Unofficial Errata for Various Books

This page has been created to point out possible errors which might have crept in various books on flowers and trees. Since the official errata by publishers might not be available for books, we thought such a page would be helpful for those who use the books for identifying flowers and trees.

It should be noted that these corrections are being pointed out by us, and do not necessarily carry the sanction of the original authors/publishers. Readers are requested to send us additions/corrections to this list.

  1. Medicinal Plants of Manipur, S.C. Sinha (MASS: Imphal) 1996
    1. Page 45: Citrus limon is not called Nobab in Manipuri. Nobab is Citrus maxima.
    2. Page 135: Parkia javanica is a synonym of the currently accepted name Parkia timoriana.
  2. Flowers of Sahyadri, S. Ingalhalikar (Corolla: Pune) 2001
    1. Page 35: Flower number 59 - the picture displayed for Barringtonia racemosa may actually be of Barringtonia asiatica.
    2. Page 38: Flower number 229 - the picture may not be of Gardenia resinifera
    3. Page 39: Flower number 46 - the picture displayed for Avicennia marina may actually be of Avicennia officinalis
    4. Page 125: Flower number 107 - botanical name Catharanthus pusillus is misspelt as Catharanthus pussilus
  3. Groves of Beauty and Plenty : An Atlas of Major Flowering Trees in India, 2/e, M.S. Swaminathan & S.L. Kochhar (Macmillan India) 2006
    1. Page 43: The tree described as Pachira rosea is actually Pseudobombax ellipticum.
  4. Concise Flowers of the Himalaya, Oleg Polunin & Adam Stainton (OUP: Delhi)
    1. Plate 45: Rhodoila wallichiana flowers should be yellow in color, and not skyblue as shown.
    2. Plate 45: Rhodiola heterodonta flowers should be yellow-red, and not blue as shown.
    3. Plate 45: Rhodoila himalensis flowers should be red in color, and not violet as shown.
      These three species are correctly displayed in the bigger version Flowers of the Himalaya by the same authors. (We do not know if this problem appears in all reprints of the book.)
  5. Further Flowers of Sahyadri, S. Ingalhalikar (Corolla: Pune) 2007
    1. Ipomoe indica and Ipomoea learii are treated as different species. Most sources indicate that Ipomoea learii is a synonym of Ipomoe indica, and hence it is just the same species.
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