Rotala sahyadrica

Rotala sahyadrica S.P.Gaikwad, Sardesai & S.R.Yadav, In: Nordic J. Bot. 32(5): 575 (2013);        Common name: Sahyadri Rotala   Rotala sahyadrica (Lythraceae) : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Rotala sahyadrica (Lythraceae) allied to Rotala ritchiei Kaas, 2015, September Thanks, …, for the new addition to efi.      References: Catalogue of Life  GBIF  Flowers of […]

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Comparative images are a game changer

Comparative images are a game changer : 2 posts by 1 author. Comparative images in efi site are a game changer as far as identification is concerned. To give you an example, I use to refer to Dr. V S Sampath, for all posts on Lamiaceae. But since the availability of comparative images in efi site, […]

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Aechmea bracteata

Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 592 1864. (syn: Aechmea barleei Baker; Aechmea bracteata var. bracteata ; Aechmea bracteata var. pacifica Beutelsp.; Aechmea isabellina Baker; Aechmea laxiflora Benth.; Aechmea macracantha Brongn. ex André; Aechmea regularis Baker; Aechmea schiedeana Schltdl.; Bromelia bracteata Sw.; Hohenbergia bracteata (Sw.) Baker; Hohenbergia bracteata Beer; Hohenbergia laxiflora (Benth.) Baker; Hoplophytum […]

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Alysicarpus species ?- SEEGEGUDDA, Hasan, Karnataka

  Fwd: IDENTIFICATION OF THE FLORA AND INSECTS kmn3 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) IAM SENDING THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS COLLECTED FROM FORESTS OF SEEGEGUDDA OF HASSSAN FORESTS, PLEASE IDENTIFY AND SHARE IT I think I’d not possible with this single image of a Fabaceae member.  Alysicarpus longifolius (Spreng.) Wight & Arn.  ??

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Bergenia species

  Fwd: 031117 RK1 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) – 5 MB. May I request you to pl. let us know where & when was it clicked ? Bergenia? Bergenia purpurascens (Hook.f. & Thomson) Engl.  ??  

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Elaeocarpus lanceifolius

Elaeocarpus lanceifolius Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 2: 598 1832. (syn: Elaeocarpus serrulatus Benth.); China (W-Yunnan, ?Guizhou), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar [Burma], Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, India (Darjeeling, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh), Sikkim, Java, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; Tree, 12-20m. Leaves elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 10-18×2.5-5cm, acute to acuminate, […]

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Acer saccharum (Introduced in India)

Acer saccharum Marshall, Arbust. Amer. 4 1785.; USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia), Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, […]

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Rhododendron species- Thulo Phedi, Taplejung, Nepal

  SK849 03 Nov-2017:ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)  Location: Thulo Phedi, Taplejung, Nepal Date: 18 April 2017 Altitude: 11000 ft.  Rhodendron … ??? Pl. check /species/a—l/e/ericaceae/rhododendron To me appears close to images at Rhododendron wightii as per comparative images at Rhododendron Pl. confirm. Thank you …! Nepali Name : राडु  Raadu  I consider it highly […]

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Rhododendron species- Thulo Phedi, Taplejung, Nepal

  SK848 03 Nov-2017:ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Thulo Phedi, Taplejung, Nepal Date: 18 April 2017 Altitude: 11000 ft.  Rhododendron …??? Pl. check /species/a—l/e/ericaceae/rhododendron To me appears closer to images at Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don as per comparative images at Rhododendron Pl. confirm. Sorry but the Rhododendron photographed at Thulo Phedi, Nepal […]

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Thanks to you all, I have completed 50,000 messages

Thanks to you all, I have completed 50,000 messages : 19 posts by 4 authors. It is because of you all that I could complete such a long journey of ten (10) and a half years with 50,000 messages.  Earlier people used to say that Indians excell individually but fail when it comes to a team […]

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Quercus shumardii (USA)

Quercus shumardii Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 444 1860 publ. 1861.; S. Ontario to C. & E. U.S.A. as per WCSP;   Tree for ID : New Windsor,New York : 21NOV17 : AK-21 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Tree seen on 23rd June,17. In a wooded area of New Windsor. […]

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Rhododendron cultivars- San Francisco, USA

  Garden Plant for ID : San Francisco : 18NOV17 : AK-16 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Posting few more missed out earlier from my visit to California. Seen at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in Sept, 2014. Azalea Species? Some Azalea cultivar?  Not sure which it is but look […]

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Crassula subacaulis subsp. erosula (Cultivated)

Crassula subacaulis subsp. erosula (N.E.Br.) Toelken, Bothalia 12: 634 1979. (syn: Crassula erosula N.E. Br.; Crassula inamoena N. E. Brown; Crassula rauhii Friedrich; Globulea erosula (N.E. Br.) P.V. Heath; Globulea erosula var. inamoena (N.E. Br.) P.V. Heath);  South Africa (W-Cape Prov., N-Cape Prov.), S-Namibia as per Catalogue of Life;     PLANT FOR ID 01122012AMF02: […]

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Hypecoum leptocarpum

Hypecoum leptocarpum Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 276 1855. (syn: Hypecoum alpinum Z.X.An; Hypecoum chinense Franch.; Hypecoum leptocarpum var. chinense (Franch.) Kanitz); Common name: Himalayan Little Poppy • Ladakhi: མིིརྔ་ Meerang, པྲཔཏ Parpata Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Mongolia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan), Pakistan (Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Nubra), Nepal, […]

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Hypecoum

Hypecoum leptocarpum Hook. f. & Thomson (Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Mongolia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan), Pakistan (Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Nubra), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Chumbi, China (Gansu, NW-Hebei, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, W Sichuan, Xinjiang, NW-Yunnan), Tibet as per Catalogue of Life)

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Erigeron species ?- Nashik, Maharashtra

  Asteraceae week Erigeron spp? for identification from Nashik : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) attaching images of Erigeron spp? for identification from hill top  Nashik, please identify Pl. check at  /species/a—l/ar/asteraceae/asteroideae/astereae/erigeron

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