Hoya fusca ?

SK 3949 04 April 2024: 5 very high res. images. Location: Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal Date: 14 March 2024 Elevation: 1735m. Habitat: Wild  Hoya fusca Wall. ??  

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Karnataka- Bluish black fruit from Brahmagiri Wildlife sanctuary

Bluish black fruit sp. from Brahmagiri Wildlife sanctuary: 2 images. Please help to id this species Details: Brahmagiri wildlife sanctuary, ghats section road from Makutta to Madikeri, KA March 24, 14, Tree, 1 Seeded fruit with spherical smooth brown surface It looks like Stychnos potatorum, Loganiaceae. Water clearing Nut. it is not, fruit is blackish, […]

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Henckelia collegii-sancti-thomasii

Henckelia collegii-sancti-thomasii A.Joe, D.Borah, Taram & Sandhya, Phytotaxa 415: 248 (2019) as per efi thread; . Inclusion of Henckelia hookerii in eFI : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) – Henckelia collegii-sancti-thomasii (Gesneriaceae), a new synonym of narrow endemic species H. hookeri of Northeast India.pdf Here attached a new addition to eFI. Henckelia collegii-sancti-thomasii […]

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Bambusa species- Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal

SK 3937 26 March 2024 – Poacea (Bamboo): 7 very high res. images. Location: Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal Date: 14 March 2024 Elevation: 1156m. Habitat: Wild  Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult.f. ? From where did you get this initial id? Please post base of plant/whole clump view too efi. These are all images !  

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Selaginella adunca

Selaginella adunca A.Braun ex Hieron., in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 674 (1901) ; . W. Central Himalaya to W. Nepal: China South-Central, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Selaginella adunca: Rare and Endemic NW Himalayan Species: 5 images. I am sharing a few pictures of Selaginella adunca, a rare and endemic […]

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Begonia species- Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal

SK 3948 03 April 2024 – Begonia: 4 very high res. images. Location: Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal Date: 14 March 2024 Elevation: 1735m. Habitat: Wild  Not flowering yet. Begonia palmata D.Don ?? I’m not sure, but the red hairs on the tepals are not a match for B. palmata. I’d need to see a more mature plant to […]

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Orchidaceae member- Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal

SK 3946 03 April 2024 – Orchidaceae: 1 high res. images. Location: Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal Date: 14 March 2024 Elevation: 1735m. Habitat: Wild  Posting with a purpose to follow up for flowering if some members could ID? Not easy to say from this pic.

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Otochilus species- Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal

SK 3944 01 April 2024 -Orchidaceae: 2 very high res. image. Location: Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal Date: 14 March 2024 Elevation: 1304m. Habitat: Wild  Posting with a purpose to follow up for flowering if some members could ID? Looks like an Otochilus, but need flowers to confirm, even with flowers it’s not easy to confirm the species.

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Coelogyne species- Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal

SK 3943 01 April 2024 -Orchidaceae: 1 very high res. images. Location: Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal Date: 14 March 2024 Elevation: 1304m. Habitat: Wild  Posting with a purpose to follow up for flowering if some members could ID? One of the Coelogyne. Need flowers to confirm species.  

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Bulbophyllum species- Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal

SK 3942 01 April 2024 – Orchidaceae: 2 very high res. images. Location: Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal Date: 14 March 2024 Elevation: 1304m. Habitat: Wild  Bulbophyllum. Posting with a purpose to follow up for flowering if some members could ID? Can’t confirm this Bulbophyllum. Are those flowers or buds in second picture? No flower buds

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Alopecurus aequalis

Alopecurus aequalis Sobol., Fl. Petrop.: 16 (1799) (syn: Alopecurus aequalis var. amurensis (Kom.) Ohwi ; Alopecurus aequalis subsp. amurensis (Kom.) Hultén ; Alopecurus aequalis subsp. aristulatus (Michx.) Tzvelev ; Alopecurus aequalis var. aristulatus (Michx.) Tzvelev ; Alopecurus aequalis var. brachytrichus (Ohwi) Ohwi ; Alopecurus aequalis var. fluitans (Parodi) Mariano ; Alopecurus aequalis f. fluitans Parodi ; Alopecurus aequalis f. foliosus Parodi ; Alopecurus aequalis var. fulvus (Sm.) Sond. ; Alopecurus aequalis var. macrostachys Podp. ; Alopecurus aequalis f. natans (Wahlenb.) Holmb. ; Alopecurus aequalis var. natans (Wahlenb.) Fernald ; Alopecurus aequalis subsp. natans (Wahlenb.) Á.Löve […]

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eFloraofIndia website updated up to 31st March’24

eFloraofIndia website updated up to 31st March’24: 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 4,63,800 messages so far & membership currently more than 3485 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is […]

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Ficus pedunculosa (Introduced)

Ficus pedunculosa Miq., London J. Bot. 7: 442 (1848) (syn: Ficus ataktophylla Miq. ; Ficus confertifolia Merr. ; Ficus garanbiensis Hayata ; Ficus imberbis (Elmer) Sata ; Ficus imberbis var. basiacuta Sata ; Ficus luzonensis Merr. ; Ficus luzonensis var. imberbis Elmer ; Ficus macropoda Miq. ; Ficus mearnsii Merr. ; Ficus moseleyana King ; Ficus pedunculosa var. confertifolia (Merr.) Corner ; Ficus pedunculosa var. glabrifolia S.S.Chang ; Ficus pedunculosa var. imberbis (Elmer) Corner ; Ficus pedunculosa var. macropoda (Miq.) Corner […]

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Welwitschia mirabilis (Cultivated)

Welwitschia mirabilis Hook.f., Gard. Chron. 1862: 71 (1862) (syn: Tumboa bainesii Hook.f. ; Welwitschia bainesii (Hook.f.) Carrière ; Welwitschia mirabilis subsp. namibiana Leuenb. ; Welwitschia namibiana (Leuenb.) Christenh. & Byng); . SW. Angola to NW. & W. Central Namibia: Angola, Namibia as per POWO; . Gymnosperm: Welwitschia mirabilis: 3 images. Welwitschia mirabilis is a monotypic sp. of gymnosperms From where and […]

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Welwitschia

Welwitschia mirabilis Hook.f. (Cultivated) (SW. Angola to NW. & W. Central Namibia: Angola, Namibia as per POWO)    

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Paspalidium

Paspalidium flavidum (Retz.) A.Camus (The species is characterized by spikes separated by 2-4 times their length, and spikelets (especially in fruit) globose) (W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula to Tropical Asia and E. Australia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, […]

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Dalbergia species- Tamilnadu

identification of plant: Please see attached file and identify plant It might be Cassia ? This plant from Tamilnadu This may be Cassia spectabilis, But not sure because images are very small This is not Cassia spectabilis for sure as the leaves here are not acuminate-acute tipped and should have darker green. If possible, please […]

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