Elaeagnus indica Servett., Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 8: 393 1908.; India as per Catalogue of Life; Woody climbers, densely covered with silvery scales, thorns axillary, straight, 1-2 cm long. Leaves 9-14 x 6-7.5 cm, ovate, apex acute, glabrous above, silvery-white below, nerves 5-7 pairs, indistinct. Flowers bisexual, 3-6 in…
Allium cepa L. var. aggregatum G. Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6:59. 1832; Images by Gurcharan Singh & P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) English Name: Shallot; Common Indian Names: kanda or gandana (Hindi, Marwari and Punjabi), gundhun (Bengali), Pallari vengayam (Tamil) and cheriya ulli or chuvanna ulli (Malayalam).; …
Licuala spinosa Wurmb, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 2: 474 1780. (Syn: Corypha pilearia Lour.; Licuala acutifida var. peninsularis Becc.; Licuala horrida Blume; Licuala pilearia (Lour.) Blume; Licuala ramosa Blume; Licuala spinosa var. cochinchinensis Becc.; Licuala spinosa var. eriantha Becc.); . Spiny Licuala, Mangrove Fan Palm; . Flora of Andaman16-030111-PKA1: This…
Ardisia oxyphylla Wall. ex A.DC., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 120 1834. (Syn: Ardisia alternata A.DC.; Ardisia oblonga A.DC.); Pointed-Leaf Ardisia; Flora of Andaman7-291210-PKA1: This one is a shrub from Andaman. I had seen this in plenty in the wild near the Sea beach. Shrub was in fruiting…
Garcinia × mangostana L., Sp. Pl. 443 1753. (Syn: Mangostana garcinia Gaertn.); Images by Aarti S.Khale (ID by Tanay Bose) and Pankaj Kumar Fruits & Vegetables :: Mangosteen from Sri Lanka : 030111: AK-3: Mangosteen from Sri Lanka in a fruit shop. – Nice catch of Garcinia mangostana –…
Mammea suriga (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Kosterm. Mesua ferrea L. Images by tspkumar Poeciloneuron indicum Bedd. Images by Anurag N. Sharma BSI Flora of India with…
Target for January 2011- 5000 Messages- 250 new Species
Pseuderanthemum crenulatum (Wallich ex Lindley) Radlkofer, Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München. 13: 286. 1883 (Syn: Eranthemum crenulatum Wallich ex Lindley, Bot. Reg. 11: t. 879. 1825; E. graciliflorum Nees; E. malaccense C. B. Clarke; Pseuderanthemum graciliflorum (Nees) Ridley; P. malaccense (C. B. Clarke) Lindau) as per Flora of…
Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L., Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753; Images by Gurcharan Singh & Dinesh Valke (Inserted by J.M.Garg) BRAS-ee-ka — from the classical Latin name for cabbageawl-lur-RAY-see-uh — edible vegetablekap-ih-TAY-tuh — having a head, referring to growth habit commonly known as: cabbage • Assamese: বন্ধা-কবি bandha kobi…
Sonerila barnesii C.E.C.Fisch.; Images by E S SANTHOSH KUMAR (Inserted by J.M.Garg) New Year Wishes : Attachments (1) References: http://arctos.database.museum/name/Sonerila%20barnesii 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/s/sonerila_barnesii/
Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrad., Index Seminum (GOET) 1831: 2 1831 (syn. Anguria pedatisecta Nees & Mart. ; Anguria pedisecta Nees & Mart.; Anguria pedisecta Ser.; Apodanthera pedisecta (Nees & Mart.) Cogn.; Cyclanthera digitata Arn.; Cyclanthera edulis Naudin ex Huber; Cyclanthera pedata var. edulis (Naudin ex Huber) Cogn.; Cyclanthera pedata f. edulis…
Goeppertia zebrina (Sims) Nees, Linnaea 6: 337 (1831). (syn: Calathea binotii (Pynaert) Gentil; Calathea zebrina (Sims) Lindl.; Calathea zebrina var. binotii L.H.Bailey & Raffill in L.H.Bailey; Calathea zebrina var. humilior Körn.; Endocodon zebrina (Sims) Raf.; Maranta bicolor Vell.; Maranta binotii Pynaert; Maranta pulchella Linden ex K.Koch; Maranta zebrina Sims; Phrynium…
Calathea crotalifera S.Watson (Images by Aarti Khale (Identified by Pudji Wododo) (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Calathea lutea (Aubl.) E.Mey. ex Schult. (Cultivated) Images by Aarti Khale (Identified by Pudji Wododo), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade & J M Garg) Calathea species- Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Goeppertia crocata (É.Morren & Joriss.) Borchs. &…
Calathea crotalifera S.Watson (Images by Aarti Khale (Identified by Pudji Wododo) (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Calathea lutea (Aubl.) E.Mey. ex Schult. (Cultivated) Calathea species- Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Donax canniformis (G. Forst.) K. Schum. Goeppertia crocata (É.Morren & Joriss.) Borchs. & S.Suárez Goeppertia ecuadoriana (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez (Image by Dr.Gurcharan Singh (Validation…
Ctenidium species; Ctenidium sp ? from Shimla: Ctenidium sp from Summer Hill IAS Wall Shimla. pls validate. – Yes Ctenidium
Ctenidium; http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Ctenidium
Hypnaceae; http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/B/Hypnaceae/
Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev (Images by Surajit Koley, Gurcharan Singh, Nidhan Singh, N Muthu Karthick, Aarti S Khale, Prashant Awale (Id by Gurcharan Singh), D S Rawat, Narendra Joshi (Id by Gurcharan Singh) & Balkar Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))