Strobilanthes echinata Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 85 1832. (syn: Goldfussia echinata (Nees) N. P. Balakrishnan; Strobilanthes jugorum Benoist; Tetraglochidium jugorum (Benoist) Bremek.); Monocarpic shrub 0.5-3m. Stems erect, woody, pubescent above, glabrescent below.Leaves unequal, elliptic, slightly falcate, 3-14 x 1.5-6cm, acuminate, base cuneate, serate, pilose above, softly green-tomentose beneath; petioles 0.5-4cm. Flowers in single, […]
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Himachal Pradesh images
flowers from Himachal Pradesh : 3 posts by 2 authors. A set of flower pictures from Himachal Pradesh 2014https://www.flickr.com/photos/adam_dare/albums/72157645842734418 Show trimmed content Thanks & welcome … If you post the respective images as attachments it will be nice.
Ladakh pictures
Pictures from Ladakh : 3 posts by 2 authors. Pictures of flowers from Ladakh, which have been identified by Chris Handoll.If you need any of these pictures for your records, I’m happy to help.https://www.flickr.com/photos/adam_dare/albums/72157646178450015 Thanks & welcome … If you post the respective images as attachments it will be nice. Attachments has to be of […]
Polygonatum geminiflorum
Polygonatum geminiflorum Decne., Voy. Inde 4: 170 1844. (syn: Polygonatum ciliatum Royle [Invalid]); N. Pakistan to W. Himalaya as per WCSP; Images by D.S. Rawat, ID by Aron Floden Polygonatum multiflorum from Uttarakhand: DSR_Oct. 2016_2/2 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All. (Asparagaceae) is a frequent herb in subalpine and alpine areas […]
Oberonia species- Kuduremukh, Chikmagalur, Karnataka
106-TSP-ID-02-OCT2016-1: Oberonia sp @ Kuduremukha for ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Kindly examine and identify this Oberonia sp (Orchidaceae) Habit:Herb Habitat:Wild,epiphytic Shola forest Sighting:Kuduremukha,Chikmagalur,Karnataka,about 1500 msl Date:12-09-2015 Sorry can’t help with this. I atleast need to see one flower!! Thanks … I understand. Oberonias are tricky.
Oberonia seidenfadenii
Oberonia seidenfadenii (H.J.Su) Ormerod, Taiwania 47: 242 2002. (syn: Hippeophyllum seidenfadenii H.J. Su; Hippeophyllum seidenfadii H.J.Su); Images by tspkumar 104-TSP-ID-01OCT2016-2:Oberonia sp (Orchidaceae) @ Mullaianagiri for ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Kindly examine and identify this Oberonia sp (Orchidaceae) Habit:Herb Habitat:Wild,Epiphytic,Evergreen forest Sighting:Mullaianagiri,Chikmagalur,Karnataka,about 1700 msl Date:15-09-2016 All my IDs for your Oberonias […]
Sept.’16
Members who inserted images at efi site in Sept.’2016 : 1 post by 1 author. Following members mainly inserted images on a large number of efi pages as below: Bhagyashri Ranade- around 28 pages TSP Kumar- around 20 pages Gurcharan Singh- around 5 pages Species & genera pages of the following families were also completed in this month: Brassicaceae (last 30 genera only) […]
Strobilanthes khasyana
Strobilanthes khasyana T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 471 1867. (Syn: Endopogon khasyanus Nees; Listrobanthes khasyana (Nees) Bremek.); MS Sept, 2016/06 Strobilanthes sp. ? for ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Place : Sairep, MizoramDate : 21/09/2016Habit : HerbHabitat : Wild Does not seem to match with any species at comparative […]
Liverworts and Hornworts of India – An Annotated Checklist
New Book: Liverworts and Hornworts of India – An Annotated Checklist : 1 post by 1 author. I am pleased to announce the publication of new book ‘Liverworts and Hornworts of India – An Annotated Checklist’ [D.K. Singh, S.K. Singh Devendra Singh 2016. Liverworts and Hornworts of India – An Annotated Checklist. ISBN: 81-8177-088-9; Hardbound; ₹644/= […]
Echinops cornigerus
Echinops cornigerus DC., 525 1838. (syn: Echinops coriarius C.B.Clarke; Echinops polygraphus Czerniak.; Echinops polygraphus Tscherneva); Common name: Blue Globe Thistle • Hindi: Kandara, कंटेला Kantela • Ladakhi: ཨཀཟེམ Aczema Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Mandalay), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Kashmir, Jammu), India (C- to NW-Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Hunza, Astor, Baltistan, […]
Strobilanthes maculata
Strobilanthes maculata (Wall. ex Nees) Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 190 1847. (syn: Ruellia maculata Wall. ex Nees in Wall.; Sympagis maculata (Wall. ex Nees) Bremek.); Common name: Spotted Strobilanthes MS Sept. 2016/09 Strobilanthes sp, for ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Place : Sairep, MizoramAltitude : ca,a,1,500 m.Date : 21/09/2016Habit : […]
Bulbophyllum kaitiense
Bulbophyllum kaitiense Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 262 1861. (syn: Cirrhopetalum nilgherrense Wight; Phyllorkis kaitiensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze); India (Anamalai Hills, Nilghiri Hills) as per WCSP; Epiphytic or lithophytic herbs; pseudobulb ovoid, 2.5 x 2 cm, distantly placed. Leaves solitary, 5-7 x 1.5- 2 cm, oblong, subacute at base, obtuse at apex; petiole 2 cm long. […]
Desideria species
Leycesteria species ?- Chandragiri Hills, Kathmandu, Nepal
Leycesteria species ?
Stellaria himalayensis ?
Stellaria himalayensis ?; IDENTIFY this from HP : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) another flower from Himachal pradesh, TODAY (23.9.16) Looks like a Chickweed, likely a Stellaria sp. It would be easier if we had the leaves. Closest I can reach is Stellaria himalayensis Majumdar as per comparative images at Stellaria
76th TAW- Sagar Upvan [akka B.P.T.Garden]
76th TAW at BPT on Sunday 16th October at 7.30 a.m. : 1 post by 1 author. Forest days are over….now we move over to our city gardens. Our next walk is in Sagar Upvan [akka B.P.T.Garden] Sagar Upvan is a paradise in our concrete jungle. Once you enter it you do not feel you […]
Gynura scandens (Kenya)
Gynura scandens O.Hoffm., 416 1895. (syn: Crassocephalum auriformis S.Moore; Crassocephalum ruwenzoriensis S.Moore; Crassocephalum scandens (O.Hoffm.) Hiern; Gynura auriformis (S.Moore) S.Moore; Gynura brownii S.Moore; Gynura ruwenzoriensis (S.Moore) S.Moore; Gynura taylorii S.Moore; Senecio agathionanthes Muschl.; Senecio rutshuruensis De Wild.; Senecio seretii De Wild.; Senecio subalatipetiolatus De Wild.; Senecio variostipellatus De Wild.); Gynura scandens : Asteraceae : Kenya […]
Vachellia xanthophloea (Kenya)
Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) Banfi & Galasso, Pl.-Book (ed. 3) 1021 2008. (syn: Acacia xanthophloea Benth.); Vachellia xanthophloea is a tree in the Fabaceae family and is commonly known in English as the fever tree (local East African names include olerai, kimwea, murera, and mwelele). This species of Vachellia is native to eastern and southern Africa. […]
Vachellia drepanolobium (Kenya)
Vachellia drepanolobium (Y.Sjöstedt) P.J.H.Hurter, Pl.-Book (ed. 3) 1021 2008. (syn: Acacia drepanolobium Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt); Vachellia drepanolobium (syn. Acacia drepanolobium), commonly known as Whistling Thorn (family Fabaceae), is a swollen-thorn vachellia native to East Africa.[2] The whistling thorn grows up to 6 meters tall. It produces a pair of straight thorns at each node, some […]
