• Phlomis aurea (Introduced- USA)

    Phlomis aurea Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 2: 251 1834. (syn: Phlomis flavescens Mill.); . Sinai as per POWO; . Phlomis aurea from UCBG California-GS15102021-1: 2 high res. images. Phlomis aurea, clicked from University of California Botanical Garden, California, 11-5-2014.     . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List…

  • Vigna species- Pune, Maharashtra

      efloraofindia:” is the botanical name of this plant Vigna aconitifolius at Pune :29032014: MR-5 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4). Oct 2012 Pune I had sown seeds of Matki in Marathi. is the botanical name of this plant Vigna aconitifolius ? Please validate the leaflets of Vigna aconitifolia…

  • Gomphostemma niveum

    Gomphostemma niveum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 697 1885.; . Assam to Bangladesh as per POWO; . MS,Oct,2021/03 Undershrub for id: 3 images. Location: Hmunpui Date : 23-07-2015 Habit : Undershrub Habitat : Wild Please check Acanthaceae ! May I request you to post high res. images to check the details…

  • Scleromitrion pinifolium

    Scleromitrion pinifolium (Wall. ex G.Don) R.J.Wang, J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 22: 440 (2014) (syn: Hedyotis pinifolia Wall. ex G.Don; Hedyotis pinifolia var. horridula (Pit.) N.N.Tran; Hedyotis pinifolia var. macrocalyx (Pit.) N.N.Tran; Oldenlandia horridula Pierre ex Pit.; Oldenlandia macrocalyx Pierre ex Pit.; Oldenlandia pinifolia (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze; Oldenlandia pinifolia var. horridula Pit.; Oldenlandia pinifolia var. macrocalyx Pit.; Scleromitrion caespitosum Miq.); . Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia:…

  • Canavalia species- near Agasthyamalai biosphere reserve, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

    Requesting a shrub Id.: 3/10/2021 IISER campus adjoining Agasthyamalai biosphere reserve,Thiruvananthapuram. A mauve colored flower with papilionaceous corolla. It smells pleasant.  Found growing in the sides of footpaths. Please check Fabaceae in FoI and efi. This is Canavalia, as per images and details herein. Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. ?? Difficult to say…

  • Picris hieracioides subsp. kaimaensis

    Picris hieracioides subsp. kaimaensis (Kitam.) Kitam., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 27: 37 (1957) (syn: Picris japonica var. kaimaensis (Kitam.) H.S.Pak; Picris kaimaensis Kitam.); . Pakistan to S. Tibet and Assam: Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . SK 3018 05 October 2021: 13 very high res. images. Location:Jumla, West Nepal Altitude: 2204m….

  • Oberonia species- Kaas Plateau, Maharashtra

    Flower for Id-ID29092021SH2- Obenoria ?: 2 high res. images. Flower for Id pl. Which Oberonia Sp.? Location – Kaas Plateau, Maharashtra. Date – September 2021 Yes, it appears so. Impossible to make out without flowers  

  • Goodyera repens

    Goodyera repens (L.) R.Br., Hortus Kew. 5: 198 1813. (syn: Elasmatium repens (L.) Dulac; Epipactis chinensis (Schltr.) Hu; Epipactis mairei (Schltr.) Hu; Epipactis repens (L.) Crantz; Epipactis repens var. ophioides (Fernald) A.A.Eaton; Gonogona repens (L.) Link; Goodyera brevis Schltr.; Goodyera chinensis Schltr.; Goodyera mairei Schltr.; Goodyera ophioides (Fernald) Rydb.; Goodyera pubescens var. repens (L.) Alph.Wood; Goodyera repens subsp. ophioides (Fernald) Á.Löve & W.Simon; Goodyera repens f. ophioides (Fernald) P.M.Br.; Goodyera repens var. ophioides Fernald; Neottia…

  • Circaea repens

    Circaea repens Wall., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 28: 761 1870. (syn: Circaea alpina var. himalaica C. B. Cl.); . N. Pakistan to S. Central China and Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . SK 2999 28 September 2021: 2 very high res. images. Location: Kalikot,…

  • Iris macrosiphon (USA)

    Iris macrosiphon Torr., Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5): 144 1857. (syn: Iris amabilis Eastw.; Iris californica Leichtlin; Iris macrosiphon var. elata Eastw.; Limniris macrosiphon (Torr.) Rodion.); . California as per POWO; . Iris macrosiphon from UCBG California-GS09102021-4: 3 images. Iris macrosiphon Torr. Common name: Bowtube Iris endemic to California with narrow leaves and flowers in various colours of…

  • Celosia argentea ?

    Jawhar near Nashik, MH :: Small plant for ID :: ARK2021-086: 3 images. This was clicked at Jawhar near Nashik, MH in July 2021. There was a suggestion that this is Celosia argentea. Requested to please ID. Please check Amaranthus ! I think it looks different from images at Celosia argentea…

  • Iris douglasiana (USA)

    Iris douglasiana Herb., Bot. Beechey Voy. 9: 395 1840. (syn: Iris beecheyana Herb.; Iris douglasiana f. alpha (Dykes) R.C.Foster; Iris douglasiana var. alpha Dykes; Iris douglasiana var. altissima Purdy ex Jeps.; Iris douglasiana var. beecheyana (Herb.) Baker; Iris douglasiana var. bracteata Herb.; Iris douglasiana var. major Torr.; Iris douglasiana var. mendocinensis Eastw.; Iris douglasiana var. nuda Herb.; Iris douglasiana var. oregonensis R.C.Foster; Iris watsoniana Purdy; Limniris douglasiana (Herb.) Rodion.); . Oregon to California as per POWO; . Iris douglasiana white form…

  • Gladiolus imbricatus (Introduced- USA)

    Gladiolus imbricatus L., Sp. Pl. 37 1753. (syn: Gladiolus apterus Klokov; Gladiolus crispiflorus Herb.; Gladiolus galiciensis Besser; Gladiolus hygrophilus Boiss. & A.Huet ex Baker; Gladiolus libanoticus Boiss. & Kotschy; Gladiolus marschallii Poir.; Gladiolus neglectus Schult.; Gladiolus raddeanus Trautv.; Gladiolus rossicus Pers.; Sphaerospora imbricata (L.) Sweet); . Central Europe to Caucasus: Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece, Hungary,…

  • Pteris blumeana

    Pteris blumeana Agardh, Rec. Pterid. 22 1839. (syn: Pteris quadriaurita var. blumeana (J.Agardh) C.B.Clarke); . China (Yunnan) to Tropical Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Pteridaceae week 7/10/21: 2 high res. images. attaching images of…

  • Sesbnia species- Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

    Request for I’d of a legume: 2 high res. images. Submitting request for identification of a herbaceous legume from Bilaspur. Photographed in October 2021. It is a Sesbnia species as per comparative images herein.  

  • Dietes iridioides (Introduced- USA)

    Dietes iridioides (L.) Sweet ex Klatt, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 156 1894. (Syn: Dietes iridifolia Salisb.; Ferraria blanda Salisb.; Moraea iridioides L.; Naron iridioides (L.) Moench); . Ethiopia to S. Africa: Angola, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO; . Dietes iridioides from California-GS08102021-1:…

  • Plants of Ladakh, A photographic guide

    Plants of Ladakh, A photographic guide: 1 image. If anyone has read / reviewed it, will be pleased to receive weblink to review as I’m interested in purchasing the book. Am pleased to note that both authors are local ladakhi’s; lead author is a botanist and second author a passionate…

  • Colocasia oresbia

    Colocasia oresbia A.Hay, Sandakania 7: 39 1996. ; Assam (Manipur) to Bangladesh, Borneo (Sabah) as per POWO; . Araceae for ID (Alocasia sp. ?) : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4). Location : Lengte, Mizoram Altitude : ca. 450 m. Date : 23-08-2014 Habit : Herb Habitat : Grows wild. Rhizome…

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th September’21

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th September’21- 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 4,01,300 messages so far & membership currently around 3310 nos. efloraofindia (eFI…

  • Struchium sparganophorum (Introduced)

    Struchium sparganophorum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 366 (1891) (syn: Ethulia sparganophora L.; Ethulia struchium Sw.; Sparganophorus africanus (P.Beauv.) Steud.; Sparganophorus ethulia Crantz; Sparganophorus fasciatus Poir.; Sparganophorus fasciculatus Steud.; Sparganophorus fuscatus Steud.; Sparganophorus sparganophora (L.) C.Jeffrey; Sparganophorus struchium (Sw.) Poir.; Sparganophorus vaillantii Crantz; Sparganophorus vaillantii var. longifolius Griseb.; Struchium africanum P.Beauv.; Struchium americanum Poir.); . SE. Mexico to Tropical America: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil…