• Peltophorum dubium (Florida, USA)

    Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub. (Syn: Brasilettia dubia (Spreng.) Kuntze; Caesalpinia dubia Spreng.; Peltophorum vogelianum Benth.; Peltophorum vogelianum Walp.; Peltophorum vogelianum f. ferruginea Chodat & Hassl.; Peltophorum vogelianum f. glabrata Chodat & Hassl.; Peltophorum vogelianum f. intermedia Chodat & Hassl.); Images by Kenneth  Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae)– Peltophorum dubium:  Tropical American species, this is…

  • Senna candolleana (Cultivated- USA)

    Senna candolleana (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby (Syn: Cassia bicapsularis var. chilensis Benth.; Cassia candolleana Vogel; Cassia closiana Phil.; Cassia emarginata Clos; Cassia obtusa Clos; Cassia quebracho Steud.);     Images by Gurcharan Singh   Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) Week: Senna candolleana from California: Senna candolleana (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby, syn: Cassia candolleana Vogel…

  • Cassia bakeriana

    Cassia bakeriana Craib (Syn: Cassia bakerana Craib [Spelling variant]); . KASS-ee-uh — from an ancient Greek name kasia used by Dioscorides ¿ baker-ee-AH-na ? — named for ? Baker . commonly known as: Baker’s shower tree, dwarf apple blossom tree, peach blossom cassia, pink shower tree . Native to: Thailand…

  • Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia

    Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 214 1938. (Syn: Plumeria casildensis Urb.; Plumeria domingensis Urb.; Plumeria gibbosa Urb.; Plumeria hypoleuca Gasp.; Plumeria lanata Britton; Plumeria leuconeura Urb.; Plumeria multiflora Standl.; Plumeria pilosula Urb.; Plumeria sericifolia C.Wright ex Griseb.; Plumeria trinitensis Britton; Plumeria tuberculata…

  • Gymnostachyum febrifugum

    Gymnostachyum febrifugum Benth., Flora 32: 558 1849. (Syn: Cryptophragmium febrifugum Kuntze; Gymnostachyum febrifugum var. bracteatum V.S.Ramach.); .  jim-no-STAY-kee-um — Greek: gymnos (naked), stachyum (flower spikes) … Dave’s Botanaryfeb-ri-FEW-gum — Greek: febri (fever); driving away fever … Dave’s Botanary  .commonly known as: fever gymnostachyum • Kannada: ಅಗ್ರದ ಬೇರು agrada beru, ಚಿಟಿಕಿ ಗಡ್ಡೆ chitiki gadde, ಜ್ವರಹರ ಸೊಪ್ಪು jwarahara soppu, ನಾರುಂಬೇಳಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು narumbeli soppu, ನೆಲಮುಚ್ಚಳ nelamuchchala • Malayalam: നാവുനീട്ടി naavuneetti, നിലമുച്ചാള nilamuchchala • Tulu: ಚಿಟಿಕಿ chitki  . Gymnostachyum…

  • Gymnostachyum

      Gymnostachyum febrifugum Benth. (Images by Dinesh Valke & Anurag N. Sharma (Inserted by Anurag N. Sharma & J.M.Garg)) Gymnostachyum glabrum T.Anderson (Images by Prashant Awale (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Gymnostachyum latifolium T.Anderson (Images by Prashant Awale & Dinesh Valke Identified by (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Gymnostachyum latifolium var. decurrens Gamble (SW-India (Kerala) as per CoL)            …

  • Convallaria majalis (Cultivated)

    Convallaria majalis L., Sp. Pl. 814 1753. (syn: Convallaria bracteata Dulac [Illegitimate]; Convallaria fragrans Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Convallaria latifolia Mill.; Convallaria linnaei Gaertn.; Convallaria majalis f. abchasica Ponert ……………; Convallaria mappii C.C.Gmel.; Convallaria scaposa Gilib. [Invalid]; Convallaria transcaucasica Utkin ex Grossh.; Lilium convallium Garsault [Invalid]; Lilium-convallium majale (L.) Moench; Polygonatum majale (L.)…

  • Commelina indehiscens

    Commelina indehiscens E.Barnes, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 46: 74 1946.; . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; .. 196 ID wild plant Commelina: 15 images. Please ID wild plant, Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671 Altitude: 1400fsl Flower date: 17.06.2020, 10.05am      …

  • Gentiana coronata

    Gentiana coronata (D.Don ex Royle) Griseb., Prodr. 9: 109 1845. (Syn: Ericala coronata D.Don ex G.Don; Eyrythalia coronata D.Don; Varasia coronata (Royle) Soják (Unresolved)); Images by Suresh Rana (ID Gurcharan Singh), inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details). Gentiana species from Paddar valley J&K: Sharing Gentiana species from Paddar…

  • Iberis amara

    Iberis amara L., Sp. Pl. 649 1753. (Syn: Biauricula amara (L.) Bubani; Biauricula resedifolia (Pourr. ex Timb.-Lagr.) Bubani; Crucifera iberis E.H.L.Krause; Iberis affinis Jord.; Iberis amara subsp. amara L.; Iberis amara subsp. forestieri (Jord.) Heywood; Iberis apricorum Giraudias; Iberis arvatica Jord.; Iberis bicolor Rchb.; Iberis bicorymbifera Gren. & Godr.; Iberis…

  • Sida yunnanensis ?

    Sida yunnanensis S.Y. Hu, Fl. China Family 153: 16, pl. 16-7 16 1955. (Syn: Sida yunnanensis var. longistyla J.L. Liu; Sida yunnanensis var. viridicaulis J.L. Liu; Sida yunnanensis var. xichangensis J.L. Liu) ?; . Malvaceae Week: Sida yunanensis from Delhi Pl validate: Sida yunnanensis Hu, Fl.China,fam. 153.16.t.16.f.7. 1955 I have…

  • Stachyphrynium spicatum

    Stachyphrynium spicatum (Roxb.) K.Schum., Pflanzenr. IV, 48: 46 1902. (Syn: Halopegia cadelliana (King ex Baker) K.Schum.; Maranta caespitosa A.Dietr.; Maranta spicata Thwaites [Illegitimate]; Phrynium cadellianum King ex Baker; Phrynium spicatum Roxb.; Phrynium zeylanicum Benth.; Phyllodes spicata (Roxb.) Kuntze; Stachyphrynium cadellianum (King ex Baker) N.P.Balakr.; Stachyphrynium mekongense Gagnep.; Stachyphrynium sinense H.Li;…

  • Jasminum dispermum

    Jasminum dispermum Wall., Fl. Ind. 1: 99 1820. (Syn: Jasminum quinquenerve Lamb. ex D.Don [Invalid]); . East Himalaya; India; Nepal; Pakistan; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; . jasminum officinale, near chakki mor: 3 images. jasminum officinale from the oleaceae family growing near chakki mor a few kilometeres from…

  • Nectar & Host Plants

    Nectar & Host Plants;     Nectar Plant List: Attaching herewith list of Nectar Plants, compiled from various sources. By Faruk Mhetar – farukarise@gmail.com   Adenostemma lavenia  These plants are shrubs. >>Adenostemma lavenia Is an evergreen.   Ageratum conyzoides L.  Asteraceae IT is an erect, herbaceous annual 30 – 80…

  • Salacia agasthiamalana

    Salacia agasthiamalana Udayan, Regy Yohannan & Pradeep, Edinburgh J. Bot. 69(2): 255. 2012 [18 Jun 2012]     Scandent bushy shrubs; branchlets lenticellate, blackish. Leaves 5-6.5 3 x 2- 3.5 cm, elliptic, acute, acuminate or rounded-retuse at apex, acute or cuneate at base, coriaceous, margin serrate in young leaves become…

  • Murdannia nimmoniana var. sahyadrica

    Murdannia nimmoniana (J. Graham) Bole & M. R. Almeida var. sahyadrica (Ancy and Nampy) Nandikar comb. & stat. nov., Phytodiversity 2015: Vol. 2 (1): 56-112 ;     Murdannia sahyadrica, a new species of Commelinaceae from the Northwestern Ghats, India: Here is an addition to the flora of India. Murdannia…

  • Impatiens mohana

    Impatiens mohana Ratheesh, Sujana & Anil; A new plant species from Kerala: I am herewith sharing a paper entitled Impatiens mohana (Balsaminaceae), a new scapigerous Balsam from Wayanad, Western Ghats, India for your future reference. Kindly see the attached file. Congratulations … for new published species. By the way it…

  • Hemiphragma heterophyllum

    Hemiphragma heterophyllum Wall., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 612 612 1822.; . China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Tibet, Bhutan, India, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Nepal, Philippines (Luzon), Assam, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Magway, Shan) as per Catalogue of Life; . Tiny flowers, up to 1 cm across blooms…

  • Hemiphragma

      Hemiphragma heterophyllum Wall. (China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Tibet, Bhutan, India, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Nepal, Philippines (Luzon), Assam, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Magway, Shan) as per Catalogue of Life)                             Species with distribution…