Oberonia recurva Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 14 1839. (Syn: Iridorkis gardneriana (Thwaites) Kuntze; Iridorkis recurva (Lindl.) Kuntze; Malaxis recurva (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Malaxis setifera (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Oberonia croftiana King & Pantl.; Oberonia gardneriana Thwaites; Oberonia lingmalensis Blatt. & McCann; Oberonia myriantha var. parvula (King & Pantl.) T. Tang & T.F….
Tradescantia zebrina Bosse, Vollst. Handb. Blumengart. 4: 655 1849. (Syn: Cyanotis zebrina (Bosse) Nees; Commelina zebrina C.B.Clarke [Invalid]; Cyanotis vittata Lindl.; Tradescantia pendula (Schnizl.) D.R.Hunt; Tradescantia tricolor C.B.Clarke; Zebrina pendula Schnizl.; Zebrina pendula f. quadricolor Voss; Zebrina pendula var. quadricolor (Voss) L.H.Bailey; Zebrina purpusii G.Brückn.): Images by (Arundhati Boyce – Id…
Combretum coccineum (Sonn.) Lam., Encycl. 1: 734 1785. (Syn: Combretum purpureum Vahl; Combretum purpureum var. bracteatum Scott-Elliot; Combretum purpureum f. macrophyllum Tul.; Combretum purpureum f. velutina Tul.; Cristaria coccinea Sonn.; Grislea coccinea (Sonn.) Britton; Poivrea coccinea (Sonn.) Thouars; Poivrea coccinea var. macrophylla Tul.; Poivrea coccinea var. rufipes (Tul.) H. Perrier;…
Rosaceae Week: Rosa ‘Hybrid tea’ from Delhi: Rosa ‘Hybrid tea’ A popular group of hybrid roses, flowering for a long duration. The stems are hardy, leabes rigid and glossy above, usually with 5-7 leaflets, green or flushed with red; flowers double with compactly arranged thick petals. Photographed in February from Delhi…
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU)Vanda spathulata (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 719 1826. (Syn: Aerides maculata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.; Cymbidium spathulatum (L.) Moon; Epidendrum spathulatum L.; Limodorum spathulatum (L.) Willd.; Taprobanea spathulata (L.) Christenson); Epiphytic orchid Pench National Park,: ………………………………… – Here are mine from Tirupati…
Eschscholzia californica Cham. (USA (Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl.), Mexico (Aguascalientes,…
Hoya pottsii Traill, Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 25 1830. (Syn: Hoya angustifolia Traill; Hoya obscurinervia Merr.; Hoya pottsii var. angustifolia (J. Traill) Tsiang & P.T. Li); Images by Katarina Stenman (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Hoya pottsii from Andamans: Date/Time:…
Rhododendron ×pulchrum Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: , pl. 117 1831. (Syn: (=) Azalea indica var. calycina Lindl.; =) Rhododendron indicum var. phoeniceum Sweet; (=) Rhododendron maxwellii Millais; (=) Rhododendron omurasaki Makino; (=) Rhododendron phoeniceum (Sweet) G. Don; (=) Rhododendron phoeniceum var. calycinum (Lindl.) E. H. Wilson; (=) Rhododendron ×pulchrum var. calycinum…
Echeveria elegans Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 22 1905. (Syn: Echeveria albicans E.Walther; Echeveria elegans var. kesselringiana Poelln.; Echeveria perelegans A.Berger ; Echeveria potosina E.Walther); Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight :: Crassulaceae :: ID Request :: San Francisco, USA :: ARKDEC-27 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Requesting to…
Getonia floribunda Roxb. (Syn: Calycopteris floribunda (Roxb.) Lam. ex Poir.) ?; . Plant for identification: Another plant for identification, again from Mumbai If it is a small tree it could be Antidesma bunius locally called Amati, Ambuti or Mala. Please check the archives of this group for my photographs of this….
Cynoglossum amabile Stapf & J.R.Drumm., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 202 1906. ; . China (S-Gansu, W-Guizhou, W-Sichuan, Yunnan), SE-Tibet, SW-Tibet, Bhutan, N-India, Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, South Africa (I) (KwaZulu-Natal (I)), Tanzania (I), Costa Rica (I), Taiwan (I), Java (I), Fiji (I), Peru (I), Puerto Rico (I), Venezuela (I), Mexico…
Ajuga reptans L., Sp. Pl. 561 1753. (Syn: Ajuga abnormis (Rouy) Prain; Ajuga alpina Fr.; Ajuga barrelieri Ten.; Ajuga breviproles Borbás; Ajuga candolleana (Rouy) Prain; Ajuga densiflora Ten.; Ajuga hampeana A.Br. & Vatke; Ajuga pyramidalis Huds.; Ajuga repens Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Ajuga stolonifera Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.; Ajuga vulgaris Rouy; Bugula…
Justicia heyneana J. R. I. Wood, nom, nov. (Replaced name: Rungia linifolia Nees, in Wall., non Justicia linifolia (Lindau) V. A. W. Graham, Rostellularia gracilis Wight, Justicia gracilis (Wight) T. Anderson, non Justicia gracilis Lyall ex Nees) as per New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood-…
Alstroemeria pelegrina L., Pl. Alströmeria 10 1762. (Syn: Alstroemeria amoena Salisb.; Alstroemeria peregrina Ruiz & Pav.; Alstroemeria peregrina f. alba Voss; Alstroemeria peregrina var. albescens Herb.; Alstroemeria peregrina var. squamata Herb.); Images by Aarti S Khale, Identified by Gurcharan Singh & Tanay Bose (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Request for ID :…
Blachia andamanica subsp. denudata (Benth.) N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 99: 571 1989. (Syn: Blachia denudata Benth.; Croton umbellatus Dalzell & Gibson); Euphorbiaceae fortnight :: Blachia andamanica subsp. denudata at Jog Falls :: DV10 : 5 images. 3 posts by 2 authors. Blachia andamanica subsp….
Blachia andamanica (Kurz) Hook.f. Blachia andamanica subsp. denudata (Benth.) N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab. Blachia calycina Benth. Blachia umbellata (Willd.) Baill. Species as per Flora of India Vol 23 (Editors N. P. Balakrishnan, T. Chakrabarty, M. Sanjappa, P. Lakshminarsimhan & P. Singh- by Botanical…
Image by Dalia (ID by Shrikant Ingalhalikar), inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click to see details). KAS Week DS_051012_04 Ipomoea: Ipomoea from Kas – proper id please. this is Ipomoea barlerioides (Pink morning glory) I think this one looks different than Ipomoea barlerioides, but lets wait for more inputs. This is…
Canarium strictum Roxb. ? Flora of Uttara kannada | 30Nov2010AR03: Flora of Uttara kannada | 30Nov2010AR03 Regional name Dhupada mara, Dammar (Hindi) (To be validated) Ragi hosahalli, Western ghats Uttara Kannada Oct 2010 Leaves-20cms, Opposite, Tree height 45 feet, white bark Habitat: Forest, Western ghats No flowers or fruits observed –…
Mammillaria haageana subsp. elegans D.R. Hunt, Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 9 9 1997. (Syn: Mammillaria collina J.A. Purpus; Mammillaria elegans DC.; Mammillaria haageana var. collina (J.A. Purpus) T. Linzen et al; Neomammillaria collina (J.A. Purpus) C.E. Britton & Rose); Mammillaria haageana subsp elegans from Delhi: Mammillaria haageana subsp elegans…