• Art of SEM photography by Dr Vijayasankarji

    See the art of SEM photography by Dr Vijayasankarji: https://pharmacy.olemiss.edu/media/2021/06/14/um-research-scientist-creates-award-winning-images/ Thanks, …, for letting us know., creative side of Vijayasankar ji- that too at International level. Very proud of having Vijayasankar ji as a Pillar of efloraofindia. Thanks a lot … for noticing and sharing it on efloraofindia! It’s a pleasure…

  • Sonchus arvensis (Canada)

    Sonchus arvensis L., Sp. Pl. 793 1753. (syn: Hieracium arvense Scop.; Hieracium spinulosum Spreng.; Lepicaune spinulosa Lapeyr.; Sonchoseris arvensis Fourr.; Sonchus arvensis var. eglandulosus Farw.; Sonchus arvensis var. shumovichii B.Boivin; Sonchus cumbulus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Sonchus exaltatus Wallr.; Sonchus glaber Schult.; Sonchus glandulosus Schur; Sonchus hispidus Gilib.; Sonchus intermedius W.D.J.Koch; Sonchus ketzkhovelii Schchian; Sonchus laevissimus Schur; Sonchus longifolius Wall.; Sonchus maritimus Turcz.; Sonchus nitidus Vill.; Sonchus orixensis Roxb.; Sonchus repens Bubani); . Temp….

  • Rungia longifolia subsp. keralensis

    A new subspecies of Rungia longifolia from Southern Western Ghats: 1 pdf attachment. 108-111.pdf Great work, Santhosh ji In efi, we have moved all Rungia species to Justicia, e.g. as in CoL, based on JRI Wood 2014, Novon 23(3): 388 What to do with this one as you have still treated it…

  • Hymenocallis caribaea (Introduced)

    Hymenocallis caribaea (L.) Herb., Appendix 44 1821. (syn: Hymenocallis amoena Herb.; Hymenocallis amoena var. princeps Herb.; Hymenocallis angusta (Ker Gawl.) Herb.; Hymenocallis caribaea f. angustifolia Voss; Hymenocallis caribaea var. cinerascens Herb.; Hymenocallis caribaea var. patens (Redouté) Herb.; Hymenocallis cinerascens M.Roem.; Hymenocallis formosa M.Roem.; Hymenocallis obtusata (Griseb.) Pulle; Hymenocallis obtusata Griseb. ex Walp.; Hymenocallis patens (Redouté) Herb.; Hymenocallis sessilis Salisb.; Hymenocallis sloanei M.Roem.; Hymenocallis speciosa var. fragrans Herb.; Nemepiodon caribeum (L.) Raf.; Pancratium amoenum Salisb.; Pancratium angustum Ker Gawl.; Pancratium…

  • Ficus subincisa ?

    Ficus subincisa: 2 high res. images. Ficus subincisa Behali Reserve Forest, Biswanath, Assam, India This should be Ficus heteropleura Blume. Basal bracts not clear in photos, and leaves lack coarsely toothed margins above the middle which are present in F. subincisa. This is definitely not F.heteropleurea. I have once confirmed it with the…

  • Miquelia dentata

    Miquelia dentata Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. III, 1: 38 1864. ; . S-India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as per CoL; . Glabrous climbers. Leaves to 16 x 7 cm, ovate, apex acute, base rounded or truncate, dentate, more sharply near the base; petiole 3-4 cm long. Flowers unisexual, in peduncled globose…

  • Astragalus trichocarpus

    Astragalus trichocarpus Benth., J.F.Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 199 (1835) (syn: Astragalus sesbanoides Benth.; Tragacantha trichocarpa (Benth.) Kuntze); . Pakistan to W. Himalaya as per POWO; . India (N): Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir; Punjab ; Uttar Pradesh; Pakistan (N) as per ILDIS; . Identification required.- Photo collected from kashmir: 3 images. Photo…

  • Indigofera species- Rajouri J and K

    I’d requested- Location: Rajouri Jandk: 2 high res. images. Please check Fabaceae Pl. attach other images showing leaves in reply to thai mail. Maybe some Indigofera species. Is it possible that it is the same as posted by you in another post: Indigofera heterantha ? No, it’s not. . For id- Rajouri j…

  • Duhaldea eupatorioides

    Duhaldea eupatorioides (Wall. ex DC.) A. A. Anderberg, Pl. Syst. Evol. 176: 104 (1991) (syn: Amphirhapis heterotricha DC.; Aster zayuensis Y.L.Chen; Conyza eupatorioides Wall.; Conyza heterotricha Wall.; Helenium eupatoriodes (DC.) Kuntze; Inula eupatorioides DC.; Solidago heterotricha Wall.); . Himalaya to SE. Tibet and Indo-China: Assam, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO;…

  • Agave vivipara

    Agave vivipara L., Sp. Pl.: 323 (1753) (syn: Agave bulbifera Salm-Dyck; Agave candelabrum Tod.; Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck; Agave cantula Roxb.; Agave rumphii Hassk.; Agave stenophylla Jacobi; Furcraea cantala Haw.; Aloe vivipara L.); . Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao; Introduced into: Bangladesh, Canary Is., India, Nepal, Pakistan as per POWO; . Stem very reduced or absent. Leaves forming a lax…

  • Cotoneaster roseus

    Cotoneaster roseus Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 46 (1846) (syn: Cotoneaster lacei G.Klotz; Cotoneaster osmastonii G.Klotz; Pyrus lacei (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh.; Pyrus ormastonii (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh.; Pyrus rosea (Edgew.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.); . E. Aghanistan to W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Identification required of this beautiful plant: 5 images….

  • Gastrochilus obliquus

    Gastrochilus obliquus (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 1891. (syn: Gastrochilus bigibbus (Rchb.f. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze; Saccolabium bigibbum Rchb.f. ex Hook.f.; Vanda obliqua Wall. ex Hook.f.); . Himalaya to China (SW. Sichuan, S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Slanting Belly-Lip…

  • Aconitum heterophylloides

    Aconitum heterophylloides (Brühl) Stapf, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 10: 171 1905. (syn: Aconitum atrox Goris; Aconitum bruhlii Goris; Aconitum deinorrhizum Stapf; Aconitum laciniatum (Brühl) Stapf; Aconitum leucanthum (Brühl) Stapf; Aconitum longipetiolatum Lauener; Aconitum nepalense Lauener; Caltha nirbisia Buch.-Ham.); . Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, SE-Tibet as per CoL; . Common name: Nepal Monkshood • Hindi:…

  • Need Assistance: Homeopathic Herbs and African Blackwood Planting Material

    Need Assistance: Homeopathic Herbs and African Blackwood Planting Material: I am interested to cultivate some Homeopathic herbs (mentioned below) in Madhya Pradesh. Your valuable support expected to identify and procure planting material source. Artemisia abrotanum Linn. Ammi visnaga Lam Grindelia Camporum Green Arctium lappa L. Physostigma venenosum Rhododendron Chrysanthium Pall….

  • Stellaria species- Ghangaria to Hemkunt Sahib trek, Uttarakhand

      Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb65 for Id- JM: Wild Herb captured on 13/8/10 during the trek from Ghangaria (around 11,000 ft.) to Hemkunt Sahib (around 14000 ft.). Caryophyllaceae, may be some species of Cerastrium. … or species of Stellaria. Stellaria pubera?? Stellaria pubera I suppose is not reported from Himalayas…

  • Stellaria patens var. ovatifolia ?

    SK474 03 APR-2017:ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (13) Location: Balaju, Raniban, Nepal   Date: 30 March 2017 Altitude: 4800 ft. Which Stellaria …?? Also check comparative images in efi site. Pl. check comparative images at Stellaria & ‎Cerastium  Appears close to images at Stellaria alsine ? Also check images…

  • Clerodendrum villosum

    Clerodendrum villosum Blume, Bijdr. 811 1826. (syn: Clerodendrum confusum Hallier f.; Clerodendrum curranii Elmer; Clerodendrum ferrugineum Turcz.; Clerodendrum infortunatum Dennst.; Clerodendrum molle Jack; Clerodendrum velutinum B.Thomas; Clerodendrum velutinum Wall.; Clerodendrum villosum var. macrocalyx Moldenke); . Assam to China (Yunnan) and W. & Central Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is.,…

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st May’21- More than 14,000 species

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st May’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 3,88,100 messages so far & membership currently around 3270 nos. efloraofindia (eFI…

  • Request members to upload multiple images and post with a unique subject

    Request members to upload multiple images-GS06062021-1: It is heartening to see several new members uploading images already identified or for identification. I request members to do the following for better identification/validation of uploads: 1. Always give a unique subject line to each post, numbering them is simplest, or any combination…

  • Rutaceae member?- Bonsai at Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    Swamy/New series/ID/12 – ID of the Plant, Chennai.: Kindly Id the plant photographs received from a friend in Chennai. Photographed yesterday. I understand it is a bonsoi plant. Might be Burseraceae Thanks a lot … I was thinking it could be a Commiphora species (Burseraceae). Meanwhile you suggested the family….