• Ampelocissus sikkimensis

    Ampelocissus sikkimensis (Laws.) Planch., Vigne Amer. Vitic. Eur. 8: 375 1884. (syn: Vitis sikkimensis Lawson); . China (Yunnan), Sikkim, Nepal, NE-India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya) as per Catalogue of life; . SK68AUG8-2016:ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Enclosing some pictures for identification please. Shot at…

  • Primula species- Khardung La, Ladakh

    SK106SEP18-1016:ID : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Sharing some pictures shot on the way to Khardung La on 22 august 2014 at around 15000 ft. A difficult task unless somebody is well acquainted with the flora in different seasons. The reddish thing visible in the picture is a…

  • Bulbophyllum leopardinum

    Bulbophyllum leopardinum (Wall.) Lindl. ex Wall., Numer. List 1981 1829. (syn: Bulbophyllum colomaculosum Z.H.Tsi & S.C.Chen; Bulbophyllum leopardinum (Wall.) Lindl.; Bulbophyllum leopardinum var. leopardinum ; Dendrobium leopardinum Wall.; Phyllorkis leopardina (Wall.) Kuntze; Sarcopodium leopardinum (Wall.) Lindl. & Paxton; Sarcopodium leopardinum (Wall.) Lindl.); . Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China:…

  • Plantago asiatica subsp. erosa

    Plantago asiatica subsp. erosa (Wallich) Z. Y. Li, Sp. Pl. 113 1753. (syn: Plantago centralis Pilg.; Plantago erosa Wall.); . Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka as per Flora of China; . China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Qinghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan (Hazara,…

  • Eriocaulon robustobrownianum

    Eriocaulon robustobrownianum Ruhland, Pflanzenr. IV, 30: 77 1903. (syn: Eriocaulon mysorense Fyson; Eriocaulon rhodae Fyson); . SW. India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar as per WCSP; . commonly known as: Mysore pipewort • Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಚೆಂಡು mysuru chendu • Malayalam: മൈസൂർ ചൂത് mysur chooth • Marathi: म्हैसूर गेंद mhaisoor gend • Tamil: மைசூரு பட்டன் பூ mysuru…

  • Leucosceptrum canum

    Leucosceptrum canum Sm., Exot. Bot. 2: 113 1806. (syn: Clerodendrum leucosceptrum D.Don; Comanthosphace nepalensis Kitam. & Murata; Teucrium leucosceptrum (D.Don) Voigt; Teucrium macrostachyum Wall. ex Benth.); . Himalaya to SC. China and Indo-China as per WCSP; . Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam as per Flora of China; ….

  • Centromadia parryi subsp. congdonii (USA) ?

    Centromadia parryi subsp. congdonii (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) B.G.Baldwin, Novon 9(4) 466 1999. (Syn: Centromadia congdonii (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) C.P.Sm.; Centromadia pungens var. congdonii (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Jeps.; Hemizonia congdonii B.L.Rob. & Greenm.; Hemizonia parryi var. congdonii (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Hoover; Hemizonia parryi subsp. congdonii (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) D.D.Keck) ?; ….

  • Maesa chisia

    Maesa chisia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 148 1825. (syn: Maesa dioica A. DC.; Maesa prodigiosa C. Chen); . 1200-2600 m; Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), Assam, N. Burma as per Check list of Nepal; . SE-Tibet, China (W-Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Darjeeling, Sikkim as per Catalogue…

  • Senecioneae

    Cissampelopsis buimalia (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) C. Jeffrey & Y.L. Chen Cissampelopsis corymbosa (Wall. ex DC.) C.Jeffrey & Y.L.Chen (Images by Alka Khare (Id by N Muthu Karthick, Vijayasankar Raman & N P Balakrishnan) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.)…

  • Anthemideae

    Images of all genera under Anthemideae except Artemisia species are given below: . Achillea filipendulina Lam. (Cultivated) (Images by Dinesh Valke (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Achillea millefolium L. (Images by Gurcharan Singh, N Muthu Karthick (Id by Ushadi), Nidhan Singh, D S…

  • Heliantheae

    Acanthospermum hispidum DC. (Images by (Bhagyashri Ranade – Identified by D.S. Rawat) & Dinesh Valke (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))   Acmella ciliata (Kunth) Cass. (Images by Surajit Koley – validation by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))   Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen (Images by Balkar Singh & (Bhagyashri Ranade –…

  • Carduoideae

    Amberboa moschata (L.) DC. (Cultivated) (Images by Nidhan Singh (Validation by Gurcharan Singh), Gurcharan Singh & Balkar Singh (Id by Gurcharan Singh), (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) Amberboa ramosa (Roxb.) Jafri (Images by A. Lalithamba (Validation by C. Sudhakar Reddy & T. Pullaiah) (Inserted by…

  • Alpinia ovoidocarpa

    Alpinia ovoidocarpa H.Dong & G.J.Xu, Guihaia 13: 328 1993. ; . Arunachal Pradesh, China (Guangxi): China Southeast, East Himalaya as per POWO; . MS Sept., 2016/02 Alpinia sp. for ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Tleu, Mizoram Date : 22/03/2012 Habit : Herb Habitat :…

  • Alpinia malaccensis or Alpinia roxburghii

    MS Sept.2016/03 Alpinia sp. for ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Location : Dampui, Mizoram Date : 25/09/2016 Habit : Herb Habitat : Grows wild in virgin forest Alpinia malaccensis or Alpinia blepharocalyx Flowers essential for confirmation. Alpinia blepharocalyx K.Schum. is a syn. of as per Alpinia…

  • Elsholtzia strobilifera

    Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 163 1833. (syn: Cyclostegia strobilifera Benth.; Elsholtzia exigua Hand.-Mazz.; Elsholtzia strobilifera var. exigua (Hand.-Mazz.) C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang; Elsholtzia strobilifera var. strobilifera ; Mentha strobilifera (Benth.) Wall. ex Benth.); Himalaya to Taiwan as per WCSP; Similar to E.eriostachya but leaves distinctly ovate, not more than…

  • Matthiola chorassanica

    Matthiola chorassanica Bunge, Fl. Orient. 1: 151 1867. (syn: Matthiola flavida var. integrifolia (Kom.) O.E. Schulz; Matthiola integrifolia Kom.; Matthiola tenera Rech.f.); . Common name: Himalayan Stock . Perennial herbs, tomentose with eglandular forked trichomes, about 10-50 cm tall. Rootstocks slender, taproot. Stem erect, woody near the base, ascending, leafy,…

  • Conocarpus erectus (Introduced)

    Conocarpus erectus L., Sp. Pl. 147 1753. (syn: Conocarpus acutifolius Willd.; Conocarpus erectus var. arboreus DC.; Conocarpus erectus var. procumbens DC.; Conocarpus procumbens L.; Conocarpus pubescens Schumach.; Conocarpus sericea Forst. ex G. Don; Conocarpus sericeus (Griseb.) Jimenez; Conocarpus supina Crantz; Terminalia erecta Baill.; Terminalia erecta var. procumbens (Jacq.) M.Gómez); ….

  • Berberis mucrifolia

    Berberis mucrifolia Ahrendt, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 81: 135 1956. ; . Berberis mucrifolia Ahrendt : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Sharing some pictures I guess  is Berberis mucrifolia Ahrendt shot at Jomsom Nepal on 22 April 2013 at 8800 ft. A new entry to the efi?? I think it…

  • Comparative images of Cylindropuntia, Epiphyllum, Hylocereus, Mammillaria, Nopalea, Opuntia, Pereskia, Pereskiopsis & Pseudorhipsalis

    Comparative images of Cylindropuntia, Epiphyllum, Hylocereus, Mammillaria, Nopalea, Opuntia, Pereskia, Pereskiopsis & Pseudorhipsalis; . Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth Cylindropuntia species- Panchkula Epiphyllum anguliger (Lem.) G.Don Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw. (Images by (Thiruvengadam Ekambaram – Id by J.M.Garg), (Pradnya Shenoy – Id by Chitra Shanker) & Pravin Kawale)     Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.  Hylocereus…

  • Leptodermis stapfiana

    Leptodermis stapfiana H.J.P.Winkl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 164 1922. ; . Nepal to Assam as per WCSP; . As per efi thread; Three species are given in Osmaston 1927 (A Forest Flora for Kumaon) as differentiated as: 1A. Corolla glabrous outside …… L. lanceolata 1B. Corolla pubescent outside…