Palm for ID : 260111 : AK-1: Taken at Racca Nursery, Nasik, Maharashtra on the 3rd of October,2010. Tree of medium height, not very tall like some other palms. – its definitely Cycas sp, but without seeing the sporophylls its realy difficult to distinguish Cycas circinalis and Cycas…
Dendrobium jerdonianum Wight , Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1644 1851 (Syn: Callista jerdoniana (Wight) Kuntze; Callista nutans (Lindl.) Kuntze; Conchidium jerdonianum (Wight) Rauschert; Dendrobium nutans Lindl.; Dendrobium nutantiflorum A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller); . SW. India as per POWO; . Common name: Orange Kerala Dendrobium . Dendrobium nutantiflorum: Requesting validation of…
Heliotropium arborescens L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 913 1759 (Syn: Heliotropium arborescens var. grisellum I.M. Johnst.; Heliotropium corymbosum Ruiz & Pav.; Heliotropium peruvianum L.); . Request for ID : 240111 : AK-3: These were garden flowers. Small plant in the form of shrubs. Again taken at Nairobi, Kenya in…
Dimerocostus strobilaceus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 687 1891 (Syn: Dimerocostus guttierezii Kuntze); Image by Aarti S.Khale (ID by Pankaj Kumar, validation by Tanay Bose) C. & S. Trop. America as per WCSP; Request for ID : 250111 : AK-3: Taken at Nairobi, Kenya in January,2009. Plant about…
Dimerocostus strobilaceus Kuntze (Cultivated- Kenya) Image by Aarti S.Khale (ID by Pankaj Kumar, validation by Tanay Bose)
Anemonastrum tetrasepalum (Royle) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 165 1973. (syn: Anemone tetrasepala Royle; Anemonidium tetrasepalum (Royle) Christenh. & Byng); Jammu & Kashmir (Dras, Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistan (Hazara, Kurram, Swat, Murree), Pakistani Kashmir (Astor, Deosai, Baltistan), (not Tibet or Myanmar) as per Catalogue of Life; Ranunculaceae Fortnight: Anemone…
Lonicera sempervirens L., Sp. Pl. 1: 173 173 1753. (Syn: Lonicera sempervirens var. sempervirens ; Periclymenum sempervirens (L.) Mill.; Phenianthus semperivens (L.) Raf. ex B.D. Jacks.); Lonicera sempervirens[a] (also coral honeysuckle or trumpet honeysuckle) is a species of honeysuckle native to the eastern United States.[2] It is grown as an…
Chenopodium album ?; . confirmation of ID: I found these chenopodium species growing in a field…. The first one i guess is C. album, not sure of the rest 2… Could any of these 2 be C. glaucum or C. foliosum? Had not seen this red chenopodium. Please if any1…
Smithsonia viridiflora (Dalzell) C.J.Saldanha, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71: 75 1974 (Syn: Aerides dalzelliana (Santapau) Garay; Gastrochilus dalzellianus (Santapau) Santapau & Kopadia; Gastrochilus viridiflorus (Dalzell) Kuntze; Micropera viridiflora Dalzell; Saccolabium viridiflorum (Dalzell) Lindl.; Sarcochilus dalzellianus Santapau; Sarcochilus viridiflorus (Dalzell) T.Cooke); . Flora picture of the Year 2010- Dr Satish…
Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose, Fl. Bermuda 256 1918 (Syn: Cereus guatemalensis (Eichler) A.Berger; Cereus tricostatus Rol.-Goss.; Cereus trigonus var. guatemalensis Eichler; Cereus undatus Pfeiff.; Cereus undulatus D.Dietr.; Hylocereus guatemalensis (Eichlam) Britton & Rose; Hylocereus tricostatus (Gosselin) Britton & Rose); . commonly known as dragon fruit (in parties) but…
Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose
Dombeya spectabilis Bojer, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 18: 191 1842 (Syn: Assonia chapelieri Kuntze; Assonia humblotii (Baill.) Kuntze; Assonia spectabilis Kuntze; Dombeya chapelieri Baill.; Dombeya hafodahyformis Arenes; Dombeya humblotii Baill.; Dombeya rotundifolia Boj. (ambiguous synonym)); EC-Madagascar, India (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Dombey,…
Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt, Linnaea 34: 584 1866 (Syn: Iris bicolor Lindl.; Moraea bicolor Steud.); Dietes bicolor (variously known as African iris or Fortnight lily) is a clump-forming rhizomatous perennial plant with long sword-like pale-green leaves, growing from multiple fans at the base of the clump. This species…
Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt Dietes grandiflora N.E.Br.
Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb43 for Id- JM: Wild Herb captured on 13/8/10 during the trek from Ghangaria (around 11,000 ft.) to Hemkunt Sahib (around 14000 ft.). I could find links for Impatiens thomsonii Oliv. syn. of Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. as below: planetefleurs http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70378 (GRIN) http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=1707 (San Macros) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56556/…
Fagraea racemosa Jack, Fl. Ind. 2: 35 1824 (Syn: Fagraea malayana Mart.; Fagraea pauciflora (King & Gamble) Ridl.; Fagraea racemosa var. pauciflora King & Gamble; Fagraea thwaitesii F.Muell.; Willughbeia racemosa Spreng.; Willughbeia volubilis Spreng.); Images by Prashant Awale (ID K. Karthigeyan), inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click links to see details…
Fagraea ceilanica Thunb.: Images by Satish Phadke, N Arun (ID Rajesh Sachdev), Badri Narayan (ID Muthu Karthick), Harithasandhya, Dinesh Valke and Siva Siva (ID Micheal vdP), inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click links to see details and more images).
Phlomis cashmeriana Royle ex Benth. FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution, local names etc. : Phlomis bracteosa ROYLE is a synonym of Phlomoides bracteosa (Royle ex Benth.) Kamelin & Makhm. Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 13.6.15: Botanical name Synonyms Family…
Grass Week- Nicobar Bamboo for ID pl.: Pl help me in identifying this bamboo from Nicobar Island Locality: Campbell Bay, Nicobar Islands. Date: December, 2009. – Identifying bamboos by photographs only is not as easy as other flowering plants and for correct identification one needs to see the…
Haworthia kingiana Poelln., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 41: 203 1937. (Syn: Haworthia pumila var. kingiana (Poelln.) Halda; Haworthia subfasciata var. kingiana (Poelln.) Poelln.); Plant for ID : 200111 : AK-1: Taken at Nasik,Maharashtra in a home garden on the 17th of November,2009. Very tiny….is it Agave? -Haworthia…