Plant identification: How are plants actually identified by taxonomist. What is the proper procedure Methods for proper identification Kindly elaborate Plants are identified based on habit (tree,shrub,climber,herb), leaf type, venation, Phyllotaxy, Inflorescence, flower characters (Actnomorphic, Zygomorphic, number of stamens, sex of flowers, superior ovary, inferior ovary, fruit type, Seeds character….
Impatiens modesta Wight, Madras J. Lit. Sci. 5: 13 (1837) (syn: Impatiens tenuis Bedd.; Impatiens tirunelvelica M.B.Viswan. & Manik.); . S. India as per POWO; . 711 ID wild plant Impatiens: Please ID wild plant, Location: Eravikulam National Park Rajaimalai Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 7400fsl Flower date: 19AUG2025, 11.55am Habitat: wild…
SK 4074 28 September 2025 – Mycophyta: 3 very high res. images. Location: Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 03 September 2025 Altitude: 1691m. Habit : Wild Amantia cf. parvipantherina Should be Amanita pantherina (DC.) Krombh. ?? Amanita parvipantherina Zhu L.Yang, M.Weiss & Oberw. has got no distribution for Nepal. From which book and year?…
Ammannia aegyptiaca Willd., Hort. Berol. Icon. 1: t. 6 (1803) (syn: Ammannia baccifera subsp. aegyptiaca (Willd.) Koehne ; Ammannia crassissima Koehne ; Ammannia salicifolia Monti ex Blume); . Egypt to Angola, India: Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Mauritania, Nicobar Is., Sudan-South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Greece, Jamaica, Spain…
Laggera crispata ?: Location: Janori, Shegaon, Buldana, MH Elevation: 200 m Habitat: Wild (Weed) Date: 09/10/2025 This species have any local name? There is no Marathi name for this species been found in online literature. But in Our area (West Vidarbha) it is known as Gangavati (गंगावती) Difficult at this stage….
Digitaria violascens Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 229 (1827) (syn: Digitaria ischaemum var. violascens (Link) Radford; ≡ Panicum violascens (Link) Kunth; ≡ Syntherisma violascens (Link) Nash; = Digitaria bogoriensis Ohwi; = Digitaria caespitosa Ridl. (Ambiguous); ≡ Digitaria ropalotricha var. villosa (Keng) Tuyama; ≡ Digitaria violascens var. villosa Keng; = Digitaria chinensis (Nees) A.Camus (unacceptable) (Ambiguous); ≡ Paspalum chinense Nees; ≡ Syntherisma chinensis (Nees) Hitchc.;= Digitaria digitata Buse…
Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Sept.’25: more than 14,000 species: 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 4,82,700 messages so far & membership currently around 3545 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one…
Gynochthodes cochinchinensis (DC.) Razafim. & B.Bremer, Adansonia, sér. 3, 33: 288 (2011) (syn: Morinda cochinchinensis DC.; Morinda trichophylla Merr.); . China (Guangdong) to Indo-China: Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . RUBIACEAE: Morinda cochinchinensis!: 2 high res. images. Collected from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh! From where in Visakhapatnam ? Wild…
240925PKD2: Id pls collected from khurda Odisha on Sept 2025: 2 high res. images. Please check https://efloraofindia.com/efi/smilax/ Close to Smilax zeylanica ! Difficult to say without more details. Can be the following also: https://efloraofindia.com/efi/smilax-perfoliata/ https://efloraofindia.com/efi/smilax-ovalifolia/
Cyperus brevifolioides Thieret & Delahouss., Sida 3: 129 (1967) (syn: Cyperus brevifolius var. gracillimus (Miq.) Kük.; Cyperus brevifolius var. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama ; Cyperus brevifolius subsp. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama ; Kyllinga brevifolia var. gracillima (Miq.) Kük.; Kyllinga brevifolia var. leiocarpa Kitag. ; Kyllinga brevifolia subsp. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama ; Kyllinga brevifolia var. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) H.Hara ; Kyllinga brevifolioides (Thieret & Delahouss.) G.C.Tucker ; Kyllinga…
Bidens bachulkari D. G. Jagtap and M. Y. Cholekar, Tropical Plant Research 3(3): 681–685 (2016); . For ID. ?Bidens bachulkari AT Satara, Maharashtra Sept 2025: 2 images. A lot of these roadside flowers spotted @ Dare Budruk, Satara, Maharashtra on Sept 2025 What is Bidens bachulkari ?? Where did you find…
Pyrenaria barringtoniifolia (Griff.) Seem., Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 49 (1859) (syn: Eusynaxis barringtoniifolia Griff. ); . E. Himalaya to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya as per POWO; . Help identification: 4 images- 3 high res. Kindly help in identification of this plant which has been observed by Mr.Chandralal Gautam at the elevation 670m…
. Peth Kothaligad, September 2021 :: Plant for ID :: ARK2022-008: 5 images. This was clicked at Peth Kothaligad hill fort near Karjat, MH in September 2021. I strongly suspect, the leaves of this plant to be very similar to the ones I posted at Pali near Khopoli, MH :: Vegetable…
Help in identification of this moss liverwort: 2 high res. images. Can some expert identify this bryophyte Liver wort ? Is it Pellia? It is very thalloid and leaves like green scales This is a species of Cyathodium. Cyathodium sp. For correct identification of the species do microphotography of T.S….
Miliusa sclerocarpa (A.DC.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41: 291 (1872) (syn: Miliusa longiflora (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill. ex Finet & Gagnep. ; Saccopetalum longiflorum Hook.f. & Thomson; Saccopetalum sclerocarpum (A.DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson; Uvaria sclerocarpa A.DC.); . Bhutan to Thailand: Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; ….
Fraxinus latifolia Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 33 (1844) (syn: Fraxinus americana subsp. oregona (Nutt.) Wesm. ; Fraxinus californica Dippel ; Fraxinus oregona Nutt. ; Fraxinus oregona var. glabra Lingelsh. ; Fraxinus oregona var. latifolia (Benth.) Lingelsh.; Fraxinus oregona f. pulverulenta Dieck ex Beissn. ; Fraxinus oregona var. riparia Nutt. ; Fraxinus pennsylvanica subsp. oregona (Nutt.) G.S.Mill.); . SW. Canada (Vancouver Island) to California: British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington as per…
Apocopis paleaceus (Trin.) Hochr., Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 262 (1910) (syn: Andropogon himalayensis Steud. ; Andropogon paleaceus (Trin.) Steud.; Apocopis himalayensis (Steud.) Will.Watson ; Apocopis royleanus Nees ; Ischaemum paleaceum Trin. ); . Himalaya to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar,…
Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill., in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768); . France to Ukraine: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sicilia, Switzerland, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine; Introduced into: Alabama, Arkansas, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Delaware,…
Strobilanthes jeyporensis Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or.: 50 (1874) (syn: Phlebophyllum jeyporense (Bedd.) Bremek.); . E. India as per POWO; . 170825PKD1: Id pls collected from Koraput Odisha on August 2025: 4 high res. images. Strobilanthes ? yes it looks like strobilanthes What are the species reported from there? Sorry, I…
ID Kannur 02: 1 high res. image. Please identify….from Kannur in Kerala. 5/8/25 Please check : https://efloraofindia.com/efi/cyperus/ Could not find anything close as per images at https://efloraofindia.com/efi/cyperus/ Any other images, …?