• CitSci India: National Conference on Citizen Science for Biodiversity

    CitSci India 2020: National Conference on Citizen Science for Biodiversity : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)- CitSciIndia2020_Flyer 900px.png I thought you might be interested in this and perhaps also consider submitting an abstract for a presentation on your pioneering work with efloraofindia in motivating so many people to…

  • Buddleja colvilei

    Buddleja colvilei Hook.f., Ill. Himal. Pl. t. 18 1855. (syn: Buddleja sessilifolia B. S. Sun ex S. Y. Pao); Himalaya to China (Yunnan); China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; S-Tibet, China (Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Chumbi as per Catalogue of Life;   Buddleja colvilei from Lachung,…

  • Saxifraga filicaulis

    Saxifraga filicaulis Wall., Prodr. 4: 46 (1830) (syn: Hirculus filicaulis (Wall.) Losinsk.; Saxifraga mairei H.Lév.); . Himalaya to China (W. Sichuan, NW. & E. Yunnan, E. Central Shaanxi) as per POWO; . Bhutan, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan (Hazara), China (Shaanxi, W-Sichuan, E-Yunnan, NW-Yunnan), S-Tibet, N-India, Nepal as per Catalogue…

  • Chrysosplenium forrestii

    Chrysosplenium forrestii Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 282 1912.; Nepal to China (NW. Yunnan); China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; Common name: Forrest’s Golden-Saxifrage Similar to C. griffithii but ± thickly rhizomatous, surrounded at base by remains of petioles; leaves up to 5cm across,…

  • Russula species- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal

      SK 2684 21 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 12 posts by 3 authors. 3 images- 6 to 7 mb each. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 20 June  2020 Altitude: 2162 m. Habitat : Wild Compressed images ! Could be Russulaceae late stage.

  • Russula species- Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal

      SK 2721 04 August 2020 – Mycophyta : 8 posts by 3 authors. 3 images- 6 to 7 mb each. Location: Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur Date: 07 July 2020 Elevation: 1519 m. Habit : Wild Compressed images ! 3 images Russula sp. likely Can’t reach upto sp. level only from these…

  • Boletaceae member- Telkot, Nagarkot, Nepal

      SK 2711 31 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 11 posts by 4 authors. 3 images- 6 to 7 mb each. Location:  Telkot, Nagarkot, Nepal  Date: 15 July 2020 Elevation: 1500 m. Habit : Wild Compressed images! 3 images Could be edible  Boletus edulis ……or other Boletes macrofungi Check the stalk … …

  • Tinospora maqsoodiana

    Tinospora maqsoodiana Mujaffar, Moinudd. & Mustakim, Indian Forester 140: 528 (2014); India (Madhya Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life;   ID-08092013-PR-1 Diploclisia from Menispermaceae ? :  Attachments (10). 6 posts by 5 authors. Plants from gujarat Hopefully this species Belongs to the Menispermaceae Family …….. interesting and eager to know from experts…  …

  • Kerriodoxa elegans (Introduced- Atlanta, USA)

    Kerriodoxa elegans J.Dransf., Principes 27: 4 1983. ; Native range is Peninsula Thailand as per POWO;   Palm Tree for ID : Conservatory,Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta : 22JUL20 : AK-25 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Palm tree seen inside the Conservatory during my visit in Oct,2018. It…

  • Trees suitable for lining Society walls in Delhi

    What Trees would be best for lining Society walls in Delhi ? : 6 posts by 5 authors. I am new here, but have been following the group for a very long time. Recently we decided to plan new trees at the edges of our society walls. I did shortlist…

  • Actinidia callosa

    Actinidia callosa Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot. ed. 2: 439 1836. (syn: Actinidia alnifolia Stapf ex Hand.-Mazz.; Actinidia arisanensis Hayata; Actinidia callosa var. acuminata C. F. Liang; Actinidia callosa var. formosana Finet & Gagnep.; Actinidia callosa var. pubiramula C. Y. Wu; Actinidia formosana (Finet & Gagnep.) Hayata; Actinidia rankanensis Hayata;…

  • Ilex species?- shrub at Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh

    Fruit for Id – ID07082020SH1 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 1 mb. Going through some old, unidentified photos in this Lockdown period. Fruit for Id. Unfortunately I have only one Image Location – Mishmi Hills (Arunachal Pradesh) Date – February 2015 In such a case it is better…

  • Begonia annulata

    Begonia annulata K.Koch, Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1: 76 1837. (syn: Begonia barbata Wall. ex A.DC.; Begonia griffithii Hook.; Platycentrum annulatum (K.Koch) Regel); . E. Himalaya to Indo-China as per WCSP; . Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; . Rhizomatous herbs, up to 20 cm tall;…

  • Sarracenia species- Atlanta B.G., USA

    Pitcher Plants : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta : 15JUL20 : AK-17 : 19 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (5)     Seen at the garden in Oct,2018. Sarracenia Species? We all should grow these insect-eating plants Thanks … Yes, we should This should be some Sarracenia, so many species as well…

  • Deutzia corymbosa

    Deutzia corymbosa R.Br. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 808 (1832) as per POWO; . East Himalaya, Myanmar, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Keys as per efi thread: Calyx teeth acute in the key is confusing. However, they look entirely different from each other. Leaves are large in D. corymbosa…

  • Ottochloa

    Ottochloa nodosa (Kunth) Dandy (Native to: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Gabon, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zaïre as per POWO)  

  • Cissus discolor ?

    Cissus discolor Blume, Catalogus: 39 (1823) (syn: Cissus inaequalis Heyne ex Wall.;  Cissus javana DC.)? . Please identify the climber from Phenk (Nagaland) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please identify the climber from Phenk (Nagaland) Could be Vitaceae member, Cissus sp., Thanks, …, for the genus id. Cissus javana DC. is one possibility as per…

  • Actinodaphne species ?- Phenk, Nagaland

    Tree from Nagaland -3 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 4 mb. Please identify the tree from Phenk (Nagaland) Do you have the habit image ? Kindly check Actinodaphne obovata… Thanks, … Looks different from Actinodaphne obovata (Nees) Bl. as per comparative images at Actinodaphne

  • Boehmeria clidemioides var. diffusa

    Boehmeria clidemioides var. diffusa (Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.) Hand.-Mazz. (syn: Boehmeria comosa (Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.) Wedd.; Boehmeria diffusa Wedd.; Boehmeria mauregeti H. Lev. & Vaniot; Boehmeria thorelii Gagnep.; Urtica comosa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.); . China (S-Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, S-Gansu, N-Guangdong, N-Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, S-Shaanxi, Sichuan, N-Yunnan, Zhejiang), Bhutan, India, Laos,…

  • Apiaceae member- Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh

    Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week: Unided yet ? Heracleum thomsoni : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week: Most probably Not yet confirmed ID Earlier posted twice on the group. ………………………………… Here are my pictures of Apiaceae plant from Spiti valley. I had posted it earlier on 7th Aug…