• Iris variegata (Cultivated)

    Iris variegata L., Sp. Pl. 38 1753. (Syn: Iris benacensis A.Kern. ex Stapf; Iris flavescens Delile; Iris lepida Heuff.; Iris leucographa A.Kern.; Iris limbata Besser ex Steud.; Iris mangaliae Prodán; Iris reginae Horvat & M.D.Horvat; Iris rudskyi Horvat & M.D.Horvat; Iris × squalens subsp. lepida (Heuff.) Nyman; Iris variegata var….

  • Actinodaphne malabarica

    Actinodaphne malabarica Balkr., Regnum Veg. 145: 495 2005. (Syn: Actinodaphne hirsuta Hk. f.);   Malayalam Kambiliviriji, Neyaram, Kambilivirinji, Pattutthalli, Malavirinji, Pukachan Others Kambilivirinji, Malavirinji Trees, to 18 m high, bark dark grey, smooth, lenticellate; blaze dull yellow with brownish streaks; young shoots densely fulvous tomentose. Leaves simple, subverticillate, opposite or…

  • Maesopsis eminii (Introduced)

    Maesopsis eminii Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 255 1895. (syn: Maesopsis stuhlmannii Engl.; Maesopsis tessmannii Engl.); Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome, Gabon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R. Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola (incl. Cabinda), Zambia, South Sudan, Philippines (I), Puerto…

  • Maesopsis

    Maesopsis eminii Engl. (Introduced) (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome, Gabon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R. Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola (incl. Cabinda), Zambia, South Sudan, Philippines (I), Puerto Rico (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life)     …

  • Millettia rubiginosa

    Millettia rubiginosa Wight & Arn.;   India (N) ; Kerala ; Tamil Nadu as per ILDIS;     Fabaceae Liane for identification 240712MK01: Please help me to identify this liane found in the rain forests of western ghats. Leaflet size: 15×5 cm; pod size: 6-8cm long Place: Vaalparai, TN Date:…

  • Fraxinus micrantha

    Fraxinus micrantha Lingelsh., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 217 1907.; . Nepal; Pakistan; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Small-Flowered Himalayan Ash . 26042010GS1 tree from Nainital for ID: 3 images. Having little knowledge about tropical and subtropical trees (except some growing in Delhi), I tend to…

  • Sporobolus diandrus

    Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 26 1812. (Syn: Agrostis diandra Retz.; Agrostis dianthera Schult. & Schult.f. [Invalid]; Agrostis elongata var. flaccida Roem. & Schult.; Spermachiton involutum Llanos; Sporobolus diandrus var. diandrus ; Sporobolus diandrus var. nanus Hook.f.; Sporobolus indicus var. diandrus (Retz.) Jovet & Guédès; Sporobolus indicus var. flaccidus…

  • Spirodela

    Spirodela polyrrhiza (L.) Schleid. (Images by Surajit Koley) . As per efi thread: Following is the other species of family lemnaceae with the identification key 1. Plant root less…………….Wolffia 1. Plant rooting………………..2 2. Roots solitary……………..Lemna 2. Roots several……………..Spirodella . From Floral Database of Tamilnadu : Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Spirodela polyrhiza…

  • Rhodiola wallichiana

    Rhodiola wallichiana (Hook.) S.H. Fu, Acta Phytotax. Sin., Addit. 1: 125 125 1965. (Syn: Rhodiola crassipes (Wall. ex Hook. f. & Thomson) Boriss.; Sedum crassipes Wall. ex Hook. f. & Thomson; Sedum wallichianum Hook.); . Perennial herb with cylindrical rhizome with scale leaves; flowering stems in rosettes of up to…

  • Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata

    Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata (Wight) Gravely & Mayur., Ind. Sp. Gen. Car. 13 1931. (Syn: Caralluma attenuata Wight);    Images by tspkumar & K M Prabhu Kumar (inserted by TSP Kumar & J.M.Garg)     Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata: This is Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata. I collected this species from Tamil…

  • Exbucklandia populnea

    Exbucklandia populnea (R.Br. ex Griff.) R.W.Br., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 36: 348 1946. (Syn: Aeschynanthus esquirolii H.Lév.; Bucklandia populifolia Hook.f. & Thomson [Spelling variant]; Bucklandia populnea R.Br. ex Griff.; Bucklandia tricuspis (Miq.) Hallier f.; Liquidambar tricuspis Miq. (Unresolved); Symingtonia populnea (R. Br. ex Griff.) Steenis);  Pipli Tree • Assamese: পীপলী Pipli…

  • Calotropis species ?

    Calotropis species ?; . Plant ID – 13-07-2012 – Near Bhopal: This is my first post in the group. Please help me to identify this plant. Calotropis species may be.

  • Bulbophyllum mastersianum (Hong Kong)

    Bulbophyllum mastersianum (Rolfe) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 8: 26 (1912). Synonyms: Cirrhopetalum mastersianum Rolfe, Lindenia 6: 33 (1890).        ORCHIDACEAE: Bulbophyllum mastersianum (Rolfe) J.J.Sm. from Hong Kong.: Bulbophyllum mastersianum (Rolfe) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 8: 26 (1912). Synonynm: Cirrhopetalum mastersianum Rolfe, Lindenia 6: 33…

  • Iberis carnosa

    Iberis carnosa Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 455 1800. (Syn: Iberis attica Jord.; Iberis aurosica subsp. cantabrica Franco & P.Silva; Iberis badali Pau; Iberis bellidifolia C.Presl (Unresolved); Iberis carnosa subsp. nafarroana Moreno; Iberis ciliata var. carnosa (Willd.) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Iberis ciliata subsp. pruitii (Tineo) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Iberis crassifolia Pourr. ex…

  • Caralluma species

    Caralluma species;       Caralluma sp: this plant has peculiar habits! notice how the stems start pushing into the soil and then out through the waterhole! i found this very interesting.. id help appreciated Excellent some species of Euphorbiaceae, I think peculiar feature is due t its xeric habit…

  • Suaeda corniculata var. olufsenii

    Suaeda corniculata var. olufsenii (Paulsen) G.L. Chu, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 25(2): 128-129 128 1979. (Syn: Suaeda olufsenii Paulsen);   Images by Prashant Awale (Identified by Miroslav Dvorsky) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)      ID request-021111-PKA1: Seen this prostrate herb in the sandy soil near Pangong Lake in Ladakh.Date/Time: 14-09-2011 /…

  • Ligusticum elatum

    Ligusticum elatum (Edgew.) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 2(6): 698-699 698 1879. (Syn: Cortia elata Edgew. (Unresolved); Levisticum argutum Lindl.);   Images by Suresh Rana (Id by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)     Plant for ID from Paddar valley J&K….

  • Ligusticum

      Ligusticum elatum (Edgew.) C.B. Clarke (Images by Suresh Rana (Id by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))   Ligusticum species in India: Ligusticum afghanicum Rech.f. [synonym of Lomatocarpa afghanica (Rech.f.) Pimenov] L. daucoides Franch. L. elatum (Edgew.) C.B.Clarke L. marginatum…

  • Caralluma diffusa

    Caralluma diffusa (Wight) N.E.Br., Gard. Chron. III, 12: 369 1892. (Syn: Boucerosia diffusa Wight; Desmidorchis diffusa (Wight) Kuntze); . Caralluma diffusa: 6 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (6) This is Carlluma diffusa (Wight) N. E. Brown, collected from Tamil Nadu. Caralluma R.Br., Caralluma named from the Arabian ‘qarh alluhum’, a…