Kunzea
Kunzea capitata (Sm.) Heynh. (Australia)
Uvaria hamiltonii
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Uvaria hamiltonii Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 96 96 1855.; . Images by Prasad Kumar Dash (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images, click on the links) 11111PD03 Uvaria hamiltonii Flora of Orissa: another very rare and Indian Endemic shrub uvaria hamiltonii from Ranpur, Orissa Name of the species: Uvaria…
Epilobium tibetanum
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Epilobium tibetanum Hausskn., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 53 1879. (Syn: Epilobium leiospermum Hausskn.; Epilobium nuristanicum Rech.f.; Epilobium pseudo-obscurum Hausskn.; Epilobium pseudobscurum Hausskn.; Epilobium roseum var. anagallidifolium C.B. Clarke); Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan, Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Parwan), Pakistani Kashmir (Baltistan, Astor, Gilgit), Pakistan (Hazara, Kurram, Chitral, Swat), Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Chumbi,…
Lemna species
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Lemna species, ID of aquatic plant!: I require your help in identifying this plant. It surely isn’t Spirodela polyrhiza which is quite large. It looks more of Lemna gibba or Lemna minor or Wolffia globosa. I strongly suspect it to be Woffia globosa. I would be happy if…
Salsola kali subsp. tragus
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Salsola kali subsp. tragus (L.) Celak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2: 155 1871. (Syn: Kali australis (R.Br.) Akhani & Roalson; Salsola acicularis Salisb.; Salsola altaica (C. A. Mey.) Iljin; Salsola australis R. Br.; Salsola brachypteris Moq.; Salsola controversa Todaro ex Nym.; Salsola decumbens Lam.; Salsola iberica Sennen & Pau; Salsola kali…
Commelina paleata
- May 9, 2012
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Commelina paleata Hassk., Pl. Jungh. 139 1852. (Syn: Trithyrocarpus oligospatha Hassk.; Trithyrocarpus paleatus (Hassk.) Hassk.); . Commelinales & Zingiberales Week: Day Flower: Commelina diffusa – Day Flower Am not sure but I could see some pubescence upon the spathe in the picture. Do Commelina diffusa have such hairs on spathe?…
Cordia domestica
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Cordia domestica Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 123 1821. (Syn: Cordia domestica var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) M.R.Almeida; Cordia evolutior (C.B.Clarke) Gamble; Cordia fulvosa Wight; Cordia fulvosa var. evolutior C.B.Clarke; Cordia myxa var. domestica (Roth) C.B.Clarke; Gerascanthus fulvosus (Wight) Borhidi [Invalid]; Lithocardium fulvosum Kuntze (Unresolved)); . As per efi thread : Here is a key…
Araucaria bidwillii (Cultivated)
- May 8, 2012
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Araucaria bidwillii Hook., London J. Bot. 2: 503 1843. (Syn: Columbea bidwillii (Hook.) Carrière; Marywildea bidwillii (Hook.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan); Tree for ID : Lalbagh, Bangalore : 300412 : AK-2: Another very tall tree seen on the 15th of April,12 at Lalbagh. Another Pine? Leaf tip had a…
Araucaria
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Araucaria araucana (Molina) K.Koch (Images by Aarti S Khale (Id suggestion by J M Garg) & Pudji Widodo (Id suggestion by Gurcharan Singh)(Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Araucaria bidwillii Hook. (Images by D S Rawat, Raman Arunachalam, Alka Khare (Validation by D S…
Names of Plants in India site
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Names of Plants in India site; This site makes an attempt to gather and share common names of the plants found in India. The common names are just as important as the scientific names. Strangely — 1) some of the names are not common at all, and we may find…
Indian Flora facebook group
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Indian Flora facebook group; India , one of the important bio-diversity zone of the world is rich in flora . And it has all the reason to be so with Himalaya in one side, coast on other and deserts and evergreen forest on either of the sides. With…
Arabis caucasica
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Arabis caucasica Willd., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 45 (1814) (syn: Arabis albida Steven ex M.Bieb. ; Arabis albida f. racemopuberula N.Busch ; Arabis albida var. umbrosa Boiss. ; Arabis albida variegata Abbey ; Arabis alpina Georgi ; Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica (Willd.) Briq. ; Arabis alpina var. commutata Pau & Font Quer ; Arabis alpina subsp. flavescens (Griseb.) Hayek ; Arabis alpina var. flavescens Griseb. ; Arabis billardieri DC. ; Arabis caucasica subsp. flavescens (Griseb.) F.K.Mey….
Plumeria species
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Plumeria species; Lichens in Chennai?: Thanks to my son, I got to see this Lichen-like growth on a common white Frangipani tree/ Champa Tree or சம்பங்கி as shown in the photo enclosed. I always thought Lichens are kind of Bio-indicators of clean air! Am sure the place where…
Coelogyne breviscapa
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Coelogyne breviscapa Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 4 1854. (Syn: Coelogyne angustifolia Wight [Illegitimate]; Pleione breviscapa (Lindl.) Kuntze); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . koh-el-LAW-jin-ee — from the Greek koilos (hollow) and gyne (female) … Dave’s Botanary brev-ee-SKAY-pa — with a short scape (flower stalk) … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: short-scaped coelogyne . Names…
Diospyros ebenum
- May 7, 2012
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IUCN Red List Status: Data Deficient (DD) . Diospyros ebenum J.König ex Retz., Physiogr. Sälsk. Handl. 1: 176 1781. (Syn: Diospyros assimilis Bedd.; Diospyros ebenaster Retz.; Diospyros glaberrima Rottler; Diospyros laurifolia A.Rich.; Diospyros melanoxylon Willd. [Illegitimate]; Diospyros membranacea A.DC.; Diospyros reticulata var. timoriana A.DC.; Diospyros timoriana (A.DC.) Miq.); . S….
Misopates
- May 6, 2012
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Misopates orontium subsp. gibbosum (Wall.) D.A.Sutton (India, Jammu & Kashmir, Nepal, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan (Kabul, Laghman), Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Socotra as per Catalogue of life)
Schotia brachypetala (Introduced)
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Schotia brachypetala Sond. (Syn: Schotia latifolia sensu Dale (misaapplied); Schotia semireducta Merxm.); . Africa: Kenya (I) ; Mozambique (N) ; South Africa (N); Swaziland (N) ; Uganda (I); Zimbabwe (N); Asia: India (I) ; Uttar Pradesh; Pakistan (I) ; Indian Ocean: Mauritius (I) as per ILDIS; . Tree for ID : Lalbagh-Bangalore :…
Schotia
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Schotia brachypetala Sond.
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (Introduced)
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Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC. (Syn: Botor tetragonoloba (L.) Kuntze; Botor tetragonolobus (L.) Kuntze; Dolichos ovatus Graham; Dolichos tetragonolobus L.); India (I); Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Bihar ; Delhi; Goa; Haryana ; Himachal Pradesh; Karnataka ; Maharashtra ; Manipur; Meghalaya; Mizoram; Nagaland ; Orissa; Punjab ; Rajasthan; Sikkim; Tamil Nadu;…
Psophocarpus
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Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.