Hedychium gracile Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 12 (1820) (syn: Gandasulium gracile (Roxb.) Kuntze); . Assam to Thailand: Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Common name: Dainty Ginger Lily . Hedychium glaucum Roscoe: 10 images. Location: Taplejung, East Nepal Date: August 2023 Elevation: 1100 m. Habit : Wild Images sent by a friend,…
ID Humpi 06: 1 image. Please identify this small tree from Humpi Karnataka 14/10/25 Maybe something from Phyllanthaceae. Neither flowers nor fruits. > ID Humpi 15: Please identify this shrub from Humpi Karnataka 14/1025 Same as at ID Humpi 06
712 ID wild Orchid: 14 high res. images. Please ID wild Orchid, Location: Eravikulam National Park Rajaimalai Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 7400fsl Flower date: 19AUG2025, 11.45am Habitat: wild moisture sloppy misty evergreen canopied shola forest highland/montane Plant habit: small erect unbranched terrestrial Orchid, weak fleshy pseudo-stem 09mm base diameter,…
Capparis ?: 2 high res. images. Pl. check https://efloraofindia.com/efi/capparis/ I could not find anything close as per comparative images. Maybe something else. Can be some Bridelia species as per https://www.gbif.org/zh/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=3076120
Is this is Marchantia or Riccia: 2 images. Collected from Kedarnath wildlife sanctuary From another thread: Please check Marchantia.
Abelia schumannii (Graebn.) Rehder, Pl. Wilson. 1: 121 (1911) (syn: Abelia tereticalyx (Graebn. & Buchw.) Rehder ; Linnaea schumannii Graebn. ; Linnaea tereticalyx Graebn. & Buchw.); . China (S. Gansu to N. Yunnan) as per POWO; Abelia schumannii from California-GS03102025-4: 3 high res. images. Abelia schumannii (Graebn.) Rehder Deciduous shrub, easily distinguished from…
Lessingia leptoclada A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 351 (1868) (syn: Lessingia leptoclada var. arachnoidea S.F.Blake; Lessingia leptoclada var. tenuis A.Gray); . California as per POWO; . Lessingia leptoclada from California-GS25102025-1: 3 high res. images. Lessingia leptoclada, photographed from Yosemite, California . References: POWO Flora of North America Jepson…
ID Humpi 12: 1 image. Please identify this climber from Humpi Karnataka. 14/10/25. It is very difficult to ID this image. Please check Argyreia. https://efloraofindia.com/efi/argyreia/
Polystichum lentum (D.Don) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 86 (1858) (syn: Aspidium auriculatum var. lentum (D.Don) C.B.Clarke; Aspidium auriculatum var. subpinnatum Hook. ; Aspidium lentum D.Don; Aspidium ocellatum Wall. ex Mett. ; Polystichum auriculatum var. lentum (D.Don) Bedd.; Polystichum auriculatum var. subpinnatum (Hook.) Bedd. ; Polystichum chunii Ching ; Polystichum lentum var. bifurcatum M.C.Biswas & Soumen K.Basu ; Polystichum longipes Ching & S.K.Wu ; Polystichum medogense Ching & S.K.Wu ; Polystichum ocellatum Schott…
I’d of gymnosperms: Is this Taxus??? Collected from Tungnath Chopta Detailed images with close ups are required for identification. Pl. see https://efloraofindia.com/efi/taxus/ (I do not think it is Taxus)
Plant identification: How are plants actually identified by taxonomist. What is the proper procedure Methods for proper identification Kindly elaborate Plants are identified based on habit (tree,shrub,climber,herb), leaf type, venation, Phyllotaxy, Inflorescence, flower characters (Actnomorphic, Zygomorphic, number of stamens, sex of flowers, superior ovary, inferior ovary, fruit type, Seeds character….
Impatiens modesta Wight, Madras J. Lit. Sci. 5: 13 (1837) (syn: Impatiens tenuis Bedd.; Impatiens tirunelvelica M.B.Viswan. & Manik.); . S. India as per POWO; . 711 ID wild plant Impatiens: Please ID wild plant, Location: Eravikulam National Park Rajaimalai Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 7400fsl Flower date: 19AUG2025, 11.55am Habitat: wild…
SK 4074 28 September 2025 – Mycophyta: 3 very high res. images. Location: Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 03 September 2025 Altitude: 1691m. Habit : Wild Amantia cf. parvipantherina Should be Amanita pantherina (DC.) Krombh. ?? Amanita parvipantherina Zhu L.Yang, M.Weiss & Oberw. has got no distribution for Nepal. From which book and year?…
Ammannia aegyptiaca Willd., Hort. Berol. Icon. 1: t. 6 (1803) (syn: Ammannia baccifera subsp. aegyptiaca (Willd.) Koehne ; Ammannia crassissima Koehne ; Ammannia salicifolia Monti ex Blume); . Egypt to Angola, India: Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Mauritania, Nicobar Is., Sudan-South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Greece, Jamaica, Spain…
Laggera crispata ?: Location: Janori, Shegaon, Buldana, MH Elevation: 200 m Habitat: Wild (Weed) Date: 09/10/2025 This species have any local name? There is no Marathi name for this species been found in online literature. But in Our area (West Vidarbha) it is known as Gangavati (गंगावती) Difficult at this stage….
Digitaria violascens Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 229 (1827) (syn: Digitaria ischaemum var. violascens (Link) Radford; ≡ Panicum violascens (Link) Kunth; ≡ Syntherisma violascens (Link) Nash; = Digitaria bogoriensis Ohwi; = Digitaria caespitosa Ridl. (Ambiguous); ≡ Digitaria ropalotricha var. villosa (Keng) Tuyama; ≡ Digitaria violascens var. villosa Keng; = Digitaria chinensis (Nees) A.Camus (unacceptable) (Ambiguous); ≡ Paspalum chinense Nees; ≡ Syntherisma chinensis (Nees) Hitchc.;= Digitaria digitata Buse…
Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Sept.’25: more than 14,000 species: It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 4,82,700 messages so far & membership currently around 3545 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one…
Gynochthodes cochinchinensis (DC.) Razafim. & B.Bremer, Adansonia, sér. 3, 33: 288 (2011) (syn: Morinda cochinchinensis DC.; Morinda trichophylla Merr.); . China (Guangdong) to Indo-China: Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . RUBIACEAE: Morinda cochinchinensis!: 2 high res. images. Collected from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh! From where in Visakhapatnam ? Wild…
240925PKD2: Id pls collected from khurda Odisha on Sept 2025: 2 high res. images. Please check https://efloraofindia.com/efi/smilax/ Close to Smilax zeylanica ! Difficult to say without more details. Can be the following also: https://efloraofindia.com/efi/smilax-perfoliata/ https://efloraofindia.com/efi/smilax-ovalifolia/
Cyperus brevifolioides Thieret & Delahouss., Sida 3: 129 (1967) (syn: Cyperus brevifolius var. gracillimus (Miq.) Kük.; Cyperus brevifolius var. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama ; Cyperus brevifolius subsp. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama ; Kyllinga brevifolia var. gracillima (Miq.) Kük.; Kyllinga brevifolia var. leiocarpa Kitag. ; Kyllinga brevifolia subsp. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama ; Kyllinga brevifolia var. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) H.Hara ; Kyllinga brevifolioides (Thieret & Delahouss.) G.C.Tucker ; Kyllinga…