Galactia longiflora

Galactia longiflora Arn. (syn: Galactia longiflora var. mollicoma Urb.); Galactia longiflora Arn.   Andhra Pradesh Flora; Yerramalais, Nellore district, Papilionaceae, Tephrosia sp. Identification request : Attachments (3).  4 posts by 3 authors. Let me know the identity of this species. Tephrosia sp. Date- December2008 Location- Yerramalais, Altitude 700 Mt. Habitat- Urban/ Wild Plant Habit- Creeping herb […]

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Trees of Bangalore

Trees of Bangalore: my site changed : I haven’t come to the group for a long time. After few months being down,  i finally moved my trees site from dropbox to Git. Since I have pasted lots of links from them in efloraofindia, if its useful for others they can use this link: https://ramanarunachalam.github.io/Flora-and-Fauna/trees.html One […]

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Hypericum oblongifolium ?

Hypericum oblongifolium ?;   Plants form Himalaya : NSD 1 March 5, 2017 for ID validation : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Recently visited Himalaya….seen this beautiful shrub…… I think Hypericum oblongifolium…………. but not very sure. Please validatePic taken from Chamoli……… Uttarakhand… 5 March 2017 Thanks, … Do you have any other images ? I am not […]

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Thakur, Anil Kumar

              PUBLICATIONS Journal Publications S. NO. TITLE OF PAPER AUTHORS   JOURNAL & ISSN 1 Sicyos angulatus L. (Cucurbitaceae): A new adventive species for the flora of India Anil Kumar  Thakur Current Science 111 (5): 789 ISSN:  0011-3891 2 Graviperceptional changes in the roots of cadmium-treated soybean seedlings Kamaljit Singh, Anil Kumar Thakur* Current science […]

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What are herbaria for?

Fwd: What are herbaria for? Can you help? : 5 posts by 2 authors. May I thank those who have responded so far about hand lenses. I shall be commenting about the findings and my thoughts about their use. Will wait a few more days in hope of further input. In the mean-time, I wish to raise […]

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81st Tree Appreciation Walk at IIT Campus, Mumbai

81st Tree Appreciation Walk at IIT Campus, Mumbai on 26th March,17 at 7.30 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Earth and sky, wind and trees, lakes and fields, birds and hills……544 acres of IIT campus, always intrigued us…..always wanted to check out the elusive greens on the campus……fortunately some of our regular […]

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Fabaceae member- Gurje Bhanjyang, Nepal

  SK415 11MAR-2017:ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Gurje Bhanjyang, Nepal Altitude:  5800 ft. Date: 26 January 2016 Tree or Shrub?  Wild or cultivated?  It was in a garden. So it could be cultivated.  

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73. Efloraofindia website updated upto 28th Feb.’17

Efloraofindia website updated upto 28th Feb.’17- more than 11,000 species : 11 posts by 4 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 2,65,600 messages so far & membership currently […]

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Galactia striata var. villosa

Galactia striata var. villosa (Wight & Arn.) Verdc. (syn: Galactia tenuiflora var. villosa Wight & Arn.; Galactia villosa Wight & Arn.); China (N); India (N); Papua New Guinea (N) as per ILDIS;   References: The Plant List Ver.1.1  ILDIS  Catalogue of Life  India Biodiversity Portal  An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- […]

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Erythrina crista-galli ?

Erythrina crista-galli L. ?;   Erythrina for ID : 040611 : AK-2: Taken at Colombo, Sri Lanka on the 15th of Nov, 2010.Is this one and my earlier post the same?This was also a medium sized tree. Erythrina crista-galli I do not think this is Erythrina crista-galli.We see no spines on the branch. Moreover, from […]

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Erythrina species ?- California

  Tree For ID : California : 01NOV14 : AK-3 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Cultivated tree seen in the garden of a multistory building complex in Los Angeles on 3rd Oct,14. Maple Species? its a coral tree Thanks for the id. Coral Tree is the common name for Erythrina caffra. I […]

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Hylodesmum repandum

Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill (syn: Aeschynomene remota Poir.; Anarthrosyne scalpe Klotzsch; Desmodium aparine Chiov.; Desmodium caffrum Eckl. & Zeyh.; Desmodium remotum (Poir.) Drake; Desmodium repandum (Vahl) DC.; Desmodium scalpe DC.; Desmodium strangulatum Wight & Arn.; Hedysarum ignescens Miq.; Hedysarum repandum Vahl; Hedysarum scalpe DC.; Meibomia repanda (Vahl) Kuntze; Meibomia scalpe (DC.) Kuntze; Papilionopsis […]

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Taraxacum species- Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal

  SK369 11FEB-2017:ID :  5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (10) Location: Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal Altitude:  4200 ft. Date: 10 February 2017 Sonchus …..  ???? Mistake! Taraxacum …??? Thanks, … Pl. check with comparative images at Taraxacum ‎& Cichorieae May be Taraxacum

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Poaceae members- Suru Valley, Ladakh

Fwd: New plant records for Ladakh – NEGLECTED FAMILIES incl. Poaceae : 1 post by 1 author. The Indian Himalaya and ‘Trans-Himalaya’ represent a vast area, which to this day have not been surveyed well. This particularly applies to higher altitudes and steep slopes (particularly mountain slopes which require any sort of scramble to negotiate). Until […]

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Thujopsis dolabrata

Thujopsis dolabrata (L.f.) Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 2: 34 1844. (syn: Libocedrus dolabrata (L.f.) J.Nelson; Platycladus dolabrata (L.f.) Spach; Thuja dolabrata L.f.; Thujopsis atrovirens Lavallée; Thujopsis dolabrata var. australis A.Henry ……; Thujopsis laetevirens Lindl.); Japan as per WCSP ;   Thujopsis dolabrata AT MAR 2017/11 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Thujopsis dolabrata […]

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Poaceae member- AIBO, Beijing, China

  SK407 06MAR-2017:ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location: AIBO, Beijing, China Altitude: 100 ft. Date: 19 October 2014 Are your images Beijing and Sanghai wild or cultivated?  It was in the garden of University ! May be wild! If you furnish such details in each of your posts,  it will be of great […]

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