Anurag N. Sharma

I am a third year BSc. Student studying at St.Josephs College in Bangalore. When I was in my first year, I started experimenting and trying out different things while in college to see what I would be interested in. One of my professors inspired me to start looking at algae. While searching for algae around […]

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Boletus species- Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP

  Fungus ABAUG01/16 : 10 posts by 3 authors. Growing beneath a rock along with ferns. The nearest tree was oak. Please advise. Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP 1800m 14 August 2015 don’t know the name but a good candidate for the spore print i guess Yes, … I will try and find the mushroom today […]

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Dendrobium hybrids- Mahabaleshwar

  Orchid For ID : Mahabaleshwar : 26AUG15 : AK-49 : 49/49 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Another cultivated Orchid seen in the same garden. Potted plant.  This is hybrid Dendrobium most probably  Hybrid of Dendrobium   Orchid For ID : Mahabaleshwar : 26AUG15 : AK-48 : 48/48 : 4 posts by […]

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Cotoneaster integerrimus (Introduced- USA)

Cotoneaster integerrimus Medik., Geschichte der Botanik unserer Zeiten Geschichte der Botanik unserer Zeiten; 1793 85 1793. (syn: Cotoneaster cotoneaster H.Karst.; Cotoneaster integerrimus var. erythrocarpus (Ledeb.) Krylov; Cotoneaster intermedius Medik. ex Trautv. [Spelling variant]; Cotoneaster villosus hort.; Cotoneaster vulgaris Lindl.; Cotoneaster vulgaris var. erythrocarpus Ledeb.; Cotoneaster vulgaris var. haematocarpus Rupr.; Cotoneaster zabelii auct.; Crataegus cotoneaster (L.) […]

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Cotoneaster apiculatus (Introduced- USA)

Cotoneaster apiculatus Rehder & E.H.Wilson, Plantae wilsonianae 1911 156 1912.  (syn: Cotoneaster distichus var. tongolensis C. K. Schneid.; Pyrus apiculata (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) M. F. Fay & Christenh.); China (Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), USA (I) (Kentucky (I), Pennsylvania (I)), Germany (I), Switzerland (I), Great Britain (I), Italy (I) as per Catalogue of Life; […]

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Gosavi Kumar Vinod Chhotupuri

1. K. V. C. Gosavi, U. S. Yadav* and S. R. Yadav. 2009. ORNITHOGALUM ERYTHRAEUM (WEBB & BERTHEL.) MANNING AND GOLDBLATT (HYACINTHACEAE), A NEW RECORD FOR MAHARASHTRA. Bombay Natural History Society Vol. 105(3):361-362. 2. S. R. Yadav*, S.A. Chivalkar and K.V.C. Gosavi. 2010. On the identity of Jansenella griffithiana (Poaceae) with a new species from […]

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Lilium species/ hybrids- Warsaw, Poland

Images by Promila Plant for ID-PC-24-24.08.2015 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) Please Identify this Lilium, I will be grateful. This is probably one of the north american Turk’s Cap lilies – L. superbum or L. michiganense Thanks … for ID. It is also from Warsaw only. Türkenbund (Lilium martagon) The picture at […]

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Lilium species/ hybrids

  Emailing: IMG_2994, IMG_2989 – efloraofindia | Google Groups      Lily for ID PLEASE Garden Plant UD 002 :: 2013: This just opened today. The flower is approximately 3 and a half inches tall, about 4 inches as it first opened. Stem is 18 inches tall with the flowers at the top . Leaves […]

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Tree sapling at Puttanahalli Lake

  Fwd: Tree sapling : 1 post by 1 author. Would be grateful if someone can id this tree sapling. It may be a common one but we need to know its id in order to locate the best place for it in our lake premises

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Heterostemma decanense

Heterostemma decanense (Talbot) Swarupan. & Mangaly, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 101: 255 1989. (syn: Oianthus deccanensis Talbot);   Hetrostemma deccanense (asclepiadaceae) : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Twining under shrubs. Stem branched. Leaves opposite, decussate, petiolate, narrowly ovate-lanceolate – broadly ovate, shortly acuminate at apex, rounded to shallowly cordate at base, ciliate along margin […]

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Crotalaria ramosissima

Crotalaria ramosissima Roxb. (syn: Crotalaria tomentosa Rottler);   Submission of Crotalaria ramosissima : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) I had observed the Crotalaria page, Crotalaria ramosissima is incorrectly identified, hence I am submitting the correct  images of species. Crotalaria ramosissima Roxb., Flora Indica (Carey) 3. 1832. Family: Fabaceae Description: Herbs, annual, much branched, densely viscid, hispid; […]

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Neanotis subtilis ?

Neanotis subtilis ?;   Flora of Kaiga_ID_Please_19082015 PTR2 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Date/Time-:16/08/15   –    11:30Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrsHabitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-   wildHabit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb – ShrubLength- 60cm Any close up of the flowers pl. ? Pl see attached […]

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Kale Manisha V.

    Research Publications. Sr. No. Title with Page Nos. Journal ISSN/ISBN NO. 1. M.V.Kale and A.B.Upadhye  “Study of soluble proteins  in the dimorphic leaves of some homosporous ferns” vol.30:180-82,2003 Geobios ISSN 0251-1223 2. M.V.Kale and A.B.Upadhye  “Phytochemistry of the dimorphic leaves of some homosporous ferns” vol.32:57-60,2004. Geobios ISSN 0251-1223 3. M.V.Kale and A.B.Upadhye  “Some […]

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Bromeliaceae member- Warsaw

  Plant for ID-PC-23-22.08.2015 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) here is one more Bromelia for ID. it is from Warsaw. Do you have any other pictures of this. If so, pl. post. unfortunately I go not have any other picture of the plant. In case next year I visit the place again […]

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Crateva religiosa

Crateva religiosa G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 35 1786. ; India: Infrequent in subtropical evergreen forests, up to 1000 m. Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Indo-China and Thailand, extending to S.E. Asia, up to Philippines (as per BSI Flora of India)   Caper flower for ID: This flower was […]

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Wild tree at Kaiga

  Flora of Kaiga_ID_Please_19082015 PTR3 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Date/Time-:16/08/15   –    16:30Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrsHabitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-   wildHabit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb – TreeLength- 1.5mtr Does the  tree / shrub contain latex? if you have more photos, pl. post.

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Magnolia species- London

  Fwd: Pls help I’d the tree from this fruit : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) May have been taken in Delhi. Magnolia (Michelia) champaca. It’s taken in London Then, it could be a different species of Magnolia. Pl check it for M. soulangiana and see if the leaf/flower characters (if observed) match.http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/detail.php?pid=281 […]

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Poaceae member- Warsaw

  Grass for ID-PC-40-27.08.2015 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) please identify this Poceae member from the lake side of a park in Warsaw.

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Haircap moss?- Dharamshala, HP

  Haircap moss? ABAUG01/30 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 3 images. This beautiful fern like moss covers the rocks and ground alike. Is it what is commonly called the haircap moss? Dharamshala, HP 1500m 18 August 2015

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