Impatiens maculata Wight, Madras J. Lit. Sci. 5:12. 1837; Images by (Muthu Karthick – Id by Tabish), Prashant Awale & (Vijayasankar Raman – validation by Prashant Awale), (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) Spotted Balsam, Spotted Jewelweed; Endemic to the W.Ghats of Tamil Nadu and Kerala; Impatiens (Balsam) for identification 070912MK01: Please […]
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Burmannia itoana (Hongkong)
Burmannia itoana Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 1 1913. (Syn: Burmannia pingbienensis H.Li; Burmannia takeoi Hayata); S. China to Japan (Yakushima) as per WCSP; Burmanniaceae: Burmannia itoana Makino from Hong Kong: Burmannia itoana Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 1 (1913). Synonyms: Burmannia takeoi Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 212 (1915). Burmannia pingbienensis H.Li, Acta […]
Burmannia wallichii
Burmannia wallichii (Miers) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 666 1888. (Syn: Burmannia griffithii Becc.; Gonianthes wallichii Miers); Burmanniaceae: Burmannia wallichii (Miers) Hook.f from Hong Kong: Burmannia wallichii (Miers) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 666 (1888). Synonym: Gonianthes wallichii Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 537 (1841). Burmannia griffithii Becc., Malesia 1: 254 (1878). […]
Euphorbia maddenii
Euphorbia maddenii Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 141 1862. (Syn: Tithymalus maddenii (Boiss.) Soják); Images by (Nidhan Singh – validation by Gurcharan Singh) & (Dinesh Valke – validation by N.P.Balakrishnan), (For more photos & complete details, click on the links, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) VOF Week: Euphorbia for identification from the trek…: This one was shot from […]
Regioal & Indian Floras in pdf
Floras of India as well as regional Floras in Pdf format In the link below one will find all Pdf version of Floras of India as well as Regional Floras. Please go through these, which can come handy for you. http://www.digitalbookindex.com/_search/search010biolfloraindiaa.asp Old publication of flora available at www.archive.org www.botanicus.org www.archive.org
e-books on Indian Flora
E-books on Indian Flora (mainly): 100 Beautiful Trees of India by Charles McCann (First Published 1959) to the e-books. In additions to describing 100 trees with color drawings, it illustrated various leaf-types, margin-types, root-types, flower-types, fruit-types (drupes, achenes and samaras etc). It is available here: www.vidyaonline.net/arvindgupta/cowen.pdf Forty Common Indian Trees & how to know them […]
Books on Indian Flora (Alphabatically arranged)
Books on Indian Flora (Alphabatically arranged): * A Pictorial Guide to The Plants of The Indian Subcontinent: It is a small handy book and the photos are also good in most of the plates. The author gives the meaning of its name, uses etc. book published by Ramesh K Aima Price is Rs.1,495/- and readily […]
Vicatia
Vicatia coniifolia Wall. ex DC. (Images by Nidhan Singh (Id by Gurcharan Singh & Balkar Singh), Anurag N Sharma (Id by Gurcharan Singh) & Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Vicatia page (Apiaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Vicatia […]
Diospyros racemosa
Diospyros racemosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 2: 536 1832. (Syn: Diospyros foveoreticulata Merr.; Diospyros incisa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Diospyros toposia Buch.-Ham.; Diospyros toposia var. toposioides (King & Gamble) Phengklai; Diospyros toposioides King & Gamble; Embryopteris racemosa (Roxb.) G.Don); Dioecious trees, to 20 m high, bark 5 m thick, greyish-brown, rather smooth, hardly […]
Butea species
Butea species; Please identify this climber – NS 040912: Photographed on my property at Shahapur last Sunday. Please identify this climber. It is not Butea parviflora [Palas-vel]. According to … [Dr. Almeida’s assistant] this could be one of the other 2 climbing species of Butea – B.superba or B.purpurea. Will keep a […]
Eria javanica
Eria javanica (Sw.) Blume, Rumphia 2: 23 1836. (Syn: Callista perakensis (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Dendrobium javanicum Sw.; Dendrobium perakense Hook.f.; Dendrolirium rugosum Blume; Eria cochleata Lindl.; Eria fragrans Rchb.f.; Eria inamoena Schltr.; Eria rugosa (Blume) Lindl.; Eria stellata Lindl.; Eria striolata Rchb.f.; Eria vaginata (Breda, Kuhl & Hasselt) Benth.; Katherinea perakensis (Hook.f.) A.D.Hawkes; Octomeria stellata (Lindl.) […]
Stapelia gigantea (Cultivated)
Stapelia gigantea N.E. Br., Gard. Chron. 1: 684, f. 112 684 1877. (Syn: Stapelia cyclista C.A. Lückh.; Stapelia gigantea var. pallida PHILLIPS; Stapelia marlothii N.E. Br.; Stapelia meintjesii Verd.; Stapelia nobilis N.E. Br. ex Hook. f.; Stapelia tarantuloides R.A. Dyer; Stapelia youngii N.E. Br.); Images by Pankaj Kumar (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, […]
Adenosciadium
Adenosciadium arabicum H.Wolff (Oman) (Images by Aarti S Khale (Identified by Jens Eriksen) (Inserted by J.M.Garg))
Chlorophytum bharuchae
Chlorophytum bharuchae Ansari, Sundararagh. & Hemadri, Indian Forester 96: 304 1970. ; Images by Satish Phadke (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Chlorophytum bharuchae : Pune: Chlorophytum bharuchae.Family : Asparagaceae acc. to The plant List.Present on University Tekdi Pune.Important character. Larger inflorescence than C.tuberosum. which is branched.The petal has a brownish/green spot at the tip.This has […]
Annonaceae member
Maybe Annonaceae: Could you ID our small tree please. Location Cibinong Bogor. Thank you.
Phlox paniculata (Introduced)
Phlox paniculata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 151-152 151 1753. (syn: Armeria paniculata (L.) Kuntze; Phlox acuminata Pursh; Phlox acutifolia Sweet; Phlox americana hort. ex Sweet; Phlox cordata Ell.; Phlox corymbosa hort. ex Sweet; Phlox decussata Lyon ex Pursh; Phlox paniculata var. acuminata (Pursh) A.Gray; Phlox paniculata var. laxiflora Brand; Phlox scabra Sweet; Phlox sickmanni Lehm.; Phlox […]
Melampodium
Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC. Melampodium page (Asteraceae (Compositae)) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Melampodium page (Asteraceae (Compositae)) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by me). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send […]
Dubyaea
Dubyaea hispida (D.Don) DC. (Images by J.M.Garg (Id by Umesh Kumar Tiwari, Nidhan Singh & Krishan Lal), Nidhan Singh & D S Rawat (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Dubyaea oligocephala (Sch.Bip.) Stebbins Dubyaea page (Asteraceae (Compositae)) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. […]
Jungermannia polymorpha
Jungermannia polymorpha (L.) Hook. f. & Taylor, London J. Bot. 3: 400 400 1844. (Syn: Marchantia polymorpha L.); VoF Week: Marchantia from way to Hemkund Sahib: Marchantia from way to Hemkund Sahib Sp Pls?? Very good for classwork material. May be the common species Marchantia polymorpha with gemma cups. And female […]
