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; 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 species ?; . Upper Chamba flowers – into Pangi – id al310811: This time over the pass into ‘Pangi’ Location Pangi Altitude 4200 mts Habit herb Habitat wild Plant height 8 inches I think this plant is from Brassicaceae Perhaps a species of Arabis? Arabis nova Vill. ?? herbarium-online…
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 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…
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 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 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 brachypetala Sond.
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 tetragonolobus (L.) DC.
Vitex peduncularis Wall. ex Schauer, Prodr. 11: 687 1847. (Syn: Vitex alata Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Vitex morava Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Vitex peduncularis f. roxburghiana (C.B.Clarke) Moldenke; Vitex peduncularis var. roxburghiana C.B.Clarke); Tree, 7-18 m high; stem and branches slender, obtusely 4-angular or subterete; young parts pubescent, glabrous when mature;…
Atrichum species ?; Moss for ID – RK – 1: Request ID .Pic taken early March 2011.Los Altos,California. … this is a moss. Please provide the size of the capsule and leaf size with photograph for identification of the species. I regret this is the only pic have.This is…
Conyza japonica (Thunb.) Less. ex DC., Prodr. 5 382 1836. (Syn: Blumea compactiflora H.Lév. & Vaniot; Blumea copelandii Elmer; Conyza congesta Spreng. ex DC.; Conyza multicaulis DC.; Conyza veronicifolia Wall. ex DC.; Eschenbachia japonica (Thunb.) J.Kost.); . Common name: Japanese Fleabane • Nepali: सलह झार Salaha jhar ; . Erect herb…
Stackhousia viminea Sm., Cycl. 33: no. 1 1816. (Syn: Stackhousia doryopetala Schuch.; Stackhousia flava Hook. fil.; Stackhousia monogyna Sieber ex Benth.; Stackhousia viminea f. flava (J. D. Hook.) Pampan.); Flora-Aus-77: Stockhousia viminiea References: Catalogue of Life http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2580325 RBYG
Stackhousia viminea Sm. (Australia)
Styphelia triflora Andrews, Bot. Repos. 1: t. 72 1799. (Unresolved); Flora-Aus-76: A shrub–Styphelia triflora References: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2592852
Styphelia triflora Andrews (Australia)
Tetratheca juncea Sm., Repert. Spec. Bot. New Holland t. 2 1793. (Syn: Bauera juncea Walp.); Flora-Aus.-75: A shrub—Tetratheca juncea. References: Catalogue of Life http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2671254 www.plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=131741 http://www.gbif.org/species/7538324