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Eulophia Obtusa
''Eulophia obtusa'', a showy and distinctive species of orchid, popularly known as the ground orchid, recorded from Bangladesh, India, North India and Nepal (Sourav, M.S.H, et al. 2017). This orchid growing in seasonally in grassland. It is a grass associated orchid species. A Bangladesh based renowned botanist and ornithologist Md Sharif Hossain Sourav first described this rare species from Bangladesh in 2017 (Sourav, M.S.H, et al. 2017). There are only three collections in the Kew Herbarium dates from 1902, which suggests that it is quite a rare species. It is assessed as critically endangered (CR) in Bangladesh according to the IUCN Red Listing criteria. Very recently this species was rediscovered in India after 118 years. Description Terrestrial, seasonally deciduous ''herb'', bearing underground corms. Corm white, dome-shaped, 2.5 – 3.1 cm wide and 3.3 – 5.5 cm high, lying 10 – 20 cm below ground, bearing vermiform, white roots. Shoots 1 – 5-leaved, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lindley
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden. Although he had great horticultural knowledge, the undertaking was not profitable and George lived in a state of indebtedness. As a boy he would assist in the garden and also collected wild flowers he found growing in the Norfolk countryside. Lindley was educated at Norwich School. He would have liked to go to university or to buy a commission in the army but the family could not afford either. He became Belgian agent for a London seed merchant in 1815. At this time Lindley became acquainted with the botanist William Jackson Hooker who allowed him to use his botanical library and who introduced him to Sir Joseph Banks who offered him employment as an assistant in his herba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyperus
''Cyperus'' is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. Description They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving water up to deep. The species vary greatly in size, with small species only tall, while others can reach in height. Common names include ''papyrus sedges'', ''flatsedges'', ''nutsedges'', ''umbrella-sedges'' and ''galingales''. The stems are circular in cross-section in some, triangular in others, usually leafless for most of their length, with the slender grass-like leaves at the base of the plant, and in a whorl at the apex of the flowering stems. The flowers are greenish and wind-pollinated; they are produced in clusters among the apical leaves. The seed is a small nutlet. Ecology ''Cyperus'' species are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including ''Chedra microstigma''. They also provide an alternative food source for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of The Indian Subcontinent
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulophia
''Eulophia'', commonly known as corduroy orchids, is a genus of about two hundred species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Most ''Eulophia'' orchids are terrestrial but some are deciduous while others are evergreen. They either have an underground rhizome or pseudobulbs on the surface and those species with leaves have them on the end of a fleshy stem. The flowers are arranged on a thin flowering spike, the flowers having sepals which are larger than the petals. The genus is widely distributed but most species are found in Africa and Asia, usually growing in shady places with grass or shrubs in forests. Description Orchids in the genus ''Eulophia'' are mostly terrestrial herbs with either an underground rhizome or pseudobulbs on the surface. The only two epiphytic species occur on Madagascar. Many species have no leaves, but when leaves are present they are long and narrow, sometimes pleated. The flowers are borne on a flowering stem which sometimes appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uraria Picta
''Uraria picta'', also known by its common name Prishniparni is a species from the genus ''Uraria ''Uraria'' is a genus of plants in the family, Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, The species was described in 1825. References Desmodieae {{Improve categories, date=May 2022 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solanum Villosum
''Solanum villosum'', the hairy nightshade, red nightshade or woolly nightshade, is a sprawling annual weed in Europe, western Asia, northern Africa, North America, and is also naturalized in Australia. Description An annual herb, to 70 cm, slightly to densely hairy. The leaf blade is ovate, up to 8 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, entire or shallowly lobed, and petioles to 4.5 cm long. Clusters of 3–8–flowers in the inflorescence. The corolla is white. Followed by dull light red or orange-yellow (depending on subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...) globular berries, 5–9 mm diam. The seeds are 1.7–2.3 mm long and pale yellow. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q761924 villosum Flora of Europe Flora of Africa Flora of temperat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllanthus Virgatus
''Phyllanthus'' is the largest genus in the plant family Phyllanthaceae. Estimates of the number of species in this genus vary widely, from 750David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book.'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press. to 1200. ''Phyllanthus'' has a remarkable diversity of growth forms including annual and perennial herbs, shrubs, climbers, floating aquatics, and pachycaulous succulents. Some have flattened leaflike stems called cladodes. It has a wide variety of floral morphologies and chromosome numbers and has one of the widest range of pollen types of any seed plant genus. Despite their variety, almost all ''Phyllanthus'' species express a specific type of growth called "phyllanthoid branching" in which the vertical stems bear deciduous, floriferous (flower-bearing), plagiotropic (horizontal or oblique) stems. The leaves on the main (vertical) axes are reduced to scales called "cataphylls", while leaves on the other axes develop norm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parthenium Hysterophorus
''Parthenium hysterophorus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the American tropics. Common names include Santa-Maria, Santa Maria feverfew, whitetop weed, and famine weed.McConnachie AJ, Strathie LW, et al. Current and potential geographical distribution of the invasive plant Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae) in eastern and southern Africa. Weed Research. 2011 51(1) From http://www.farmersweekly.co.za 27 December 2013 In India, it is locally known as carrot grass, congress grass or ''Gajar Ghas''. It is a common invasive species in India, Australia, and parts of Africa. Invasive species ''Parthenium hysterophorus'' invades disturbed land, including roadsides. It infests pastures and farmland, causing often disastrous loss of yield, as reflected in common names such as ''famine weed''. In some areas, heavy outbreaks have been ubiquitous, affecting livestock and crop production, and human health. The plant produces allelopathic c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippia Alba
''Lippia alba'' is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to southern Texas in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. In Ethiopia the plant is also known as Coseret and classified under herbal group. They use the plant leaf for preparing butter. The species is also present in Australia and India, where it is probably a human introduction. Common names include bushy matgrass, bushy lippia, hierba negra, juanilama, pamporegano, poleo and pitiona. It is a multi-branched shrub, reaching a height of . Leaves measure in length and in width and are opposite or in threes. Flowers with white, pink, or light blue-purple corollas form on spikes long. Uses Bushy lippia is widely cultivated as an ornamental for its aromatic foliage and beautiful flowers. The essential oil composition is unique to each plant, but may include piperitone, geranial, neral, caryophyllene, camphor Camphor () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucas Lavandulifolia
''Leucas'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described by Robert Brown in 1810. It contains over 200 species, widespread over much of Africa, and southern and eastern Asia (Iran, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, etc.) with a few species in Queensland and on various islands in the Indian Ocean. Species ''The Plant List'' recognises 133 accepted species (including infraspecific names): * ''Leucas abyssinica'' ** var. ''argyrophylla'' ** var. ''brachycalyx'' * ''Leucas aequistylosa'' * ''Leucas aggerestris'' * ''Leucas alba'' * ''Leucas alluaudii'' * ''Leucas anandaraoana'' * ''Leucas angularis'' * ''Leucas angustissima'' * ''Leucas argentea'' ** var. ''neumannii'' * ''Leucas aspera'' * ''Leucas bakeri'' * ''Leucas beddomei'' * ''Leucas biflora'' * ''Leucas bracteosa'' * ''Leucas calostachys'' ** var. ''schweinfurthii'' * ''Leucas capensis'' * ''Leucas cephalantha'' * ''Leucas cephalotes'' * ''Leucas chinensis'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyllinga Microcephala
''Kyllinga'' is genus of flowering plants in the sedge family known commonly as spikesedges. They are native to tropical and warm temperate areas of the world, especially tropical Africa. These sedges vary in morphology, growing to heights from 2.5 centimeters to a meter and sometimes lacking rhizomes. They are closely related to '' Cyperus'' speciesGovaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. and sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed ''Cyperus''. The genus was named for the 17th century Danish botanist Peder Lauridsen Kylling. Species include: *''Kyllinga brevifolia'' *''Kyllinga coriacea'' *''Kyllinga erecta'' *''Kyllinga exigua'' *''Kyllinga gracillima'' *''Kyllinga melanosperma'' *''Kyllinga nemoralis'' *''Kyllinga odorata'' *''Kyllinga planiculmis'' *''Kyllinga polyphylla'' *''Kyllinga pumila'' *''Kyllinga squamulata'' *''Kyllinga tibialis'' *''Kyllinga trice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ficus Hispida
''Ficus hispida'' also known as the opposite leaf Fig is a small but well distributed species of tropical Ficus, fig tree. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate individuals. It occurs in many parts of Asia and as far south east as Australia. There is a large variety of local common names. Like a number of ficus, the leaves are sandpapery to touch. An unusual feature is the figs which hang on long stems. Species associated with ''Ficus hispida'' In Australia the fruit are eaten by cassowaries and double-eyed fig parrots. Phayre's leaf monkey feeds on the leaves as do the larvae of the moth ''Melanocercops ficuvorella''. The fig wasp ''Apocrypta bakeri'' has ''F. hispida'' as its host, where it parasitizes the other fig wasp ''Ceratosolen solmsi''. The yet unnamed nematode species ''Caenorhabditis sp. 35'' has been found in Aceh, Indonesia, associated with the tree. Caterpillars of the moth species ''Asota caricae'' have been recorded eating ''F. hispida'', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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