Leotia cf. lubrica

Leotia lubrica (Scop.) Pers. (syn: Helvella lubrica Scop.; Leotia aurantipes (S.Imai) F.L.Tai; Leotia lubrica f. anthocephala S.Imai; Leotia lubrica f. aurantipes S.Imai; Leotia lubrica f. chlorosoma S.Imai; Leotia lubrica var. flavovirens Corda; Leotia lubrica f. gigantea S.Imai; Leotia lubrica var. lacunosa Wallr.; Leotia lubrica var. laevis Wallr.; Leotia lubrica f. minima S.Imai; Leotia lubrica f. […]

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Begonia floccifera

Begonia floccifera Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 23 1869. ; . S. India as per WCSP; . Leaves to 18 cm across, reniform or orbicular, obliquely cordate, distantly toothed, floccose-pubescent below, nerves 11, prominent; petiole to 30 cm long. Peduncle solitary or 2-3 together, pubescent; cymes 10 cm across, branched; pedicels filiform. Flowers many; male […]

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Veronica deltigera

Veronica deltigera Wall. ex Benth., Scroph. Ind. 45 1835. (syn: Veronica semiamplexicaulis D.Y. Hong); . East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . 2400 – 3200- May -August- Uttarakhand, HP China as per Conspectus of the genus Veronica Linnaeus (Plantaginaceae) in India Priyanka Agnihotri, Veena Dixit and Tariq Husain1 – Pleione 8(1): 9 – 16. […]

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Ruta chalepensis subsp. chalepensis (Introduced)

Ruta chalepensis L., Mant. Pl. 69 1767. (Syn: Ruta bracteosa DC.; Ruta chalepensis subsp. bracteosa (DC.) Batt.; Ruta chalepensis var. bracteosa (DC.) Boiss.; Ruta chalepensis var. intermedia Rouy; Ruta chalepensis var. jacobaea Maire; Ruta chalepensis subsp. latifolia (Salisb.) H.Lindb.; Ruta chalepensis var. pellucido-punctata Sennen; Ruta chalepensis var. tenuifolia Dum.d’Urv.; Ruta latifolia Salisb.; Ruta macrophylla Moris; […]

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Piper peepuloides

Piper peepuloides Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 159 1820. (syn: Chavica neesiana Miq.; Chavica peepuloides (Roxb.) Miq.); . Bhutan, Sikkim, India (Darjeeling), Myanmar [Burma] (Chin), Nepal, Assam, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Wild Pepper, Pipli Pepper • Adi: Rari . Similar to P.mullesua but leaves on aerial branches tapering to a round, […]

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Gypsophila paniculata (Introduced)

Gypsophila paniculata L., Sp. Pl.: 407 (1753) (syn: Arrostia paniculata Raf. ; Gypsophila effusa Tausch ; Gypsophila hungarica Borbás ; Gypsophila manginii Anon. ; Gypsophila paniculata var. adenopoda Borbás ex Hallier ; Gypsophila parviflora Moench ; Gypsophila tatarica Gueldenst. ; Lychnis procera Ledeb.; Saponaria paniculata (L.) H.Neumayer; Silene paniculata (L.) E.H.L.Krause ); . E. Central Europe to W. Mongolia: Altay, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, […]

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Euodia hortensis (Introduced)

Euodia hortensis Forst. (syn: Ampacus hortensis (Forst.) Kuntze; Euodia hortensis var. longifolia (A.Rich.) Lauterb.; Euodia hortensis var. odorifera (K.Schum.) Engl.; Euodia hortensis f. simplicifolia (Rech.) K.Schum. ex Lauterb.; Euodia hortensis var. simplicifolia Rech.; Euodia hortensis var. sinuata Lauterb.; Euodia longifolia A.Rich.; Euodia suaveolens Scheff.; Herzogia odorifera Schum.; Zanthoxylum varians Benth.); . New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., […]

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Euodia

Euodia hortensis Forst. (Introduced) (New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Isl., Vanuatu, Fiji, Rotuma Isl., Wallis & Futuna Isl., Tonga (Tongatapu, ‘Eua, Vava’u), Western Samoa (Upolu, Savaii), Australia (I) (Queensland (I)), Java (I), Micronesia (I) (Pohnpei (I), Kosrae (I)), New Caledonia (I), American Samoa (I) (Manua Isl. (I), Tutuila (I)), Niue (I) as per Catalogue of Life)

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Larix griffithii

Larix griffithii Hook.f., Himal. J. 2: 44 1854. (syn: Abies griffithiana Lindl. & Gordon [Illegitimate]; Larix griffithiana (Lindl. & Gordon) Carrière [Illegitimate]; Larix griffithii subsp. kongboensis (R.R.Mill) Silba; Larix kongboensis R.R.Mill; Larix sikkimensis Hook. ex Gordon [Invalid]; Pinus griffithiana Voss; Pinus griffithii (Hook.f.) Parl. [Illegitimate]); . E. Nepal to China (NW. Yunnan) as per WCSP; […]

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Thunbergia kasajuana

Thunbergia kasajuana Bh.Adhikari & J.R.I.Wood, Kew Bull 75, 26 (2020); . Images by Saroj Kumar Kasaju (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) Thunbergia lutea T. Anders : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (10) Another entry to the efi. Sharing some pictures of Thunbergia lutea shot at Nagarkot Nepal at […]

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Piper dravidii

Piper dravidii Lekhak, Kambale et S. R. Yadav, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 61(6) May 2014 as per A new Piper from the northern Western Ghats and notes on economic potential of Piper section Muldera; . Maharashtra (Kolhapur and Satara) and Karnataka (Belgaum) as per A new Piper from the northern Western Ghats and notes on […]

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Peperomia dindygulensis

Peperomia dindygulensis Miq., Syst. Piperac. 1: 122 1843. (syn: Peperomia formosana C.DC.; Peperomia laticaulis C.DC.; Peperomia thwaitesii C.DC.) as per POWO; . Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . 04072013 ASP 77 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Please ID this medicinal herb. Photo was taken […]

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Brachiaria distachya

Brachiaria distachya (L.) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 565 1919. (syn: Brachiaria distachya var. brevifolia E.G.Camus & A.Camus; Brachiaria hybrida Basappa & Muniy.; Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase; Brachiaria subquadripara (Trin.) Hitchc.; Brachiaria subquadripara var. hirsuta Jansen; Brachiaria subquadripara var. miliiformis (J.Presl) S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin; Brachiaria subquadripara var. pubescens Jansen; Digitaria distachyos (L.) Pers.; Panicum distachyon […]

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Phryma oblongifolia

Phryma oblongifolia Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 400 (1929). (syn: Phryma humilis Koidz., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 192 (1939). ; Phryma leptostachya var. humilis (Koidz.) H.Hara, Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 297 (1948). ; Phryma leptostachya var. oblongifolia (Koidz.) Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 608 (1936).); . Temp. Asia to N. Vietnam as per WCSP; . […]

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Meconopsis villosa

Meconopsis villosa (Hook.f.) G.Taylor, Gen. Meconopsis 28 1934. (syn: Cathcartia villosa Hook.fil.; Papaver cathcartia Christenh. & Byng); . E-Nepal, India (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life; . Polycarpic erect perennial herbs, with yellow fluid, about 30-60 cm tall. Stem simple or sparingly branched, tomentose with brown color bristles, about 2-5 mm long. Root […]

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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ?

Id of a shrub from Mahe : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Request for id of an ornamental shrub from Mahe. Photographed in November, 2019. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ! Thank you very much … Leaves appear different from the common China rose. As I said earlier there are plenty of different shapes in this […]

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Memecylon species- Chennai, Tamilnadu

MS/May/2020/3 ID of Memecylon sps : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Please ID the Memecylon species. Photographed in a scrub jungle near Chennai a few months back. It is a shrub. Memecylon sessile Benth. ex Wight & Arn. ?? I think leaves may be required as … has not answered. These are the only […]

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Dactylicapnos cordata

Dactylicapnos cordata Lidén, Nordic J. Bot. 28: 658 2010. ; . E-Nepal, NE-India (Darjeeling) as per Catalogue of Life;  . D. cordata (W Sikkim) photo Alister Adhikari : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image- 118 kb . SK 3803 17 July 2023: 3 images. Location: Taplejung, East Nepal  Date: April-May 2023 Elevation: 1700 m. Habit : […]

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Meconopsis merakensis var. albolutea

Meconopsis merakensis var. albolutea T. Yoshida, R. Yangzom & D. G. Long, The Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, No. 14 (2017); . Unid from Tawang: TQ-Tawang-06 :  Attachments (3). 14 posts by 4 authors. A Meconopsis species found in Tawang region, Arunachal Pradesh, around 4000 m elevation. The leaves appear to be simple and unlobed. Found […]

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Medinilla speciosa (Cultivated)

Medinilla speciosa (Reinw. ex Bl.) Bl., Flora 14: 515 1831. (syn: Melastoma eximium Bl. (ambiguous synonym); Melastoma speciosum Reinw. ex Bl.); . peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Perak, Pahang, Selangor), Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Sumbawa, Lombok), Sulawesi, Moluccas, Borneo as per Catalogue of Life; . Medilina magnifica SN27420 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) […]

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