Chamaedorea

Chamaedorea elegans Mart.   Chamaedorea metallica O.F.Cook ex H.E.Moore (Images by Balkar Singh & Aarti S Khale (Both Ids by Ajinkya Gadave) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))   Chamaedorea seifrizii (Cultivated- USA) (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Chamaedorea page […]

Read More

Hosta plantaginea

Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Asch., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 53 1863. (Syn: Funkia alba (Andrews) Sweet; Funkia cordata Siebold ex Steud.; Funkia grandiflora Siebold & Zucc.; Funkia japonica (Thunb.) Druce; Funkia japonica var. subcordata (Spreng.) Lilja; Funkia legendrei H.Lév.; Funkia subcordata Spreng.; Hemerocallis alba Andrews; Hemerocallis cordata Cav. [Illegitimate]; Hemerocallis japonica Thunb.; Hemerocallis plantaginea Lam.; Hosta […]

Read More

Digitalis grandiflora (Introduced)

Digitalis grandiflora Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 4 corr. 1768. (Syn: Digitalis ambigua Murray; Digitalis flava Georgi; Digitalis grandiflora var. acutiflora W.D.J.Koch; Digitalis grandiflora var. ochroleuca Lej. & Courtois; Digitalis lutea-majar Gilib. [Invalid]; Digitalis magniflora Mill.; Digitalis milleri G.Don; Digitalis ochroleuca Jacq.; Digitalis orientalis Mill.);  Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, […]

Read More

Agave x leopoldii

Agave x leopoldii;   Images by Satish Phadke’s friend (Id by Tanay Bose) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)          Plant for ID SMP1 15/07/2011 : One of my friends has sent these pictures of a plat most probably Agave species. Can I have the […]

Read More

Lindernia molluginoides

Lindernia molluginoides Wettst., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 80 1891. (Syn: Vandellia molluginoides Benth.);    This species is native to South East Asia. In India, Lindernia molluginoides is known only from Karnataka (Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary; Bhaskar and Razi 1976), Maharashtra (Nanded; Singh et al. 2001) and Andhra Pradesh (Nirmal in Adilabad; Indira and Venkataraju 1998). Also recorded […]

Read More

Pentalinon

  Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade, Balkar Singh & (Siva Siva – identified by Anurag Sharma), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Re: completed insertion of identified species of Pentalinon : 1 post by 1 author Pentalinon page (Apocynaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : Pl. go through ‎Pentalinon page (Apocynaceae) with images […]

Read More

Pedicularis species

  Vof Week : Flower for ID-Shri Hemkund Sahib: 1 image. Sending a photo of flower. Kindly identify. Place : Near Shri Hemkund Sahib Date : 15.08.2012 … species of Pedicularis (family Orobanchaceae). Hope Pedicularis punctata, side view of flowers and leaf should help.  

Read More

Beaumontia species ?

  Beaumontia grandiflora:  I have photographed this fruit of Beaumontia grandiflora at Western Assam. Please validate the ID fruits seem to be too small for this taxa!!

Read More

Cadaba trifoliata

Cadaba trifoliata Wight & Arn., Cat. Ind. Pl. 7 1833. (Syn: Cadaba triphylla Wight; Crateva tapia Heyne ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Desmocarpus missionis Wall.; Stroemia trifoliata Roxb.); India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life;   Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 1  By T. Pullaiah, D. Muralidhara […]

Read More

Barleria species

    130711 RV 2: Another plant for identification, please. Location       North Mumbai, Near FilmCity Habit            Herb Habitat         wild Plant height  2 1/2 to 3 ft. May be Barleria prionitis,   Barleria for ID : Kenya : 010712 : AK-1: Picture taken at […]

Read More

Calamus rotang

Calamus rotang L., Sp. Pl. 325 1753. (Syn: Calamus monoecus Roxb.; Calamus roxburghii Griff.; Draco rotang Crantz; Palmijuncus monoecus (Roxb.) Kuntze; Rotang linnaei Baill.; Rotanga calamus Crantz);   SE. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP;   Bangladesh; India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Trinidad-Tobago as per Catalogue of life;   VALMIKI: OBSEVER OF NATURE:  BETAS has been metioned by […]

Read More

Leucas diffusa

Leucas diffusa Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 615 1834. (Syn: Phlomis diffusa Rottler ex Hook.f. [Invalid]); Images by Santhan P & (Muthu Karthick – validation by A.Lalithamba)        Leucas for id 271210MK2:  Kindly help to confirm this Leucas sp.Date/Time- 14-11-2010 / 05:00 PMLocation- Place, Altitude, GPca; 10msl; Kancheepuran dist., TNHabitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- waste landPlant Habit-herbHeight/Length- […]

Read More

Phaius species

Phaius species;       Phaius tankerville-MN260311: Sending phots of Phaius tankervillea orchid. This is a terrestrial orchid growing in ordinary soil and like plenty of water and light. Blooming period : March – April Place:  Dombivli Date :  26.3.2011 the picture I sent earlier was from an exhibition.  This one is growing in our […]

Read More

Tectona hamiltoniana

Tectona hamiltoniana Wall.,  Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 68 1832. (Syn: Jatus hamiltonianus (Wall.) Kuntze; Tectona ternifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Theka ternifolia Buch.-Ham.); Images by Usha Desai, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: VERBENACEAE Trees UD 7 10 2011 TECTONA 2nd species: Submitting Tree Species: Tectona hamiltoniana Family: Verbenaceae Photographed in July 2007 Site: Kolkata Botanical Garden, […]

Read More

Glechoma hederacea (Europe)

Glechoma hederacea L., Sp. Pl. 578 1753. (Syn: Calamintha hederacea (L.) Scop.; Chamaecissos hederaceus (L.) Nieuwl. & Lunell; Chamaeclema hederacea (L.) Moench; Glechoma borealis Salisb.; Glechoma bulgarica Borbás; Glechoma hederacea var. breviflora Coss. & Germ. …….; Glechoma heterophylla Opiz; Glechoma intermedia Schrad. ex Benth.; Glechoma lobulata Kit.; Glechoma longicaulis Dulac; Glechoma magna Mérat; Glechoma micrantha Boenn. […]

Read More

Lantana indica

Lantana indica Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 89 1832. (Syn: Lantana collina Decne.; Lantana latifolia Tausch; Lantana rubra Perr. [Invalid]; Lantana scabra Wall. [Invalid]); Afghanistan to Thailand as per WCSP; Afghanistan; Assam; Bangladesh; India; Malaya; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand as per Catalogue of life; Key from eFlora of Pakistan: 1Bracts ovate-acuminate. Infloresence, […]

Read More

Salvia pomifera (Cultivated- USA)

Salvia pomifera L., Sp. Pl. 24 1753. (Syn: Crolocos pomifera (L.) Raf.;     Salvia fragifera Etl.; Salvia frugifera Benth.);   Greece to W. Turkey (from WCSP)       Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Salvia pomifera from California: Salvia pomifera, photographed from California. Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Lamiaceae-Salvia pomifera from California-GSMAY125/128 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments […]

Read More

Salvia microphylla

Salvia microphylla Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 294 1818. (Syn: Lesemia coccinea Raf.; Salvia gasterantha Briq.; Salvia grahamii Benth.; Salvia lemmonii A.Gray; Salvia microphylla var. canescens A.Gray; Salvia microphylla var. wislizeni A.Gray; Salvia obtusa M.Martens & Galeotti; Salvia odoratissima Sessé & Moc.);        Bangalore-Ooty November 2013 :: Requesting ID of this plant at Ooty […]

Read More