• Fabaceae member- Chennai, Tamil Nadu

      MS/ID/AUGUST/2020/6 Id of the herb. : 10 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Please ID the plant received from Chennai. Photographed last week (31.8.20) Could this be the same plant  as in this link (Wikipedia) https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichondra_micrantha Looks different ! Thanks … Could this be Eleiotes  sps. of Fabaceae ? Can…

  • Boeica arunachalensis

    Boeica arunachalensis D. Borah, R.Kr. Singh, M. Taram and A.P. Das, September 2020 Indian Forester 146(9):871-874; Common name: Arunachal Boeica   1. New addition of Boeica arunachalensis to eFI : 3 posts by 1 author. Attachments (5) including Boeica arunachalensis (Gesneriaceae), a New species from Indian Eastern Himalaya and Typification of…

  • Arenaria serpyllifolia var. neelgherrensis

    Arenaria serpyllifolia var. neelgherrensis (Wight & Arn.) R. Kr. Singh & Diwakar (syn: Arenaria neelgherrensis Wight & Arn.); . W-Tibet, Afghanistan (Baghlan, Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Paktia /Khost), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir, Jammu), India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu), Sikkim, Pakistan (Waziristan, Swat, Chitral, Hazara), Pakistani…

  • National Webinar on “Plant Taxonomy: Description to Digital Experiment”

    National Webinar on “Plant Taxonomy: Description to Digital Experiment” : We are organizing an eight day webinar on plant taxonomy from 5-9 and 12-14th October 2020. The classes will be taken from 7.00PM to 9PM. Kindly encourage your students to join the webinar. Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action…

  • Asterophora species- Pharping, Nepal

      SK 2701 28 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 19 posts by 5 authors. 3 images- 5 to 6 mb each. Location:  Pharping Date: 28 June 2020 Elevation : 1695m. Habitat: Wild Wow arising from old fruiting bodies… Could be of Agaricales.Need to check and compare it  Quite interesting one, i am…

  • Theriophonum infaustum

    Theriophonum infaustum N.E.Br., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 260 1880. (syn: Calyptrocoryne minuta Schott; Calyptrocoryne wightii Schott; Theriophonum danielii Rajakumar, Selvak., S.Murug. & Chellap.; Theriophonum wightii (Schott) Engl.); . S. India as per POWO; . Annual herbs, corm globose, 1 cm across. Leaves few, radical, to 8 x 6 cm,…

  • Lindenbergia griffithii

    Lindenbergia griffithii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 262 1884. ; East Himalaya as per POWO;   Re: Help in identification : 12 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) I hardly encounter this plant in Bhutan and left without identification for last 3 months, I capture this plant from eastern part of…

  • Sacciolepis myosuroides

    Sacciolepis myosuroides (R.Br.) A.Camus, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 460 1922. (syn: Panicum huillense Rendle; Panicum myosuroides R.Br.; Panicum spiciforme Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Sacciolepis delicatula Mez; Sacciolepis geniculata B.K.Simon; Sacciolepis huillensis (Rendle) Stapf; Sacciolepis lebrunii Robyns; Sacciolepis luciae B.K.Simon; Sacciolepis myosuroides var. nana S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang; Sacciolepis spiciformis (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf);…

  • Echinopsis species ?- Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh

      May be Cactus : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 3 mb.  Please identify this plant from yvu botanical garden Kadapa Andhra Pradesh  Echinocactus? Thanks, … Echinopsis is also possible as per comparative images at Cactaceae‎  

  • Senna species ?- Ulaphuli ?

    150920KZ1: I’d pl : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 3 mb. I searched in typical places of internet. Transliteral Foundation is the only place that has the word उलफुली (ulaphuli) on a webpage. No where else it appears. Neither are results available for ulaphuli. Hopefully some Marathi knowing person…

  • Karnataka- mushroom at Mysore

    MS/ID/SEPT/2020/6 – ID of the mushroom : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Saw this large mushroom amongst the Asparagus plants. Very beautiful & snow white in colour. Photographed in Mysore. Underside and stipe is required  

  • Begonia hybrid- White Cane Begonia ?- Mumbai

    Begonia aconitifolia x coccinea ? : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (2)- 2 mb each. Location – Mumbai (Salvi Garden, Thane) Date – May 2018 Id guess by … I could not find matching images on the net. Garden Tags ?? Appears like Begonia hybrid- White Cane Begonia as per http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plants/bego/begoniaceae.html https://forestgardenblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/begonias-begonias/…

  • Cyperus species ?- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

    SK 2746 08 September 2020 : 7 posts by 3 authors. 5 images- 4 to 6 mb each. Location: Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 08 September 2020 Altitude: 1300 m. Habitat : Wild  Cyperus sp. ?? Yes Cyperus sp but not sure about the sp.. could be common one in ktm valley…

  • Nepal- fungi at Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur

    SK 2719 03 August 2020 – Mycophyta : 11 posts by 2 authors. 3 images- 6 to 7 mb each. Date: 07 July 2020 Elevation: 1519 m. Habit : Wild Compressed images! Attachments (3)  

  • Nepal- Fungi at Pharping

    SK 2703 29 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 10 posts by 2 authors. 2 images- 5 & 7 mb each. Location:  Pharping Date: 28 June 2020 Elevation : 1695m. Habitat: Wild Compressed Images ! Attachments (2)  

  • Saplings of large trees- endemic to western Ghats

    Saplings of large trees- endemic to western Ghats : 3 posts by 2 authors. Are saplings of large trees that are endemic to the southern Western Ghats available anywhere? Trees like the large Dipterocarpus, Antiaris, Syzygium, Lagerstoemia, Persea, Prunus, Michelia, Ilex, etc? Try with Kerala Forest Department nurseries. Thank you…

  • Opuntia species- Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh

      Some opuntia species : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 3 mb. Please assist to identify from yvu botanical garden kadapa Andhra Pradesh  Pl. see comparative images at Opuntia, if it helps in determining id of this immature plant.  

  • Caragana gerardiana

    Caragana gerardiana Benth. (syn: Aspalathus gerardianus (Benth.) Kuntze; Astragalus gerardianus Graham; Astragalus spinosissimus Wall.; Caragana gerrardiana Benth. [Spelling variant]; Caragana nuristanica Rech.f. & Edelb.; Caragana pulcherrima Vassilcz.; Caragana rossii Vassilcz.; Caragana spinosissima Benth.; Caragana spinosissima Blatt.); . Afghanistan (N); China (N); Xizang Zizhiqu ; India (N) ; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir;…

  • Russula rosea ?

    Russula rosea Pers. (syn: Agaricus lacteus Pers.; Russula cypriani Gillet; Russula incarnata Morgan; Russula incarnata Quél.; Russula incarnata var. livida Bres.; Russula lactea Fr.; Russula lactea var. australis Cleland; Russula lactea var. incarnata (Quél.) Cooke; Russula lepida Fr.; Russula lepida var. alba Rea; Russula lepida var. britannica Reumaux & Frund;…

  • Henckelia umbellata

    Henckelia umbellata Kanthraj A.S., Rana T.S. & K.N. Nair, Rheedea Vol 30(1) 2020; . Fwd: Gesneriaceae?,Koloriang,Kurung Kumey,Arunachal Pradesh. 26.10.16 : 10 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) I can see the divided stigma in the central flower, so it should be a Henckelia. Most probably H. urticifolia (Buch.-Ham. ex D….