• Nothopegia castaneifolia ?

    IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR) Nothopegia castaneifolia (Roth) Ding Hou, Blumea 24: 33 1978 ?; .  A poorly known tree from an imprecisely recorded localities on the border between Karnataka and Maharashtra. Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Nothopegia castanaefolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version…

  • Staurogyne glutinosa

    Staurogyne glutinosa Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 497 1891. (syn: Ebermaiera glutinosa Wall. ex C.B.Clarke); . Diffuse or trailing pubescent herbs with a thick root stock and several slender branches, rooting at nodes. Leaves all opposite, 5-6 x 2.5 cm, ovate or elliptic, sub-acute to obtuse at apex, attenuate and…

  • Kargupta Amarendra Nath

    General Information  Name                      : Prof. A. N. Kargupta  Mailing Address      : P. G. Department of Botany, L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga (Bihar).  E-mail                      : an.kargupta@gmail.com  Specialization  Phycology  Academic Experience (Teaching & Research)  Teaching- U.G. & P.G. classes over 38 Years at L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga.  Research– Research Projects Operated : 02…

  • Delosperma congestum (Cultivated)

    Delosperma congestum L.Bolus, Notes Mesembryanthemum 3: 270 1954. ; . Images by Aarti S Khale (Id help by Dan Rhoads) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Succulent For ID : BBC Show,Mumbai : 150513 : AK-3 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Picture taken at the BBC Show in MNP, Mumbai…

  • Chlorophytum palghatense

    Chlorophytum palghatense K.M.P. Kumar & Adsul sp. nov., Phytotaxa 188 (5): 282–286 (2014); . Fwd: Chlorophytum : Attachments (5).  5 posts by 3 authors. Chlorophytum sp. collected from Kerala. Please help for identification. On which altitude this has been collected? because I have seen similar plant in Nilgiri grasslands of 2400 m asl. The same, around…

  • Artemisia indica

    Artemisia indica Willd., Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 3(3): 1846 1803. (syn: Artemisia indica var. indica ); . SK1140 24 MAY 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)- around 800 kb each. Location:  Soureni, India  Date: 7 May  2018 Altitude: 4000 ft Habit : Wild Artemisia sp..  !  ID  ?? Beautiful images….

  • Nothopegia racemosa

    Nothopegia racemosa (Dalzell) Ramamoorthy, Fl. Hassan Distr. 377 1976. (Syn: Glycicarpus edulis Dalzell; Glycicarpus racemosa Dalzell); . Synonym : Glycycarpus racemosus Dalz.; Nothopegia dalzellii Gamble var. angustifolia Gamble as per Biotik; . Naicheru in Malyalam . Habit- Trees, up to 15 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark finely fissured, blaze…

  • Lophostemon confertus (Introduced- USA)

    Lophostemon confertus (R.Br.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh., Austral. J. Bot. 30: 424 1982. (Syn: Lophostemon arborescens Schott; Melaleuca conferta (R.Br.) Steud.; Tristania conferta R.Br.; Tristania conferta Griff.; Tristania conferta var. fibrosa F.M.Bailey; Tristania conferta var. microcarpa Domin; Tristania depressa A.Cunn.; Tristania griffithii Kurz; Tristania macrophylla A.Cunn.; Tristania subverticillata H.Wendl.); ….

  • Poeciloneuron indicum

    Poeciloneuron indicum Bedd., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 8: 267 1865. ; . ¿ poh-see-lo-NYOOR-on ? Greek: poecilo (varied); neuron (nerve) … Dave’s Botanary IN-dih-kum or in-DEE-kum — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: Indian milled leaf tree • Kannada: ಬಳಂಜಿ balanji, ಬಳಿಗೆ balige, ಬಲ್ಲಗಿ ballagi, ಕಿರ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ…

  • Vigna yadavii

    Vigna yadavii S.P. Gaikwad, R.D. Gore, S.D. Randive & K.U. Garad, Biodivers. Data J. 2-e4281: 2 (2014); . Fabaceae week – 19/10/20201 Vigna yadvii from Nashik for sharing: Sharing images of Vigna yadvii from Nashik Thanks, …, for posting Vigna yadavii. Published in 2014 as per Vigna yadavii (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new…

  • Helicanthes elasticus

    Helicanthes elasticus (Desv.) Danser, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Tweede Sect. Sect. 2, 29(6): 55 1933. (Syn: Dendrophthoe elastica (Desr.) Danser; Loranthus elasticus Desr. ; Loranthus euphorbiae Wight ; Macrosolen elasticus (Desr.) Blume ; Scurrula elastica G.Don); . S. India as per POWO; . Helicanthes elasticus (Desv.) Danser SN Dec 20 : 3…

  • Elytranthe parasitica

    Elytranthe parasitica (L.) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 10: 315 1929. (Syn: Elytranthe lonicerioides (L.) G.Don; Lonicera parasitica L.; Loranthus loniceroides L.; Macrosolen parasiticus (L.) Danser); . India: Moist evergreen forests, at high altitudes on a variety of hosts. Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka and China as…

  • Impatiens tripetala

    Impatiens tripetala Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 1: 687 1824. (Syn: Impatiens multiflora Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thoms.); ; Common name: Three-Petal Balsam • Assamese: Bijol-goch, Dum-dhakua . Annual herbs, about 10-60 cm tall. Stems erect, glabrous, nodes swollen. Leaves opposite or whorled near the shoots, ovate-elliptic, about 3-20 x 0.8-2-7.5…

  • Echeveria pulvinata (Cultivated)

    Echeveria pulvinata Rose, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 5 1903. (Syn: Cotyledon pulvinata Hook.f.); . Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Succulent for identification 17 : 12 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1). Kindly help with identification of this cultivated succulent. Place: Shimla Echeveria ? The plant resembles to Echeveria…

  • Themeda tremula

    Themeda tremula (Nees ex Steud.) Hack., Monogr. Phan. 6: 667 1889. (Syn: Androscepia tremula (Nees ex Steud.) Andersson; Anthistiria thwaitesii Hook.f.; Anthistiria tremula Nees ex Steud.; Anthistiria tremula var. brunnea Hook.f.; Anthistiria tremula var. thwaitesii (Hook.f.) Hook.f.; Themeda thwaitesii (Hook.f.) A.Camus; Themeda tremula var. brunnea (Hook.f.) Senaratna); . India to…

  • Ampelocissus indica

    Ampelocissus indica (L.) Planch., Vigne Amer. Vitic. Eur. 8: 375 1884. (Syn: Ampelocissus arnottiana Planch.; Ampelopsis indica (L.) Blume; Cissus indica (L.) Walp.; Vitis indica L.); . S-India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . am-pel-oh-SISS-us — Greek: ampelos (vine) and Latin: cissus (ivy) … Dave’s BotanaryIN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India…

  • Boehmeria rugulosa

    Boehmeria rugulosa Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IV, 1: 200 1854. (syn: Boehmeria nervosa Madden [Invalid]; Pouzolzia rugulosa (Wedd.) Acharya & Kravtsova; Ramium rugulosum (Wedd.) Kuntze; Ramium tenue Kuntze; Urtica rugosula Wall. [Invalid]); . Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing), N-India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life (Pouzolzia rugulosa (Wedd.) Acharya…

  • Prunus cerasoides ?

    Prunus cerasoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don (syn: Cerasus cerasoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) S.Ya.Sokolov) ?; . Which tree/ABDEC29 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) I found this tall tree growing outside a school building. Its foliage is handsome and the trunk robust. The toothed leaves have prominent tail like apices and have…

  • Rhodiola fastigiata

    Rhodiola fastigiata (Hook. f. & Thomson) S.H. Fu, Acta Phytotax. Sin., Addit. 1: 122 1965. (syn: Sedum fastigiatum Hook. f. & Thomson; Sedum quadrifidum var. fastigiatum (Hook. f. & Thomson) Fröd.; Triplostegia pinifolia H. Lév.); . Rhodiola species from Paddar valley J&K SRANA 05:  Request for Identification Kindly identify this Rhadiola…

  • How to write Botanical names ?

    A basic question: I have a question….. Is it necessary to write synonym of any plant specimen in italics too like we write Accepted name in italics Yes sir Pl. see https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/general-eposts/general-efi-posts/botanical-terms-etc/linnaeus Thanks  for the very useful link but if the reason that genus and species names are italicized is…