Getonia
Getonia floribunda Roxb.
Insect galls on Hopea species
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ID request-02022011-PKA3: I had seen this climbing shrub with Globuse fruit having prominent spike in the forest near Yana – Vibhuti water falls. Date/Time: 20-01-2011 / 01:15PM Location: On the way to Yana Rock temple from Vibhuti falls. Habitat: Wild – Its strange and interesting. It could be even a gall. I…
Grewia villosa
- June 15, 2011
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Grewia villosa Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 205 1803. (Syn: Balmeda corylifolia Nocca; Grewia chaunothamnus K.Schum.; Grewia corylifolia A.Rich.; Grewia echinulata Delile; Grewia heynei Steud.; Grewia micropetala Bertol.; Grewia orbiculata G.Don; Grewia villifera Sweet; Grewia villosa B.Heyne ex Roth; Grewia villosa var. glabrior K.Schum.; Tridermia papillosa Raf.); …
Syzygium bankense (Indonesia)
- June 14, 2011
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Syzygium bankense (Hassk.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 160 1939. (Syn: Eugenia bankensis (Hassk.) Backer; Eugenia besukiensis Merr.; Jambosa buxifolia Miq.; Microjambosa bankensis Hassk.; Microjambosa besukiensis Hassk. ex Miq.; Syzygium besukiense (Merr.) Masam.); Java (introduced), Borneo, Philippines (Mindoro), Palawan, Sumatra (incl. Bangka Isl.) as per Catalogue of Life;…
Zeuxine grandis
- June 13, 2011
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Zeuxine grandis Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 32: 90 1978.; A new synonym of Zeuxine grandis (Orchidaceae): http://www.richardiana.com/?rub=resumes&no=XI2f This work is important firstly taxonomically as we have merged an endemic orchid of Uttarakhand with a non endemic so reducing the number of endemic orchids of Uttarakhand. Secondly because, it was…
Sobralia chrysostoma ?
- June 11, 2011
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Sobralia chrysostoma Dressler, Orchids 70: 750 2001. ? Orchid from Costa Rica for ID — TB23022011: I am posting some photos of an orchid that was recorded from Costa Rica. The photos were taken by one of friend who was on a hiking trip out there. Though this plant has…
Sobralia
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Naregamia alata
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Naregamia alata Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 117 1834. (Syn. Naregamia dentata Miq. ex Hook. fil.; Turraea alata (Wight & Arn.) M. Cheek (ambiguous synonym); Turraea alata Wight & Arn. (ambiguous synonym)); . India: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India;…
Naregamia
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Naregamia alata Wight & Arn.
Pachystachys
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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
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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
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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
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Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight
Convolvulus virgatus
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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
- June 10, 2011
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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
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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)
- May 22, 2011
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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…
Prosthechea
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Odontonema callistachyum (Cultivated)
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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
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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…