Myrsine species ?- Joypur/ Jaipur, Naharkatia, Assam

  Rain drops prettily perched. : 8 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (5) Rain drops prettily perched. Fruit size – 2cms approx Leaf size – 15cms to 20cms low light photo’s. Plant height – 10 feet approx, Joypur / Jaipur Naharkatia, Assam 18 Jul 2010 … could this be Mammea suriga ? Its Myrsinaceae. Pl check for Maesa sp. Rapanea wightiana, perhaps. […]

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Looking for hi quality images

Looking for hi quality images of Tetrameles nudiflora, Aesculus indica and Dendroculmus strictus : 6 posts by 3 authors. Looking for hi quality images of Tetrameles nudiflora, Aesculus indica and Dendroculmus strictus  I am doing a small book for children called ‘100 Common trees of India’. I will be delighted if anyone can share the images for […]

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Hygrocybe species- Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal

  SK 2138 21 August 2019 – Mycophyta : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Sundarijal, Kathmandu Date: 30 July  2019 Elevation: 1593 m. Habit : Wild  Pl. check comparative images at Order Agaricales May be from the same genus as in SK 2137 21 August 2019 – Mycophyta  Yes, appears to be Hygrocybe‎ species as […]

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Amanita species ?- Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal

SK 2132 19 August 2019 – Mycophyta : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9)- around 750 kb each. Location: Sundarijal, Kathmandu Date: 30 July  2019 Elevation: 1577 m. Habit : Wild  Pl. check comparative images at Order Agaricales Amanita species ? May be … !   SK 2136 21 August 2019 – Mycophyta : 4 posts by […]

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Tephrosia apollinea

Tephrosia apollinea (Delile) DC. (syn: Galega apollinea Delile); Djibouti; Egypt; Ethiopia; India: Gujarat; Maharashtra; Rajasthan; Iran; Oman; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Socotra; Somalia; South Yemen; Sudan; United Arab Emirates; Yemen as per Catalogue of Life and ILDIS; Tephrosia apollinea ?? : 4 posts by 3 authors. 10 images. This Tephrosia specimen is similar to T. purpurea except leaflets…. elliptical and apex acute, […]

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Gagea dschungarica ?

Gagea dschungarica Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 513 1879. ?; Iran to NW. China as per WCSP; Afghanistan; Iran; Kazakhstan; Kirgizstan; Pakistan; Tadzhikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Xinjiang as per Catalogue of life;  S. Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan; N.W. India as per Flora of Pakistan; Gagea dschungarica Regel from Kashmir-GS08201905 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments […]

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Gagea bashoensis

Gagea bashoensis Ali; Pakistan; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of life;        Fwd: Plants for identification. :  2 images. 2 posts by 2 authors. In the last week of April 13 we visited some cold desert area of Lahoul Spiti and collected some samples of rare plants which needs identification. Attached two samples  Seems to me Gagea […]

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Gagea jaeschkei

Gagea jaeschkei Pascher (syn: Gagea jaeschkei var. grandiflora Pascher; Gagea pamirica Grossh.; Gagea pamirica var. spitiensis Balodi & Uniyal);    Afghanistan; Kazakhstan; Pakistan; Tadzhikistan; Uzbekistan; West Himalaya; Xinjiang as per Catalogue of Life;        Fwd: Plants for identification. :  1 correct image. 2 posts by 2 authors. In the last week of April 13 we visited some cold desert […]

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Psathyrellaceae member- Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal

  SK 2142 23 August 2019 – Mycophyta : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Sundarijal, Kathmandu Date: 30 July  2019 Elevation: 1613 m. Habit : Wild  I think some ‎Marasmius‎ species. Pl. check. Does not look like according to listing ! May be some Psathyrellaceae member as per comparative images herein.  Need […]

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Cirsium occidentale (USA)

Cirsium occidentale (Nutt.) Jepson (Syn: Carduus occidentalis Nutt.; Cnicus lilacinus Greene; Cnicus neglectus Parish ex Greene; Cnicus neglectus Parish ex Greene); Images by Alka Khare (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)   Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads : 070613 ARK-09 : Cirsium occidentale var. californicum from San Francisco – […]

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Pilea ternifolia

Pilea ternifolia Wedd., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9(1–2): 202 1856-1857. (syn: S-Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, India, Darjeeling, Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life;   Lithophyte for id:: Indo-Nepal Border, May 2014 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) This lithophyte, most probably from Urticaceae was shot from a moist tree trunk, actually in Nepal.. was […]

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Marasmius crinis-equi

Marasmius crinis-equi F. Muell. ex Kalchbr., 1880 (syn: Androsaceus crinis-equi (F. Muell. ex Kalchbr.) Overeem, 1927; Chamaeceras equicrinis (F. Muell. ex Berk.) Kuntze, 1898; Chamaeceras trichorhizus (Speg.) Kuntze, 1898; Marasmius crinis-equi var. crinis-equi F. Muell. ex Kalchbr., 1880; Marasmius crinis-equi var. monocotyledonum Singer, 1976; Marasmius equicrinis F. Muell. ex Berk., 1880; Marasmius equicrinis f. arrhizomorphicus […]

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Elatostema acuminatum ?

Elatostema acuminatum (Poir.) Brongn. ?;   SK1149 27 MAY 2018 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Location:  Soureni, India  Date: 7 May  2018 Altitude: 4000 ft Habit : Wild Elatostemma sp. Urticaceae family member. That I know. Need specific ID Elatostema‎ species with images in efi so far.  Pl. check species available at with images: Elatostema‎   Checked before posting … Closest […]

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Elatostema ficoides

Elatostema ficoides Wedd., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 306 1856. (syn: Elatostema mariannae C. B. Clarke; Procris ficoidea Wall.); China (N-Guangxi, Guizhou, SW-Hunan, Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), NE-India, Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; SK1904 09 May 2019 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Altitude: 1698 m. Date: […]

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The hardship of plant hunt!

IMG_3287.MOV : 5 posts by 3 authors. The hardship of plant hunt! No trail! Find Yourself! Miss one step and bye bye ! I know, how difficult it is to go to the forests and face all the music for some capturing plants, birds etc. I have done it for many years- so I can […]

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Boehmeria conica

Boehmeria conica C. J. Chen, Wilmot-Dear & Friis; China (Yunnan), SE-Tibet, NE-India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life; Boehmeria conica C.J.Chen, Wilmot-Dear & Friis : 1 post by 1 author. There is another closely related species to Boehmeria polystachya Weddell (with distribution in Nepal also as per Catalogue of life) as per keys […]

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Boehmeria zollingeriana var. zollingeriana

Boehmeria zollingeriana Wedd. (syn: Boehmeria diversiflora Miq.; Boehmeria heteroidea Bl.; Boehmeria heteroidea var. latifolia Gagnepain; Boehmeria zollingeriana var. latifolia (Gagnep.) T. H. Nguyên; Ramium zollingerianum (Wedd.) Kuntze); China (S-Yunnan), SW-India, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Java, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life;  Boehmeria zollingeriana var. zollingeriana : 1 post by 1 author. Boehmeria zollingeriana var. zollingeriana […]

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Boehmeria virgata var. longissima

Boehmeria virgata var. longissima (Hook. fil.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear (syn: Boehmeria macrophylla var. longissima (Hook. fil.) V. S. Ramachandran & V. J. Nair); SW-India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; Boehmeria virgata var. longissima (Hook.fil.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear : 1 post by 1 author. Boehmeria virgata var. longissima (Hook.fil.) Friis […]

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