• Epilobium

    Epilobium amurense Hausskn. (Stems with 2(or 4) ± distinct raised strigillose lines decurrent from margins of petioles, or rarely subglabrous throughout. Petals white, pink or rose-purple, 4.5-8(-10) mm. Stigma capitate or broadly capitate, entire.)      Epilobium brevifolium subsp. brevifolium (As per efi thread: Stems 15-90 cm tall, simple or branched, strigillose throughout, sometimes…

  • Enicostema axillare

    Enicostema axillare (Poir. ex Lam.) A.Raynal, Adansonia n.s., 9: 75 1969. (Syn. Enicostema hyssopifolium (Willd.) Verd.; Enicostema verticillare (Retz.) Baill.; Exacum hyssopifolium Willd.; Hippion hyssopifolium (Willd.) Spreng.; Hippion orientale (Griseb.) Dalzell & Gibson; Hippion verticillatum var. hyssopifolium (Willd.) Kuntze; Hippion verticillatum var. maritimum (Dalzell) Kuntze; Slevogtia maritima Dalzell; Slevogtia orientalis Griseb.;                              …

  • Emilia sonchifolia

    Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. ex DC., “Wight, Contr. Bot. India” 24 1834. (Syn: Cacalia sonchifolia Hort ex L.; Crassocephalum sonchifolium (L.) Less.; Emilia marivelensis Elmer; Emilia purpurea Cass.; Emilia rigidula DC.; Emilia sinica Miq.; Gynura ecalyculata DC.; Senecio sonchifolius (L.) Moench; Senecio sonchifolius var. bogorensis Hochr.; Senecio sonchifolius var. sonchifolius…

  • Emilia

    Keys available in BSI Flora of India: 1a. Small, 3.5 – 20 mm tall herbs; leaves chiefly radical, scabrid; capitula pink purple; achenes 2 mm long. dirty brown, bispid 6. Emilia scabra b. Herbs more than 20 cm tall; leaves both radical and cauline or only cauline 2 2a. Leaves only…

  • Embelia tsjeriam-cottam

    Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) A.DC., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 131 1834. (syn. Ardisia basaal Roem. & Schult.; Ardisia tsjeriam-cottam Roem. & Schult; Dauceria acuta Dennst.; Dauceria obtusa Dennst.; Embelia acuta (Dennst.) Alston; Embelia basaal A. DC.; Embelia ferruginea Wall. ex A.DC.; Embelia obtusa (Dennst.) Alston; Embelia picta (Buch.-Ham. ex…

  • Elytrophorus spicatus

    Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A. Camus, H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 547 (1923) (Syn: Dactylis spicata Willd. ; Echinalysium articulatum (P.Beauv.) Kunth; Echinalysium strictum Trin. ; Elytrophorus articulatus P.Beauv. ; Sesleria spicata (Willd.) Spreng.; Phleum glomeruliflorum Steud.); . Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan,…

  • Elytrophorus

    Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A. Camus (Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Lesser Sunda Is., Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Queensland, Senegal, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania,…

  • Elsholtzia

    Elsholtzia blanda (Benth.) Benth. Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl. Elsholtzia ciliata ? Elsholtzia communis (Collett & Hemsl.) Diels (Indo-China: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: China South-Central as per POWO)    Elsholtzia densa Benth. Elsholtzia eriostachya (Benth.) Benth. Elsholtzia flava Benth. Elsholtzia fruticosa (D.Don) Rehder Elsholtzia griffithii Hook.f. (syn: Elsholtzia communis (Collett & Hemsl.) Diels) (Nepal to N. Myanmar as per WCSP)…

  • Elsholtzia ciliata

    Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl. , Bot. Not. 1941: 129 1941. (Syn: Elsholtzia ciliata var. brevipes C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang …….; Elsholtzia cristata Willd. …..; Elsholtzia cyprianii var. longipilosa (Hand.-Mazz.) C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang; Elsholtzia formosana Hayata; Elsholtzia interrupta Ohwi; Elsholtzia minima Nakai; Elsholtzia patrini var. ramosa Nakai; Elsholtzia pseudocristata H.Lév. & Vaniot; Hyssopus bracteatus…

  • Elettaria cardamomum

    Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 254 1811. (syn. Alpinia cardamomum (L.) Roxb.; Amomum cardamomum L.; Amomum ensal Raeusch.; Amomum racemosum Lam.; Amomum repens Sonn.; Amomum uncinatum Stokes; Cardamomum elletari Garsault [Invalid]; Cardamomum malabaricum Pritz.; Cardamomum officinale Salisb.; Cardamomum minus (Gaertn.) Kuntze; Cardamomum verum Oken; Elettaria cardamomum…

  • Elettaria

    Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton (SW. India as per POWO) . List of species of Elettaria from Gingers of India: Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton in Trans. Linn. Soc. 10: 254, t.5. 1811

  • Elephantopus scaber

    Elephantopus scaber L., Sp. Pl.: 814 (1753) 814 1753. (Syn: Elephantopus carolinensis G.Mey.; Elephantopus scaber var. albiflorus Kuntze; Elephantopus scaber subsp. oblanceolata Kitam.; Elephantopus scaber subsp. oblanceolato-oblonga Kitam.; Elephantopus sordidus Salisb.); . Images by Dinesh Valke, Satish Phadke, Anurag N Sharma (Id by Prashant Awale & Satish Phadke), Mohina Macker, Karuna…

  • Elatostema

    Keys from Flora of Bhutan (1983):  1. Flowers in lax or condensed cymes, never on a fleshy receptacle, 5-merous; perianth of female flowers large, equalling ovary and achene … Species 1 (1. E. heterolobum (Weddell) Hallier f.; Pellionia heteroloba Weddell, P. griffithiaiana Weddell, E. griffithianum (Weddell) Hallier f.- Warm broad-leaved forest,…

  • Elaeocarpus angustifolius

    Elaeocarpus angustifolius Bl. (syn: Elaeocarpus baclayanensis Elmer; Elaeocarpus crenatus (Rafin.) Merrill; Elaeocarpus cyanocarpus Maingay ex Mast.; Elaeocarpus dolichopetalus Merrill; Elaeocarpus faurensis Hemsl.; Elaeocarpus ganitrus F.Müll. (ambiguous synonym); Elaeocarpus grandis F.Müll.; Elaeocarpus hebridarum Knuth; Elaeocarpus maior Knuth; Elaeocarpus muellerianus Schlechter; Elaeocarpus novo-guineensis Warb.; Elaeocarpus parkinsonii Warb.; Elaeocarpus persicifolius Brongn. & Gris;…

  • Elaeaocarpaceae

    BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993): Elaeocarpus L. Muntingia L. (now under Muntingiaceae) Sloanea L. . Elaeocarpus hainanensis Oliv. (Cultivated) Elaeocarpus lanceifolius Roxb. Elaeocarpus munroii (Wight) Masters  laeocarpus rugosus Roxb. ex G.Don ? Elaeocarpus serratus L. Images by tspkumar Elaeocarpus serratus ?  Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K. Schum. Elaeocarpus tuberculatus Roxb….

  • Ehretia laevis

    Ehretia laevis (Rottler ex G. Don) Roxb. (syn: Ehretia canarensis Miq. ex C. B. Cl.; Ehretia floribunda Royle; Ehretia laevis var. canarensis C. B. Cl.; Ehretia laevis var. platyphylla Merr.) as per Catalogue of Life; . eh-RET-ee-uh — named for Georg Dionysius Ehret, botanical artist LEE-viss or LAY-viss — smooth…

  • Edgeworthia gardneri

    Edgeworthia gardneri (Wall.) Meisn., Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 3: 280 1841. (syn. Daphne gardneri Wall.;  Edgeworthia albiflora Nakai); . Central Himalaya to China (NW. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO; . Indian Paper Tree, Nepali Paper Bush • Nepalese: अर्गली Argali; …

  • Edgeworthia

    Edgeworthia gardneri (Wall.) Meisn. (Central Himalaya to China (NW. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)   . Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution): Edgeworthia gardneri (Wall.) Meisn. (2400-3500 m; Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), Assam, N. Burma, W. China) . Some species…

  • Eclipta prostrata

    Ecliptaprostrata (L.) L., Mant. Pl. 2: 286 (1771) 286 1771. (syn. Acmella lanceolata Link ex Spreng.; Amellus carolinianus Walter; Anthemis abyssinica J.Gay ex A.Rich. …………..; Artemisia viridis Blanco [Illegitimate]; Bellis racemosa Steud.; Buphthalmum diffusum Vahl ex DC.; Chamaemelum foetidum Garsault  .;Cotula alba (L.) L. ..; Eclipta adpressa Moench [Illegitimate]; Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk.;…

  • Echinops niveus

    Echinops niveus Wall. ex DC., Prodr. 6:526. 1838 (“1837”); . Spiny herb with simple stem, densely cottony; leaves up to 20 cm long, bipinnatifid, divided into linear spiny segments, margins recurved, densely cottony beneath; Heads globose, 6-8 cm across, spines not projecting; outer involucre bracts few, spathulate, spine-tipped, inner connate…