• Stemonaceae

    Stemona tuberosa Lour. (Trop. & Subtrop. Asia as per WCSP; Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; Hainan; India; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Maluku; Myanmar; Philippines; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life) Stemona tuberosa var. minor (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. (S. & E. India as per WCSP) Stichoneuron membranaceum Hook.f. (Assam to Myanmar: Assam,…

  • Acer buergerianum (Introduced- USA)

    Acer buergerianum Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 88 1865.; China (Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang), Japan, Korea (I), Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay), Tajikistan (I), Uzbekistan (I) as per Catalogue of Life;   Tree for ID : Atlanta,Georgia : 10JAN19 : AK-7 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments…

  • 100th Tree Appreciation Walk at Rani Bagh, Mumbai

    100th Tree Appreciation Walk at Rani Bagh, Mumbai on 13th January,19 at 9.30 am : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- List of the trees of Rani Bagh for our 100th TAW on 13th Junuary,19.docx Dear Friends,   On the occasion  of the 100th tree appreciation walk , we…

  • Muhlenbergia capillaris (USA)

    Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin., Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 191 1824. (syn: Agrostis setosa Willd. ex Trin. [Invalid]; Muhlenbergia capillaris var. capillaris ; Muhlenbergia polypogon (DC.) Trin.; Muhlenbergia polypogon (DC.) Kunth; Muhlenbergia trichodes Steud.; Podosemum agrostideum (P.Beauv.) P.Beauv.; Podosemum agrostideum P. Beauv. ex Spreng.; Podosemum capillare (Lam.) Desv.; Stipa capillaris Lam.; Stipa…

  • Chasmanthium latifolium (USA)

    Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates, S. W. Naturalist 11: 416 1966. (syn: Uniola latifolia Michx.); C. Canada, C. & E. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico as per WCSP; Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Manitoba; Maryland; Mexico Northeast; Michigan; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; New Jersey;…

  • Ventilago gamblei

    Ventilago gamblei Suess., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 20d: 152 1953. (syn: Ventilago lanceolata Gamble); India (Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; Climbing shrubs; branches dark grey or brownish. Leaves alternate, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at base, crenate at margin, acuminate or mucronate at apex,…

  • Miscanthus sacchariflorus (USA)

    Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Maxim.) Hack., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(2): 23 1887. (syn: Imperata eulalioides Miq.; Imperata saccharifera Andersson ex Benth. [Spelling variant]; Imperata sacchariflora Maxim.; Miscanthus hackelii Nakai; Miscanthus hackelii var. breviberbis Honda; Miscanthus ogiformis Honda; Miscanthus saccharifer Benth. [Spelling variant]; Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Maxim.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Franch.; Miscanthus sacchariflorus…

  • Cornus florida (USA)

    Cornus florida L., Sp. Pl. 117 1753. (syn: Benthamia florida (L.) Nakai; Benthamidia florida (L.) Spach; Benthamidia florida var. pendula (Dippel) Moldenke ….; Cornus candidissima Mill.; Cornus florida var. florida ………..; Cynoxylon floridum (L.) Britton & Shafer; Cynoxylon floridum (L.) Raf.; Cynoxylon floridum var. pendulum (Dippel) Moldenke; Cynoxylon floridum var. rubrum…

  • Dalechampia species- Atlanta, USA

    Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 28NOV18 : AK-29 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Plant seen inside the Conservatory with an unusual flower during my visit last month. This could to be Dalechampia Species. May be. Dalechampia spathulata (Scheidw.) Baill. ?…

  • Rhynchosia beddomei

    Rhynchosia beddomei Baker; India (N); Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka; Tamil Nadu as per ILDIS; Submission of Rhynchosia beddomei : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Plant name: Rhynchosia beddomei Baker Family: Fabaceae Description: Erect herbs, branches canescent, terete. Leaflets oblong, acute.Flowers yellow in congested subsessile racemes. Pod 1-seeded, sub-orbicular. Rare, photographed at Seshachalam…

  • Kerala State yields nine new plant species in 2018

    Kerala State yields nine new plant species in 2018 – The Hindu : 2 posts by 2 authors. Kerala State yields nine new plant species in 2018 – The Hindu  https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/state-yields-nine-new-plant-species-in-2018/article25921868.ece?utm_source=udmprecommendation_tamil-nadu&utm_medium=sticky_footer&transactionId=68aa39e50e2b470ba77caa5ab4884fbf

  • Celastrus monospermus

    Celastrus monospermus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 394 1824. (syn: Catha benthamii Gardn. & Champ.; Catha monosperma Benth.; Celastrus benthamii Rehder & Wilson; Celastrus championii Benth.; Celastrus laoticus Pitard; Monocelastrus monosperma (Roxb.) F. T. Wang & T.Tang);   China (Fujiang, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan), India (West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland), Sikkim, Vietnam, Java, Myanmar [Burma]…

  • Vriesea hieroglyphica (Cultivated- USA)

    Vriesea hieroglyphica (Carrière) É.Morren, Ill. Hort. 31: 41 1884. (Syn: Massangea hieroglyphica Carrière; Massangea santoviensis Linden ex Baker [Invalid]; Massangea santoviensis Linden ex Baker [Invalid]; Massangea tigrina Baker [Invalid]; Tillandsia hieroglyphica (Carrière) Baker; Vriesea hieroglyphica var. hieroglyphica ; Vriesea hieroglyphica var. zebrina Ruschi); Brazil (Espírito Santo to Paraná) as per WCSP   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical…

  • Ilex pubescens (Hong Kong)

    Ilex pubescens Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy. 176, pl. 35 1841. (syn: Ilex pubescens var. glabra Chang; Ilex trichoclada Hayata); China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Xinjiang, Zhejiang), Taiwan as per Catalogue of Life;  SK1588 21 Nov 2018 : 12 posts by 4 authors. Attachments…

  • Tylophora ovata

    Tylophora ovata (Lindl.) Hook. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 2: 726 1841. (syn: Diplolepis apiculata Lindl.; Diplolepis ovata Lindley; Gymnema hirsuta Wall.; Tylophora atrofolliculata F. P. Metcalf; Tylophora hirsuta (Wall.) Wight; Tylophora hispida Decne.; Tylophora hispida var. brownii Hayata; Tylophora jacquemontii Decne.; Tylophora lanyuensis Liu & Lu; Tylophora mollissima…

  • Osbeckia species- Sentosa, Singapore

      SK1702 06 Jan 2019 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 6 mb. Location : Sentosa , Singapore Date : 18 October 2012 Altitude  131 m. Habit : Cultivated Which Osbeckia ??  

  • Macleania floribunda (Cultivated- USA)

    Macleania floribunda Hook., Icon. Pl. 2: t. 109 1837.; Peru, Ecuador as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 27NOV18 : AK-25 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Plant seen inside the Conservatory with tiny red flowers….

  • Commelina benghalensis ?

    Commelina benghalensis ?; . SK1648 16 Dec 2018 (mixed thread): 8 posts by 3 authors. 1 correct image as above. Location:  Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation :  4500 ft. Date 3 October 2012 Habit : Wild  Commelina benghalensis L.  ?? To me also appears close to images at Commelina benghalensis Both plants are…

  • Sterculia species- Dhupguri (Jalpaiguri District in West Bengal

    Id assistance (mixed thread): 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Need id assistance for following two Species Both are collected from DUDIA Village Sacred Grove in Dhupguri (Jalpaiguri District in West Bengal) Date: 22/04/2018 Habit: Tree Thanks, …, Difficult to id with these images. 1st may be from Malvaceae and…