• Aster thomsonii

    Aster thomsonii C.B.Clarke, 48 1876. (Syn: Aster flexuosus (Royle ex DC.) Kuntze [Illegitimate]; Kalimeris flexuosa Royle ex DC. (Unresolved)); . Perennial herb up to 90 cm tall, rough hairy, branched; leaves ovate to elliptic 5-10 cm long, coarsely toothed, clasping at base; heads solitary at ends of branches, 4-5 cm across,…

  • Picris

    Picris hieracioides L. (Images by Nidhan Singh (Validated by Gurcharan Singh), Gurcharan Singh & Alok Mahendroo (Id by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))    ‎Picris page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go…

  • Eria species- Shahapur, Maharashtra and Gori valley, Uttarakhand

      Eria sp. flowering: Photographed at my farm at Shahapur earlier this month. Unfortunately couldn’t observe it in full bloom as the inflorescence was destroyed in thundershowers. Presume this is Eria dalzelli. Gori Valley Tour: Orchid 6 for id..: This one was a single shot of an orchid fruiting…id please…sorry…

  • Paphiopedilum callosum (Hong Kong)

    Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb.f.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch 457 1892. (Syn: Cordula callosa (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Cypripedium callosum Rchb.f.; Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer;       Cypripedium schmidtianum Kraenzl.; Paphiopedilum callosum var. angustipetalum Guillaumin; Paphiopedilum callosum var. schmidtianum (Kraenzl.) Pfitzer; Paphiopedilum callosum var. viniferum (Koop. & N.Haseg.) Cavestro; Paphiopedilum callosum var. viniferum (Koop. & N.Haseg.) O.Gruss…

  • Pimelea linifolia subsp. linifolia (Australia)

    Pimelea linifolia Sm., Spec. Bot. New Holland 3: 31-33, pl. 11 31 1794. (Syn: Banksia linifolia (A. Cunn. ex Meisn.) Kuntze; Banksia spathulata (Labill.) Kuntze; Calyptrostegia cernua (R. Br.) C. A. Mey.; Calyptrostegia linifolia (A. Cunn. ex Meissn.) C. A. Mey.; Calyptrostegia spathulata (Labill.) C. A. Mey.; Pimelea cernua R. Br.;…

  • Spiraea × vanhouttei (Germany)

    Spiraea × vanhouttei (Briot) Carrière, Rev. Hort. 48(13): 260 260 1876. (Syn: Spiraea aquilegiifolia var. vanhouttei Briot); Slovakia (I), Germany (I), Hungary (I), Romania (I), Croatia (I), China, USA (I) (Arkansas (I), Connecticut (I), Illinois (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I),…

  • Actinotus minor (Australia)

    Actinotus minor (Sm.) DC., Prodr. 4: 83 1830. (Syn: Eriocalia minor Sm.); Images by Ushaprabha Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Flora-Australia-64: Actinotus minor., not helianthi. Cute. They look like synthetic….made up from silky cloth/paper     References: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2621055 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinotus_minor

  • Actinotus

    Actinotus minor (Sm.) DC. (Australia) (Images by Ushaprabha Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg))

  • Isopogon anemonifolius (Australia)

    Isopogon anemonifolius (R.A. Salisbury) KNIGHT, Cult. Prot. 93 93 1809. (Syn: Atylus anemonifolia (Salisb.) Kuntze; Isopogon anemonifolius var. glaber R.Br.; Isopogon anemonifolius var. pubescens R.Br.; Isopogon anemonifolius var. pubiflorus Benth.; Isopogon anemonifolius f. simplicifolia Cheel; Isopogon tridactylitis (Cav.) Roem. & Schult.; Protea anemonifolia R.A. Salisbury; Protea apifolia Sm. ex Meissn.;…

  • Tabernaemontana species

         Flora of Andaman22-050111-PKA3: I had seen this Tabernaemontana sp. near Radhanagar Beach (Havelock,  Andaman).  Date/Time: 20-12-2010 / 10:30AM Location: Near Radhanagar Beach, Havelock, Andaman & Nicobar Habitat: Wild Plant habit: Tree (Approx 4 m)  Family: Apocynaceae. This could be Tabernaemontana heyneana?  Tabernaemontana sp., but not T. heyneana.  …

  • Doronicum kamaonense

    Doronicum kamaonense (DC.) Alv.Fern., 294 2001. (Syn: Doronicum roylei DC.; Fullartonia kamaonensis DC.); Images by Alok Mahendroo (Id by Gurcharan Singh) & Dinesh Valke (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)   dor-ON-ih-kum — from the Arabic darawnaj … Dave’s Botanarykah-may-oh-NEN-see — of or from…

  • Doronicum

    Doronicum kamaonense (DC.) Alv.Fern. (Images by Alok Mahendroo (Id by Gurcharan Singh) & Dinesh Valke (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Doronicum page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Doronicum page (Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of…

  • Hylodesmum podocarpum

    Hylodesmum podocarpum (DC.) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill (Syn: Desmodium japonicum Miq.; Desmodium podocarpum DC.; Desmodium podocarpum DC. var. indicum Maxim.; Desmodium podocarpum DC. var. japonicum (Miq.)Maxim.; Hedysarum podocarpum (DC.) Spreng.; Podocarpium podocarpum (DC.) Y.C. Yang & P.H. Huang); . Bhutan (N); China (N) ; India (N) ; Arunachal Pradesh…

  • Santalum acuminatum (Australia)

    Santalum acuminatum (R. Br.) A. DC., Prodr. 14(1): 1856. (syn: Eucarya acuminata (R.Br.) Sprague & Summerhayes; Fusanus acuminatus R.Br.; Mida acuminata (R.Br.) Kuntze; Santalum angustifolium A.DC.; Santalum cognatum Miq.; Santalum densiflorum Gand.; Santalum lanceolatum Schltdl.; Santalum preissianum Miq.) as per Catalogue of Life;     Australia (Western Australia, S-Northern Territory, South Australia, S-Queensland,…

  • Justicia candicans (Cultivated)

    Justicia candicans (Nees) L.D.Benson, Trees Shrubs Southw. Deserts ed. 3: 218 1981. (Syn: Adhatoda candicans Nees; Dianthera candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.; Dianthera candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl.; Ecbolium candicans (Nees) Kuntze; Jacobinia candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hook. f. & B.D. Jacks.;…

  • Epidendrum radicans (Cultivated)

    Epidendrum radicans Pav. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 104 1831. (Syn: Epidendrum pratense Rchb.f.; Epidendrum radicans var. chiriquense Schltr.; Epidendrum radicans var. fuscatum Rchb. f.; Epidendrum rhizophorum Bateman ex Lindl.); Mexico to Colombia: Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua,…

  • Durio species

    Durio species;   MALVACEAE: Durio sp.: Inspired by Dr. Stephan Gale, I finally tried my hands on Durian, the King of Fruits. This is one of the 30 existing species of Durio, commonly called as Durain, belonging to family Malvaceae. The centre of ecological diversity for durians is the island…