Category: Malvaceae

Urena lobata L.  Images by Dr.Gurcharan Singh, Ashwini Bhatia (id J.M.Garg) & Surajit Koley (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade & J M Garg)                         Urena sinuata L.  (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade (Identified by Anita Kindre) & Karuna Kanta Das (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))         […]

Triumfetta annua L. (Flower buds nearly glabrous in T.annua vs obviously hairy in T.pilosa as per keys in Flora of China)     Triumfetta pentandra A.Rich. (Key- Stamen 5 as compared to 10 in Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. as per efi thread)     Triumfetta pilosa Roth (Flower buds nearly glabrous in T.annua vs obviously hairy in T.pilosa […]

  Tilia cordata Mill. (Cultivated)   Tilia vulgaris Hayne     Tilia platyphyllos Scop. (Cultivated) Images by Gurcharan Singh (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) BSI eFlora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Distribution): Tilia cordata Mill. (Cultivated in Himachal Pradesh; Native of Europe except the extreme north and south) Tilia platyphyllos Scop. (Cultivated in Himachal Pradesh; Native of […]

Thespesia lampas (Cavanilles) Dalzell & A. Gibson  (Images by Prashant Awale & Dinesh Valke (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))             Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa  (Images by Surajit Koley, Dr.Satish Phadke & (Bhagyashri Ranade-identified by Dr. Satish Phadke), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))                 […]

Theobroma cacao L. Images by tspkumar                 

Talipariti archboldianum (Borss. Waalk.) Fryxell (Cultivated- USA)  

Sterculia apetala (Jacq.) Karst. (Introduced) (Florida to S. Tropical America: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles as per POWO)     Sterculia foetida L. (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade, Dr.Satish Phadke & Ajinkya Gadave (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Sterculia […]

Sida acuta Burm.f. (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade (Identified by Tanay Bose) & Balkar Singh & Ritesh Kumar Chaudhary (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))    Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade (validation by Dr.Nidhan Singh) & Nidhan Singh (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade & J.M.Garg)) Sida alnifolia L. Sida cordata (Burm.f.) Borss.Waalk. Sida cordifolia L. Sida cuneifolia Roxb. […]

Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R.Br.  Images by Dinesh Valke, Satish Phadke, Shinde & Mohina Macker, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)             Pterygota alata ‘diversifolia’     Fwd: completed insertion of images of species of Pterygota , there was only 1 sp : 1 post by 1 author.  

Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd.           Pterospermum aceroides Wall. (Andaman Island and Myanmar as per POWO)   Pterospermum diversifolium Blume   Pterospermum lanceifolium Roxb.   Pterospermum reticulatum Wight & Arn.   Pterospermum rubiginosum Heyne                         Pterospermum suberifolium (L.) Lam.           Pterospermum xylocarpum (Gaertn.) Santapau & Wagh     . BSI Flora of […]

Pseudobombax ellipticum (Kunth) Dugand              Images by tspkumar          

  Pentapetes phoenicea L.          

Pavonia arabica Hochst. ex Steud. Pavonia burchellii (DC.) R.A.Dyer  Pavonia procumbens (Wight ex Wight & Arn.) Walp.      Pavonia zeylonica (L.) Cav. (Syn: Pavonia odorata Willd.) . BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Vol. 3 – 1993) (Distribution): Pavonia arabica Hochst. & Steudel ex Boiss.      var. massuriensis Bhandari (India: Rajasthan)     var. […]

Pachira aquatica Aubl. (Cultivated)       Pachira glabra Pasq. (Cultivated)   Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 6.7.15:   Botanical name Synonyms Family Common name Pachira aquatica Pachira grandiflora Bombacaceae Malabar Chestnut Species with description in Flora of China : Pachira aquatica Aublet (Cultivated)   Floristic Plants of the World By […]

Microcos paniculata L.

Melochia corchorifolia L. Melochia nodiflora Sw.   Melochia pyramidata L. BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Distribution): Melochia corchorifolia L. (India: Throughout; Pantropical) Melochia nodiflora Swartz (India: West Bengal, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Kerala – a naturalised weed) Melochia umbellata (Houtt.) Stapf (India: Maharashtra, Karnataka (Coorg), Kerala and Andman & Nicobar Islands (Nicobar Islands); Myanmar, […]

Melhania futteyporensis Munro ex Masters in Hook.f.     Melhania incana B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn. BSI (eFlora of India) with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993): Melhania cannabina Wight ex Masters (Karnataka and Tamil Nadu) Melhania denhamii R. Br. in Denh. & Clapp. (India: Rajasthan; Pakistan, Arabia and Tropical Africa) Melhania futteyporensis Munro ex Masters (India: Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, […]

Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. var. arboreus      Images by Dr.Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Malvaviscus penduliflorus DC. :   Keys as per A Revision of Malvaviscus (Malvaceae) by Billie L. Turner and Meghan G . Mendenhall (1993):  4a. Cultivated, mostly sterile, rarely producing fruits; flowers pendulous, the corollas mostly 42-70 mm long; leaves ovate and […]

  Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade (validation by Dr.Nidhan Singh) & Nidhan Singh (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade & J.M.Garg)) Sida acuta Burm.f. (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade (Identified by Tanay Bose) & Balkar Singh & Ritesh Kumar Chaudhary (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))  As per efi thread: … these are the main differences between Sida and Malvastrum. […]

Malachra capitata (L.) L.