• 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,…

  • Convolvulus rottlerianus

    Convolvulus rottlerianus Choisy, Convolv. Orient. 95 1834 [Aug 1834]. (syn: Convolvulus gilbertii Sebsebe; Retzia pilosa Rottler ex Choisy); . Ethiopia, Pakistan to W. India as per POWO; . Common name: Rottler Bindweed . Convolvulus stocksii: 9 images- 6 high res. Savar Kundla, Gujarat 17 08 2021 This should be Convolvulus rottlerianus subsp. rottlerianus, distinguished by…

  • Albizia myriophylla ?

    Albizia myriophylla Benth., London J. Bot. 3: 90 (1844) (syn: Acacia foliolosa Graham; Acacia microphylla Roxb. ex Steud.; Acacia myriophylla Steud.; Acacia roxburghii Kostel.; Albizia microphylla (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr.; Albizia thorelii Pierre; Mimosa microphylla Roxb.); . N. India to N. Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Bangladesh (N);…

  • Leucas deodikarii

    Leucas deodikarii Billmore & Hemadri, Indian Forester 96: 858 1970.; . W. India (N. Sahydari Range) as per POWO; . Common name: Deodikar’s Leucas . Leucas deodikarii Endemic leucas of Maharashtra: 3 images. Leucas deodikarii (Lamiaceae) Palu near Bhiwade Khurd (Murbad hills), Thane Dist, Maharashtra Date 2013 July for this post yes sir…

  • Jasminum amabile

    Jasminum amabile H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 52: 356 1977. ; , E. Nepal as per POWO; , SK 2945 08 August 2021: 3 very high res. images. Location: Far West, Nepal Altitude: 900m. Date: July 2021 Habit : Wild Which Jasminum ?? After checking all species listed in Checklist of Nepal, the…

  • Ulmus lanceifolia

    Ulmus lanceifolia Roxb., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 86, pl. 200 1831. (syn: Ulmus hookeriana Planch.; Ulmus tonkinensis Gagnep.); . Nepal to China (Yunnan, Guangxi) and Indo-China, Sumatera, Lesser Sunda Islands (Flores), Sulawesi: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per…

  • AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE ORCHIDS OF ASSAM

    Information about Publication of a Book “AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE ORCHIDS OF ASSAM, [xviii + 806 p., 2021]”: 4 attachments. AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE ORCHIDS OF ASSAM, [xviii + 806 p., 2021] By H.A. Barbhuiya, D. Verma, S. Dey & C.K. Salunkhe Foreword by: Prof. Mark W. Chase,…

  • Campylopus & other species- Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

    SK 2938 03 August 2021 – Moss: 5 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Altitude: 1400m. Date: July 2021 Habit : Wild There are three mosses and to arrive at species level is generally not possible with field photographs. In your photographs at different angles I could find…

  • Ipomoea rubens ?

    Ipomoea rubens Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6(2): 463–464 1834. (syn: Argyreia rubens (Choisy) Raizada; Convolvulus lilacinus D.Dietr.; Convolvulus rubens Wall.; Ipomoea baclii Choisy; Ipomoea bonii Gagnep.; Ipomoea brasseuriana De Wild.; Ipomoea garnieri Standl. & L.O.Williams; Ipomoea hovarum Rendle; Ipomoea lilacina Blume; Ipomoea lindleyi Choisy; Ipomoea oxyphylla Baker; Ipomoea parkeri Choisy; Ipomoea parkeri var. subsericea Meisn.; Ipomoea riparia G.Don; Ipomoea senegambica A.Chev.; Ipomoea stuhlmannii Dammer; Ipomoea villicalyx N.E.Br.; Lettsomia rubens (Choisy)…