112. Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st May’20

Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st May’20 : 3 posts by 3 authors. 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 3,51,800 messages so far & membership currently around 3120 nos. efloraofindia […]

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Penstemon ‘Etna’

Penstemon ‘Etna’;   Penstemon AT MAR 2017/1 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)  Penstemon Common name: Beard Tongue Shimla Nov. 2016 Cultivated Ornamental May be Penstemon ‘Etna’ as per http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Penstemon%20Etna.html https://www.alamy.com/penstemon-etna-red-flowers-garden-plant-detail-close-up-penstemons-image284132769.html https://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/34969-penstemon-etna https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/penstemon-etna-red-flower-garden-plant-high-res-stock-photography/626991487 https://hayloft.co.uk/product/penstemon-etna/yp76x18-in18 https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/penstemon-etna/t64490TM https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/penstemon-etna https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/135098/Penstemon-Etna-Yatna-(Volcano-Series)/Details Awesome photographs !. It seems ID by … is correct.    References: https://www.alamy.com/penstemon-etna-red-flowers-garden-plant-detail-close-up-penstemons-image284132769.html https://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/34969-penstemon-etna https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/penstemon-etna-red-flower-garden-plant-high-res-stock-photography/626991487 https://hayloft.co.uk/product/penstemon-etna/yp76x18-in18 https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/penstemon-etna/t64490TM […]

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Indodalzellia

  Species as per Flora of Peninsular India: Dalzellia ceylanica  Dalzellia ceylanica var. konkanica Dalzellia gracilis (syn. of Indodalzellia gracilis (C.J.Mathew, Jäger-Zürn & Nileena) Koi & M.Kato)

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Stemodia serrata

Stemodia serrata (Hochst.) Benth., Prodr. 10: 381 1846. (syn: Stemodiacra serrata (Hochst.) Kuntze; Sutera serrata Hochst.); Raigad and Thane districts as per Flora of Peninsular India;  India, Ethiopia, Senegal, Mauritania, Ghana, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, Malawi as per Catalogue of Life; Do we […]

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Olax nana

Olax nana Wall. ex Benth., Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1: 88 1840.; Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab), Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), Sikkim, India (Darjeeling, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh), Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; Low undershrubs, up to 60 cm tall; stem upright, green, ribbed; […]

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Pittosporum tetraspermum

Pittosporum tetraspermum Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 154 1834.; India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; Habit- Small trees up to 8 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark brown, lenticellate, finely fissured; blaze white. Branches and branchlets – Young branchlets terete, pubescent, lenticellate. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, […]

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Posts leading to publication of new species

Posts leading to publication of new species : 11 posts by 3 authors. Within a short period of a month, we have found that three new species has been published, much after there postings in efloraofindia, as below:   Thunbergia kasajuana Dendrophthoe gamblei Piper dravidii Mostly authors were aware of the postings on efloraofindia.   This only goes on show […]

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Cordia species- Maharashtra (?)

  third species of cordia : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). orange colour fruits. non leathery leaves, pubescent  Not a sp. of Cordia. This is Gmelina arborea Roxb.   Looks different from fruiting images at Gmelina arborea Also could not find a match as per comparative images at Cordia Thought of Diospyros, but could not find a […]

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Schoenoplectus litoralis ?

Schoenoplectus litoralis (Schrad.) Palla, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 1888. (syn: Eleogiton litoralis (Schrad.) Fourr.; Heleogiton litorale (Schrad.) Rchb.; Malacochaete lehmannii Nees ex Boeckeler; Malacochaete litoralis (Schrad.) Nees; Pterolepis litoralis (Schrad.) M.R.Almeida; Schoenoplectus litoralis subsp. litoralis ; Schoenoplectus philippii (Tineo) Pignatti; Scirpus aegyptiacus Decne.; Scirpus arabicus Ehrenb. ex Boeckeler; Scirpus arrhenopogon Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke [Invalid]; […]

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Auricularia species- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

  SK 2626 24 May 2020 – Mycophyta : 12 posts by 3 authors. 4 images- 6 to 7 mb each. Location : Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal. Elevation : 1300 m.Date : 23  May 2020 Habitat : Wild  Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Quel. ??  ?? Auricularia auricula-judae doesn’t occur here.  Microscopy required to determine the spp. You must […]

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Auricularia species- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

  SK2041 13 July 2019 – Mycophyta : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- around 450 kb each.  Location: Gyaneswor, KathmanduDate: 13 July 2019Elevation: 1300 m.Habitat : Wild Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Quel. ?? To me also appears close to images at Auricularia auricula-judae  Reference: Efi thread

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Auricularia species- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

  SK2042 13 July 2019 – Mycophyta : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Gyaneswor, KathmanduDate: 13 July 2019Elevation: 1300 m.Habitat : Wild Thank you. Is this too Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Quel. ??  Looks slight different. Frills at the edges. I think may be, as per https://antropocene.it/en/2018/11/25/auricularia-auricula-judae/https://steemit.com/steemstem/@dber/the-amateur-mycologist-17-auricularia-auricula-the-jelly-ear-2017817t14117394z  Reference: Efi thread

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Auricularia species- Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal

    SK1995 12 June 2019 – Mycopyta : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Location: Godawari, Lalitpur,, Nepal Altitude: 1698 m. Date: 04 June 2019 Habit : Wild I think Auricularia auricula-judae  Yes its Auricularia auricula-judae (Jelly Ear/Wood Ear Fungi) Family – Auriculariaceae Reference: Efi thread

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Auricularia species- Chethalayam, Sultan Bathery, Wayanad, Kerala

  Jelly like mushrooms – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 3 images. Sending the pictures of a very strange type of mushroom. In the firsttwo pictures they are in jelly like form. The third one was quitefirm.Could someone identify them please?Date & Time        8 July 2010Location: Place, Altitude, GPS        Chethalayam, Sultan Bathery, Wayanad, kerala.Habitat: Garden, Urban, Wild […]

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Auricularia species- Mumbai

  unid mushroom at cec on 12th aug 09 – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 1 image. attached a pic of mushroom taken at Conservation Education Centre, Goregaon East, Mumbai.Date : 21th Aug 2009. pl. identify. I was told that it is ‘ear lobed mushroom’.   It looks like the Jew’s Ear fungus I had posted earlier. Sending […]

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Achetaria

Achetaria azurea (Linden) V.C.Souza (Cultivated) (SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro), Seychelles (I), Society Isl. (I) (Raiatea (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Madagascar (I) as per Catalogue of Life)  

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Rhododendron ferrugineum (Cultivated)

Rhododendron ferrugineum L., Sp. Pl. 392 1753. (syn: Azalea ferruginea (L.) Kuntze; Chamaerhododendron ferrugineum (L.) Bubani; Plinthocroma ferrugineum (L.) Dulac; Rhododendron intermedium Tausch); Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, N-Spain (Pyrenees), Andorra, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia & Kosovo, Albania as per Catalogue of Life;   SK 2624 21 May 2020 : 5 posts by 2 authors. […]

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Mycena species- Chobhar, Nepal

  SK1787 15 Feb 2019 – Mycophyta : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- around 350 kb each.  Location: Chobhar, Nepal Date: 9 August 2018 Altitude: 1330 m. Habit : Wild … 1787 are Hygrocybe spp.  If you need correct identity of the species, as I said earlier, herbarium specimens along with all relevant morphological […]

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Abies delavayi

Abies delavayi Franch., J. Bot. (Morot) 13: 255 1899.; Arunachal Pradesh to China (W. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China as per WCSP; SW China: W Yunnan, SE Xizang [Tibet]; NE India: Arunachal Pradesh; N Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life;   Abies delavayi from Arunachal Pradesh : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Abies […]

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