Dichanthium species ?- Java

      Grass of Java : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Could you help me to id our grass please.  I think it is Dichanthium sp. please sent the close up image          

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Orbea schweinfurthii

Orbea schweinfurthii (A. Berger) Bruyns, Aloe 37(4): 76 76 2000. (Syn: Angolluma schweinfurthii (A.Berger) Plowes (Unresolved); Caralluma schweinfurthii A.Berger (Unresolved);  Pachycymbium schweinfurthii (A. Berger) M.G. Gilbert);   Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by Ajinkya Gadave) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)        Ornamental For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : […]

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Orbea

  Orbea schweinfurthii (A. Berger) Bruyns (Cultivated) (Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by Ajinkya Gadave) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Orbea semota (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Orbea variegata (L.) Haw. ? (Images […]

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Ternstroemia gymnanthera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Wight & Arn.) Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India 19, 91 19 1871. (Syn: Adinandra japonica (Thunb.) T. L. Ming; Cleyera dubia Champ. ex Benth.; Cleyera fragrans Champ. ex Benth.; Cleyera gymnanthera Wight & Arn.; Dupinia japonica (Thunb.) Franch.; Hoferia japonica (Thunb.) Franch.; Mokofua japonica (Thunb.) Kuntze; Taonabo japonica (Thunb.) Szyszyl.; Ternstroemia aneura Miq.; […]

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Voacanga grandifolia (Cultivated- Mumbai)

Voacanga grandifolia (Miq.) Rolfe, J. Bot. 21: 202 1883. (syn: Orchipeda grandifolia (Miq.) Miq.; Orchipeda papuana F.Muell.; Pootia exauriculata Teijsm. & Binn.; Pootia grandifolia Miq.; Tabernaemontana celebica Miq.; Voacanga grandifolia var. glabrifolia Bakh.f.; Voacanga papuana (F.Muell.) K.Schum.; Voacanga papuana (F. Muell.) Boerlage; Voacanga versteegii Markgr.);   Images by Shobha Halwe-Chavda (Id by Satish Pardeshi) (Inserted […]

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Kalanchoe species ?

  Bryophyllum for ID : Nairobi,Kenya : 221112 : AK-3: Saw this Bryophyllum in Nairobi, Kenya on 26/1/2009. Plant was pink in color. No flowers present when these pictures were taken. Id please.

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Typhonium species ?- Mumbai

     Requesting ID of this wild herb – Mumbai :02072013 : ARK-01 : June 2013 : Attachments (2). 6 posts by 4 authors. Requesting to please ID this herb growing wild captured in Mumbai in June 2013. The leaf has a very peculiar leaf shape This could be Theriophonum dalzelii Schott. Correct spelling is […]

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Crepis dachhigamensis

Crepis dachhigamensis G.Singh, Forest Flora of Srinagar, P. 127, Fig. 7, 1976;   Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)        Asteraceae Fortnight Part 3-Ligulate Heads (plus Misc.): Crepis dachhigamensis from Kashmir-GS17 : Attachments (1). 6 posts by 5 authors.  Another species described by me in […]

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WEST KAMENG ERICACEAE BOOK BY PANDA

    WEST KAMENG ERICACEAE BOOK BY PANDA PBULISHED BY LAP-LAMBERT, GERMANY : Attachments (1).   7 posts by 7 authors. Pl. go through my Book “West Kameng Ericaceae…..”published by Lap-Lambert, Germany, based on my 10 years research work on West Kameng Ericaceae. Besides, You can open Google and write :West Kameng Ericaceae Book” and […]

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Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora

Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 5: 65 1943. (syn: Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D.Y.Hong; Picrorhiza lindleyana (Wall.) Steud.; Picrorhiza lindleyana (Wall.) Wettst.; Veronica lindleyana Wall.);   As per efi thread: Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (= Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora)and Picrorhiza kurrooa are closely related in morphology. Neopicrorhiza has corolla larger than calyx and uppermost lobe of corolla is […]

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Literature on Ocimum taxonomy

    literature on Ocimum taxonomy :   2 posts by 2 authors. In need of recent literature on Ocimum taxonomy pls help For Lamiaceae literature, you can contact Dr. P. Sunojkumar (specialized in Lamiaceae) Asst. Professor Department of Botany Calicut UniversityKerala E-mail: …        

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 2013-14

    Fw: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 2013-14 : 1 post by 1 author. The Min of Environment & Forests have invited proposals for their above Awareness Campaign(NEAC-2013-14),the theme being “bio-diversity Conservation” Several sub-themes are available and they are in the Ministry’s Web-site. today’s NewsPaper contains the details Proposals are invited from NGOs for conducting […]

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Garhadiolus hedypnois

Garhadiolus hedypnois (Fisch. & Mey.) Jaub. & Spach (Unresolved), 120 1850. (syn: Garhadiolus angulosus Jaub. & Spach; Garhadiolus minutissimus (Bunge) Kitam.; Koelpinia rhagadioloides B.D.Jacks.; Rhagadiolus angulosus (Jaub. & Spach) Kupicha; Rhagadiolus hedypnois Fisch. & C.A.Mey.);    Images by Gurcharan Singh (inserted by Gurcharan Singh) (Click links to see all images)             […]

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Garhadiolus

  Garhadiolus hedypnois (Fisch. & Mey.) Jaub. & Spach (Images by Gurcharan Singh (inserted by Gurcharan Singh))                                                                              […]

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Hypochaeris

Hypochaeris glabra L. ? (Images by Alka Khare (Id by N Muthu Karthick) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Hypochoeris radicata L. (USA) (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Hypochaeris page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia : […]

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Echinacea cultivar ‘Harvest Moon’

      Asteraceae Fortnight Part 3-Ligulate Heads: Echinacea ‘Hrvest Moon’ from California-GS11 : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author. Echinacea cultivar ‘Harvest Moon’ photographed from California.        

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Launaea species- Mizoram

      Asteraceae Fortnight Part 3-Ligulate heads (plus Misc.): Launaea sp?? from Mizoram. :: PKA11:: : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Could this be some Launaea sp.(Mizoram, November-08) I remember … had indicated the possibility of this being L. nudicaulis. Yes Launaea Leaves needed for species identification.        

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