Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’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 4,76,800 messages so far & membership currently around 3530 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one…
Camphora glaucescens (Nees) Ormerod, Harvard Pap. Bot. 29: 138 (2024) (syn: Cecidodaphne glaucescens Nees ; Cinnamomum cecidodaphne Meisn. ; Cinnamomum glanduliferum var. caniflorum Meisn. ; Cinnamomum glaucescens (Nees) Hand.-Mazz.; Cinnamomum glaucescens var. caniflora (Meisn.) M.Gangop.; Laurus glaucescens Buch.-Ham. ex Nees ; Tetranthera glaucescens Wall.) as per POWO; . Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam as…
Gambelia speciosa Nutt., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4(Mar.-Apr.): 7 (1848) (syn: Antirrhinum speciosum (Nutt.) A.Gray ; Galvezia speciosa (Nutt.) A.Gray ; Galvezia speciosa var. pubescens Brandegee ); . California (Channel Islands), Guadalupe: California, Mexican Pacific Is. as per POWO; . Gambelia speciosa from California-GS06052025-1: 4 high res. images. Gambelia speciosa Nutt. Syn: Galvezia speciosa…
010525SGR2: Please help in ID the plant pictures taken from Pine forests near IVRI, Nainital on April 2024.: 1 image. Posting two different plants in different posts. Posted by … Please help identify these two woody seedlings, found at an elevation of 1500 m in open Pine forests in the…
SGR0105251: Please help in ID the plant pictures taken from Pine forests near IVRI, Nainital on April 2024.: 1 high res. image. Posting two different plants in different posts. Posted by … Please help identify these two woody seedlings, found at an elevation of 1500 m in open Pine forests…
Hoya obscura Elmer ex Merr., Hoyan 8(1): 15 (1986); . Borneo to Philippines: Borneo, Philippines as per POWO; . Please id this Hoya: 6 images. This Hoya sp. is blooming now in my garden near Singtam, East Sikkim. Please id this Hoya flower at species level. Is this cultivated sp. Hoya obscura Elmer ex…
Cardamine africana L., Sp. Pl.: 655 (1753) (syn: Cardamine africana var. allevia (Comm. ex DC.) O.E.Schulz ; Cardamine africana var. arabica (DC.) O.E.Schulz ; Cardamine africana proles borbonica (Pers.) O.E.Schulz ; Cardamine allevia Comm. ex DC. ; Cardamine anteniquana Burch. ex DC. ; Cardamine borbonica Pers. ; Cardamine borbonica var. allevia DC. ; Cardamine borbonica var. arabica DC. ; Cardamine burchellii Spreng. ; Cardamine hirsuta var. major Thwaites ; Cardamine holtziana Engl. & O.E.Schulz…
Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 631 (1821) (syn: Brassica erucoides (L.) Boiss. ; Crucifera erucoides (L.) E.H.L.Krause ; Erucastrum erucoides (L.) Calest. ; Euzomum erucoides (L.) Spach ; Raphanus erucoides (L.) Crantz ; Sinapis erucoides L. ; Sisymbrium erucoides (L.) Desf.); . Medit. to Ethiopia and W. Iran: Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Iran,…
Rhododendron ‘Purple Heart’ from California-GS20042025-5: 4 high res. images. Rhododendron hybrid cultivar ‘Purple Heart’, photographed from Fremont California. Was it labelled? I could not find any similar images on the net while searching on Rhododendron hybrid cultivar ‘Purple Heart’. Many other images like of the the following Azaleas looked similar:…
Dipterocarpus alatus Roxb. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 813 (1831) (syn: Dipterocarpus gonopterus Turcz. ; Dipterocarpus incanus Roxb. ; Dipterocarpus philippinensis Foxw. ; Hopea conduplicata Buch.-Ham. ; Oleoxylon balsamifera Roxb. ; Pterigium costatum Corrêa); . NE. India to Peninsula Malaysia, Philippines (Luzon): Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;…
Rhododendron for ID from California-GS20042025-3: 3 high res. images. Please help with ID of this Rhododendron species with large pink flowers photographed from Santa Clara California. I think R. maximum. Looks different as per images at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron_maximum https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/rhododendron-maximum/ https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:219492-2 https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/rhododendron/maximum/ https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=279985 Can it be some hybrid as in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhododendron-%27Kalinka%27.jpg https://www.rhododendron.org/descriptionH_new.asp?ID=1770…
Citizen Science Conclave I 5th-6th July 2025 I Pune: 1 attachment Greetings from the Pune Knowledge Cluster. The Pune Knowledge Cluster (PKC) is a Science and Technology enabling organization established by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. PKC brings together academia, industry, NGOs, government…
Alstroemeria ‘Ariane’, white from Fremont, California-GS18042025-5: 2 high res. images. White selection of Alstroemeria ‘Ariane’, clicked from Fremont California Appears to be Alstroemeria ‘Colorita Claressa’ as per https://www.monrovia.com/coloritar-claressa-peruvian-lily-46381.html https://www.thinkplants.com/plants/p/alstroemeria-x-hybrida-colorita-claressa https://www.phoenixperennials.com/product/alstroemeria-colorita-claressa-peruvian-lily-alstroemeriaceae-the-alstroemeria-family/ https://www.gardenersdream.co.uk/products/alstroemeria-colorita-claressa?srsltid=AfmBOoqKx5QPpydlnjCVJwNDpPYUcMWsmYW0iGkERk09QcjlX88TcrWz
Alstroemeria ‘Ariane’, Purple from Fremont, California-GS18042025-4: 2 high res. images. Purple selection of Alstroemeria ‘Ariane’, clicked from Fremont California Can be Alstroemeria ‘Indigo’ as per https://www.ballseed.com/UK_WEBTRACKPLANTINFO.ASPX?PHID=003205755008280&env=P https://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=4065 https://www.amazon.in/FernsFly%C2%AE-Alstroemeria-Peruvian-Perennial-Gardening/dp/B09V84WZ3Y https://www.edelweissperennials.com/alstroemeria-inticancha-indigo
Ficus caulocarpa (Miq.) Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 268 (1867) (syn: Ficus infectoria var. caulocarpa (Miq.) King ; Ficus virens var. caulocarpa (Miq.) M.R.Almeida ; Urostigma caulocarpum Miq. ; Ficus stipulosa (Miq.) Miq. ; Ficus weinlandii K.Schum. ; Urostigma stipulosum Miq. ); . Central & S. India to Nansei-shoto and New Guinea: Assam, Borneo, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is.,…
080425PKD1: I D pls collected from Koraput Odisha on April 2025: 3 high res. images. any closeup flower images Was it planted?
080425PKD2: Id pls collected from Khalasuni W L Sanctuary Odisha on April 2025: 3 high res. images. Was it planted? Can it be some Prunus species as in https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/prunus-cerasifera-atropurpurea/ https://efloraofindia.com/efi/prunus-cerasifera/ Lagerstroemia ? Any link, …? Just a guess according to leaf shape.
Plant for ID: Koonammavu, Kerala: 4 images. Please help ID this plant. It was about 2-2.5 meters tall with glossy green leaves, bushy nature, and stems hanging downwards. No flowers or fruits when photographed in November 2024. Maybe something from Celastraceae. May be some Cassine/ Elaeodendron species: https://efloraofindia.com/efi/cassine/ Any thoughts on…
Dentella repens var. serpyllifolia (Wall. ex Craib) Verdc., Kew Bull. 37: 545 (1983) (syn: Dentella serpyllifolia Wall. ex Craib); , Tropical Asia to NW. Pacific: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand as per POWO; . eFlora of Thailand (with keys): 1. Ovaries…
Blumea macrostachya DC., Prodr. 5: 442 (1836) (syn: Baccharis auriculata Wall. ex DC. ; Blumea chevalieri Gagnep. ; Blumea hieraciifolia var. macrostachya (DC.) Hook.f. ; Blumea subsericans Elmer ; Conyza macrostachya Wall. ); . S. China to Tropical Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea,…