• Coelogyne occulata or Coelogyne punctulata ?

    MS, Aug.,2021/04 Coelogyne sp. for id.: 3 images. Location : Lurh tlang, Mizoram Date : 04-12-2018 Habit : Epiphytic herb Habitat : Wild I guess same Coelogyne punctulata Lindl. as earlier post ! Its not easy to make this out. I cant see the pseudobulb or petals. But Could be either Coelogyne…

  • Spiraea bella ?

    PM01-10-08-2021 id request from Pangi valley, H.P.: 3 images. Habit- Large herb to a small shrub Habitat- Roadside Location- Sural Bhatori, Pangi Valley, Chamba, H.P. Altitude- ~3100 m Date-July 2021 Inconvenience is regretted as flowers are out of focus It is a Spiraea, check for S. bella…!!! Yes sir S.bella…

  • Maesa ramentacea

    Maesa ramentacea (Roxb.) A. DC., Prodr. 8: 77 1844. (syn: Baeobotrys acuminata Spreng.; Baeobotrys lanceolata Spreng.; Baeobotrys ramentacea Roxb.; Maesa acuminata A.DC.; Maesa glabra A.DC.; Maesa lanceolata G.Don; Maesa membranifolia Mez; Maesa missionis A.DC.; Maesa philippinensis Gand.; Maesa sumatrana Scheff.); . China (Yunnan, Guangxi) to Tropical Asia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar,…

  • Jasminum trichotomum

    Jasminum trichotomum B.Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 6 1821. (syn: Jasminum gardnerianum Wight; Jasminum intermedium Wight ex C.B.Clarke; Jasminum wightii C.B.Clarke); . S. India as per POWO; . Climbing shrubs. Leaves 6 x 2.5 cm, ovate or lanceolate, rounded at base, nerves ca. 8 pairs, membranous; petiole 2.5 cm. Cymes terminal and axillary;…

  • Murdannia species- Lurh tlang, Mizoram

    MS, Aug., 2021/20 Murdannia sp. for id.: Location : Lurh tlang, Mizoram Date : 03-10-2018 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Yes. Murdania species. Please post the photograph of the foliage showing clearly the leaves for proper ID. Check for Murdania lanuginosa also Congratulations, …!! It is a new species. Both…

  • Type specimens at BSI, CAL are now online

    Type specimens at CAL are now online: Inaugurated today at 5.30 pm. Link: https://archive.bsi.gov.in/ Many thanks for sharing … It will be really useful. It is a good news. Thanks to BSI for making this most important information available to all. This is one good news for India and Indian…

  • Cyperus aromaticus

    Cyperus aromaticus (Ridl.) Mattf. & Kük., Pflanzenr. IV, 20(101): 581 1936. (syn: Cyperus teres (C.B.Clarke) Lye; Kyllinga aromatica Ridl.; Kyllinga erecta var. polyphylla (Willd. ex Kunth) S.S.Hooper; Kyllinga involucrata Bojer ex Baker; Kyllinga macrantha Boeckeler; Kyllinga planiceps C.B.Clarke; Kyllinga polyphylla Willd. ex Kunth; Kyllinga polyphylla subsp. babiensis Wad.Khan & Lakshmin.; Kyllinga teres C.B.Clarke; Kyllinga teres var. aphylla Cherm.); . Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean: Angola,…

  • Calamus species?- Dampui, Mizoram

    MS, Aug.,2021/15 Arecaceae/Calamus/Salacca ? for id: 1 image. Location : Dampui, Mizoram Date : 04-12-2015 Habit : Rattan palm Habitat : Wild I think detailed images are required. Do you have other images ? No, sir  

  • What is the secret behind so many endemic species in Kerala ?

    What is the secret behind so many endemic species in Kerala ?: While browsing through Flora of Peninsular India, I generally found that Kerala is having so many endemics (including narrow endemics with distribution shown in only one place or district) compared to other states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka…

  • Allium victorialis

    Allium victorialis L., Sp. Pl. 295 1753. (syn: Allium anguinum Bubani; Allium convallarifolium Pall. ex Ledeb.; Allium longibulbum Dulac; Allium plantaginense Willk. & Lange; Allium plantagineum Lam.; Allium reticulatum St.-Lag.; Anguinum victorialis (L.) Fourr.; Berenice victorialis (L.) Salisb.; Caloscordum victorialis (L.) Banfi & Galasso; Cepa victorialis (L.) Moench; Geboscon lanceolatum Raf.; Geboscon triphylum Raf.); , Europe to Himalaya: Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East…

  • Juncus species- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

    ID Request- 08072021-AS01 Juncus? Possibly juncus effusus: 4 images. Could you help me identify this plant? Date- 07-07-21, Time 3:00 pm Place- Bhopal Habitat- Wild wetlands, growing in the shallow areas of the lake. Plant habit- Herb, with hollow stems, and flowers emerging towards the top. Usually growing in clumps,…

  • Farsetia

      Farsetia jacquemontii Hook.f. & Thomson (SE. Iran to NW. India as per POWO)    Farsetia stylosa R. Br. (Mauritania to Eritrea and N. Kenya, S. Iran to NW. India: Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Yemen as…

  • Farsetia stylosa

    Farsetia stylosa R. Br., Narr. Travels Africa 12, 216 1826. (syn: Erysimum remotiflorum O.E.Schulz; Farsetia depressa Kotschy; Farsetia hamiltonii Royle; Farsetia prostrata (Hochst. & Steud.) Hochst.; Farsetia ramosissima E.Fourn.; Matthiola prostrata Hochst. & Steud.); . Mauritania to Eritrea and N. Kenya, S. Iran to NW. India: Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran,…

  • Dainik Bhaskar news on efloraofindia

    Dainik Bhaskar news on efloraofindia and PEC Chandigarh 20.8.21: चंडीगढ़ भास्कर के दैनिक भास्कर के 20-08-2021 एडिशन की यह खबर जरूर पढ़ें। दैनिक भास्कर ई-पेपर मुफ्त मे पढ़ने के लिए यहां क्लिक करके ऐप इंस्टॉल करें – https://dainik-b.in/CIGPAnJlRib For the benefit of those who do not understand Hindi, I am…

  • Turraea heterophylla (Introduced)

    Turraea heterophylla Sm., Cycl. 36: no. 6 1817. (syn: Rutaea heterophylla (Sm.) M.Roem.; Rutaea lobata (Lindl.) M.Roem.; Rutaea quercifolia (G.Don) M.Roem.; Turraea graciliflora Schltdl.; Turraea gracilis A.Chev.; Turraea lobata Lindl.; Turraea quercifolia G.Don); . W. Tropical Africa to Angola: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo as per POWO; . 07012013 BRS…

  • Brasicaceae member?- Kathmandu, Central Nepal

    SK 2923 14 July 2021: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu, Central Nepal Altitude: 1825m. Date: 14 July 2021 Habit : Wild Check with Gesneriaceae locally … I doubt about Gesneriaceae Ok …, some characters are matched that’s why suggested, if possible try to collect fl or fr stage, I shall…

  • Nepal- herb at Phulchoki, Lalitpur

    SK 2931 22 July 2021: 4 very high res. images. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur Date:  18 July 2021 Elevation:  2700m. Habit : Wild Leaves are rough and stiff. Adenostemma lavenia I am doubtful as per images at Adenostemma lavenia I agree with you … ! I guess it is different!  

  • Selinum vaginatum ?

    Identification request for the umbelferae family plant.: 3 images. Location: Kupwara Pl. check comparative images at Apiaceae You can find out the genus from above, if not the species as a first step. Check Selinum vaginatum I can not see the details. May I request you to pl. post high resolution…

  • Argyreia thomsonii

    Argyreia thomsonii (C. B. Cl.) Craib, Fl. Bhutan 2(2): 843 1999. (syn: Argyreia nasirii D.F.Austin; Ipomoea thomsonii (C.B.Clarke) J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Lettsomia thomsonii C.B.Clarke; Mouroucoa thomsonii (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze); . Pakistan to Sikkim: East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . SK 2943 07 August 2021: 3 very high res. images. Location: Far West,…