Gentianella

Gentianella azurea (Bunge) Holub (N. Europe to Mongolia and Himalaya: Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, North European Russi, Norway, Qinghai, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO) Gentianella moorcroftiana (Wall. ex Griseb.) Airy Shaw           . A REVISION OF GENTIANELLA, COMASTOMA AND GENTIANOPSIS (GENTIANACEAE) IN NEPAL by E. Aitkena- […]

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Jacobaea maritima

Jacobaea maritima (L.) Pelser & Meijden, 677 2005. (syn: Cineraria maritima (L.) L.; Othonna maritima L.; Senecio cineraria var. bicolor (Willd.) Caruel; Senecio coronopifolius var. oasicolus Hochr.; Senecio gibbosus subsp. cineraria (DC.) Peruzzi & al.; Senecio maritimus (L.) Rchb.); . Common names: Dusty-miller, Rag-wort, Silverdust;  .  Garden Plant for ID : 120511 : AK-3: Taken […]

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Coscinium fenestratum

IUCN Red List Status: Data Deficient (DD) . Coscinium fenestratum (Goetgh.) Colebr., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 65 1822. (Syn: Cissampelos aurea Koenig ex Diels; Coscinium colaniae Gagnep.; Coscinium maingayi Pierre; Coscinium miosepalum Diels; Coscinium peltatum Merr.; Coscinium usitatum Pierre; Coscinium wallichianum Miers; Coscinium wightianum Miers (ambiguous synonym); Coscinium wightianum Miers ex Diels (ambiguous synonym); Menispermum fenestratum […]

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Menispermaceae

MENISPERMACEAE: (Reported from India:  20 genera, 44 species; Represented on efi. 14 genera and 22 species, including 1 from outside India as on 7.7.20) (Compiled by Dr. Gurcharan Singh) 1. Albertisia: mecitophylla. 2. Anamirta: cocculus. 3. Aspidocarya: uvifera. 4. Cissampelos: pareira var. hirsuta. 5. Cocculus: hirsutus, laurifolius, orbiculatus, pendulus, prainianus. 6. Coscinium: fenestratum. 7. Cyclea: […]

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Eragrostiella bifaria

Eragrostiella bifaria (Vahl) Bor, Indian Forester 66: 270 1940. (syn. Catapodium bifarium (Vahl) Link; Catapodium coromandelianum (J.Koenig ex Rottler) Link; Eragrostiella bifaria var. australiana F.M.Bailey; Eragrostiella bifaria var. bifaria ; Eragrostiella coromandeliana (K.D.Koenig ex Rottler) Keng f. & L.Liou; Eragrostis bifaria (Vahl) Wight; Eragrostis bifaria var. australiana F.M. Bailey; Eragrostis coromandeliana (J.Koenig ex Rottler) Trin.; […]

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Poaceae

Poaceae‎: Species and genus pages‎‎ are now with comparative images: Species and genus pages of‎‎‎‎ Poaceae‎‎‎ are now with comparative images. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details. May I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. […]

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Acanthaceae

Comparative images of species from genera other than Andrographis, Asystasia, Barleria, Dicliptera, Eranthemum, Hygrophila, ‎Haplanthodes, Justicia, Lepidagathis, Peristrophe, Pseuderanthemum, Ruellia, Strobilanthes, Thunbergia (pl. click on these links to see their images):    Acanthus ilicifolius L. (Images by Satish Phadke (1,2)  & Prasad Kumar Dash (3))   Acanthus mollis L. (Images by Muthu Karthick (2,3) & Gurcharan […]

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Malpighiaceae

  Acridocarpus natalitius var. linearifolius Launert? (Introduced) (S. Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal: KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Swaziland as per POWO) Aspidopterys canarensis Dalzell Aspidopterys cordata (B.Heyne ex Wall.) A.Juss. Aspidopterys indica (Willd.) W.Theob. Aspidopterys nutans (Roxb. ex DC.) Juss. (Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)        Aspidopterys wallichii Hook.f. Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth (Cultivated) Galphimia gracilis […]

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Gentianaceae

Comparative images given below except for genera Exacum, Gentiana & Swertia: , Canscora alata (Roth) Wall. Images by Anurag Sharma and Shahina Shanavas,  inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click links to see details and more images) Canscora andrographioides Griff. ex C.B.Clarke Images by Raju Das, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details) Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. Images by Alka Khare, Nidhan Singh, Prashant […]

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Important sites for Indian Flora

Important sites for Indian Flora (Alphabetically) :  . Efloraofindia website: https://efloraofindia.com/ . Efloraofindia e-group: http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix . Biotik: http://www.biotik.org/species_list_india.html . BSI Flora of India : Volume 1, 2, 3,4,5,12,13 & 23 has been put here with details of a total of 98 families Also a checklist is available for 275 out of 284 families (you can keep it […]

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User driven learning environment in botany

Garg, J. M., Dinesh Valke and Max Overton. “A User Driven Learning Environment in Botany.” Chapter under User-Driven Healthcare and Narrative Medicine: Utilizing Collaborative Social Networks and Technologies. IGI Global, 2011. 255-275. doi:10.4018/978-1-60960-097-6.ch019 Abstract– This chapter introduces the reader to a sample ‘User driven learning environment’ created in an online community with a special interest […]

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4. Moderators

‘Moderators’ are persons who have contributed substantially to efloraofindia as a whole (after The Pillars & Subject Experts). They have accepted the invitation to become a moderator to share high responsibility in this regard. More such names will be added when they come up to their level provided their behavior is up to the mark at […]

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Details of some important contributors

Details of some important contributors;   . A. Lalithamba Avadhanam Lalithamba – Star Expert of Oct.’17 Our tribute to two great ladies on this group Thanks to Krishnaraj ji, Shantanu ji, Lalithamba ji, Kunhikannan ji, Vijayasankar ji, D S Rawat ji, Samir ji, Shrikant ji among others- Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight Oct’ 2015 Spl. thanks to Surajit […]

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6. Top 10 contributors over the years

Top 10 posters on 1.1.23 List of top 10 posters as on 1.1.23 is given below: Top Posters as on 1-1-2023 Total 1. J M Garg 99,270 2. Saroj Kasaju 39,097 3. Gurcharan Singh 36,471 4. Aarti Khale 14,123 5. Dinesh Valke 13,282 6. Usha Desai 12,000 7. Nidhan Singh 10,613 8. Balkar Singh 8,572 […]

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J.M.Garg

J. M. Garg as PCMM/WR         Article about Er. J.M. Garg ji: 1 pdf attachment An eMagazine, Sanrakshan, has published an article on respected Garg ji as a Profile of the month July 2022. Kindly go through it. A web version is attached herewith. HD version can be downloaded from here. . Some of my Articles about […]

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Posting Guidelines

Efloraofindia helps members to interact with each other about our trees, shrubs, herbs etc. in our surroundings & elsewhere in India, mainly by posting pictures, information, identity etc. . Feel free to post your questions, observations, notes etc. on Indian Flora. Please observe the following guidelines while posting: . Brief Posting Guidelines  Maximum 3 posts per day for Identification requests / confirmations – with […]

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