Veronica species/ hybrids- New Jersey, USA

  Garden Plant for ID : New Jersey : 30JUL19 : AK-34 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Seen in New Jersey during visit in June,2017. Veronica Species? Yes looks like Veronica hybrid. Please look at Veronica longifolia aka Speedwell and Veronica spicata aka Spike Speedwell. Since it is in a garden, here […]

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Monarda didyma (USA)

Monarda didyma L., Sp. Pl. 22 1753. (syn: Monarda coccinea Michx.; Monarda contorta C.Morren; Monarda didyma var. angustifolia Torr.; Monarda didynama Stokes [Spelling variant]; Monarda kalmiana Pursh; Monarda oswegoensis W.Barton; Monarda purpurascens Wender.; Monarda purpurea Lam.); E. Canada to E. U.S.A. as per WCSP; Alabama; Austria; Connecticut; Georgia; Illinois; Maine; Maryland; Masachusettes; Michigan; Mississippi; New […]

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Cyperus brevifolius ?

Cyperus brevifolius ?;   Request to identify the Grass : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- around 800 kb each.  It seems to be Kyllinga, still I look for your suggestions regarding the species.Location : Thevara , KeralaDate:1 July 2019Elevation:22.97 feet Very close to K. squamulata. Kyllinga squamulata Vahl is a syn. of Cyperus metzii […]

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Kaansla- seeking taxonomic name of grass

Seeking taxonomic name of grass : A Mhow, Indore, MP, based friend asks:  Any idea what the grass locally known as kaansla is called scientifically? Seeking help from our members. Pl. ask for images, as sometimes common names are confusing. I could find Kaans for Saccharum ravennae & Saccharum spontaneum. Pl. check.  Doing so. Forwarding this […]

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Angelica nubigena

Angelica nubigena (C.B.Clarke) P.K.Mukh., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 24: 42 1982 publ. 1983. (syn: Heracleum nubigenum C.B.Clarke); Sikkim, Nepal, India (E-Himalaya) as per Catalogue of Life; Keys and details in Flora of Bhutan References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  IPNI POWO & GBIF (except for 2 specimens, others are of Angelica apaensis R. H. […]

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Nepal- Mushroom in Phulchoki, Lalitpur

    SK2053 17 July 2019 – Mycophyta : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- 800 kb each.  Location:  Phulchoki, Lalitpur  Date:  3 July 2019 Elevation:  2207 m. Habit : Wild Pl. check comparative images at Order Agaricales  Pleurotus‎ species ? Just a guess.

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Lepiota species- Bhopal, M.P.

  For ID – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 4 posts by 2 authors. I photographed this Fungi near Bhopal in August. Request for ID Please. I think it Lepiota spp. simply on upper structure of the fruit body cap. Please do ask … about the gill colour on the lower side of the cap and […]

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Tricholoma species ?- Phedi, Nagarkot, Bhaktapur, Nepal

  SK2081 27 July 2019 – Mycophyta : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location:  Phedi, Nagarkot, Bhaktapur Date: 6 July 2019 Elevation:  1647 m. Habit : Wild Pl. check comparative images at Order Agaricales  Something like Tricholoma species- Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal ?

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How popular is efi site among non-members?

How popular is efi site among non-members? : 4 posts by 1 author. How popular is efi site among non-members, whether taxonomists or laymen? I would like to have your views, if you are aware of some non-members, in this regard.Also what can be done further so that it becomes more popular among both these […]

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Russula species- Phedi, Nagarkot, Bhaktapur

  SK2092 02 August 2019 – Mycophyta : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)- around 750 kb each.  Location:  Phedi, Nagarkot, Bhaktapur Date: 6 July 2019 Elevation:  2098 m. Habit : Wild Some Russula sp. Family – Russulaceae  

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Hibiscus x moscheutos ‘Kopper King’ (USA)

Hibiscus x moscheutos ‘Kopper King’ ;   Garden Plant for ID : New Jersey : 02AUG19 : AK-4 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Seen at a garden during July,2017. Could be Abelmoschus Species? Hibiscus x moscheutos ‘Kopper King’ ??  Thanks for the id. Looks close. nonedible bhindi References: https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2016/07/floriferous-hardy-hibiscus-kopper-king.html https://www.dabahdesigns.com/nj-landscape-design-blog/tag/flower https://www.naturehills.com/hibiscus-kopper-king

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Chenopodium species- Punjab, Pakistan

  identification required for a Chenopodiaceae member.. from Pakistan : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Kindly identify the plant. Photos were captured in July 2018 from a forest in Punjab, Pakistan. Looks like a Chenopodiaceae member. Chenopodium ficifolium Sm. ?? It is clearly Chenopodium, but not C. ficifolium. Whether is it described? For […]

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Kleinia walkeri

Kleinia walkeri (Wight ex C. B. Cl.) B. P. Uniyal (Syn: Gynura walkeri Wight; Kleinia walkeri (Wight) M. R. Almeida; Notonia walkeri (Wight) C. B. Cl.; Senecio nilagerensis Sch. Bip. ex Hook. fil.; Senecio stylosus Balakr.; Senecio walkeri Thw. (ambiguous synonym));    S-India (Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri Hills), Meghalaya), Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Laos as per Catalogue of […]

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Flowers bloom in nooks and crannies of Kargil battlefields

Vikram Jit Singh’s article in TOI (Mumbai Edition) quotes Gurcharan Singh : 14 posts by 8 authors. Other recipients: https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/# I was reading an article related to the Kargil war today when my attention was drawn to an article which had the word ‘flowers’ in the headline and picture of a pretty flower too (web […]

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GBIF- A great developments for eFI

GBIF- A great developments for eFI : 1 post by 1 author. GBIF (home page) has been a great development over last few years, not only for the taxonomists but also to the laymen, in particular to eFI.There has been issues in the past in identifications, when we do not get images of a species […]

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Azaleas- New Jersey, USA

  Pink Azaleas for ID : New Jersey : 20JUL19 : AK-31 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Cultivated garden flowers seen in New Jersey during visit in July,17. Very small plant.

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