Veronica traversii Hook.f., Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 208 1864. ; . New Zealand (Marlborough to mid-Canterbury) as per Catalogue of Life; . Veronica traversii from UCBG, California-GS04112020-5 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Veronica traversii Hook.f. Syn: Hebe traversii (Hook.f.) Allan Glabrous shrub with linear-oblong leaves and white flowers in 3-7 cm long racemes. Photographed from University…
efloraofindia site completes 10 years : 6 posts by 5 authors. It is a matter of joy that efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is completing 10 years on 1.11.20 (although our journey began much earlier on 17.6.2007 in the form of of efloraofindia google e-group, which still remains our backbone). Today, efloraofindia is an extremely popular…
Bryum coronatum Schwaegrichen, 1816; . Fwd: Identity of Funaria sp. : 9 posts by 3 authors. I need your help to identify the attached image of Funaria sp. Where was it taken? From Sindhudurg, Maharashtra Funaria nutans (Mitt.) Broth. ?? This is not Funaria but probably Bryum. The attached photograph is not Funaria sp., it is one of…
Fwd: media : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please identify the plant Pl. furnish the details like date, place, habit etc. Resembles Gnetum Fruits No, not Gnetum as per comparative images herein. Appears to be from Meliaceae
Plant ID 100513ASP10 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. This fruit was taken in a Singapore market in October 2012. It is said to be edible, eaten raw, cooked or pickled. Details of the tree is not known. Can you please ID this Zyziphus ?? I think this is Manilkara zapota (sapodilla) Seems too small for Manilkara zapota Also…
Dioscorea decipiens Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 293 1892. (syn: Dioscorea decipiens var. glabrescens C.T.Ting & M.C.Chang); China (Yunnan) to Indo-China: Bangladesh, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Fwd: ID No.1112020_1 RD : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please help me to identify this species of Dioscoreaceae. Place: Assam Date: 14/10/20 It looks like Dioscorea decipiens Hook. f. Thanks, …,…
Veronicastrum brunonianum (Benth.) D.Y. Hong (China (Guizhou, W-Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim as per Catalogue of life)
Veronicastrum brunonianum (Benth.) D.Y. Hong, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(2): 230, 401, pl. 62 1979. (syn: Calorhabdos brunoniana Wall. ex Benth.; Veronica brunoniana Wall.); . China (Guizhou, W-Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim as per Catalogue of life; . SK 2820 03 November 2020 : 11 posts by 3 authors. 5 images- 7 mb each. Location: Kathmandu Valley Date: October…
Picea mariana (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat. 71 1888. (syn: Abies mariana Mill.; Abies nigra (Castigl.) Du Roi; Peuce rubra Rich.; Picea brevifolia Peck; Picea brevifolia var. semiprostrata Peck; Picea mariana var. beissneri Rehder; Picea mariana var. brevifolia (Peck) Rehder; Picea mariana f. empetroides Vict. & J.Rousseau; Picea mariana f. fastigiata Rehder; Picea mariana var. fastigiata (Rehder) Rehder; Picea mariana f. grisea Vict.; Picea mariana f. nana (Beissn.) Rehder; Picea mariana f. semiprostrata (Peck) S.F.Blake; Picea mariana var. semiprostrata (Peck) Teeri; Picea mariana f. squamea Vict.; Picea nigra (Castigl.) Link; Picea nigra var. brevifolia (Peck) Rehder; Picea nigra var. fastigiata Carrière; Picea nigra var. nana Beissn.; Picea nigra var. semiprostrata (Peck) Brainerd, L.R.Jones & Eggl.; Picea nigra var. virgata Rehder; Pinus canadensis var. nigra Castigl.; Pinus marylandica Antoine; Pinus nigra Aiton); Subarctic America…
Veronica speciosa R.Cunn. ex A.Cunn., Bot. Mag. 63: t. 3461 1836. (syn: Hebe imperialis Cockayne; Hebe speciosa (R.Cunn. ex A.Cunn.) Andersen; Veronica hendersonii hort.; Veronica imperialis Hort. ex Vilmorin; Veronica kermesina Loud.; Veronica speciosa var. imperialis Boucharlat); . New Zealand (W-coastal cliffs of North Isl., endangered), Hawaii (I) (Hawaii Isl. (I) (Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (I)), USA (I) (California (I)), ?England (I), Ireland (I), Colombia (I), Mexico (I),…
Echinops sahyadricus Sushant More, Fabio Conti & Harshal S. Bhosale, Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 38, Issue 10 (2020); . Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads- Echinop echinatus (NSJ-01): Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. Echinop echinatus (Indian globe thistle) from Satara It should be Echinops sphaerocephalus as per images, details and references herein. Echinops sahyadricus as per images and details…
Brugmansia versicolor Lagerh., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 666 1895. (syn: Brugmansia dolichocarpa Lagerh.; Brugmansia mollis (Saff.) Moldenke; Datura dolichocarpa (Lagerh.) Saff.; Datura mollis Saff.; Datura versicolor (Lagerh.) Saff.); Venezuela (Merida), Ecuador, Mexico (I), Colombia (I), USA (I) (Georgia (I)), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life; . Brugmansia versicolor ‘Betty Marshall’ Brugmansia versicolor ‘Betty Marshall’ from California-GS07112020-1 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4) Brugmansia…
please id : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) spotted at an altitude of 1300msl in chirpine forest of northwest Himalaya (Rajouri, J&K) I hope Crotalaria sp
Calibrachoa ‘Balcabrite’; . Calibrachoa ‘Balcabrite’ from California-GS07112020-3 : 1 post by 1 author. Calibrachoa ‘Balcabrite’, often also marketed as Calibrachoe ‘Cabaret Bright Red’, is an evergreen perennial usually grown as an annual. It has trailing stems and small, simple leaves. Small, intense red flowers, with fine, dark red veins and a yellow throat, are produced over…
Calibrachoa ‘Orange Red Eye’; . Calibrachoa ‘Orange Red Eye’ from California-GS07112020-6 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Calibrachoa Minifamous ‘Orange Red Eye’, beautiful cultivar with orange flowers having red centre. Photographed from Regan Nursery, Fremont, California, 30-7-2017 . References: https://www.dobies.co.uk/Garden/Flowers/Flower-Plants/All-Flower-Plants/Calibrachoa-Plants—Orange-Red-Eye_MH6068.htm
Calibrachoa ‘Cabaret Pink Vein’; . Calibrachoa ‘ Hybrid Cabaret Pink Vein’ from California-GS07112020-7 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Calibrachoa ‘Hybrid Cabaret Pink Vein’ Photographed from Summerwinds Nursery, Sunnyvale, California, 31-5-2014 . References: https://www.123rf.com/photo_34276411_calibrachoa-cabaret-pink-vein-cabaret-pink-vein-calibrachoa-annual-bedding-plant-with-green-leaves-a.html
Kalanchoe laciniata (L.) DC., Pl. Hist. Succ. t. 100 1802. (syn: Cotyledon heterophylla Roxb.; Cotyledon laciniata L.; Kalanchoe biternata Wight ex Wall.; Kalanchoe brachycalyx Engl.; Kalanchoe densiflora var. subpilosa Cuf.; Kalanchoe gloveri Cufod.; Kalanchoe gracilis Hance; Kalanchoe laciniata subsp. faustii (Font Quer) Maire; Kalanchoe lentiginosa Cufod.; Kalanchoe macrosepala Hance; Kalanchoe rohlfsii Engl.; Kalanchoe schweinfurthii Penzig; Kalanchoe takeoi Hayata; Vereia laciniata (L.) Willd.); . South Sudan, Benin, Eritrea, Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, ?Rwanda, ?Burundi, E-D.R.Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), S-Angola, E-Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, S-India,…
Clerodendrum chinense ?; . SK 2824 05 November 2020 : 7 posts by 2 authors. 3 images- 7 mb each. Location: Kathmandu Valley Date: October 2020 Elevation: 1500m. Habitat : Wild Looks like young plant of Clerodendrum chinense (Osbeck) Mabb.! Yes, appears close to Clerodendrum chinense Only doubt is that base appears to be more cordate.
Lactarius subindigo Verbeken & E. Horak; Lactarius subindigo Verbeken & E.Horak submission Nov20 AS2 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) Here’s one new mushroom addition to site. Lactarius subindigo Verbeken & E.Horak Family – Russulaceae It is considered as an good edible wild mushroom on bruising shows blue coloration, this particular individual was infected by…
Checklist of Flora of Ladakh : 4 posts by 2 authors. Pl. find Ladakh checklist by L. Klimeš and B. Dickoré as published in 2009 as per https://sites.google.com/a/shpa.org.uk/main/flora-of-ladakh?tmpl=%2Fsystem%2Fapp%2Ftemplates%2Fprint%2F&showPrintDialog=1 https://www.butbn.cas.cz/klimes/desert.html I think it may be more reliable as far as Ladakh Flora is concerned. BSI Floras of India may have been published much earlier….