Thumbnail viewing problem in Google e-groups?

Group viewing problem : Can not see any images on the Group : 15 posts by 5 authors. Since yesterday I cannot See thumbnail, view or download any image on this Group. I get a 404 not found error. I have myself been able to crate a post and post images but I can not see them […]

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Common Emigrant on Bougainvillea cultivar

  Re: SYMBIOSIS : 1186 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Common Emigrant visiting flowers of Bougainvillea. Bright flowers. yet a lighter butterfly is well hidden until one focuses on locating it 

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Torenia species- Hong Kong

  SK1457 20 Sep 2018 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)- around 500 kb each.  Location: Lantau, Hong Kong  Date: 14 August 2018 Elevation: 3000 ft. Habit : Wild  Is this too Torenia concolor Lindl.  ?? Yes looks like Torenia concolor. To me looks different from images at https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/559770-Torenia-concolorhttp://www.asianflora.com/Scrophulariaceae/Torenia-concolor.htm http://flowers.la.coocan.jp/Linderniaceae/Torenia%20concolor.htm http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ted762563/21368846640/

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Plants of the World Online (POWO)

http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/ : 27 posts by 7 authors. http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/ POWO now contains all Vascular plant families and is now 97.8% complete for species names.  Worth trying by entering a search. Appears to be better than the Plant List.  Thanks …  This is really a wonderful resource for taxonomists.. great. this is then the avatar Kew has […]

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Vigna species- Lantau, Hong Kong

  SK1460 21 Sep 2018 : 13 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4)- around 600 kb each.  Location: Lantau, Hong Kong  Date: 14 August 2018 Elevation: 3000 ft. Habit : Not sure  Which Fabaceae.. ?? Vigna unguiculata. Looks somethiing different.  Any idea about the genus ? Should be a Vigna. Vigna Thank you …! Any idea […]

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Steps to be followed to identify a plants family ?

Basics of taxonomy : 3 posts by 3 authors. Other recipients: What are the steps to be followed to identify a plants family by seeing a plant in the field? What are the steps to be followed to identify a plants family by seeing a plant in the field? I think a very difficult question. […]

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Liparis petiolata

Liparis petiolata (D.Don) P.F.Hunt & Summerh., Kew Bull. 20: 52 1966. (syn: Acianthus petiolatus D.Don; Leptorchis pulchella (Hook. f.) Kuntze; Leptorkis pulchella (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Liparis angkae Kerr; Liparis nepalensis Lindl.; Liparis pulchella Hook.f.; Liparis rupestris var. purpurascens Ridl.; Liparis taronensis S.C.Chen; Malaxis cordifolia Sm.); Himalaya to S. China, Japan (Yakushima), Taiwan as per WCSP; Assam; […]

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Gastrodia dyeriana

Gastrodia dyeriana King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64(2): 342 1895. (syn: Sikkim to Darjiling, Arunachal Pradesh as per WCSP; SK1515 17 Oct 2018 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)- around 400 kb each.  Location:  Shivapuri National Park,Nepal  Date: 24 August 2018 Elevation:7800 ft. Habit : Wild      Is it […]

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Pegaeophyton minutum

Pegaeophyton minutum H. Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 47(9): 270–272, f. 2 1972. (syn: Pegaeophyton garhwalensis H.J. Chowdhery & S. Singh); Bhutan, China, India, Nepal as per Tropicos; Small perennial herbs, glabrous or pubescent with simple trichomes, about 1-4 cm tall. Rootstocks slender, taproot, about 1 mm thick. Caudex branched, about 1-1.5 mm thick, Stem short, […]

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Flora of the Mandi District Himachal Pradesh: North West Himalaya

Fwd: Announcement of New publication Flora of the Mandi District Himachal Pradesh: North West Himalaya Authored by Singh P.B in Efloraofindia : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) We are pleased to inform you about our new publication which is being released:Flora of the Mandi District Himachal Pradesh: North West Himalaya   Authored by Singh P.BYear : […]

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Corydalis violacea

Corydalis violacea (Prain) Pusalkar & D.K.Singh, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65(1): 36 1896. (Syn: Corydalis meifolia var. violacea Prain); N-India as per Catalogue of Life;   Corydalis violacea from Uttarakhand_DSR : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2) In our last month visit to Kedarnath area in Uttarakhand I managed to […]

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92. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Sept.’18

Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Sept.’18- more than 12,000 species : 5 posts by 4 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 3,07,700 messages so far & membership currently […]

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Bromeliaceae member- Hong Kong

  SK1398 31 AUG 2018 : 14 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)- around 400 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated There is Flora Hongkongense by George Betham available online for download in BHL. Any idea about family?   Commelinaceae ? I thought Orchidaceae 😟 ! Bromeliaceae.

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Moringa oleifera ?

Moringa oleifera ?;   Unknown seedlings in tray : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Found in Auroville Botanical Gardens. No need to ID. Just sharing…. OK, … could be moringa 

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Asteraceae member- Munnar, Kerala

  Asteraceae sp. for ID at Munnar-PKA60 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – around 420 kb each. This Asteraceae herb was seen at Shola Forest near Munnar.These are the only pics available with me..  

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Euphrasia species- Lahaul, Himachal

  Euphrasia species- Lahaul, Himachal (mixed thread): 3 images. I am presenting here some Euphrasia images from Lahaul, taken by myself and … ……………. My thinking is that it is a plant different from the Euphrasia found in VOF. Any thoughts on this will be welcome.

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