Huernia insigniflora (Cultivated)

Huernia insigniflora C.A. Maass, Möller’s Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 43: 79 1928. ;    South Africa (as per Tropicos)        References: The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  Dave’s Garden

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Pinguicula ‘Aphrodite’ (Cultivated)

Images by Gurcharan Singh Pinguicula ‘Aphrodite’ from Plantae Paradise, Pawanu-GSJUNE02/07 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Pinguicula ‘Aphrodite’ A cultivar, hybrid between Pinguicula agnata and P. moctezumae, with linear-oblong leaves with rounded tips, lighter green in colour with buttery surface, up to 12 cm long and 2 cm broad, in basal rosette, edges […]

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Orbea semota (Cultivated)

Orbea semota (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach, Kirkia 10(1): 290 1975. (Syn: Orbea semota subsp. semota ; Stapelia semota N.E. Br.); Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)      Kenya; Tanzania; Rwanda (from GRIN )   Orbea semota (N. E. Br.) L. C. Leach var. lutes from Plantae […]

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Echinodorus cordifolius (Cultivated)

Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 257 1857. (syn: Alisma cordifolium L.;  Echinodorus cordifolius subsp. cordifolius ; Echinodorus cordifolius subsp. fluitans (Fassett) R.R.Haynes & Holm-Niels.; Echinodorus fluitans Fassett; Echinodorus ovalis C.Wright; Echinodorus radicans (Nutt.) Engelm.; Echinodorus schlueteri Rataj; Sagittaria cordifolia (L.) Lam.; Sagittaria radicans Nutt.); Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     […]

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Dates of flowering

Dates of flowering : I feel we need to include the date the pictures were taken to show what time of the year did the flowers appear and if fruits when did they appear. Its important for database if had that data… you will see that flowering time may be a season, but often the […]

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Verbena bonariensis ?

Verbena bonariensis ? ;      ID request SP0510102015 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Location: UttarakandPhoto not clicked by me Is it Lippia?….informations are fragmental… Verbena bonariensis..most probably !      

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52. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’15

Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’15- more than 10,000 species : 1 post by 1 author. 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 more than 2,22,500 messages so far & membership […]

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62th Tree Appreciation Walk in Sagar Upvan, Colaba

62th Tree Appreciation Walk in Sagar Upvan, Colaba on 7th June,15 at 7.30 : Sweltering heat and horrid humidity of Mumbai have been daring us to move away from fan and AC’s………but Sagar Upavan is breathing out fragrance & only fragrance..……we invite you all to breeze through the fragrance of the flowers of Bakul (Mimusops […]

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Isodon species ?- Gori Valley, Uttarakhand

Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: from Gori Valley- NS May 52/52 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (6) This erect herb with 2-3 leaves per node and minute flowers was recorded from Gori Valley area, Uttrakhand.. Please suggest id for this..distinctive pics are lacking, making me unable to guess even genus for this, Elsholtzia/Isodon/Plectranthus… I […]

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Leucas hyssopifolia

Leucas hyssopifolia Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 60 1830.; Images by Nidhan Singh – Id by Surajit Koley Pakistan to Myanmar (from WCSP) Benth, in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 60, Lab. 615, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 531 ; perennial, erect, hispidly hairy, leaves 1-2.1/2 in. linear obtuse, margins recurved entire, whorls terminal and axillary […]

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Details of parts of Milkweed flower

PLEASE H E L P PLEASE : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) To make this plate I copied two photographs recorded by … Please help me to understand different floral structure of an asclepiad flower. Please check all label and let me know which are wrongly marked. Please find the attached image which […]

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Neginhal Seturam G.

Books authored and published by S. G. Neginhal  1. Neginhal S.G (1983) : Field Identification Characteristics of Evergreen Species. Myforest, Vol 19 No. 1 (Quarterly Journal of the Karnataka Forest Department) 2. Neginhal S.G (1994): Your Bangalore, the Trees. Bangalore Urban Art Commission, Bangalore. 3. Neginhal S.G (2002): A Handbook on City Trees and Urban […]

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So called ‘improvement’ of Maharashtra Nature Park

Fw: Maharashtra Nature Park, Dharavi, Mumbai : 1 post by 1 author. This is with reference to the series of news articles that appeared in the Marathi daily – Loksatta since 25 May 2015.   This is about the proposal of so called ‘improvement’ of Maharashtra Nature Park located on the banks of Mithi River […]

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Molecular phylogeny workshop in IISc

Molecular phylogeny workshop in IISc : 1 post by 1 author. Dr. Praveen Karanth is conducting the workshop on molecular phylogenetics. It will free of cost and from August 3rd to 7th 2015. Please find the details in the link below.http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/phylo_workshop/

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Salvia melissodora (Cultivated- USA)

Salvia melissodora Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl. 2 1816. (syn: Salvia dugesii Fernald; Salvia microphylla Sessé & Moc. [Illegitimate]; Salvia scorodonia Benth. [Spelling variant]; Salvia scorodoniifolia Desf. ex Poir.; Salvia scorodoniifolia var. crenaea Fernald); Mexico (from WCSP)   Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Lamiaceae, Salvia scorodonaefolia, from SFO, California-GSMAY166/169 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) […]

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Leucas nutans

Leucas nutans (Roth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 743 1825. (Syn: Leucas decurva Benth.; Phlomis nutans Roth);  Pakistan to Myanmar (from WCSP);   Images by Nidhan Singh – Id by A.Lalithamba, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Leucas sp. from Panipat- NS May 115/115 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) This is from […]

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Schoenoplectiella lateriflora

Schoenoplectiella lateriflora (J.F.Gmel.) Lye, Lidia 6: 25 2003. (Syn: Isolepis ambigua Zoll. [Invalid]; Isolepis juncoides Miq.; Isolepis mesantha Nees [Invalid]; Isolepis oryzetorum Steud.; Schoenoplectiella lateriflora subsp. lateriflora ; Schoenoplectus lateriflorus (J.F.Gmel.) Lye; Schoenoplectus oryzetorum (Steud.) V.I.Krecz.; Schoenoplectus supinus subsp. lateriflorus (J.F.Gmel.) Soják; Schoenoplectus supinus var. lateriflorus (J.F.Gmel.) T.Koyama; Schoenoplectus supinus subsp. lateriflorus (J.F. Gmel.) T. […]

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Varma Varun

    Varma, V., Ratnam, J., Viswanathan, V., Osuri, A.M., Biesmeijer, J.C., Madhusudan, M.D., Sankaran, M., Krishnadas, M., Barua, D., Budruk, M., Isvaran, K., Jayapal, R., Joshi, J., Karanth, K.K., Krishnaswamy, J., Kumar, R., Mukherjee, S., Nagendra, H., Niphadkar, M., Owen, N., Page, N., Prasad, S., Quader, S., Nandini, R., Robin, V.V., Sait, S.M., Shah, […]

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