• Schweinfurthia

    Schweinfurthia papilionacea (L.) Boiss. (Yemen (coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut), Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, E-Iran, S-Iran, S-Iran, W-Iran), Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan (Kandahar), NW-India, Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Waziristan) as per Catalogue of Life)  

  • Strobilanthes cruciata ?

    Strobilanthes cruciata (Bremek.) Terao, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 31: 59 1980. (syn: Strobilanthes nagaensis (Bremek.) W.J.Kress & DeFilipps; Tetragoga cruciata Bremek.; Tetragoga nagaensis Bremek.); . India (NE-India), Sumatra, China (Yunnan), Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life; . MS Sept, 2018/21 Strobilanthes sp. for ID : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments…

  • Common Mime on Ixora species

    Fwd: SYMBIOSIS :1188 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Common Mime visiting flowers of Ixora. I hope I. chinensis

  • Begonia adscendens

    Begonia adscendens C.B.Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 26 1889. ; Assam to Myanmar, S. Laos as per WCSP;   MS Oct,2018/03 Begonia sp. for ID : Location : Lurh, mizoram Date : 03-10-2018 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Mizo : Sekhupthur  Thanks, … Do you have any other…

  • Suaeda species ?- Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

      Plant ID from Bangladesh_SM_4003 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Picture take, Sep,2018 from Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar Suaeda maritima   I think looks different from Suaeda‎ images herein.

  • Ardisia species- Rajnagar, Kumarghat, Unakoti, Tripura

      Rhodesia ? : 5 posts by 3 authors. 4 images. This is from Rajnagar, Kumarghat, Unakoti, Tripura Kindly identify pictures came thru in this case  Appears so. Pl. check species available at  /species/m—z/po/primulaceae/ardisia Could not find a match as per comparative images at Ardisia‎ Also could not match with…

  • Arachis duranensis (Cultivated- Hong Kong)

    Arachis duranensis Krapov. & W.C.Greg. (syn: Arachis argentinensis Speg.; Arachis spegazzinii M.Greg. & W.C.Greg.); Argentina (N) ; Jujuy ; Salta ; Bolivia (N) ; Paraguay (N) as per ILDIS;   SK1487 04 Oct 2018 : 12 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Kowloon Park, Hong Kong  Date: 16 August 2018…

  • Thumbnail viewing problem in Google e-groups?

    Group viewing problem : Can not see any images on the Group : 15 posts by 5 authors. Since yesterday I cannot See thumbnail, view or download any image on this Group. I get a 404 not found error. I have myself been able to crate a post and post images but…

  • Nerium species ?- Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

    Plant ID from Bangladesh_SM_4009-2 : 19 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 637 kb Picture take, Sep,2018 from Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar karabi gaachh Thanks, … What is that?  oleander there is a pic that matches this plants leafing habit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerium#/media/File:Nerium_oleander_Ouarzazate_wild2.jpg not all neriums show that sort of growing vertically…

  • Balanophora dioica ?

    Balanophora dioica R.Br. ex Royle ?; .   please identify this plant. : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Balanophora sp. root parasite I tried to identify the species from literature but failed to assign the name from the images.  Was it clicked in Nagaland ? Pl. mention the date…

  • Common Emigrant on Bougainvillea cultivar

      Re: SYMBIOSIS : 1186 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Common Emigrant visiting flowers of Bougainvillea. Bright flowers. yet a lighter butterfly is well hidden until one focuses on locating it 

  • Torenia species- Hong Kong

      SK1457 20 Sep 2018 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)- around 500 kb each.  Location: Lantau, Hong Kong  Date: 14 August 2018 Elevation: 3000 ft. Habit : Wild  Is this too Torenia concolor Lindl.  ?? Yes looks like Torenia concolor. To me looks different from images at https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/559770-Torenia-concolorhttp://www.asianflora.com/Scrophulariaceae/Torenia-concolor.htm http://flowers.la.coocan.jp/Linderniaceae/Torenia%20concolor.htm…

  • Plants of the World Online (POWO)

    http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/ : 27 posts by 7 authors. http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/ POWO now contains all Vascular plant families and is now 97.8% complete for species names.  Worth trying by entering a search. Appears to be better than the Plant List.  Thanks …  This is really a wonderful resource for taxonomists.. great. this is…

  • Vigna species- Lantau, Hong Kong

      SK1460 21 Sep 2018 : 13 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4)- around 600 kb each.  Location: Lantau, Hong Kong  Date: 14 August 2018 Elevation: 3000 ft. Habit : Not sure  Which Fabaceae.. ?? Vigna unguiculata. Looks somethiing different.  Any idea about the genus ? Should be a Vigna. Vigna…

  • Steps to be followed to identify a plants family ?

    Basics of taxonomy : 3 posts by 3 authors. Other recipients: What are the steps to be followed to identify a plants family by seeing a plant in the field? What are the steps to be followed to identify a plants family by seeing a plant in the field? I…

  • Liparis petiolata

    Liparis petiolata (D.Don) P.F.Hunt & Summerh., Kew Bull. 20: 52 1966. (syn: Acianthus petiolatus D.Don; Leptorchis pulchella (Hook. f.) Kuntze; Leptorkis pulchella (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Liparis angkae Kerr; Liparis nepalensis Lindl.; Liparis pulchella Hook.f.; Liparis rupestris var. purpurascens Ridl.; Liparis taronensis S.C.Chen; Malaxis cordifolia Sm.); . Himalaya to S. China and…

  • Gastrodia dyeriana

    Gastrodia dyeriana King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64(2): 342 1895. (syn: . Sikkim to Darjiling, Arunachal Pradesh: East Himalaya as per POWO; . SK1515 17 Oct 2018 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)- around 400 kb each. Location:  Shivapuri National Park,Nepal  Date:…

  • Symplocos species- Shivapuri National Park, Nepal

      SK1518 19 Oct 2018 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location:  Shivapuri National Park, Nepal  Date: 24 August 2018 Elevation:7800 ft. Habit : Wild        Which Symplocos. Unfortunately only these images.