Apocynaceae: Alstonia scholaris: 1 high res. image. Alstonia scholaris from Andhra Pradesh I do not think it matches with images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/04/alstonia-scholaris/ Ok …, I’ll check it out and post more images for confirmation Can it be Madhuca spp. of sapotaceae?? It’s close to Pouteria compechiana! Waiting for flower and fruit Maybe. Not sure as […]
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Machilus species- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal
SK 4019 17 August 2024: 5 very high res. images. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 27 July 2024 Altitude: 2696m. Habitat : Wild …: Any possibility ? You can see a conspicuous ring of bud scale scars at the base of the twig. This is Machilus. Listed are clarkeana, duthiei, gamblei, glaucescens, odoratissima pubescens and serticea […]
Hydnocarpus alpinus ?
Hydnocarpus macrocarpus ID request #531: Sharing images of female inflorescence. Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Kerala INDIA (Alt:1500fsl) Flower date: 22MAY2024, 04.25pm Flower: axillary umbel inflorescence peduncle length:08mm, umbel diameter:04mm, densely micro flowers, non fragrant
Astragalus concretus
Astragalus concretus Benth., Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 199 (1835) (syn: Astragalus vicioides Graham ex Baker ; Astragalus xiphocarpus Benth. ex Bunge; Tragacantha vicioides Kuntze ; Tragacantha xiphocarpa (Benth. ex Bunge) Kuntze); . Himalaya to Tibet and NW. Myanmar: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; Stems up to 1m. leaves 10-20cm, leaflets 17-31, elliptic-oblong 1-3 x 0.5-1.2cm, obtuse […]
Cordia crenata
Cordia crenata Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 195 (1813) (syn: Cordia lowriana Brandis ; Cordia zedambae Martelli; Gerascanthus crenatus (Delile) Borhidi ; Lithocardium crenatum Kuntze); . Niger to Eritrea and N. Uganda, Arabian Peninsula to India: Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Niger, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen as per POWO; . Cordia crenata: Recorded in Savarkundla, Amreli in April 2023 […]
Tabebuia pallida (Introduced)
Tabebuia pallida (Lindl.) Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 199 (1863) (syn: Bignonia cranalis E.H.L.Krause ; Bignonia pallida Lindl.; Tabebuia dominicensis Urb. ; Tabebuia heterophylla subsp. dominicensis (Urb.) Stehlé ; Tabebuia heterophylla subsp. pallida (Lindl.) Stehlé; Tabebuia pallida subsp. dominicensis (Urb.) Stehlé ); . Lesser Antilles; Introduced into: Bermuda, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Hawaii, Marianas, Marshall Is., Seychelles as per POWO; . Leaves are simple but near […]
Polygonum chaturbhujanum
Polygonum chaturbhujanum K.C. Mohan, Annales Botanici Fennici, 61(1):25-28 (2024); . India (MP, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan) as per efi thread; . Common name: Tiny-Flower Knotweed . Polygonum chaturbhujanum: 59 images. Reporting this new species ..Polygonum chaturbhujanum. I have been recording this species in Surat since 2017 . I had posted in Indian Flora facebook group many […]
Nymphaea hybrid- Botanical Gardens, Panjab University, Chandigarh
WATER LILY AT DR PN MEHRA GARDENS, PU, CHANDIGARH: 2 high res. images. Could the members of the esteemed group assist in the ID of this water lily. Pics taken at the Dr. PN Mehra Botanical Gardens, Panjab University, Chandigarh, in August 2024. Any leaves?, they are important for identification. I dont have the photos with leaves […]
Crepidium meghalayensis
Crepidium meghalayensis M. Murugesan, Sushil K.Singh & A.A. Mao, Keanean Journal of Sciences 5: 9-12. 2016; . Request for pdf: I am looking for this particular paper. Supposedly a print only journal but I do not have any access to it. Singh, S.K., Murugesan, M. and Mao, A.A. 2016. A new species of Crepidium (Orchidaceae) from […]
Boletaceae member?- Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal
SK 4004 22 July 2024 – Mycophyta: 5 images. Location: Sundarijal, Kathmandu Date: 20 July 2024 Altitude: 1540 m. Habitat : Wild Any idea about the family or the genus? Can it be from Bolataceae as per section as in https://www.jungledragon.boletus_rufocinnamomeus_cross-section.html https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/buchwaldoboletus-lignicola.php https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/goldstalk-mushroom.html https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Macroscopic-features-of-the-Ukrainian-specimens-of-Xerocomus-silwoodensis-A-general_fig1_380277166 https://www.texasmushrooms.org/en/xanthoconium_separans.htm
Gladiolus murielae (Introduced)
Gladiolus murielae Kelway, in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 92: 107 (1932) (syn: Acidanthera bicolor Hochst. ; Acidanthera murielae (Kelway) Hoog ; Gladiolus callianthus Marais ; Ixia quartiniana A.Rich. ; Sphaerospora gigantea Klatt ); . Ethiopia to Burundi and Mozambique: Burundi, Chad, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania; Introduced into: East Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Fragrant Gladiolus, Abyssinian Sword Lily, Peacock Orchid […]
Thottea idukkiana
Thottea idukkiana Pandur. & V. J. Nair, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17: 465 (1993); . India (Kerala) as per POWO; . 582 ID wild plant Thottea: 20 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 07APR2022, 12.15pm Habitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy canopied […]
Bulbophyllum species- Sri Lanka
Orchid from Sri Lanka: Can you please identify this? From Sri Lanka but no any details. Looks like Bulbophyllum I thought I already replied it. But then realised he sent me a personal email. This could be Bulbophyllum sterile or Bulbophyllum rosemarianum. Not easy to confirm from these images.
Nepal- Climber at Shivapuri, Kathmandu
SK 4003 20 July 2024: 1 very high res. image. Location: Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: 13 July 2024 Altitude: 1851m. Habitat : Wild Appears to be a climber. Can it be something from Araceae? Could it be Apocynaceae ?? Leaves are generally opposite in Apocynaceae. Leaves somewhat look closer to https://efloraofindia.com/2011/09/02/aglaonema-commutatum/ But it is not a […]
Asplenium yoshinagae subsp. indicum
Asplenium yoshinagae subsp. indicum (Sledge) Fraser-Jenkins, Pakistan Syst. 5: 97 (1991) (syn: Asplenium indicum Sledge ; Asplenium indicum var. obtusum (Bir) Trivedi, Mehrotra & Aswal; Asplenium laciniatum var. planicaule C.B.Clarke ; Asplenium planicaule Wall. ex Mett. ; Asplenium planicaule var. obtusum Bir ; Asplenium tibeticum Ching ; Asplenium wuyishanicum Ching; Asplenium yoshinagae f. obtusum (Bir) Bir ; Asplenium yoshinagae var. indicum (Sledge) Ching & S.K.Wu ; Asplenium yoshinagae var. planicaule (C.B.Clarke) C.V.Morton; Tarachia caespitosa C.Presl ; Tarachia truncata C.Presl); . Indian […]
Larger Spotted Nutcracker eating on a pine cone
Help me to identify this type of fruit: 2 images. This bird is found between 1500 to 3500 altitude… Help me to identify the fruit on which the bird is feeding on The bird perhaps is Larger Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata). According to Bates it feeds mainly on pine cones (Altitude 7000-11000 feet) Could the fruit […]
Begonia anaimalaiensis
Begonia anaimalaiensis Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 48 (1864); . S. India as per POWO; . Begonia collected from Buddha hills, Quepem, South Goa: 5 high res. images. Kindly help to identify the Begonia collected from Buddha hills, Quepem, South Goa Date of collection 21.07.24 I hope you’re well. This looks like a Begonia […]
Bryobium species?- Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal
SK 4008 02 August 2024 – Orchidaceae: Location: Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 23 July 2024 Altitude: 1708m. Habitat : Wild Cymbidium? Is it possible to ID at this stage to follow up for flowering? This reminds me of Bryobium pudicum. It has got no distribution in Nepal. Interesting. Cant think of anything else. Let us […]
eFloraofIndia website updated up to 31st July’24
eFloraofIndia website updated up to 31st July’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 4,68,300 messages so far & membership currently more than 3515 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is […]
Solanum stramoniifolium (Introduced)
Solanum stramoniifolium Jacq., Misc. Austriac. 2: 298 (1781) (syn: Solanum acanthifolium Aubl. ex Dunal ; Solanum demerarense Dunal ; Solanum hirsutum Peurari ex Dunal ; Solanum maccai Dunal ; Solanum mammosum Lour. ; Solanum platyphyllum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Dunal ; Solanum torvum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. ; Solanum toxicarium Rich. ; Solanum trichocarpum Miq. ; Solanum undecimangulare Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. ); . Central […]
