Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st July’23: 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 4,53,100 messages so far & membership currently more than 3445…
Acer caudatum Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 4 (1830) (syn: Acer caudatum var. erosum (Pax) Rehder ; Acer caudatum var. georgei Diels ; Acer caudatum subsp. georgei (Diels) A.E.Murray ; Acer caudatum var. multiserratum (Maxim.) Rehder ; Acer caudatum subsp. multiserratum (Maxim.) A.E.Murray ; Acer caudatum subsp. prattii (Rehder) A.E.Murray ; Acer caudatum var. prattii Rehder; Acer erosum Pax ; Acer multiserratum Maxim. ; Acer papilio King ); . Himalaya to N. & E….
Scabiosa atropurpurea L., Sp. Pl.: 100 (1753) (syn: Asterocephalus atropurpureus (L.) Spreng. ; Columbaria atropurpurea (L.) C.Presl ; Cyrtostemma atropurpureum (L.) Spach ; Scabiosa maritima var. atropurpurea (L.) Gren. ; Sclerostemma atropurpureum (L.) Schott ; Sixalix atropurpurea (L.) Greuter & Burdet ; Spongostemma atropurpureum (L.) Tiegh. ); . Azores, S. Europe: Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse,…
Scabiosa columbaria L., Sp. Pl.: 99 (1753) (syn: Asterocephalus columbaria (L.) Wallr. ; Columbaria vulgaris J.Presl & C.Presl ; Scabiosa columbaria f. nana T.Wulff ; Scabiosa columbaria var. vera Wimm. & Grab. ; Scabiosa communis Rouy ; Scabiosa communis subsp. columbaria (L.) Rouy ; Sclerostemma columbarium (L.) Schott; Succisa columbaria (L.) Moench); . Europe to Iran and Arabian Peninsula, NW. Africa, Tropical African Mountains: Albania,…
Aeschynanthus sikkimensis (C. B. Clarke) Stapf, Bot. Mag. 148: t. 8938 (1922); . MS, June, 2023/19 Aeschynanthus sp. for id: 2 images. Location : Reiek tlang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,390 m Date : 29-06-2023 Habit : Epiphytic herb Habitat : Wild Aeschynanthus hookeri C.B.Clarke ? Leaves look too long. Calyx is…
SK 3736 11 June 2023: 3 high res. images. Location: Palpa Deurali, Palpa, Nepal Date: 30 May 2023 Elevation: 838 m. Habit : Wild Celastraceae ? Pl. try Salacia: https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/27/salacia/ Just a guess. The Salacia genus has no distribution in Nepal. How, it looks like Salacia chinensis L.. Please have a look at http://www.flowersofindia.Chinese%20Salacia.html…
MS, June, 2023/18 Herb for id: 2 images. Location : Reiek tlang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,300 m Date : 29-06-2023 Habit : Heb up to 30 cm high Habitat : Wild Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. ! I think it looks different from images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/01/synedrella-nodiflora/ I could not find anything else closer to…
MS, July, 2023/04 Bulbophyllum gamblei ? for id: 2 images. Location : Sailam, Mizoram Altitude : ca. 1,300 m Date : 19-07-2023 Habit : Epiphytic herb Habitat : Wild Bulbophyllum cauliflorum Hook.f. ?? Its hard to make out what this is. Bulbophyllum cauliflorum, cauliflorum means flowers arise from stem. I see…
Cerioporus squamosus (Huds.) Quél., 1886 (syn: Agarico-pulpa ulmi Paulet; Agaricus squamosus var. glaber Battarra; Boletus cellulosus Lightf.; Boletus juglandis Schaeff.; Boletus maximus Schumach.; Boletus michelii (Fr.) Pollini; Boletus polymorphus Bull.; Boletus squamosus Huds.; Boletus testaceus With.; Bresadolia caucasica Shestunov; Bresadolia paradoxa Speg.; Bresadolia squamosa (Huds.) Teixeira; Cerioporus michelii (Fr.) Quél.; Cerioporus rostkowii (Fr.)…
Curcuma coriacea Mangaly & M.Sabu, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 429 (1988 publ. 1989); . SW. India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu) as per POWO; . Rhizome very small, branching, yellowish-white inside. Leafy stem 30 to 40 cm high. Leaves 25 x 10 cm, elliptic, acuminate at either ends, densely tomentose…
Regarding identification of the sp. collected from Khurda Odisha: 11 images. Senegalia ?? I tried checking, but unable to find a match as per https://efloraofindia.com/2012/07/07/senegalia/ This tree is Senegalia senegal….. . I hope that you will be feeling better. But I find leaflets different from those at net and at…
MS, June, 2023/13 Meliaceae ? for id.: 2 images. Location : Reiek tlang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,400 m. Date : 29-06-2023 Habit : Small tree ? Habitat : Wild Pl. post high res. images. 2 high res. images. Unable to find a match. Maybe some Aglaia or Dysoxylum species. Have…
Blysmus compressus var. brevifolius (C.B.Clarke) Karth., S.Karthikeyan & al., Fl. Ind. Enum. – Monocot.: 32 (1989) (syn: Blysmus brevifolius Decne.; Blysmus compressus subsp. brevifolius (C.B.Clarke) Kukkonen ; Blysmus compressus var. sikkimensis (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Nomochloa compressa var. brevifolia (C.B.Clarke) Beetle; Scirpus brevifolius Decne. ; Scirpus caricis var. brevifolius C.B.Clarke; Scirpus caricis var. dissitus C.B.Clarke ; Scirpus caricis var. sikkimensis C.B.Clarke); . S. Siberia to Himalaya: Afghanistan, East Himalaya, India, Irkutsk, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan,…
Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 2 (1816); . Central & S. U.S.A. to Mexico as per POWO; . Monarda citriodora: 4 high res. images. Location: Kashmir Was it cultivated ? Which location and when? It was cultivated 30 years ago at CSIR IIIM field station bonera pulwama for…
Habenaria barnesii Summerh. ex C.E.C.Fisch., J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 1887 (1936); . SW. India as per POWO; . Common name: Barnes Habenaria . Habenaria barnesii – addition to efi: 1 image. Please find attached herewith Habenaria barnessii, a rare endemic endangered Orchid species from Kerala. Place: Munnar – Kerala Altitude – 2000m Habitat: Grassland…
Thrixspermum walkeri Seidenf. & Ormerod, Descr. Epidendrorum J.G.König: 26 (1995); . Thrixspermum walkeri – Addition to efi: 3 images. Thrixspermum walkeri Seidenf. & Ormerod Orchidaceae Place: Neryamangalam (Kerala) Flowered after collection. Thanks to Mr. Arun T R for utmost care. July 2023 Habit: Riparian (Evergreen) . References:…
Atriplex pseudotatarica Alexander P. Sukhorukov, Nidhan Singh, Maria Kushunina, Maxim A. Zaika, Alexander N. Sennikov, July 2023 PhytoKeys 229(1):167-183; . Nidhan ji and others: A new species of Atriplex (Amaranthaceae) from the Indian subcontinent: Pl. see details at https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/105162/ Congratulations to Nidhan ji and his team. Hearty congratulations, Nidhan ji and…
Oenanthe sarmentosa C. Presl ex DC., Prodr. 4: 138 (1830) (syn: Cicuta californica (S.Watson) Greene ; Helosciadium californicum Hook. & Arn. ; Oenanthe californica S.Watson ; Oenanthe phellandrium Nutt. ; Oenanthe sarmentosa var. californica (S.Watson) J.M.Coult. & Rose); . Alaska to California: Alaska, British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington as per POWO; . Oenanthe sarmentosa from California-GS04082023-1: 5…
Wallpaper for August ’23: August 2023 Dear Nature Lovers !! Greetings from oikos ! LIVERWORTS Liverworts are one of the sub-group of bryophyte, non-flowering plants. In Old English, the word liverwort literally means liver plant. In ancient times, it was believed that liverworts cured diseases of the liver….
457 ID wild plant Gagea: 7 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: bloomed in The HIMALAYAS at Sonamarg Jammu & Kashmir INDIA Altitude: 8100fsl Flower date: 13APR2023, 01.35pm Habitat: wild snowy meadows Plant habit: small shrub, erect, unbranched, perennial Height: 08cm Leaves: whorled purplish curved elliptic obtuse apex,…