• Pachystachys

    Pachystachys lutea Nees (Images by Raghu Ananth & Bhagyashri Ranade (Inserted by J.M.Garg & Bhagyashri Ranade)) Pachystachys spicata (Ruiz & Pav.) Wassh. (Images by Shobha Halwe-Chavda (Identified by Smita Rasker), Aarti S. Khale, Alka Khare (Validated by M. Swamy) & N. Muthu Karthick (Identified by Tanay Bose) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) . Species…

  • Broussonetia papyrifera

    Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent., Tabl. regn. veg. 3:547. 1799 (Syn: (≡) Morus papyrifera L. (basionym); (≡) Papyrius papyrifera (L.) Kuntze); . Halibun, Kalivon, Kozo, Tapacloth tree, Paper Mulberry • Hindi: जंगली तूत Jangli toot • Kannada: kaagda, kaagada uppu naerale; . ID request: 220211SP01: Location Pune: Habit:Small tree Inflorescence: Cauliflorous,…

  • Cycas swamyi

    Cycas swamyi Rita Singh & P.Radha , Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 158: 431 2008.;   Images by Mahadeswara Swamy    ID confirmation MS180211 – 12- Cycas swamyi: Cycas swamyi.  Cycadaceae.  –  The plant Cycas swamyi has been recently described in 2008 from Karnataka by Dr. Rita Singh.  imagine it has already…

  • Cistanche

      Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight     

  • Convolvulus virgatus

    Convolvulus virgatus Boiss. ?, Diagn. Fl. Or., Nov. 1(7):24. 1846. Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:88.1879, Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 2:11.1963, Sa’ad, l.c. 86. (Fig. 2, B). (Syn: Convolvulus muscatensis Boiss.; Convolvulus virgatus var. subaphyllus Boiss.); . Gulf States, Iran, Oman, Pakistan as per POWO; . Ipomoea for ID : 280111 :…

  • Sonchus species

      ID help please: An Asteraceae, to me, but was quite far off and in a locked campus…. just managed to shoot the flowers. Apologies for not including the leaves… Patuli, Kolkata, India 20 feb 2011   Sonchus asper from Lohari Panipat:  Sonchus asper?? from Lohari Panipat The more I see Sonchus…

  • Piper galeatum

    Piper galeatum (Miq.) C. DC., Prodr. 16(1): 242 242 1869. (Syn: Muldera galeata Miq.; Muldera wightiana Miq.); India as per Catalogue of Life;   References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  GBIF (High resolution specimens) High resolution specimen  POWO  Flora of Karnataka  India Biodiversity Portal  Kerala plants  

  • Prosthechea cochleata (Cultivated)

    Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 377 1997 publ. 1998. (Syn: Anacheilium cochleatum (L.) Hoffmanns.; Anacheilium cochleatum var. triandrum Small; Auliza cochleatum (L.) Lindl. ex Stein; Encyclia cochleata (L.) Dressler; Encyclia cochleata (L.) Lemée; Epidendrum cochleatum L.; Epidendrum cochleatum Curtiss; Epidendrum cochleatum var. grandiflorum Mutel; Phaedrosanthus cochleatus (L.) Kuntze; Prosthechea…

  • Odontonema callistachyum (Cultivated)

    Odontonema callistachyum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze , Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 494 1891. (Syn: Justicia callistachya Cham. & Schltdl.; Justicia callistachya Kuntze; Justicia corymbulosa Bertol.; Odontonema breedlovei V.M. Baum; Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze; Odontonema geminatum (Donn. Sm.) S.F. Blake; Odontonema steyermarkii Leonard; Rhytiglossa corymbulosa Nees; Thyrsacanthus callistachyus (Cham. & Schltdl.)…

  • Odontonema

    Odontonema callistachyum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze (Images by Muthu Karthick (Identified by Ajinkya Gadave) & P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg))   Odontonema tubaeforme (Bertol.) Kuntze (Images by Alka Khare & R. Thilakan Makkiseril (Identified by P. Santhan) (Inserted by J.M.Garg))   . Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on…

  • Lampranthus multiradiatus (Cultivated)

    Lampranthus multiradiatus (Jacq.) N.E.Br., Gard. Chron. III, 87: 71 1930. (syn: Lampranthus roseus (Willd.) Schwantes; Mesembryanthemum multiradiatum Jacq.; Mesembryanthemum roseum Willd.); Images by Aarti S Khale (Identified by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Sedum for ID : 200111 : AK-2: 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Taken at…

  • Begonia dioica

    Begonia dioica Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don , Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 223 1825. (Syn: Begonia amoena Wall. ex A.DC.; Begonia tenella D.Don;                                Begonia erosa Wall.); . Common name: Three-Petal Begonia .   begonia…?? : .. pertaining only to Kalatope Khajjiar sanctuary around my house from an altitude of 2100 mts to 2500 mts…

  • Ranunculus species

      Flower from hampta..191110-PKA2: Sharing this flower photo from Hampta Pass region. This is the only photograph available. Date/Time: 27-09-2010 / 09:50AM Location: On the way to Hampta Pass, (Altitude: approx. 11000 ft) Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Herb Ranunuculus, perhaps more photographs can help in placing the species.  Can this…

  • Nepenthes mirabilis (Cultivated)

    Nepenthes mirabilis (Lour.) Druce, Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Isles Rep. 4: 637 637 1916. (Syn: Nepenthes beccariana Macfarl.; Nepenthes phyllamphora Willd.; Phyllamphora mirabilis Lour.);  Australia (Cape York Peninsula), Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands (Palau and Yap), China (Guangdong Province, Hainan,[16][17] Hong Kong, and Macau), D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Java, Laos, Louisiade Archipelago, Maluku…

  • Nepenthes rafflesiana (Cultivated)

    Nepenthes rafflesiana Jack , Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 271 1836.;  It is common in Borneo and parts of the Riau Archipelago, but has a restricted distribution in both Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. It is only widespread in the southeastern region of the Malay Peninsula, particularly in the state of Johor,…

  • Mucuna atropurpurea

    Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. (Syn: Carpopogon atropurpureum Roxb.; Stizolobium atropurpureum (Roxb.) Kuntze);  As per efi thread: Key to Mucuna species as provided by J.F.Duthie in Flora of the Upper Gangetic Plains (1929) and modified as per Sanjappa (1992) : A. Woody climbers, with faces of pods obliquely plaited  …

  • Oberonia brunoniana

    Oberonia brunoniana Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1622 1851. (Syn: Iridorchis brunoniana (Wight) Kuntze (Unresolved); Iridorkis brunoniana (Wight) Kuntze; Malaxis brunoniana (Wight) Rchb.f.); .   Another Oberonia species: Attaching another species of the genus Oberonia Oberonia brunoniana Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1622 (1851). Described by Wight based…

  • Oberonia swaminathanii

    Oberonia swamintahanii Ratheesh, Manudev & Sujanapal, Nordic Journal of Botany, 28: 713–715.;         Oberonia swaminathanii, a new orchid species from Kerala: Attaching here with the photograph of Oberonia swamintahanii Ratheesh, Manudev & Sujanapal, recently described from Wayanad distict of Kerala. (Narayanan, M. K. R., Manudev, K. M.,…

  • Quassia

    Quassia amara L. (Introduced) (N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Maranhao), Venezuela (Barinas, Bolivar, Zulia), Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Belize, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca), Trinidad, Colombia (Antioquia, Bolvar, Choc, Magdalena, Sucre), Guyana (I), Surinam (I), French Guiana (I), Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent), Cuba (I),…