Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st August’25: 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 4,81,800 messages so far & membership currently around 3545 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one…
Kindly: 2 images. From west bengal, Howrah district Wetland Large leaf, dentate marginal, hollow stem Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn. To identify Ceratopteris species I need to see the stipe and the whole leaf on a fully aerial, preferably fertile frond. Sorry but these photos are not adequate.
210825PKD1: I’d pls collection site Athamalik Anugul Odisha on August 2025: 5 images. Cyperus malaccensis Lam. Can not say as inflorescence is not clear. Can you post clear image of the inflorescence? Can it be Cyperus esculentus ? as per https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300668-2 https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/76584-Cyperus-esculentus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyperus_esculentus https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/yellow-nutsedge https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/cyperus/esculentus/ Clear image of the inflorescence is…
Request for ID.: 8 images. Please identify the species in the field photographs attached for your kind perusal. Appears close to images at https://efloraofindia.com/efi/marasmiaceae-member-hooghly-west-bengal/
070925PKD4: Id pls collected from khurda Odisha on September 2025: 3 high res. images. Pictures are very small. Highlight the sporophytes clearly. Again microphotography of leaves with leaf cell pattern at marginal, central and basal portion is necessary for correct identification of the species.
Zantedeschia pentlandii (R.Whyte ex W.Watson) Wittm., Gartenflora 47: 593 (1898) (syn: Calla pentlandii (R.Whyte ex W.Watson) Anon. ; Richardia pentlandii R.Whyte ex W.Watson; Richardia sprengeri Comes ; Zantedeschia sprengeri (Comes) Burtt Davy ); . Northern Prov. (Mpumalanga) as per POWO; . Zantedeschia pentlandii ‘Best Gold’ from California-GS04092025-1: 3 high res. images. Zantedeschia pentlandii ‘Best…
Lepidagathis kurnoolensis K. Raja Kullayiswamy and SAROJINI DEVI NAIDU, January 2025; . Lepidagathis kurnoolensis: 3 high res. images. A new species has been published in NJB Lepidagathis kurnoolensis Raja Kullayisw. & Sarojin. Pics are attached . References: Lepidagathis kurnoolensis (Acanthaceae: Acanthoideae: Barlerieae): a new species from the Kurnool…
Sporobolus coromandelianus (Retz.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829) (syn: Agrostis coromandeliana Retz. ; Agrostis rura Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. ; Sporobolus commutatus (Trin.) Kunth ; Sporobolus javensis Ohwi ; Sporobolus parvulus Stent ; Sporobolus violascens Mez ; Vilfa commutata Trin. ; Vilfa coromandeliana (Retz.) P.Beauv. ; Vilfa discospora Nees ex Trin. ; Vilfa roxburghiana Nees ex Steud.; Vilfa roxburghii Trin.); . Eritrea to…
Balanophora abbreviata Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 87 (1827) (syn: Acroblastum fawcettii (Elmer) Setch. ; Acroblastum insulare (Ridl.) Setch. ; Acroblastum pallens (Setch.) Sol. ex Setch. ; Acroblastum subglobosum (Elmer) Setch. ; Balaniella abbreviata (Blume) Tiegh. ; Balaniella alutacea (Jungh.) Tiegh. ; Balaniella distans Tiegh. ; Balaniella hildebrandtii (Rchb.f.) Tiegh. ; Balanophora alutacea Jungh. ; Balanophora cavaleriei H.Lév. ; Balanophora…
Carduus acanthoides L., Sp. Pl.: 821 (1753) (syn: Polyacantha acanthoides (L.) Hill ; Polycantha acanthoides (L.) Hill ); . Temp. Eurasia: Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan,…
Id pls collected from Koraput Odisha on August 2025: 4 high res. images. I think it is some moss. Bartramia ?? Probably Funaria The moss in the photograph is not a Philonotis sp. but is certainly a Bryum sp., probably B. uliginosum. It is not possible to identify bryophytes with…
Bupleurum andhricum M.P.Nayar & R.N.Banerjee, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12: 255 (1970 publ. 1972) (syn: Bupleurum falcatum var. biharense Haines); . E. India as per POWO; . Herb from Satpura – NSD 59 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Friends photographed this herb in Satpura tiger reserve on 11-10-09 Please id this herb…
Sattal May 2025 :: Tree for ID :: ARK2025-067: 2 high res. images. This was clicked near Sattal, Uttarakhand in May 2025. Is it possible to ID? A close up Can it be something from Lauraceae or Litsea?: https://efloraofindia.com/efi/litsea/
Bulbophyllum candidum (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 770 (1890) (syn: Ione candida Lindl. ; Phyllorkis candida (Lindl.) Kuntze ; Sunipia candida (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt ); . Bhutan to China (NW. & S. Yunnan) and N. Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Tibet as per POWO; . Bulbophyllum candidum: 5 images. Sharing pictures…
Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768) (syn: Acanthocereus thalassinus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg ; Cactus hexagonus L. ; Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud. ; Cactus peruvianus DC. ; Cactus regalis Spreng. ; Cephalocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Borg ; Cereus horridus Otto ex Pfeiff. ; Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus Werderm. ; Cereus karstenii Salm-Dyck ; Cereus karstenii Salm-Dyck ; Cereus…
250725PKD2: Id pls collected from Khurda Odisha on July 2025: 3 high res. images. Piper ?? Appears close to images at https://efloraofindia.com/efi/piper-nigrum/ Looks female plant of Piper attenuatum. However, the pictures are not clear. Better photos may help me to confirm. But why flowering images look different from those at…
Eranthis hyemalis from California, a new addition to our database-GS03082025-2: 3 high res. images. Sharing Eranthis hyemalis (Linn.) Salisb., an interesting member of Ranunculaceae from Fremont, California, grown as an ornamental. This is some Liliaceae Lilium bulbiferum L. ??? uploaded by mistake Yes Lilium bulbiferum seems correct ID Shape of the petals…
Identify Ampelocissus species: 1 high res. image. Habitat: Moist Rocky area Habit: Climber Location: Padajhar mahadev bhainsrorgarh wildlife sanctuary, Rajasthan Date: 03082025 Are any species reported from Rajasthan? A.latifolia is commonly found in aravli and vindhya range Difficult to say with images at https://efloraofindia.com/efi/ampelocissus-latifolia/
Aechmea sp. for ID from Plantae Paradise HP-GS15072021-4: 2 images. Please help with the ID of this Aechmea species from Pantae Paradise Nursery, Datyar Village, Himachal Pradesh clicked on Lutheria Yes, as per images at https://efloraofindia.com/efi/lutheria/
Noccaea andersonii (Hook.fil. & Thomson) Al-Shehbaz, Adansonia, sér. 3, 24: 91 (2002) (syn: Iberidella andersonii Hook.f. & Thomson ; Iberidella tibetica C.Marquand & Airy Shaw; Sichuania andersonii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Y.Z.Zhao ; Thlaspi andersonii (Hook.f. & Thomson) O.E.Schulz ); . N. Pakistan to Tibet and Himalaya: East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as…