• Lactarius subindigo

    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

    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….

  • Heliantheae member?- Munnar, Kerala

    Fwd: Identity : 4 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1). Can you please identify this plant??? Can you give more details of the plant along with sending smaller size pictures as per Posting Guidelines I got this picture from a friend of mine. She collected this plant from Munnar, Kerala. An Asteraceae herb. According to her, the plant…

  • Flammulina

    Flammulina populicola Redhead & R.H. Petersen Flammulina species- Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

  • Flammulina populicola

    Flammulina populicola Redhead & R.H. Petersen; Flammulina populonica submission Nov20 AS1 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Flammulina populonica Family – Physalacriaceae Habitat – On Celtis australis rotting stump Photographed at Kullu, Himachal Pradesh In January 2020 I do not find any listing of it in Catalogue of Life. Searching for Flammulina populonica leads to Flammulina populicola. Wikipedia…

  • Elatostema obtusum

    Elatostema obtusum Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IV, 1: 190 1854. (syn: Dorstenia pubescens Blanco; Procris obtusa Wall.); . Himalaya to China: Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . China (S-Gansu, W-Hubei, NW-Hunan, S-Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), SE-Tibet, Bhutan, NE-India, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand as per Catalogue of Life; . Elatostema obtusum Wedd. : 5 posts by…

  • Schima wallichii ?

    Schima wallichii ?; . Tree for Id SN 15Mar 16 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Huge tree in the Kodaikanal (hill station) lake area, Tamilnadu, may be an introduced tree. Schima wallichii ?? Thanks, … Looks close to Schima wallichii But I am somehow doubtful. I did not find any sp. of Schima in this region except…

  • Eriolarynx australis (Cultivated- USA)

    Eriolarynx australis (Griseb.) J. M. H. Shaw, Plantsman 17: 125 (2018). (Syn: Acnistus australis (Griseb.) Griseb.; Acnistus australis var. grandiflorus Griseb.; Dierbachia australis (Griseb.) Kuntze; Dunalia australis (Griseb.) Sleumer; Iochroma australe Griseb.); Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman), Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Potos, Tarija) as per Catalogue of Life;   Iochroma australe Griseb. from California-GSOCT01 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Iochroma australe Griseb. (syn: Acnistus australis (Griseb.) Griseb.) Mini Angel’s trumpet A scandent shrub often…

  • Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora (Introduced- USA)

    Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora (Philippi) Reiche, Anales Univ. Chile 125: 460 (1910) (syn: Nicotiana acuminata var. compacta Goodsp.; Nicotiana angustifolia Ruiz & Pav.; Nicotiana heterophylla Phil.; Nicotiana hispida Domb. ex Dun.; Nicotiana humilis Mill.; Nicotiana multiflora Phil.; Nicotiana pusilla Moc. & Sesse; Nicotiana tenella Cav.); Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, Maule, Bio-Bio, Araucania, Los Lagos, Region Metropolitana), Peru, USA (I) (California (I), Nevada (I), Oregon (I), Washington State (I)) as per Catalogue of life; Nicotiana…

  • Veronica × franciscana (USA)

    Veronica franciscana (Eastw.) Howell, Raven & Rubtzoff., Wasmann J. Biol. 16: 127 1958. (syn: Hebe franciscana (Eastw.) Souster; Veronica franciscana Eastw.); . USA (I) (California (I)) as per Catalogue of Life; . Veronica × franciscana Eastw. from California-GS04112020-3 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Veronica × franciscana Eastw. Syn: Hebe × franciscana (Eastw.) Souster Species includes garden-raised hybrids between V. elliptica and…

  • Penstemon ‘Midnight’ (USA)

    Garden Plant for ID : Presidio, San Francisco : 07NOV20 : AK-09: 2 images. Cultivated, garden flowers. Seen during my visit in Sept, 2014. Missed these earlier. Looks like Penstemon. Penstemon sp. May be P. heterophyllus Penstemon heterophyllus looks different as per https://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/470–penstemon-heterophyllus https://calscape.org/Penstemon-heterophyllus-(Foothill-Penstemon) Could it be Penstemon ‘Midnight’? Penstemon x gloxinioides  ‘Midnight’? Here is the link…

  • Bulbophyllum roseopictum

    Bulbophyllum roseopictum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel, Phytotaxa 166: 105 (2014) (syn: Bulbophyllum bicolor (Lindl.) Hook.f., nom. illeg.; Dipodium khasyanum Griff.; Ione bicolor (Lindl.) Lindl.; Ione khasyana (Griff.) Lindl.; Sunipia bicolor Lindl.); . Nepal to China (Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Assam; Bangladesh; China South-Central; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Nepal;…

  • Lithocarpus species- Planted- Dimapur, Nagaland

    Tree identity : 4 + 4 images. Kindly identify this tree, its from Dimapur, Nagaland Any chance of it being a Leeaceae member? Here I am attaching some more picture & learnt the tree was collected from Bangalore. 3 images. it is female spikes of Antidesma species Lithocarpus dealbatus ?? … may be correct, for the inflorescence bracts. they are absent in Antidesma…

  • Piper mullesua ?

    SK 2830 07 November 2020 : 4 very high resolution images. Location: Kathmandu Valley Date:  October 2020  Elevation: 1500m. Habitat  : Wild Piper …. ??? Pl. check comparative images at Piper Could not find a match ! Only close match I guess is Piper peepuloides Roxb. but images in net and FoI looks different. Piper peepuloides…

  • Myricaria bracteata

    Myricaria bracteata Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 214, t. 44, f. 2 1835. (syn: Myricaria alopecuroides Schrenk; Myricaria germanica subsp. alopecuroides (Schrenk) Kitam.; Myricaria germanica var. alopecuroides (Schrenk) Maxim.; Myricaria germanica var. bracteata (Royle) Franch.) as per Catalogue of Life; . Myricaria germanica (L.) Desv. subsp. alopecuroides (Schrenk ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Kitam., Flora of Afghanistan 272. 1960 (syn: (≡) Myricaria alopecuroides Schrenk ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey. (basionym); (=) Myricaria bracteata Royle)…

  • Myricaria squamosa

    Myricaria squamosa Desv., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 350 1825. (syn: Myricaria dahurica var. microphylla Bunge; Myricaria germanica var. squamosa (Desv.) Maxim.; Myricaria hoffmeisteri Klotzsch); . Iran to Central Asia and China: Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Xinjiang as per POWO; . European Russia, Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia, Dahuria), Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan,…

  • Primula species- Deothachi, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh

    Dear sir help me to identify the species : 4 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. please help me to identify the following species Species for Identification – location – Deothachi, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh Altitude- 2800-3200m  Date 12- August-2017 I think difficult in vegetative stage. Perhaps Primula sp, Yes, Primula.

  • Elaeagnus species- Indonesia

    Elaeagnus species Aeschynanthus pulcher ? Plant of Indonesia 6: Shrub or small tree : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Could you help me to identify the following plant please I think both are different plants. First image looks like Aeschynanthus pulcher (Blume) G. Don ! 2nd image looks like Elaeagnus triflora Roxb. ! Elaeagnus triflora Roxb. ??

  • Arthraxon hispidus

    Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 214 1912. (syn: Alectoridia quartiniana A.Rich.; Andropogon alectoridia Steud.; Andropogon amplexifolius Trin.; Andropogon ciliaris (P.Beauv.) Raspail;  Andropogon lasiocoleus Steud.; Andropogon lasiocoleus Steud.; Andropogon micans (Nees) Steud.; Andropogon plumbeus (Nees ex Arn.) Hochst.; Andropogon violaceus B.Heyne ex Steud., pro syn.; Arthraxon caucasicus (Rupr. ex Regel) Tzvelev; Arthraxon centrasiaticus (Griseb.) Gamajun.; Arthraxon ciliaris P.Beauv.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. australis Benth.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. centrasiaticus (Griseb.) Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. coloratus (Hochst.) Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. cryptatherus Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. genuinus Hack., not validly publ.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. glabrescens Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. gracilis (Kunth) Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris var. hookeri Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris subsp. langsdorffii (Trin.) Hack.; Arthraxon ciliaris subsp. quartinianus (A.Rich.)…