• Bulbophyllum wendlandianum (Thailand)

    Bulbophyllum wendlandianum (Kraenzl.) Dammer, Orchis 1: 87 (1907). Synonyms: Cirrhopetalum wendlandianum Kraenzl., Gard. Chron. 1891(1): 612 (1891). Cirrhopetalum collettianum Collett & Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 28: t. 20 (1890), orth. var. Cirrhopetalum collettii Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 28: 131 (1890). Phyllorkis collettii (Hemsl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2:…

  • Arenga wightii

    IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) . Arenga wightii Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 475 1845. (Syn: Saguerus wightii (Griff.) H.Wendl. & Drude); . aw-REN-guh — Latinized form of areng, the Malayan name for palm … Dave’s Botanary WIGHT-ee-eye — named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in…

  • Arenga

    Arenga caudata (Lour.) H.E.Moore (Introduced)    Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr. (Assam to C. Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Benin, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Trinidad-Tobago (from POWO)) Arenga wightii Griff. (Images by Dinesh Valke, Manudev K Madhavan & E S Santhosh Kumar (Inserted by…

  • Rubus paniculatus

    Rubus paniculatus Sm., Cycl. 30: Rubus no. 41 Rubus no. 41 1819. (syn: Rubus cordifolius D. Don (ambiguous synonym); Rubus moluccanus var. tiliaceus (Smith) Kuntze; Rubus paniculatus f. tiliaceus (Smith) Hara; Rubus pseudotiliaceus Kuntze; Rubus tiliaceus Smith (ambiguous synonym)); . China (Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, N-India, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistan…

  • Strophanthus divaricatus

    Strophanthus divaricatus (Lour.) Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy. 199 1837. (Syn: Emericia divaricata (Lour.) Roem. & Schult.; Faskia divaricata (Lour.) Lour. ex B.A.Gomes; Nerium chinense Hunter ex Roxb.; Pergularia divaricata Lour.; Periploca divaricata (Lour.) Spreng.; Streptocaulon divaricatum (Lour.) G. Don; Strophanthus chinensis G.Don; Strophanthus dichotomus var. chinensis Ker; Strophanthus…

  • Cascabela

    Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold (Images by Satish Phadke, Bhagyashri Ranade (Validated by Pankaj Kumar), Surajit Koley & Alok Mahendroo (Id by Balkar Singh & Nidhan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))

  • Holcoglossum amesianum

    Holcoglossum amesianum (Rchb.f.) Christenson, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 44: 255 1987. (Syn: Holcoglossum amesianum f. album (B.S.Williams) Christenson; Vanda amesiana Rchb.f.; Vanda amesiana var. alba B.S.Williams); . Assam to China (W. & S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; ….

  • Holcoglossum

    Holcoglossum amesianum (Rchb.f.) Christenson (Assam to China (W. & S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)    

  • Lycoris

    Lycoris aurea (L’Hér.) Herb. (Images by (P.Chitralekha – identified by Balkar Singh & Ganesh Mani Pradhan), (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Lycoris radiata (L’Hér.) Herb. (Images by (Satyendra K.Tiwari – identified by J.M.Garg) & (Balkar Singh –  identified by J.M.Garg), (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))   Re: almost completed insertion of images of identified species of…

  • Ehretia anacua (Lalbagh, Banglore)

    Ehretia anacua (Terán & Berland.) I.M.Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb. 70: 89 1924. (Syn: Ehretia ciliata Miers; Ehretia elliptica A.DC.; Ehretia exasperata Miers; Ehretia lancifolia Sessé & Moç.; Ehretia scabra Kunth & C.D.Bouché; Gaza anacua Terán & Berland.);   Images by Raman Arunachalam (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click…

  • Cucumis anguria (Cultivated)

    Cucumis anguria L., Sp. Pl. 1011 1753. (Syn: Cucumis anguria Vell.; Cucumis anguria subsp. cubensis Gand.; Cucumis anguria subsp. jamaicensis Gand.; Cucumis anguria subsp. longipes (Hook.f.) Greb.; Cucumis anguria var. longipes (Hook. f.) A. Meeuse; Cucumis angurioides M.Roem.; Cucumis arada L. ex Naudin & F.Muell.; Cucumis cubensis Gand.; Cucumis echinatus…

  • Myrsine africana

    Myrsine africana L., Sp. Pl. 196 1753. (Syn: Buxus dioica Forsk.; Myrica arabica Willd.; Myrica montana Vahl; Myrsine acuta Salisb.; Myrsine africana var. acuminata C.Y. Wu & C. Chen; Myrsine africana var. bifaria (Wall.) Franch.; Myrsine africana var. glandulosa J.M. Zhang; Myrsine africana var. retusa A. DC.; Myrsine bifaria Wall.; Myrsine bottensis A. DC.; Myrsine glabra Gaertn.; Myrsine…

  • Myrsine

    Myrsine africana L. (South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Socotra, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Angola, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan), Pakistan (Chitral, Baluchistan, Peshawar, Swat, Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Taiwan, China…

  • Notholirion thomsonianum

    Notholirion thomsonianum (Royle) Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 95 1934. (Syn: Fritillaria thomsoniana (Royle) D.Don; Lilium longifolium Griff.; Lilium roseum Wall. ex Hook.; Lilium thomsonianum Royle);     Kalatope id Al040812: A beautiful flower in the wild…Location Kalatope, ChambaAltitude 1400 mtsHabit herbHabitat wildHeight 15 inchesSeason March-April Notholirion thomsonianum indeed!…

  • Notholirion

    Notholirion macrophyllum (D.Don) Boiss. Images by D S Rawat (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Notholirion thomsonianum (Royle) Stapf Images by Alok Mahendroo (ID by Tabish) & Anil Thakur (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Notholirion species in…

  • Aster falconeri

    Aster falconeri (C.B.Clarke) Hutch., 398 1910. (Syn: Aster diplostephioides var. falconeri C.B.Clarke); Images by  Alok Mahendroo (Id validation by Chris Chadwell) & Oleg Polunin (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)     Fwd: Aster falconeri in Kashmir : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)…

  • Conyza species ?

    Conyza species ?; . 200312 BRS 334 Id. request.: No images seen now. … just guessing: some species of Conyza. Please wait for comments. Can this be a species of Anaphalis…??

  • Cyclanthera brachystachya

    Cyclanthera brachystachya (DC.) Cogn., Mém. Couronnés Mém. Savants Étrangers Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles (8vo) 28: 64 1878. (Syn: Cyclanthera bourgaeana Naudin; Cyclanthera brachybotrys var. achocchilla Cogn.; Cyclanthera costaricensis Cogn.; Cyclanthera costaricensis var. angustiloba Cogn.; Cyclanthera elastica hort. ex Vilm.; Cyclanthera explodens Naudin; Cyclanthera explodens var. intermedia Cogn.; Cyclanthera explodens var….

  • Erigeron species

      190312 BRS 333 for id request.: A species of Erigeron of Asteraceae family.   Upper Chamba Asteraceae i.d. Al291111: today’s resurfaced id for … ‘Aster from Himachal’ reminded me of this flower, which I did not post earlier since I had only one photograph of this (which I thought…

  • Benincasa fistulosa

    Benincasa fistulosa (Stocks) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner, Taxon 60:133. 2011. (Syn: (≡) Citrullus fistulosus Stocks (basionym); (≡) Citrullus vulgaris var. fistulosus (Stocks) J. L. Stewart;  (≡) Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangalo) as per GRIN; The tinda and plural called tinday (in Urdu) also called Indian round gourd or apple gourd…