Category: Gesneriaceae

Petrocosmea species- Tawi, Mizoram  

Fwd: Tetraphyllum in Gesneriaceae not included in website : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) – Tetraphyllum changed.docx I was just going through some recent publications and found that the the generic name Tetraphllum (Gesneriaceae) has been changed to Tetraphylloides.  Our species Tetraphyllum bengalensis has been shifted to Tetraphylloides.  I searched Gesneriaceae site in […]

Stauranthera umbrosa (Griff.) C.B.Clarke  

Boeica arunachalensis D. Borah, R.Kr. Singh, M. Taram and A.P. Das   Boeica filiformis C.B.Clarke Boeica multinervia K.Y.Pan (China South-Central, East Himalaya as per POWO)  

Rhynchotechum ellipticum (Wall. ex Dietrich) A. DC.       Rhynchotechum nirijuliense Taram & D.Borah (North East India)   Rhynchotechum parviflorum Blume (East Himalaya, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Sulawesi, Vietnam as per POWO)   Rhynchotechum permolle (Nees) B.L. Burtt (S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)                 . BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Name Distribution […]

Lysionotus chatungii M.Taram, A.P Das & H.Tag (Arunachal Pradesh in North-Eastern India)   Lysionotus gamosepalus W.T.Wang (East Himalaya, Tibet as per POWO)   Lysionotus serratus D. Don Images by J.M.Garg (Id by Ritesh Kumar Choudhary) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)   Images by Dinesh Singh Rawat (Id by D S […]

Microchirita hamosa (R.Br.) Yin Z.Wang     Microchirita sahyadriensis (Punekar & Lakshmin.) A.Weber & D.J.Middleton ?   Revision of Microchirita (Gesneriaceae) for Thailand : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 MB- Revision of Microchirita.pdf Please find attached a paper as above. There are three species included in this treatment which extend their distribution to […]

Platystemma violoides Wall.    

Episcia cupreata (Hook.) Hanst.  (Cultivated)       Episcia ‘Pinkiscia’ (Cultivated) Images by Bhagyashri Ranade (Identified by Rahul Sharma at Indian Flora)

A taxonomic revision of Henckelia (Gesneriaceae) in South India with a new species, one new combination and seven lectotypifications (pdf)- May 2020 Rheedea 30(1):48-95- Janeesha A P & Santhosh Nampy . Henckelia anachoreta (Hance) D.J.Middleton & Mich.Möller (Arunachal Pradesh to S. China and Indo-China, Taiwan: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, […]

Loxostigma griffithii (Wight) C.B. Clarke  

Sinningia speciosa Hiern (Cultivated)  

Epithema carnosum Benth. . Epithema ceylanicum Gardner (India to Taiwan and Philippines: Andaman Is., Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)             

Streptocarpus rexii (Bowie ex Hook.) Lindl. (Cultivated)