Crescentia alata ?

Crescentia alata ?;   Fruit tree id: amba ghat, Maharashtra : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) Pl id the fruit tree found in amba ghat, sahyadri forest maharashtra. FWD from my friend.  Could be Crescentia cujete i have some doubt as to these being: Crescentia cujete because i have almost never seen crease or […]

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Hippeastrum hybrids- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

  SK1639 12 Dec 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- around 500 kb each.  Location:  Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation :  4500 ft. Date 16 April 2018 Habit : Cultivated Pl. check hybrids of  https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a–-l/a/amaryllidaceae/hippeastrum 

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Kolkwitzia amabilis (Cultivated- USA)

Kolkwitzia amabilis Graebn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(5): 593–594 1901. (syn: Kolkwitzia amabilis var. calicina Pamp.; Kolkwitzia amabilis var. tomentosa Pamp.; Linnaea amabilis (Graebn.) Christenh.); China (Anhui, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi), USA (I) (Kentucky (I), Massachusetts (I), Michigan (I), Pennsylvania (I), Utah (I), Vermont (I)), Tajikistan (I), Croatia (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Shrub […]

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95. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Dec.’18

Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Dec.’18- more than 12,000 species : 3 posts by 2 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 3,14,600 messages so far & membership currently […]

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Senecio stauntonii (Hing Kong)

Senecio stauntonii DC., Prodr. (DC.) 6: 363 363 1838.; China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan) as per Catalogue of Life; SK1613 29 Nov 2018 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)- around 700 kb each.  Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 2 November 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Wild Which Asteraceae? Senecio sp.?? Senecio stauntonii DC. ??  May […]

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Catalpa bignonioides (USA)

Catalpa bignonioides Walter, Fl. Carol. 64 1788. (syn: Bignonia catalpa L.; Bignonia spectabilis Salisb.; Catalpa arborea Baill.; Catalpa bignonioides f. aurea Bureau …….; Catalpa catalpa (L.) H.Karst. [Invalid]; Catalpa communis Dum.Cours.; Catalpa cordifolia Moench; Catalpa syringifolia Sims; Catalpa syringifolia var. koehnei Hesse; Catalpa ternifolia Cav.; Catalpa umbraculifera Ugolini; Catalpium amena Raf.); E. Texas to S. Georgia as […]

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Quercus phellos (USA)

Quercus phellos L., Sp. Pl. 994 1753. (syn: Quercus phellos f. intonsa Fernald; Quercus phellos f. phellos ; Quercus phellos var. sylvatica Michx.; Quercus phellos var. viridis Aiton); C. & E. U.S.A. as per WCSP; Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; Missouri; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; […]

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Common palm fly on Arecaceae member

  SYMBIOSIS : 1223 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Common palm fly (female), visiting flowers of Palm species.   SYMBIOSIS : 1244 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attaching a collage of Common Palm Fly (male) visiting flowers of Palm species.    

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Ruellia chartacea (Cultivated)

Ruellia chartacea (T. Anders.) D.C. Wassh., Opera Bot. 92: 265 1987. (syn: Aphelandra chartacea T. Anders.; Ruellia colorata Baill.); Colombia (Amazonas, Cauca, Putumayo), Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Peruvian Wild Petunia, Red Shrimp Plant, Lobster claw   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, […]

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Psychotria serpens (Hong Kong)

Psychotria serpens L., Mant. Pl. 2: 204 1771. (syn: Grumilea serpens (L.) K.Schum.; Psychotria scandens Hook. & Arn.; Psychotria serpens var. latifolia Pit.; Uragoga serpens (L.) Kuntze); Indo-China to Japan and Pen. Malaysia as per WCSP; Cambodia; China Southeast; Hainan; Japan; Laos; Nansei-shoto; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; SK1618 01 Dec 2018 […]

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Dendrobium hybrids- Sentosa, Singapore

  SK1719 12 Jan 2019 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 mb.  Location : Sentosa, Singapore Date : 18 October 2012 Altitude  131 m. Habit : Cultivated Appears to be some Orchid.  Yes … I guess some Dendrobium cultivar ?  Dendrobium hybrid. Please show full plant pic… I had only one image […]

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Apiaceae member- Aambyvalley Rd., Off Lonavala Pune

  Apiaceae—for id : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) I can’t decide if this is Trachyspermum roxburghianum or Pimpinella tomentosa. Unfortunately thinking this to be the usual P.tomentosa i took just one photo. However After editing i thought this could be something else. Picture taken at Aambyvalley Rd., Off Lonavala Pune In January […]

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Quercus coccinea (USA)

Quercus coccinea Münchh., Hausvater 5: 254 1770. (syn: Quercus acuta Raf. [Illegitimate]; Quercus coccinea var. cucullata Petz. & G.Kirchn.; Quercus coccinea var. pendula Petz. & G.Kirchn.; Quercus coccinea var. rugelii A.DC.; Quercus coccinea var. tuberculata Sarg.; Quercus coccinea var. undulata Petz. & G.Kirchn.; Quercus palustris Regel ex A.DC. [Invalid]; Quercus rubra var. coccinea (Münchh.) Aiton); […]

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Stemona

Stemona tuberosa Lour. (Trop. & Subtrop. Asia as per WCSP; Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; Hainan; India; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Maluku; Myanmar; Philippines; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life)       Stemona tuberosa var. minor (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. (S. & E. India as per WCSP)   Flora of Peninsular India with […]

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Stemonaceae

Stemona tuberosa Lour. (Trop. & Subtrop. Asia as per WCSP; Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; Hainan; India; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Maluku; Myanmar; Philippines; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life)       Stemona tuberosa var. minor (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. (S. & E. India as per WCSP)   Flora of Peninsular India with […]

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Acer buergerianum (Introduced- USA)

Acer buergerianum Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 88 1865.; China (Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang), Japan, Korea (I), Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay), Tajikistan (I), Uzbekistan (I) as per Catalogue of Life;   Tree for ID : Atlanta,Georgia : 10JAN19 : AK-7 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) A small tree seen […]

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100th Tree Appreciation Walk at Rani Bagh, Mumbai

100th Tree Appreciation Walk at Rani Bagh, Mumbai on 13th January,19 at 9.30 am : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- List of the trees of Rani Bagh for our 100th TAW on 13th Junuary,19.docx Dear Friends,   On the occasion  of the 100th tree appreciation walk , we wish to thank all of […]

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Muhlenbergia capillaris (USA)

Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin., Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 191 1824. (syn: Agrostis setosa Willd. ex Trin. [Invalid]; Muhlenbergia capillaris var. capillaris ; Muhlenbergia polypogon (DC.) Trin.; Muhlenbergia polypogon (DC.) Kunth; Muhlenbergia trichodes Steud.; Podosemum agrostideum (P.Beauv.) P.Beauv.; Podosemum agrostideum P. Beauv. ex Spreng.; Podosemum capillare (Lam.) Desv.; Stipa capillaris Lam.; Stipa diffusa Walter; Tosagris agrostidea P.Beauv.; […]

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Chasmanthium latifolium (USA)

Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates, S. W. Naturalist 11: 416 1966. (syn: Uniola latifolia Michx.); C. Canada, C. & E. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico as per WCSP; Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Manitoba; Maryland; Mexico Northeast; Michigan; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; New Jersey; New Mexico; North Carolina; Ohio; […]

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