• Achnatherum

    Achnatherum sibiricum (L.) Keng ex Tzvelev (Temp. Asia to Himalaya: Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya as per POWO)      

  • Desmodium caudatum

    Ohwia caudata (Thunb.) H.Ohashi, Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. 40: 243 (1999) (syn: Catenaria caudata (Thunb.) Schindl. ; Catenaria laburnifolia (Poir.) Benth.; Desmodium cateniferum Arn.; Desmodium caudatum (Thunb.) DC. ; Desmodium laburnifolium (Poir.) DC.; Hedysarum caudatum Thunb. ; Hedysarum laburnifolium Poir. ; Meibomia caudata (Thunb.) Kuntze; Meibomia laburnifolia (Poir.) Kuntze); . Himalaya to S. Central & S….

  • Arthraxon lanceolatus

    Arthraxon lanceolatus (Roxb.) Hochst., Flora 39: 188 (1856) (syn: Andropogon echinatus Edgew. ; Andropogon lanceolatus Roxb.; Andropogon serrulatus Link ; Arthraxon deccanensis S.K.Jain ; Arthraxon lanceolatus f. glaberrimus Chiov. ; Arthraxon lanceolatus f. puberulus Chiov. ; Arthraxon lanceolatus var. puberulus (Chiov.) Mattei ; Arthraxon lanceolatus subvar. wallichii Hack. ; Batratherum lanceolatum (Roxb.) Nees); . Eritrea to S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to China and Lesser Sunda…

  • Arthraxon nudus

    Arthraxon nudus (Steud.) Hochst., Flora 39: 188 (1856) (syn: Andropogon nudus Steud. ; Arthraxon ciliaris subsp. nudus (Steud.) Hack. ; Arthraxon cryptatherus subsp. nudus (Steud.) Koidz. ; Arthraxon hispidus var. nudus (Steud.) Ohwi; Batratherum nudum Nees ex Steud.); . Oman, Pakistan to S. Central China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Thailand, West Himalaya…

  • Flora of Andamans and Nicobar

    Kudos to BSI: 1 png image. Congratulations to the BSI team. Thanks Tapas ji Very nice, Tapas ji !!! Congratulations, Tapas da! Many congratulations Tapas Da ! Congratulations! Tapas ji and BSI team Congratulations Tapas ji and BSI team. Great work.. Congratulations Tapas ji.

  • Cajanus mollis

    Cajanus mollis (Benth.) Maesen, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap.85(4): 154 (1985 publ. 1986) (syn: Atylosia glandulosa Dalzell ; Atylosia mollis Benth.; Cantharospermum molle (Benth.) Taub. ; Collaea cinerascens Graham ; Collaea mollis Graham ; Dolichos blandus Graham ; Dolichos crassus Graham); . Pakistan to China (Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO;…

  • Sapotaceae member?- Kamrup, Assam

    Unknown plant for identification?: 3 very high res. images. Help me identify this Unknown member Photographed in Kamrup, Assam on 30 ‎April ‎2023. The forest type is Semi Evergreen. Photos are unclear/ very hazy. Post better images for proper ID. Unable to suggest anything. Pl. see if you can see…

  • All ferns are now with comparative images

    All ferns are now with comparative images. All ferns in eFloraofIndia site are now with comparative images. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species to jmg…@gmail.com or indian…@googlegroups.com  (for incorporation in the website), if any, it will be really nice. Pl. circulate it widely, for the…

  • Curcuma involucrata

    Curcuma involucrata (King ex Baker) Škorničk., Taxon 64: 369 (2015) (syn: Kaempferia hainanensis Hayata; Kaempferia involucrata King ex Baker;  Stahlianthus involucratus (King ex Baker) Craib ex Loes.); . Darjiling to S. China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Zingiberaceae for identification?: 2 very high…

  • Delphinium pyramidale ?

    I’d request of Delphinium sp.: 1 high res. image. Location: Kashmir Delphinium vestitum Wall. ! For me it looks like Delphinium pyramidale…! Maybe difficult to say without leaves. Do you have leaf images?

  • Aristida species- Maharashtra (?)

    Poaceae, Cyperaceae,&Juncaceae week 01042013 DK3 : 1 image. 3 posts by 3 authors. sending Image for confirmation. yes looks like Aristida setacea While sending photos of Aristida genus, kindly remove and take a photograph of the floret with the trifid awn to see the relative length of the awns, length…

  • Andropogon

    Andropogon gayanus Kunth (Cape Verde, Tropical & S. Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan,…

  • Agrostis

    Agrostis munroana Aitch. & Hemsl. ? (Afghanistan to China (Yunnan): Afghanistan, China South-Central, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)

  • Brassaiopsis aculeata

    Brassaiopsis aculeata (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Seem., J. Bot. 2: 293 (1864) (syn: Aralia aculeata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) G.Don; Agalma aesculifolium (Wall. ex G.Don) Seem. ; Hedera aculeata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Hedera aesculifolia Wall. ex G.Don; Paratropia aesculifolia (Wall. ex G.Don) K.Koch); . Himalaya to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya as per…

  • Piper species- Shivapuri National Park, Kathmandu, Nepal

    SK 3870 07 October 2023: 7 very high res. images. Location: Shivapuri National Park, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 30 September 2023 Altitude:  1746m. Habitat : Wild Piper for ID ! It’s a vegetative branches with very young leaves. Needs some more details at least the mature branches.  

  • Pholidota species- Shivapuri National Park, Kathmandu, Nepal

    SK 3872 08 October 2023 – Orchidaceae: 3 very high res. images. Location: Shivapuri National Park, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 30 September 2023 Altitude:  1859m. Habitat : Wild Is it possible to ID ? Coelogyene chinesis has two leaves but this has got only one leaf per pseudobulb. Babies sometimes have…

  • Porpax extinctoria

    Porpax extinctoria (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 186: 199 (2018) (syn: Conchidium extinctorium (Lindl.) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb ; Dendrobium extinctorium Lindl. ; Eria extinctoria (Lindl.) Oliv. ; Pinalia extinctoria (Lindl.) Kuntze); . Central Nepal, Bangladesh to Myanmar, Andaman Islands: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal as per POWO; . SK 3871…

  • Phalaenopsis taenialis ?

    SK 3874 09 October 2023 – Orchidaceae: 3 high res. images. Location: Shivapuri National Park, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 30 September 2023 Altitude:  1859m. Habitat : Wild Phalaenopsis taenialis (Lindl.) Christenson & Pradhan ?? Possible, but cant confirm at this stage. Roots do look flattened like Phalaenopsis taenialis.  

  • Nepata species ?- Gilgit Baltistan, near Deosai plains, Pakistan

    Identification of Lamiaceae from Pakistan: 6 images. I need to identify a plant species, from Lamiaceae, i assume the genus is Nepeta. Perhaps Nepeta clarkei. Please confirm. The plant was collected last month (August’2023) from Gilgit Baltistan, near Deosai plains, Pakistan. The photographs are not of good quality but i am…

  • Roscoea auriculata

    Roscoea auriculata K.Schum., H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 118 (1904) (syn: Roscoea purpurea var. auriculata (K.Schum.) H.Hara; Roscoea sikkimensis Gentil); . E. Nepal to Sikkim and S. Central Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: East-Himalayan Roscoe Lily . Roscoea auriculata from Tawang: 2 high res. images. Roscoea auriculata photographed from Tawang…