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-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…
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….
Tylophora govanii (Wight) Decne., Prodr. 8: 610 1844. (syn: Iphisia govanii Wight); . W. Himalaya to NW. India as per POWO; . Common name: Govan’s Swallow-Wort . id request Tylophora species: 5 high res. images. please check the attached images, it seems 𝑻𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒊 for me, please validate. Captured at Goundar Ukhimath UK….
Senecio viscosus L.,Sp. Pl.: 868 (1753) (syn: Jacobaea viscosa Gilib.; Obaejaca viscosa Cass.; Senecio calvertii Boiss.; Senecio glutinosus Schur; Senecio tymphresteus Boiss. & Heldr.; Seneciunculus viscosus Opiz); . Europe to Caucasus: Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North…
Casearia graveolens Dalzell ? . Fruit 1 from Kalitila, Kumarghat, Tripura: 4 images. Kindly identify this wild fruit which is sour in taste. Images are very blurred. Just a wild guess : Casearia vareca Roxb. ??? Pl. post high resolution images to check the details. It is not Casearia vareca Roxb. One of the…
Aconitum napellus L., Sp. Pl. 532 1753. (syn: Aconitum anglicum Stapf; Delphinium napellus (L.) Baill.; Napellus vulgaris Fourr.); . SW. Great Britain, SW. France ?: Great Britain; Doubtfully present in: France, Germany; Introduced into: Myanmar, New York, Vermont as per POWO; . Important Question: I have a question…It’s about a plant called Step mother’s…
Rajouri, j and k Date: 22-05-2021 Habit: Grass field: 1 high res. image. Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. ?? . Location: RAJOURI JANDK Habit ; Herb Habitat: grass field: 1 high res. image. Please check Curcuma sp.
Stellaria nepalensis Majumdar & Vartak, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 50: 215, pl. 1 1971. (syn: Stellaria neotomentosa M.Mizush. ex H.Ohba); . Central & E. Himalaya to Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . SK1970 04 June 2019 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) – around 500 kb each….
Stellaria patens var. ovatifolia H. Hara, Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 2: 58 (1979); . Nepal as per POWO; . SK 3810 21 July 2023: 5 high res. images. Location: Phaliyaghar, Burtibang, , Baglung, Nepal Date: 31 May 2023 Elevation: 2400 m. Habit : Wild Stellaria … ??? Yes, appears close to images…
Thottea duchartrei V. V. Sivarajan, A. Babu & Indu Balachandran, Indian J. Forest. 8: 267 1985 publ. 1986. (syn: Bragantia wallichii R. Br.); . SW. India as per POWO; . India (SW-Ghats (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)) as per CoL; . Herbs or undershrubs, branches flexuous, minutely pubescent on the younger parts, nodes…
Mangifera indica L., Sp. Pl. 200 1753. (Syn: Mangifera austroyunnanensis Hu; (=) Mangifera mekongensis anon.); . Images by tspkumar, Rashida Atthar & Dinesh Valke . mango • Assamese: আম aam • Bengali: আম aama • Gujarati: આંબો aambo • Hindi: आम aam • Kannada: ಮಾವು maavu • Kashmiri: अम्ब् amb…
Leucas marrubioides var. pulneyensis Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 684 1885. ; . S. India, Sri Lanka, Peninsula Malaysia as per POWO; . ID requested: Leucas chinesis? (Mudumalai, Nilgiris, TN): 5 images. Leucas chinensis? Dry deciduous forests, Mudumalai, Nilgiris, TN September 2019 ~ 900 m altitude. Looks different ! Appears close to…
Agave vera-cruz Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 7 1768. (syn: Agave breviscapa A.Berger ex Roster; Agave cyanophylla Jacobi; Agave haworthiana M.Roem.; Agave lepida D.Dietr.; Agave lurida Aiton; Agave magni Desf.; Agave manguai Desf.; Agave mexicana Lam.; Agave polyphylla K.Koch; Agave vera-crucis Haw.; Agave vernae A.Berger); . Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca): Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest; Introduced into: Ascension, East Himalaya, India, Pakistan, Peru, Réunion, Sri…
ID Request – 200521AS01 – Typha Angustifolia ?: 2 images. Can you please help me ID this plant? Date/Time- 20th May 2021 Location- Reni Pani Village, Near Satpura National Park, Habitat- Wild Plant Habit- The plant was growing along a water spillway. Height/Length- 4 ft ID looks good. But post…
Peristylus secundus (Lindl.) Rathakr., Indian Forester 98: 31 1972. (syn: Coeloglossum secundum Lindl.); . S. India as per POWO; . 186-TSP-ID-14MAY2021-1-Orchid @ Mullaianagiri for ID: 3 high res. images. Kindly examine and identify this Orchid. This set of images was lost in my database. Found them accidentally while sifting through. Habit:Herb Habitat:Wild,terrestrial,grassy…
ID requested (Herb); Mudumalai, Nilgiris, TN (Sep 2019): Large herb (individuals of about 50-60 cm height when observed). I only have vegetative-stage photographs. These are from moist semi-evergreen forests. It would be great if a clue on at least the genus is there. Member of Utricaceae Looks like a nettle…
id request- Radi top Uttarkashi Uttarakhand.: 3 images. Please check the attached images, it seems some Fraxinus for me. Captured at Radi top Uttarkashi Uttarakhand. Alt 2000m asl. only these 3 images Fraxinus floribunda Wall. ?? I think it looks different from images at Fraxinus floribunda Wall.
Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2 431 1807. (Syn: Erigeron annuus var. discoideus Cronquist; Stenactis annua (L.) Nees; (≡) Aster annuus L. (basionym); (≡) Erigeron heterophyllus Muhl. ex Willd.); . Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and Meghalaya; Canada, Europe, United States of America and China (A very variable apomictic…
Swamy/New series/ID/7 – ID of the plant Gentiana sps.: 3 images. Please ID the plant growing on a foot path in Chennai. Photographed on 1st May. The suggested ID : Gentiana species ( G. alba ) ??? Seems you’re right Rhododendron mucronatum (Blume) G. Don ! Thanks … As far as my knowledge goes…