Category: Celastraceae

Microtropis latifolia Wight ex M.A.Lawson     Microtropis ramiflora Wight Images by Muthu Karthick, Validation by Santhosh Kumar (Inserted by J.M.Garg)   Microtropis species- Sispara, Kerala   . In Flora of India Vol-5. (Eds.-N.P.Singh, J.N.Vohra, P.K.Hajra and D.K. Singh; published by Botanical Survey of India) the account of Indian Celastraceae is written by K. Ramamurthy. As […]

Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl. (Cultivated)   

Glyptopetalum grandiflorum Bedd.   

Stackhousia viminea Sm. (Australia)  

  Salacia beddomei Gamble Salacia brunoniana Wight & Arn.   Salacia chinensis L. Salacia fruticosa Wall.         Salacia gambleana Whiting & Kaul Salacia malabarica Gamble  Salacia oblonga Wall. . In Flora of India Vol-5. (Eds.-N.P.Singh, J.N.Vohra, P.K.Hajra and D.K. Singh; published by Botanical Survey of India) the account of Indian Hippocrateaceae (included in Celastraceae in […]

Reissantia indica (Willd.) N. Hallé      From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :    Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Common name Reissantia grahamii (Wight) Ding Hou Shrub Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats , Moist Deciduous Forests Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983 Dharmapuri, Nilgiri, Tiruvannamalai   Reissantia indica (Willd.) Halle Shrub Dry Evergreen to […]

Pleurostylia opposita (Wall.) Alston  (Images by B. Rathinasabapathy (ID by Vijayasankar Raman) and P. Santhan, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (please click Links to see details))  

Parnassia mysorensis F. Heyne ex Wight & Arn. Parnassia nubicola Wall. ex Royle (E. Afghanistan to China (NW. Yunnan): Afghanistan, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)      Parnassia nubicola subsp. occidentalis Schönbeck-Temesy Parnassia species- Nilgiris, TN  Parnassia wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. . From Floral Database of Tamilnadu : Binomial Habit Notes Ref. Distrib. […]

Maytenus boaria Molina (Cultivated- USA)   Gymnosporia & Meytenus :  1 post by 1 author. I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Gymnosporia & Maytenus in view of Dr. Archer saying that “According to a number of studies it is now very clear there is no species of Maytenus in India or anywhere else but South America. “  Attempts have […]

  Lophopetalum wightianum Arn. Images by Anurag N. Sharma                       From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :   Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Common name Lophopetalum wightianum Arn. Lofty tree Western Ghats, Moist Deciduous Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983 Coimbatore, Nilgiri Venkottai   FRLHT […]

Loeseneriella arnottiana (Wight) A.C. Sm. Loeseneriella obtusifolia (Roxb.) A.C.Sm.   Loeseneriella ovata (Lam.) M.R.Almeida   Loeseneriella species- Narcondam Island, Andamans    In Flora of India Vol-5. (with keys) (Eds.-N.P.Singh, J.N.Vohra, P.K.Hajra and D.K. Singh; published by Botanical Survey of India) the account of Indian Hippocrateaceae (included in Celastraceae in eFI) is written by K. Ramamurthy and B.D.Naithani. […]

Gymnosporia acuminata Hook. fil. ex M. Laws. (India (West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling, Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu), Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Bhutan, China (Yunnan) as per Catalogue of Life) Gymnosporia buchananii Loes. Gymnosporia emarginata (Willd.) Thwaites (As per efi thread (Gymnosporia emarginata is now considered an endemic species to southern India and Sri Lanka, and have […]

Euonymus carnosus Hemsl. Euonymus echinatus Wall. Euonymus fimbriatus Wall. Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz. (Photos from USA) Euonymus frigidus Wall. Euonymus grandiflorus Wall. (Photos from USA) Euonymus hamiltonianus Wall.        Euonymus indicus B.Heyne ex Wall. Euonymus japonicus Thunb. Euonymus lucidus D. Don Images by N. Arun (Id by Narain Singh Chauhan & Anil Thakur), Nidhan Singh […]

Cassine albens (Retz.) Kosterm. Elaeodendron glaucum (Rottb.) Pers.  Images by tspkumar   Cassine kedarnathii Sasidh. & Swarupan. Elaeodendron orientale Jacq. (Cultivated)   Elaeodendron paniculatum Wight & Arn. Elaeodendron species- Anmod, Karnataka . In Flora of India Vol-5. (Eds.-N.P.Singh, J.N.Vohra, P.K.Hajra and D.K. Singh; published by Botanical Survey of India) the account of Indian Celastraceae is […]

Celastrus monospermus Roxb.     Celastrus paniculatus Willd. Celastrus paniculatus subsp. aggregatus : Note the infructescence is shorter than leaf.   Celastrus stylosus Wall. . From Floral Database of Tamilnadu : Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Common name Celastrus paniculatus Willd. subsp. aggregatus K.T.Mathew Shrub Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Endemic Matthew 1999 Dindigul   Celastrus […]

  Cassine albens (Retz.) Kosterm.   Elaeodendron glaucum (Rottb.) Pers.  Images by tspkumar   Cassine kedarnathii Sasidh. & Swarupan.    Elaeodendron orientale Jacq. (Cultivated)   Elaeodendron paniculatum Wight & Arn.   In Flora of India Vol-5. (Eds.-N.P.Singh, J.N.Vohra, P.K.Hajra and D.K. Singh; published by Botanical Survey of India) the account of Indian Celastraceae is written by […]

Arnicratea grahamii (Wight) N.Hallé Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 18.1.14:   Botanical name Synonyms Family Common name Arnicratea grahamii Hippocratea grahamii, Reissantia grahamii Celastraceae Running Straggler   The Flora of Kerala: Ranunculaceae-Connaraceae by G. V. S. Murthy, P. Veṇu, Botanical Survey of India Botanical Survey of India, 2005 – […]