Boehmeria

Keys from Flora of Bhutan: I. Flower clusters sessile and often distantly spaced on leafy shoots- Species 1 ((B. glomerulifera Miquel (B. malabarica Weddell.)) & 2 (B. clidemioides Miquel (B. sidaefolia Weddell)) Flower clusters crowded into spike-like, sometimes branched, leafless inflorescenses……….. 2 2. Leaves all alternate, softly white pubescent or white tomentose beneath- Species 3 (B. […]

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Girardinia

Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis (Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO)        . BSI Flora of India […]

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