gigantea (Lindl.) Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 356 1896. (Syn: Anota gigantea (Lindl.) Fukuy.; Gastrochilus giganteus (Lindl.) Kuntze; Saccolabium giganteum Lindl.;                     Anota densiflora (Lindl.) Schltr.; Anota hainanensis (Rolfe) Schltr.; Anota harrisoniana (Hook.) Schltr.; Rhynchostylis gigantea f. harrisoniana (Hook.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss; Saccolabium albolineatum Teijsm. & Binn.; Saccolabium giganteum…

  • Trias picta

    Trias picta (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) C.S.P.Parish ex Hemsl., Gard. Chron. 18: 427 1882. (Syn: Bulbophyllum pictum E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.; Trias picta (Parish & Rchb. f.) Rolfe);       ORCHIDACEAE: Trias picta (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) C.S.P.Parish ex Hemsl.:   Trias picta (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) C.S.P.Parish ex Hemsl., Gard.Chron. 18: 427 (1882)….

  • Aerva javanica var. bovei

    Aerva javanica var. bovei Webb, Niger Fl. 173 1849. (Syn: Aerva persica var. bovei (Webb) Chiov.; Aerva tomentosa var. bovei (Webb) C.B.Clarke); Images by Balkar Singh Flora of Haryana: Aerva javanica var. bovei Webb from Hisar near Jindal school: Aerva javanica var. bovei Webb Family- amaranthaceae from a waste land…

  • Nervilia pangteyana

    Nervilia pangteyana J. S. Jalal, Kumar & G. S. Rawat, Nordic Journal of Botany Volume 30, Issue 4, pages 407–411, August 2012; . Uttarakhand as per POWO; . Nervilia pangteyana: new orchid species.: Please find one of our new article attached. Its about a new species of Nervlia. We have…

  • Billbergia nutans (Cultivated)

    Billbergia nutans H.Wendl. ex Regel, Gartenflora 18: 162 1869. (Syn: Billbergia linearifolia Baker; Billbergia minuta Mez; Billbergia nutans f. rupestris Hassl.; Billbergia nutans var. schimperiana (Wittm. ex Baker) Mez; Billbergia nutans var. striata Reitz; Billbergia schimperiana Wittm. ex Baker; Billbergia schimperiana f. rupestris Hassl.);   Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast;…