Pinus pinea (Europe)

Pinus pinea L., Sp. Pl. 1000 1753. (Syn: Apinus pinea (L.) Neck. ex Rydb.; Apinus pinea (L.) Neck.; Pinea esculenta Opiz [Illegitimate]; Pinus africana K.Koch [Invalid]; Pinus aracanensis Knight ex Gordon [Invalid]; Pinus arctica Carrière [Invalid]; Pinus esculenta Opiz; Pinus fastuosa Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Pinus fragilis Carrière [Invalid]; Pinus maderiensis Ten.; Pinus pinea var. maderiensis (Ten.) […]

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Cotoneaster sandakphuensis

Cotoneaster sandakphuensis Klotz, 213 1964. (Syn: Cotoneaster microphyllus var. glacialis Cowan & Cowan); NE-India (Mt. Singalila), Sikkim, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life;   Fwd: Cotoneasters 4: Cotoneaster sandakphuensis : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (9) Cotoneaster sandakphuensis G.Klotz (the holotype specimen from Sandakphu, India collected by Biswas is in the Calcutta herbarium) Within Series […]

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77th Tree Appreciation Walk at Aarey VIP Guest House, Aarey

77th Tree Appreciation Walk at Aarey VIP Guest House, Aarey on 20th Nov,16 at 7.30 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. There is this wonderful joy in leaving behind the noisy city’s  streets and walk out to a corner in the Aarey Milk Colony where the deep blue sky and the swaying shadow cast […]

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Phedimus

Phedimus kamtschaticus (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) H. ‘t Hart Images by Gurcharan Singh 

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Acer pseudoplatanus (Introduced in India)

Acer pseudoplatanus L., Sp. Pl. 1054 1753. (syn: Acer atropurpureum Hort. ex Dippel; Acer dittrichii Opiz; Acer erythrocarpum Hort. ex Dippel; Acer euchlorum Hort. ex Dippel; Acer leopoldii hort. ex K.Koch; Acer majus S.F.Gray; Acer melliodorum Opiz ; Acer montanum Garsault ; Acer nebrodense Tineo ex Pax ; Acer opulifolium Thuill. ex Loud.; Acer procerum Salisb.; Acer purpureum […]

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Oct.’16

Members who inserted images at efi site in Oct.’2016 :  3 posts by 2 authors. Following members inserted images on a large number of efi pages as below: Gurcharan Singh- around 31 pages Bhagyashri Ranade- around 19 pages TSP Kumar- around 12 pages In addition, species & genera pages of the following families were also completed in this month:  Capparaceae Caprifoliaceae Cardiopteridaceae Caricaceae Caryophyllaceae […]

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Arisaema jacquemontii ?

Arisaema jacquemontii ?;   ID Requested AT OCT2016/10 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Identification requested Only 5cm fruiting axis seen October 23, 2016 Place: Hatu, Narkanda, Shimla, India Altitude: 8900 feet Any Araceae member ? Yes, … May be Arisaema jacquemontii. I have not seen the entire plant. Only this much plant part was […]

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Chelidonium majus (Europe)

Chelidonium majus L., Sp. Pl. 505 1753. (syn: Chelidonium dahuricum hort. ex DC.; Chelidonium grandiflorum DC. ; Chelidonium haematodes Moench ; Chelidonium laciniatum Miller ; Chelidonium luteum Gilib.; Chelidonium majus var. laciniatum (P. Mill.) Syme ; Chelidonium murale Ren.; Chelidonium quercifolium Thuill.; Chelidonium ruderale Salisb.; Chelidonium umbelliferum Stokes); Chelidonium majus, commonly known as greater celandine […]

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Geranium molle ?

Geranium molle ?;   Plant for ID :: Bratislava :: EU-ARKNOV01: 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) This plant was seen by the roadside in Bratislava, Slovakia in May 2016. Any clue to the ID? looks like Geranium. can’t tell you more. sorry Probably Geranium molle

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Bryophyte at Munnar, Kerala

  id please munnar,kerala 22oct,2015 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) last year october 22, 2015 id of this bryophyte please As the bryophytes are growing in deceive patches it is almost difficult them in natural habit and habitats. So for the identification of mosses it is necessary to see the leaf structure: midrib, […]

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Fumaria capreolata (Introduced)

Fumaria capreolata L., Sp. Pl. 701 1753. (syn: Fumaria capreolata var. albiflora Hammar; Fumaria capreolata var. atrosanguinea Rouy & Fouc; Fumaria capreolata subsp. babingtonii (Pugsley) Sell; Fumaria capreolata var. babingtonii Pugsley; Fumaria capreolata var. condensata Ball; Fumaria capreolata var. platycalyx (Pomel) Pugsley; Fumaria capreolata var. provincialis Rouy & Fouc; Fumaria capreolata var. speciosa (Jord.) Hammar; […]

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Hatoo (Narkanda, Shimla, H.P.)

Hatoo (Narkanda, Shimla, H.P.) AT OCT2016/12 : 13 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (4) Hatoo is a place frequently mentioned in Collett’s ‘FLORA SIMLENSIS’. It is about 75km away from Shimla (H.P.) on Rampur road and rich in plant biodiversity. It was a nice experience to visit Hatoo alongwith Dr. Nidhan Singh and his students. […]

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Achyranthes longifolia

Achyranthes longifolia Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 180 1914.; Achyranthes longifolia (Makino) Makino (Amaranthaceae): An Angiosperm New to India : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) – art%3A10.1007%2Fs40009-016-0515-4.pdf My article “Achyranthes longifolia (Makino) Makino (Amaranthaceae): An Angiosperm New to India” was published in National Academy Science Letters · October 2016 Please find below link for article  & attachment  […]

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Churnaka

Identification of plant species mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana : 2 posts by 2 authors. I am not able to identify the plant “churnaka” mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana:https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/content?field_kanda_tid=4&language=dv&field_sarga_value=1&field_sloka_value=79&अङ्कोलाश्च कुरण्टाश्च चूर्णकाः पारिभद्रकाः। Can anybody please help me out? Please take a look into Prin. V. S. Apte’s The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary … it is some species of silk-cotton […]

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Geranium species- Bratislava, Slovakia

  Plant for ID :: Bratislava :: EU-ARKOCT49 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Seen this plant in the Bratislava castle grounds, Slovakia. Can it be some Geranium species? Geranium, possibly G. dissectum.  

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