• Malva × clementii (Introduced- USA)

    Malva x clementii (Cheek) Stace, Watsonia 27: 369 2009. (syn: Lavatera × clementii Cheek); . Spontaneous hybrid between introduced taxa originating in Europe: Introduced into: Great Britain, Ireland as per POWO; . Malva x clementii ‘Rosea’ from California-GS08042021-1: 3 images. Malva x clementii (Cheek) Stace ‘Rosea’ Syn: Lavatera x clementii Cheek ‘Rosea’ Photographed from…

  • Piper khasianum

    Piper khasianum C. DC., Prodr. 16(1): 349 1869. (syn: Piper curtistipes C. DC.; Piper mannii C. DC.); . Central & E. Himalaya to Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam as per POWO; . Similar to P.suipigua but leaves membranous, lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 6-10 x 2-4cm, long-acuminate, base…

  • Pittosporum podocarpum

    Pittosporum podocarpum Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 211 (1939) (syn: Pittosporum glabratum var. angustifolium E. Pritz.; Pittosporum glabratum var. ciliicalyx Franch.; Pittosporum monanthum C. Y. Wu); . E. Himalaya to S. Central China and Vietnam: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Vietnam as per POWO; . China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, SE-Yunnan),…

  • Neolitsea gamblei

    Neolitsea gamblei Chakrab. & Diwakar, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 33: 345 (2009); . India (Andhra Pradesh) as per POWO; . id confirmation of this Neolitsea required: 3 images. It is imaged in Chittoor -Kadapa borders; is it Neolitsea gambleii or N.foliolosa, confirmation is solicited. Neolitsea gamblei     . References: POWO  Catalogue…

  • Solanum species- Cooch Behar, West Bengal (?)

    IDENTITY – 45: 2 images. Attaching two images of a small plant. Can it be Solanum xanthocarpum ? Solanum viarum Pl. post image of the complete plant. With these images, it looks different from both Solanum virginianum and Solanum viarum Ok, I will check.

  • Albizia chinensis ?

    Albizia chinensis ?; . Albizia sp. : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Pl.help me to identify Albizia sp. At Phansad WLS , Maharashtra Likely to be Albizia chinensis The photo of the leaf is rupturing when enlarged, thereby the essential features are not available. We have to see…

  • Angelica sylvestris (Introduced- Canada)

    Angelica sylvestris L.,  Sp. Pl. 251 1753. (syn: Angelica alpina Krock. ex Steud.; Angelica brachyradia Freyn; Angelica ebulifolia Lapeyr.; Angelica elata Velen.; Angelica elatior (Wahlenb.) Dalla Torre; Angelica flavescens Hoffm.; Angelica globifera Freyn; Angelica illyrica K.Malý; Angelica macrophylla Schur; Angelica major Lag.; Angelica minor Gilib.; Angelica montana Brot.; Angelica nemorosa Ten.; Angelica pratensis J.Presl & C.Presl; Angelica razulii All.; Angelica reuteri Boiss.; Angelica ruthenica Schott ex Ledeb.;…

  • Pancratium species- Kinhi, Parner, A.Nagar (MS)

    For id 090718 VB2 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Date:- 27-06-2018 Place:- Kinhi, Parner, A.Nagar (MS) Habitat:-Wild Liliaceae sp. ?? Pl. check at /species/a—l/ar/asparagaceae Pl. check at /species/a—l/a/amaryllidaceae Most likely to be some Crinum species as per images herein. This is Pancratium and most probably P. verecundum. Thank you for email the…

  • Khaya senegalensis ?

    Khaya senegalensis ?; . ID Request : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 2 MB. Date/Time- 16-Sep-2018 Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Alipur Zoo, Kolkata Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type – Urban Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tall Tree Height/Length- 40 Feet Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Paripinnate leaflets…

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 28th Feb.’21

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 28th Feb.’21 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 3,77,090 messages so far & membership currently around 3245 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one…

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st March’21

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st March’21 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 3,81,349 messages so far & membership currently around 3250 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one…

  • Glebionis coronaria ?

    Glebionis coronaria ?; . Banglore-Ooty November 2013 :: Matricaria (?) for validation :: ARK2021-032: 3 images. Requesting to please ID this plant captured growing by the roadside in Ooty in November 2013. Argyranthemum frutescens subsp. frutescens Also check Glebionis coronaria Both are listed in Flora of Peninsular India: http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=1388&cat=7 http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=1461&cat=7 ….

  • Liparis resupinata

    Liparis resupinata Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 290 1886. (syn: Leptorchis resupinata (Ridl.) Kuntze; Leptorkis resupinata (Ridl.) Kuntze; Leptorkis ridleyi (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Liparis resupinata var. ridleyi King & Pantl.; Liparis ridleyi Hook.f.; Platystyliparis resupinata (Ridl.) Marg.; Platystyliparis resupinata var. ridleyi (Hook.f.) Marg.); . S. India, Nepal to China (W. & SE. Yunnan): Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per…

  • Hibiscus species/ hybrid- Bangalore

    Hibiscus for ID-GS24032021-1: 3 images. Please help with the ID of this Hibiscus species, cultivated small shrub with almost rounded leaves with entire margin, flowers with short staminal column.  Photographed from HSR Layout area, Bangalore, 16-9-2015. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis  ? leaves are different, staminal tube shorter and most important leaves are…

  • Grewia species- Nagla forest, SGNP, Mumbai

    Plant for ID :: ¿ Debregeasia ? :: Nagla forest :: March 14, 2021: 9 images. Nagla forest  … part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park Date: March 14, 2021 … Altitude: sea level to about 600 ft asl ¿ Debregeasia ? sp. Dear friends, This herbaceous plant was about 1.5 m tall; it seemed to…

  • Vascular Flora of Punjab and Chandigarh

    Vascular Flora of Punjab and Chandigarh Dear colleagues, we are pleased to inform you about our new publication which is being released: Vascular Flora of Punjab and Chandigarh Authored by Dr. Mangaleshwar Sharma. Volume I (Dicotyledonae – Polypetalae): Year: 2021, Pages: xiv, 734, ISBN: 978-81-946147-3-9, Binding: Hard Bound, Size: Royal 8vo, weight 1400 grams, Price Rs 3450.00…

  • Clinopodium capitellatum

    Clinopodium capitellatum (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515 1891. (syn: Marrubium malcolmianum Dalzell; Micromeria capitellata Benth.; Micromeria malcolmiana Benth. ex Hook.f.; Satureja capitellata (Benth.) Briq.); . W. Himalaya to S. India as per POWO; Benth, in DC. Prodr. v. 12 (1848) p. 218. A highly aromatic herb 1-2 ft. high with…

  • Acilepis aspera

    Acilepis aspera (Buch.-Ham.) H. Robinson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 112: 226 (1999) (syn: Cacalia pyramidale (D. Don) Kuntze; Conyza aspera Wall. ex Steud.; Conyza platylepis Spreng. ex DC.; Eupatorium asperum Roxb.; Eupatorium pyramidale D. Don; Onopordon carthamoides Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Vernonia aspera (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham.; Vernonia pyramidale (D. Don) S. N. Mitra;…

  • Hippeastrum species- Sawantwadi, South Konkan, Maharashtra

    Flower for Id -ID25032021SH1: 3 images. Flower for Id pl. Location – Sawantwadi ( South Konkan,Maharashtra ) Date – March 2021 Liliaceae ?? This is Hippeastrum vittatum Was it cultivated or escaped from cultivation or wild ? Hippeastrum found in India are cultivated only and not found in the wild….

  • Syntrichia ruralis ?

    Syntrichia ruralis Weber & D. Mohr, 1803, Index Mus. Pl. Crypt. [2] 1803. (syn: Barbula ruraliformis Besch.; Barbula ruralis Hedw.; Barbula ruralis var. ruraliformis (Besch.) Husn.; Syntrichia ruraliformis (Besch.) Cardot; Syntrichia ruralis var. glacialis J.J. Amann; Tortula longimucronata X.J. Li; Tortula ruraliformis (Besch.) W. Ingham; Tortula ruralis (Hedw.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.; Tortula ruralis var. ruraliformis (Besch.) De Wild.); . Banglore-Ooty November 2013 :: Requesting ID of this plant :: ARK2021-031: 3 images….