• Murdannia dimorpha

    Murdannia dimorpha (Dalzell) G.Brückn., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 15a: 173 1930. (Syn: Aneilema dimorphum Dalzell; Aneilema paniculatum Wight; Phaeneilema dimorphum (Dalzell) G.Brückn.);   Images by Prashant Awale (Id by Mayur Nandikar) & Anurag N Sharma (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)    Flora of…

  • Ageratina (Asteroideae- Eupatorieae)

      Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M.King & H.Rob. (Images by tspkumar & Gurcharan Singh) Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob. (Images by J.M.Garg (Id by Akramul Hoque & Validation by E S Santhosh Kumar), Balkar Singh (Id by Gurcharan Singh), Surajit Koley, Dinesh Valke & Neil Soares (id by Dinesh Valke) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more…

  • Hedyotis purpurascens

    Hedyotis purpurascens Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 50 1880. (syn: Hedyotis purpurascens var. pallida (Gamble) M.Mohanan; Hedyotis purpurea Bedd. [Illegitimate]; Oldenlandia purpurascens (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Oldenlandia purpurascens var. pallida Gamble);  India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as per WCSP;   Malayalam Koonthamaniyan Erect shrubs, branches with prominent leaf scars. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, base…

  • Papilionanthe

      Species with description & keys in Flora of China :  Papilionanthe biswasiana (Ghose & Mukerjee) Garay Papilionanthe taiwaniana (S. S. Ying) Ormerod Papilionanthe teres (Roxburgh) Schlechter Papilionanthe vandarum (H. G. Reichenbach) Garay   Floristic Diversity of Assam: Study of Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary By Bora, Yogendra Kumar (2003)- Species with description-…

  • Costus dubius

    Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum., Pflanzenr. IV, 46: 409 1904. (Syn: Costus albus A.Chev. ex Koechlin; Costus edulis De Wild. & T.Durand; Costus trachyphyllus K.Schum.; Costus zechii K.Schum.; Zingiber dubium Afzel.);   Image by Indrerjeet Sethi (ID by M. Sabu)   fruits and vegetables: Pls help in the identification. This picture was…

  • Thlaspi montanum

    Thlaspi montanum L., Sp. Pl. 647, 1753 (Syn: Thlaspi cochleariforme Auct. (non DC.); T. cochleariforme subsp. griffithianum (Boiss.) Jafri; T. alpestre auct. (non L.); FBI 1: 162, 1872) as per FBI;   Images by Alok Mahendroo (Id by Gurcharan Singh), Suresh Rana, Ashwini Bhatia & Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete…

  • Euphorbia dracunculoides

    Euphorbia dracunculoides Lam., Encycl. 2: 428 1788. (Syn: Tithymalus dracunculoides (Lam.) Klotzsch & Garcke); Images by Gurcharan Singh, (For more photos & complete details, click on the links), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Euphorbia dracunculoides from Tikkar tal lake, Morni, Haryana: Euphorbia dracunculoides Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 428. 1788. syn: Euphorbia lanceolata…

  • Psychotria nigra

    Psychotria nigra (Gaertn.) Alston, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 152 1931. (Syn: Grumilea nigra Gaertn.; Grumilea nudiflora Thwaites; Psychotria nigra var. nigra ; Psychotria thwaitesii Hook.f.; Psychotria thwaitesii var. coronata Hook.f.; Psychotria thwaitesii var. zeylanica Hook.f.; Uragoga thwaitesii (Hook.f.) Kuntze); S. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP;   ANJAN14/14 Rubiaceae Shrub…

  • Uncarina grandidieri (Cultivated)

    Uncarina grandidieri (Baill.) Stapf , Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4, 3b: 261 261 1895. (Syn: Harpagophytum dimidiatum Baill.; Harpagophytum grandidieri Baill.; Uncaria grandidieri (Baill.) Kuntze; Uncarina didierii Stapf);   Madagascar as per Catalogue of life;   Common name: Mouse Trap Tree, Burger’s Onion, Succulent Sesame       13042011GS1 tree for ID from…

  • Medicago monantha

    Medicago monantha (C.A.Mey.) Trautv. (Syn: Trigonella brahuica Boiss.; Trigonella incisa Benth.; Trigonella incisa var. geminiflora (Bunge) Boiss.; Trigonella monantha C.A.Mey.; Trigonella monantha subsp. incisa (Benth.) Ali; Trigonella monantha subsp. noeana (Boiss.) Huber-Mor.; Trigonella monantha subsp. noeana (Boiss.) Huber-Morath; Trigonella noeana Boiss.; Trigonella polycerata auct. non L.); . E. Medit. to Mongolia…

  • Juncus bufonius

    Juncus bufonius L., Sp. Pl. 328 1753. (syn: Juncus aletaiensis K.F.Wu; Juncus bilineatus Gand.; Juncus bufonius var. alpinus Schur ……………..; Juncus bufonum Bubani [Illegitimate]; Juncus cespifolius Raf.; Juncus congestus S. Watson; Juncus creticus Raf.; Juncus divaricatus Gilib. [Invalid]; Juncus erythropodus V.I.Krecz.; Juncus fasciatus Lojac.; Juncus inaequalis Willd. ex E. Mey.; Juncus…

  • Schoenoplectus lacustris

    Schoenoplectus lacustris (L.) Palla, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 1888. (Syn: Cyperus lacustris (L.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause [Illegitimate]; Eleogiton lacustris (L.) Fourr.; Heleophylax lacustris (L.) Schinz & Thell.; Hymenochaeta lacustris (L.) Nakai; Schoenoplectus validus (Vahl) T. Koyama; Scirpus lacustris L.);      Schoenoplectus lacustris from Ek Tal lake, Morni, Haryana:…

  • Lindenbergia macrostachya

    Lindenbergia macrostachya (Benth.) Benth., Scroph. Ind. 22 1835. (syn: Adenosma cuspidatum Benth.; Lindenbergia siamensis Miq. ex Hook. fil.; Stemodia macrostachya Benth.);  India, Pakistan (Hazara, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi), Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir) as per Catalogue of Life;    Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas By Francis . Pennell (1943- Description & Keys-…

  • Murdannia satheeshiana

    Murdannia satheeshiana, Phytotaxa 22: 41–46 (2011) ; . Please find the article published in Phytotaxa: Please find the new article entitled: “Murdannia satheeshiana—a new species of Commelinaceae from the Western Ghats, India” published in the journal Phytotaxa. http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content.htm   . References: Murdannia satheeshiana—a new species of … – Magnolia Press…

  • Coffea liberica

    Coffea liberica Hiern, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 171 ;   KOFF-ee-uh — from Turkish kahve, in turn from Arabic qahwaly-BER-ee-kuh — of or from Liberia (West Africa) roh-BUS-tuh — robust commonly known as: coffee, Liberian coffee • Arabic: بن bun, قہوة qahwat • Assamese: কফি kaphi • Bengali: কফি…

  • Setaria italica

    Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 51 1812. (Syn: Alopecurus caudatus Thunb.; Chaetochloa germanica (Mill.) Smyth; ….; Chamaeraphis italica (L.) Kuntze; ….; ….); . cultigen from China; Introduced into: Afghanistan, Alabama, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria,…

  • Pennisetum polystachion

    Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen, Lejeunia, n.s., 120: 161 (1987) as per POWO; . Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult., Mant. 2: 146 1824. (Syn: Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone ….; Gymnotrix geniculata Schult. ….; Panicum alopecuros Lam. ….; Pennisetum arvense Pilg. ….; Pennisetum polystachyum (L.) Schult.; Setaria cenchroides (Rich.) Roem. & Schult. ….); . New World: Alabama, Argentina…

  • Lathyrus sphaericus

    Lathyrus sphaericus Retz. (Syn: Lathyrus coccineus All.; Lathyrus hygrophilus “sensu Robyns, p.p.” (Misapplied); Lathyrus viciodes DC.; Orobus sphaericus (Retz.) Avazneli);  …. India (N); Delhi ; Haryana ; Himachal Pradesh ; Jammu-Kashmir ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Punjab ; Rajasthan ; Uttar Pradesh ; West Bengal as per ILDIS;     Kalatope id…

  • Rosa leschenaultiana

    Rosa leschenaultiana (Redout‚ & Thory) Wight & Arn., Prodromus florae peninsula Indiae orientalis 301 1834. (Syn: Rosa sempervirens Hook. fil. & Thoms. ex Hook. fil. (ambiguous synonym); Rosa sempervirens var. leschenaultiana Redout‚ & Thory; Rosa wallichii Sabine);  India, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; RO-zuh — referring to the rose…

  • Euphorbia cooperi (Cultivated)

    Euphorbia cooperi N.E.Br. ex A.Berger, Sukkul. Euphorb. 83 1907 publ. 1906.; . Common names: Lesser Candelabra Tree, Transvaal Candelabra Tree . Succulent spiny tree up to 6 m tall, 5-6 winged stem constricted into segments, the terminal segment appearing like a tower; spines in pairs up to 6 mm long,…