PKA200809 – Cucurma : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 3 authors. Came across this white Cucurma sp. at Prabalgad (Maharashtra). It is Curcuma thorellii. Please check the site http://www.alohatropicals.com/curcuma.html It is difficult to name a Curcuma without flower. C. thoreli is present only in Thailand.
Scutellaria prostrata Jacquem. ex Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 733 1835.; Common name: Prostrate Skullcap Amarnath Yatra :: Request for ID (NSJ-03 – 26/08/2013) : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. On the way to Sheshnag from Chandanwari Altitude 10000′ (Approx) Date Aug 11, 2013 Seems Scutellaria prostrata Jacquem. ex…
Erythranthe guttata (DC.) G.L.Nesom, Cat. Hort. Monsp. 127 1813. (syn: Mimulus clementinus Greene; Mimulus equinus Greene; Mimulus grandiflorus J.T.Howell; Mimulus guttatus Fisch. ex DC.; Mimulus guttatus subsp. haidensis Calder & Roy L.Taylor; Mimulus guttatus var. puberulus (Greene ex Rydb.) A.L.Grant; Mimulus hirsutus J.T.Howell; Mimulus langsdorffii Donn ex Sims; Mimulus langsdorffii var….
Lindenbergia philippensis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth., Scroph. Ind. 22 22 1835. (syn: Adenosma thorelii Bonati; Lindenbergia melvillei S. Moore; Lindenbergia philippensis var. ramosissima Bonati; Lindenbergia siamensis Teijsm. & Binn.; Stemodia philippensis Cham. & Schltdl.); China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan), Cambodia, India, Laos, Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro), Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar…
Platystemma violoides Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 42, pl. 151 42 1831. ; . Flora of Chakrata 2013- Platystemma violoides for validation : Attachments (5). 5 posts by 4 authors. This very very beautiful lithophytic herb was frequent in the area.. the flowers attracted me to such an extent that I…
Curcuma decipiens Dalzell, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 144 1850.; . SW. India as per POWO; . As per efi thread: Curcuma inodora is treated as synonym of C. decipiens since the latter has priority over the former. . KER-koo-muh — from the Arabic kurkum, meaning saffron … Dave’s Botanary de-SIP-ee-enz…
Scrophulariaceae Fortnight: For id from Gori Valley-NS 35 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. This small, delicate herb was captured during our visit to Gori Valley area… please help to id..= can this be some Torenia sp.? Torenia species in efi I think only species given is Torenia…
Trachelospermum jasminoides (Lindl.) Lem., Jard. Fleur. 1: t. 61 1851. (Syn: Nerium divaricatum Thunb. [Illegitimate]; Parechites adnascens Hance; Parechites bowringii Hance; Parechites thunbergii A.Gray; Rhynchospermum jasminoides Lindl.; Trachelospermum adnascens Hance; Trachelospermum bowringii (Hance) Hemsl.; Trachelospermum divaricatum Kanitz; Trachelospermum jasminoides var. heterophyllum Tsiang; Trachelospermum jasminoides var. pubescens Makino; Trachelospermum jasminoides var….
Brachycorythis obcordata (Lindl.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 10: 243 1955. (Syn: Gymnadenia obcordata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Habenaria obcordata (Lindl.) Fyson; Orchis obcordata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don [Illegitimate]; Phyllomphax obcordata (Lindl.) Schltr.; Platanthera obcordata Lindl. ex Wall.; Platanthera obcordata (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Lindl.); . Central India, Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya,…
Brachycorythis galeandra (Rchb.f.) Summerh. (Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Brachycorythis iantha (Wight) Summerh. (Kerala as per Flora of Peninsular India) Brachycorythis obcordata (Lindl.) Summerh. (Central India, Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya as…
Syzygium nervosum A.Cunn. ex DC., Prodr. 3: 260 1828. (syn: Calyptranthes costata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Calyptranthes cuneata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Calyptranthes grandis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Calyptranthes makul Blanco; Calyptranthes mangiferifolia Hance ex Walp.; Calyptranthes tatna Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Calyptranthes zuzygium Blanco [Illegitimate]; Cleistocalyx cerasoides (Roxb.) I.M.Turner .;…
Gymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill Gymnopus species- Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal Gymnopus species?- Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Lindenbergia muraria (Roxb. ex D. Don) Brüh (syn: Lindenbergia pusilla Hochst. ex E. Chiovenda; Lindenbergia ruderalis Kuntze; Lindenbergia urticiifolia Lehm.; Stemodia littoralis Boiss.; Stemodia muraria Roxb. ex D. Don; Stemodia ruderalis Blanco (ambiguous synonym); Stemodia ruderalis Vahl (ambiguous synonym)) as per Catalogue of Life; . Lindenbergia muraria (Roxb. ex D….
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 6: 651 1893. (Syn: Abildgaardia barbata (Rottb.) P.Beauv.; Bulbostylis fimbriatus Boeck.; Cyperus barbata (Rottb.) Poir.; Iria barbata (Rottb.) Kuntze; Isolepis barbata (Rottb.) R.Br.; Scirpus barbatus Rottb.; Scirpus fimbriatus (Nees) Boeck.; Stenophyllus barbatus (Rottb.) T.Cooke; Stenophyllus barbatus Britton; Abildgaardia wallichiana (Schult.) Lye; Abildgaardia willdenowii…
Requesting ID of this plant – Mumbai :02082013 : ARK-02 : December 2012 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Requesting to please ID this plant captured in a cultivated garden in Mumbai in December 2012. Which species of Selaginella?? I guess this plant is selaginella willdenowii. I am…
Role of efloraofindia in Scientific publications: Pl. see Valuation of efloraofindia, to really understand the pivotal role, which it plays in scientific publications directly and indirectly.. Efloraofindia is playing a pivotal role in discovery of many new species, in publication of new species, in bringing out new records, in bringing…
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt., Fl. N. Amer. 1: 251 1838. (Syn: Calothyrsus californica Spach; Hippocastanum californicum (Spach) Greene; Pavia californica Hartw. (Unresolved); Pawia californica Kuntze (Unresolved)); . It is a large shrub or small tree growing to 4–12 m tall, with gray bark often coated with lichens or mosses. It typically is multi-trunked…
Rhynchosia aurea (Willd.) DC. (Syn: Glycine aurea Willd.; Glycine elongata Roth; Hedysarum aureum Rottler; Nomismia aurea (Willd.) Wight & Arn.; Rhynchosia elongata DC.); . Slender trailing annual herb; leaves pinnately trfoliate, leaflets obovate to rhomboidal up to 5 cm long, pubescent on both surfaces; flowers yellow in raceme; calyx up…
Cyperus tenuispica Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 11 1854. (Syn: Cyperus delicatulatus Steud.; Cyperus fieldingii Steud.; Cyperus flavidus C.B. Clarke; Cyperus leptostachys Nees [Invalid]; Cyperus pseudohaspan Makino); . Erect, tufted, non-rhizomatous annual herbs; roots reddish-purple; culms 12-32 cm tall, triquetrous. Leaves few, basal, 5-20 x 0.2-0.3 cm, linear, flat, gradually…
Theropogon pallidus (Wall. ex Kunth) Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 15: 90 1871. (Syn: Ophiopogon minor Royle ex Hook.f. [Invalid]; Ophiopogon mollis Royle [Invalid]; Ophiopogon pallidus Wall. ex Kunth); . Common name: Himalayan Theropogon . Theropogon pallidus (Asparagaceae) from Uttarakhand : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 4 authors. Theropogon…