Heteropterys glabra

Heteropterys glabra Hook. & Arn., Bot. Misc. 3: 57 1833. (syn: Banisteria fruticosa Vell.; Banisteria tenuis Lindl.; Heteropterys angustifolia Griseb.; Heteropterys angustifolia f. angustissima Nied.; Heteropterys angustifolia f. lanceolata Nied.; Heteropterys microdon Skottsb.; Heteropterys pseudoangustifolia Chod.; Heteropterys regnellii Miq.; Heteropterys undulata Tenore);    Common name: Red Wing Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe), S-Brazil […]

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Rhododendron species- San Francisco, USA

  Ornamental Plant for ID : San Francisco : 15NOV17 : AK-10 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) This is a plant I missed out posting from my earlier visit. End of Sept, 2014. At the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Could be Protea Species? Magnolia?  Rhododendron sp. ?? Looks like a Rhododendron.   […]

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Itea nutans

Itea nutans Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 226 1835.; N-India, Pakistan (Hazara, Pakistani Punjab, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Jammu), Pakistani Kashmir (Mirpur) as per Catalogue of Life;   Please identify the small tree at Kapkot (bageshwar) : 13 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2) – 1 MB each. Please identify the small tree at […]

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Trichodesma khasianum

Trichodesma khasianum C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 154 1883. (syn: Boraginella khasiana Kuntze); Myanmar [Burma] (Chin), India (Arunachal Pradesh), Assam, Bhutan, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   MS Jan.,2019/01 Trichodesma sp. (khasianum ?) for ID. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Tan, Mizoram Altitude : ca 1,900 m. Date : […]

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Eriocaulon gulnarparianum

Eriocaulon gulnarparianum Paithane V. A, Bhuktar A. S., Kashetti R. P and Patil S. B, Int. J. Adv. Res. 5(10), 1937-1940 (2017); New sp of Erioculon : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) – Erioculon.pdf- 225 Kb. Congratulations to the team.. Congrats, Bhuktar ji, Paithane ji and the team.    References: A NEW SPECIES […]

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General classfication

General classification : 2 posts by 2 authors. I think a general classification based on the following characteristics will be more helpful and easier for those new to botany:  1. Oshadhis – annual plants. 2. Vanaspatis – trees bearing fruits without evident flowers. 3. Vrikshas – trees bearing flowers and fruits.  4. Guccha – bushy […]

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Veldkamp passed away

  Veldkamp passed away : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) May his noble soul rest in peace. Thanks, …  He was our member though he hardly participated in discussions.  May his soul rest in peace. 

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Menispermum canadense (USA) ?

Menispermum canadense L., Sp. Pl. 1: 340 1753. (Syn: Cissampelos smilacina L.; Menispermum angulatum Moench; Menispermum canadense var. mexicanum (Rose) B.C. Kundu & S. Guha; Menispermum mexicanum Rose; Menispermum smilacinum DC.; Otamplis vitifolia Rafin.) ?;  USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, […]

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Insect- from SEEGEGUDDA OF HASSSAN FORESTS

Fwd: IDENTIFICATION OF THE FLORA AND INSECTS kmn 5 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)- 2 MB.  I AM SENDING THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS COLLECTED FROM FORESTS OF SEEGEGUDDA OF HASSSAN FORESTS, PLEASE IDENTIFY AND SHARE IT  

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Mallotus species ?- Assam

  Unknwon sp. from Assam KD 05 Oct 2017 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Attached images are unknown sp. Please ID the Sp. Date :22.8.2017Location: AssamFamily : ??Genus & species : ??Habitat: Grows wild Habit : Tree Please check if matching with Claoxylon or Mallotus.  Is this a Claoxylon?  If yes then please compare with C. […]

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Poland- aquarium plant from Warsaw

  Photo 3 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please identify the plant here in the picture. I think taken somewhere in Europe. and an aquatic plant. It is from Warsaw zoo, and it from an aquarium.  

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Hydrangea species- Dhulikhel, Nepal

  SK855 08 NOV-2017:ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Dhulikhel, Nepal Altitude: 4600 ft. Date: 12 April 2014 Hydrangea arborescens ??  Sub sp?  If introduced species they yes. If native then try H. heteromalla.        It was in a garden. Could be introduced ! Any other images showing the bracts and habit? No more […]

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Dicliptera verticillata

Dicliptera verticillata (Forssk.) C.Chr., Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(3): 11 1922. (syn: Adhatoda hyssopifolia Medic.; Adhatoda jalappiifolia Buchoz ex Steud.; Dianthera verticillata Forssk.; Diapedium cuspidatum (Vahl) Kuntze (ambiguous synonym); Diapedium cuspidatum Kon. (ambiguous synonym); Diapedium umbellatum (Vahl) Kuntze; Diapedium verticillatum (Forssk.) Kuntze; Dicliptera micranthes Nees; Dicliptera ocymoides (Lam.) Juss.; Dicliptera spinulosa Hochst. ex K. Balkwill; Dicliptera umbellata […]

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Web portal on Indian Plants- discussions

Re: Indian plants : 4 posts by 3 authors. I am writing in connection with the eFlora India and Flowers of India websites that you have been running very succesfully for so many years. I occasionally look at these websites, and I have been in touch with J. M. Garg over the years for butterflies […]

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Nepal- Deurali, Dolkha plant

  SK819 24 OCT-2017:ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location:  Deurali, Dolkha, Nepal Date: 6 September 2017 Elevation : 7700 ft. A bit difficult one without inflorescence, I guess. Leaves appear to be diagnostic, but only to those who may be familiar with this species.

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81. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Oct.’17

Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Oct.’17- more than 12,000 species : 1 post by 1 author. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 2,81,000 messages so far & membership currently […]

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