• Trees of Sahyadri

    Trees of Sahyadri :: Field guide on leaf-based identification, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar: Shrikant ji’s latest book is now released as a hard copy, besides the earlier version of eBook. I am copying his announcement which I found on his facebook wall for the benefit of eFI members. I have already…

  • Henckelia siangensis

    Henckelia siangensis Taram, D.Borah & Tag, September 2020 PhytoKeys 160:1-6;   Inclusion of Henckelia siangensis in eFI : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2)-  Henckelia siangensis, a remarkable new species from Northeast India.pdf Here attached the manuscript and Figure for inclusion in eFI. References: Henckelia siangensis (Gesneriaceae): a remarkable new…

  • Taraxacum eriopodum

    Taraxacum eriopodum (D.Don) DC., 147 1838. (syn: Leontodon eriopodon D.Don; Taraxacum officinale var. eriopoda (D. Don) Hook. fil.; Taraxacum wattii Hook.f.); . Afghanistan to Mongolia and China (NW. Yunnan) as per POWO; . Afghanistan (Wakhan, Kunar/ Nuristan), Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, China (NW-Yunnan), Mongolia, Tajikistan, Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Pakistani Kashmir (Baltistan),…

  • Amanita species?- Mysore, Karnataka

    MS/ID/SEPT/2020/4 – ID of the mushroom : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Beautiful Golf ball like mushroom found in a pot in Mysore. Please ID. Stipe and underside is required for id. It may be immature. Pl. send photos of the adult stage. Looks like Amanita sp. Please send…

  • Araucaria species- Bangalore, Karnataka

    Araucaria Species for ID : Bangalore : 08SEP20 : AK-13 : 11 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2) A cultivated plant. Seems to be Araucaria columnaris Hope you’re right I’m confused between A. columnaris and A. heterophylla. Ok, ma’am, we need Gymo experts comments, Araucaria heterophylla Looks close to both…

  • Petrocosmea species- Tawi, Mizoram

    MS Aug., 2020/04 Henckelia sp. for ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 mb. Location : Tawi WLS Altitude : ca 1,500 m Date : 03-10-2007 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Henckelia ovalifolia ?? To me it looks different from images at FOI. Also it is…

  • Petrocosmea

    Petrocosmea species- Tawi, Mizoram  

  • Boletaceae member- Pharping, Nepal

    SK 2707 30 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 18 posts by 3 authors. 5 images- 5 to 7 mb each. Location:  Pharping Date: 28 June 2020 Elevation : 1695m. Habitat: Wild Pl. check comparative images at Boletaceae

  • Aspidistra elatior (Introduced)

    Aspidistra elatior Blume, Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 1: 76 1834. (syn: Aspidistra insularis Tillich; Aspidistra punctata var. albomaculata Hook.; Aspidistra variegata (Link) Regel; Plectogyne variegata Link);    Native to: Japan; Introduced into: Alabama, China South-Central, China Southeast, Florida, Great Britain, Korea, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Taiwan as…

  • Andrographis beddomei

    Andrographis beddomei C.B.Clarke (syn: Andrographis nallamalayana J.L.Ellis); India (Andhra Pradesh) as per POWO;   Andrographis nallamalayana : 12 posts by 5 authors. Family Acanthaceae collected from Kadapa dist. Andhra Pradesh  From Kadapa Andhrapradesh   Attachments (1)– 2 mb. Is it not A. beddomei …, any more information? flowers or fruits Andrographis…

  • Thalictrum chelidonii

    Thalictrum chelidonii DC., Prodr. 1: 11 1824. (syn: Thalictrum chelidonii var. cysticarpum (Wall.) Hook. fil. & Thoms.; Thalictrum cysticarpum Wall.; Thalictrum viviparum Stocks ex Lecoy.); . Himalaya to S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . India (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Sikkim, Bhutan,…

  • Mirabilis himalaica

    Mirabilis himalaica (Edgew.) Heimerl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(1b): 21 1889. (syn: Allionia himalaica (Edgew.) Kuntze; Mirabilis himalaica var. chinensis Heim.; Oxybaphus himalaicus Edgew.; Oxybaphus himalaicus var. chinensis (Heimerl) D.Q.Lu); . Himalaya to NW. India and Central China; China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; ….

  • Auricularia species- Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal

      SK 2737 16 August 2020 0- Mycophyta : 18 posts by 3 authors. 3 images- 7 mb each. Location: Sundarijal, Kathmandu Date: 07 August 2020 Elevation: 1740 m. Habit : Wild  Compressed images! Attachments (5)   Can it be from Tremellaceae or Auriculariaceae ? Auriculariaceae Could be Auricularia sp..  need to check it…

  • Premna species ?- Sourinee, Mirik, West Bengal

      SK485 26 APR-2017:ID : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Sourinee, Mirik, India Date: 21 April 2017 Altitude: 4200 ft. The photograph is of a tree species. The dried Fruits are schizocarpic. I dont think it is of a member of a Malvaceae. However flowers to be…

  • Fimbristylis littoralis?

    Fimbristylis littoralis ?   Grass003 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Details.. Date: Last week of Aug, 2019 Elevation: 1400 masl Habit: In cultivated land Location: Bagmati Province, Central Nepal Thank you in Advance… Fimbristylis sp., Thank You …!! The flower head looks young but I think it is…

  • Cyperus pilosus or C. procerus ?

    Cyperus pilosus or C. procerus ? . Grass001 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Details.. Date: Last week of Aug, 2019 Elevation: 1400 masl Location: Bagmati Province, Central Nepal at flowering stage Thank you in Advance… Not sure. Cyperus tenuispica Steud. ?? Thank You …!! But I think…

  • Mycena species- Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal

      SK 2726 05 August 2020 – Mycophyta : 15 posts by 3 authors. 3 images- 5 to 6 mb each. Location: Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur Date: 07 July 2020 Elevation: 1519 m. Habit : Wild Compressed images! Attachments (3) Coprinus sp. Might be Thank you … ! Did not find a match…

  • Boletaceae member- Pharping, Nepal

      SK 2702 28 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 11 posts by 3 authors. 3 images- 5 to 7 mb each. Location:  Pharping Date: 28 June 2020 Elevation : 1695m. Habitat: Wild I think some Boletaceae Compressed images! Attachments (3)  Yes Boletaceae   

  • Trametes species- Chalnakhel, Pharping, Nepal

      SK 2698 27 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 14 posts by 4 authors. 3 images- 6 to 7 mb each. Location: Chalnakhel, Pharping Date: 28 June 2020 Elevation: 1500 m. Habitat: Wild Compressed images ! Attachments (3) Trametes sp Trametes sp. Family – Polyporaceae Species can’t be confirmed from…