• Nymphaea species- Andhra Pradesh

    Nymphaeaceae: nymphaeae nouchali?: Help in identification of the species from Andhra Pradesh I think yes. I think there are two different species going by the two different types of leaves. Single flower seen may belong to one of them, but is not clear. So it can be anything. Pl. see…

  • Hemipilia chusua

    Hemipilia chusua (D.Don) Y.Tang & H.Peng, BioMed Centr. Evol. Biol. 15(96): 27 (2015) (syn: Amitostigma beesianum (W.W.Sm.) Tang & F.T.Wang ; Chusua donii Nevski ; Chusua nana (King & Pantl.) Pradhan ; Chusua nana f. alba Z.H.Wu & Q.H.Yang ; Chusua pauciflora (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt ; Chusua pulchella (Hand.-Mazz.) P.F.Hunt ; Chusua roborowskyi var. delavayi (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt ; Chusua roborowskyi var. giraldiana (Kraenzl.) P.F.Hunt ; Chusua…

  • Rhodomyrtus tomentosa var. tomentosa (Hong Kong/ Singapore)

    Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk., Flora 25(2, Beibl.): 35 (1842) (syn: Cynomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Scriv. ; Myrtus tomentosa Aiton ); . S. China to Nansei-shoto and Malesia: Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: Florida, Hawaii, Society Is….

  • Ilex delavayi (Scotland)

    Ilex delavayi Franch., J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 255 (1898) (syn: Ilex delavayi var. comberiana S.Y.Hu ; Ilex delavayi var. exalata H.F.Comber ; Ilex delavayi var. linearifolia S.Y.Hu ; Ilex delavayi var. muliensis W.P.Fang & Z.M.Tan); . Tibet to China (W. Sichuan, NW. & W. Yunnan) and N. Myanmar: China South-Central, Myanmar, Tibet as per POWO; . Mystery shrub seen in Scotland:…

  • Ardisia griffithii

    Ardisia griffithii C. B. Cl., Fl. Brit. India 3: 523 (1882) (syn: Tinus griffithii (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze ); . Assam as per POWO; . Clarke ; leaves large obovate-oblong acute entire, panicle rusty, pedicels 1/4 in. umbelled. Ardisia sp. n. 22, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. KHASIA MTS. ; Griffith (Kew…

  • Iseilema prostratum

    Iseilema prostratum (L.) Andersson, in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 2: 251 (1856) (syn: Andropogon prostratus L. ; Anthistiria cimicina Edgew. ; Anthistiria glandulosa Wight ex Steud. ; Anthistiria linneana Steud. ; Anthistiria prostrata (L.) Willd. ; Anthistiria wightii Nees ex Steud. ; Cymbopogon glandulosus Spreng. ; Cymbopogon prostratus (L.) Sweet ; Iseilema laxum Hack. ; Iseilema wightii (Nees ex…

  • Phoebe species?- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal

    SK 4018 17 August 2024: 3 very high res. images. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 27 July 2024 Altitude: 1885m. Habitat : Wild  Phoebe bootanica or near to that! Listed are attentuata, cathia, hainesiana, lanceolata and pallida; matching elevation are cathia, lanceolata and pallida. Bootanensis does not look like a match and…

  • Oberonia balakrishnanii ?

    Requesting for ID for this Oberonia sp.: 2 high res. images. Please help in knowing the species name of this Oberonia. Month of photo taken: August 2024 Place : Galibeedu village, Madikeri taluk, Kodagu district  Elevation: Approx 1100 mts Habit : Epiphytic  Habitat: Moist evergreen forest  Host tree: Ficus recemosa….

  • Thottea idukkiana ?

      586 ID wild plant Thottea: 16 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 15AUG2024, 02.35pm Habitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy canopied alpine Plant habit: big shrub, erect branches, hard woody cylindrical stem 07 inches base circumference,…

  • Eria species- Mulkharka, Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal

    SK 4024 22 August 2024 – Orchidaceae: 7 images. Location: Mulkharka, Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: 30 July 2024 Altitude: 1936m. Habitat : Wild Pinalia ? Eria ? Unfortunately flowers are not good enough, but surely an Eria.  

  • Pouteria campechiana ?

    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…

  • 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,…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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; ….

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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