Quercus lanata Sm. (syn: Quercus banga Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Quercus banga Ham. ex Hook.f.; Quercus lanuginosa D.Don, nom. illeg.; Quercus lanuginosa subsp. eulanuginosa A.Camus, not validly publ.; Quercus nepaulensis Desf.); . Assam; China South-Central; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; . MS, Dec., 2020/18 Quercus sp. for id. […]
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plants/ grasses- cleaning nitrates and phosphates from waste water
plants/ grasses that help in cleaning nitrates and phosphates from waste water I wanted to ask you or the group if you know the plants/grasses that help in cleaning nitrates and phosphates from waste water. Different aquatic plant species, such as water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), duck weed (Lemna spp.), water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), vetiver grass […]
Rules
Rules Sometimes it is so difficult to ID plant species with even with images covering all aspects of plant parts. And some of the members posting very blurred images, only flower close-ups and one or two images only. I believe it would not be difficult take different angle images of the species. It is not […]
1st new species page created in efloraofindia.com
1st new species page created in efloraofindia.com Pl. see the 1st new species page created in efloraofindia.com at Tetracera scandens Earlier, it was mostly a copy paste job, in the last 9 days from Google sites. I am still learning the features and tricks (in WordPress) as to how to get the desired look as was earlier in […]
Sarcolobus globosus subsp. peregrinus
Sarcolobus globosus subsp. peregrinus (Blanco) R. E. Rintz, India (E- & N-India), Myanmar [Burma] (Taninthayi), Laos, Thailand, Philippines (syn: Asclepias peregrina Blanco; Sarcolobus beccarii Warb.; Sarcolobus carinatus Wall.; Sarcolobus peregrinus Schltr.; Sarcolobus virulentus Griff.); . India (E- & N-India), Myanmar [Burma] (Taninthayi), Laos, Thailand, Philippines as per Catalogue of Life; . Climber ID from Bangladesh_ SM1007 : 4 […]
Common Emigrant on Acmella (Spilanthes) species
SYMBIOSIS : 1473 1 image. Attaching a collage of Common Emigrant visiting flowers of Spilanthes species.
Nothopegia heyneana
Nothopegia heyneana (Hook. fil.) Gamble, Fl. Madras 265 1918. (syn: Nothopegia colebrookiana var. heyneana Wall. ex Hook. fil.); India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as per Catalogue of Life; . Habit- Small trees, up to 15 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark finely fissured; blaze pinkish brown. Branches and Branchlets- Branches glabrous, minutely pubescent when young. Exudates- Acrid juice scanty. Leaves- Leaves simple, […]
Rice Swift on Acmella (Spilanthes) species
SYMBIOSIS : 1472 1 image. Attaching a collage of Rice Swift visiting flowers of Spilanthes species.
Ethnobotany of the Jarawa tribe of Andaman Islands, India
Announcing publication Ethnobotany of the aborigine Jarawa tribe inhabiting the Andaman Islands, India is presented based on the studies carried out during 2001–2002 and 2018–2019. Ethnobotanical uses of 172 plant species used by the Jarawa tribe are documented in this presentation. They include: Marine algae: 2 families, 2 genera, 2 species. Pteridophytes: 1 family, 1 […]
Haloxylon thomsonii
Haloxylon thomsonii Bunge ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 950 1879. (syn: Arthrophytum thomsonii (Bunge ex Boiss.) Iljin; Hammada thomsonii (Bunge ex Boiss.) Iljin); . W-Tibet, Pakistan (Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Astor, Gilgit, Baltistan, Skardu, Hunza), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Leh) as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Ladakh Saxaul . Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: PKA7 :: […]
Bomarea multiflora (Cultivated)
Bomarea multiflora (L.f.) Mirb., Hist. Nat. Pl. 9: 72 1804. (syn: Alstroemeria bredemeyeriana Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Alstroemeria caldasiana (Herb.) Hemsl.; Alstroemeria caldasii Kunth; Alstroemeria floribunda Kunth; Alstroemeria multiflora L.f.; Alstroemeria purpurea Willd. ex Steud., not validly publ.; Bomarea ambigua Sodiro; Bomarea borjae Sodiro; Bomarea caldasiana Herb.; Bomarea caldasii (Kunth) Herb.; Bomarea caldasii var. quitensis Killip ex […]
eFloraofIndia Google site will no longer be edited
eFloraofIndia Google site will no longer be edited In view of switching to our new site eFloraofIndia.com, eFloraofIndia Google site will no longer be edited for updation (though it will remain as it is, untill Google winds it up in Sept.21). All further editing for updation will only be done in our new site eFloraofIndia.com. I […]
Begonia lushaiensis
Begonia lushaiensis C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 273 1928.; Assam to Myanmar as per POWO; Common name: Lushai Begonia • Mizo: Sekhupthur . MS,Dec., 2020/08 Begonia sp. for id.: 1 image. Location : Sairep Date : 22-09-2016 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Begonia modestiflora Kurz ! Begonia lushaiensis. Beautiful! Yes. It’s Begonia lushaiensis, not B.modestiflora. […]
118. Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Nov.’20
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 3,60,750 messages so far & membership currently around 3230 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one of the biggest non-commercial site, one of its kind in the world & […]
Ruellia ciliatiflora (outside India)
Ruellia ciliatiflora Hook., Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3718 1839. (syn: Ruellia lorentziana Griseb.; Ruellia lorentziana paraguariensis Hassl.; Ruellia lorentziana parvifolia Hassl.; Arrhostoxylum ciliatiflorum (Hook.) Nees); . Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Hidalgo, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán); Colombia […]
Jasminum attenuatum
Jasminum attenuatum Roxb. ex G.Don, Prodr. 8: 309 1844. (syn: Jasminum banlanense P.Y.Pai; Jasminum robustifolium Kobuski); . Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS Jan.2017/07 Climber for ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location : Sairep, Mizoram Date : 25-01-2017 Habit : Climber Habitat : Wild Jasminum? Jasminum polyanthum ? […]
Asystasia variabilis
Asystasia variabilis (Nees ex DC.) Trim., Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 324 1895. (syn: Asystasia chelonoides var. quadrangularis Clarke; Asystasia gangetica var. variabilis Nees ex DC.; Asystasia nemorum var. angustifolia Thw. ex T. Anders.); S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Acanthaceae Fortnight ::ID Request ??:: Chikmagalur :: PKA-MAR62/62: : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (10) Looks like some Acanthaceae sp. again.. I had […]
Neanotis decipiens
Neanotis decipiens (Hook.f.) W.H.Lewis, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 53: 37 1966. (syn: Anotis decipiens Hook.f.); . S.India as per POWO; . Procumbent herbs, rooting at lower nodes; stems glabrous. Leaves ovate, acuminate, sparsely villous; nerves 7-9 pairs; petiole 3 cm long, hairy. Cymes 3-5 cm across, terminal; branches glabrous, slender. Flowers 5-6 mm long, blue or pink, subsessile; calyx […]
Beccarinda tonkinensis
Beccarinda tonkinensis (Pellegr.) B.L.Burtt (syn: Beccarinda sinensis (Chun) B.L. Burtt; Slackia sinensis Chun; Slackia tonkinensis Pellegr.); Common name: Tonkin Beccarinda . Beccarinda tonkinensis (Gesneriaceae), a new record for India 2 attachments (jpg and pdf). Here attached a new addition for eFI. Please convey my congratulations and best wishes to Dipankar ji for the esteemed publication. . References: […]
Tetracera scandens
Tetracera scandens (L.) Merr. (syn: Delima aspera (Lour.) Blanco; Delima frangulifolia C.Presl; Delima hebecarpa DC.; Delima piripu DC.; Delima scandens (L.) Burkill; Delima tripetala Nees & Blume; Tetracera aspera (Lour.) Raeusch.; Tetracera fragrans Ridl.’ Tetracera hebecarpa (DC.) Boerl.; Tetracera loureiroi (Finet & Gagnep.) Pierre ex Craib; Trachytella actaea DC.; Trachytella aspera (Lour.) DC.; Trachytella calligonum DC.; Traxilisa […]
