Android app for Valley of Flowers: An Android app for identifying the flowers found in the Valley of Flowers and enroute. The app can be used offline, in the field, and does not need an internet connection. It is based on the images and information available on www.flowersofindia.net https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.flowersofindia.valleyofflowers&pli=1 Developed by Suvrajyoti Chatterjee for FOI….
Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Dec.’22: 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 4,39,300 messages so far & membership currently at 3399 nos….
Rotala illecebroides (Arn.) Koehne, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 161 (1880) (syn: Ammannia illecebroides Arn.); . India to Myanmar, Andaman Islands: Andaman Is., Myanmar as per POWO; . Common name: Charming Rotala . Small aquatic erect herbs. Leaves opposite, to 2 x 1 mm, decussate, ovate, glabrous, entire. Flowers axillary, each from the…
Flemingia nana Roxb. ex W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 4: 350 (1812) (syn: Flemingia congesta var. nana (Roxb. ex W.T.Aiton) Baker ; Flemingia macrophylla var. nana (Roxb. ex W.T.Aiton) Sasaki ; Maughania nana (Roxb. ex W.T.Aiton) Mukerjee); . Indian Subcontinent to Thailand, Hainan: Hainan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Asia: India (Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maha-rashtra,…
Flemingia prostrata Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 338 (1832) (syn: Flemingia lamontii Hance ; Flemingia macrophylla var. philippinensis (Merr. & Rolfe) H.Ohashi ; Flemingia philippinensis Merr. & Rolfe; Maughania philippinensis (Merr. & Rolfe) H.L.Li; Maughania prostrata (Roxb.Junior ex Roxb.) Mukerjee); . Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Indo-China, Nansei-shoto to Hainan and Philippines: Assam, Bangladesh, China…
Begonia bachulkarii Aitawade, Kattuk. & S.R.Yadav, Phytotaxa 423: 278 (2019) (syn: Begonia keralensis Pradeep, Sinj.Thomas & Britto); . India (Kerala) as per POWO; . 405 ID wild plant Begonia: 15 high res. images. Please ID wild Begonia, very rare, leaves used by tribal peoples as thirst quencher in dry season, Location:…
Peucedanum dhana Wall., Fl. Brit. India 2: 709 (1879) (syn: Pastinaca glauca Dalzell; Peucedanum dana Buch.-Ham.); . Pakistan to N. Thailand: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Identification request 18: 2 high res. images. Habitat: Rocky/Aravali mountain Habit: Herb Loc: Udaipur Date:09/12/2022 Umbelliferae ?? Yes. Pl. check…
382 ID wild plant Cyanotis: 14 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607 Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 23OCT2022, 11.05pm Habitat: wild moisture, rocky misty sanded hill, shady Plant habit: creeping, branches, weak fleshy stem 05mm purplish base diameter, hairy, annual Height: 01…
396 ID wild tree: 23 high res. images. Please ID wild rare tree. I observed that it’s bark will get attack (or consuming) from Sus scrofa (?) frequently (image#4425). … identified it as Nostolachma crassifolia of Rubiaceae I have doubts of this being Nostolachma crassifolia as per description in IBP and…
Acilepis heynei (Bedd. ex Gamble) H. Rob. & Skvarla, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 122: 141 (2009) (syn: Vernonia heynei Bedd. ex Gamble); . India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu) as per POWO; . 401 ID wild plant Cyanthillium: 21 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala…
Phyllanthus rangachariarii Murugan, Kabeer & G.V.S.Murthy submission AS27 December 22: 6 high res. images. Here’s a new addition to eFloraofIndia website. Phyllanthus rangachariarii Murugan, Kabeer & G.V.S.Murthy Family – Phyllanthaceae This rare species is narrow endemic to Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu Photographed in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu In November…
Oryza meyeriana (Zoll. & Moritzi) Baill., Hist. Pl. 12: 166 (1894) (syn: Oryza abromeitiana Prodoehl ; Oryza filiformis Buch.-Ham. ex Steud. ; Oryza granulata Nees & Arn. ex Watt ; Oryza indandamanica J.L.Ellis ; Oryza meyeriana subsp. abromeitiana (Prodoehl) Tateoka ; Oryza meyeriana subsp. granulata (Nees & Arn. ex Watt) Tateoka ; Oryza meyeriana var. granulata (Nees & Arn. ex Watt) Duist. ; Oryza meyeriana var. indandamanica (J.L.Ellis)…
Lamiaceae plant for id: Request for I’d of a Lamiaceae plant from Bilaspur. Photographed in December, 2022. No more images? habitat flower closeup from front , etc ? presently I do not have the image of habit or close up of flower. I will send when I take the snaps. Pl….
Polygala idukkiana Mohan Vishnu and Santhosh Nampy, December 2022 Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 79(2):e129; . 12 Identify weed plant : 3 images. Please identify the weed plant. Polygala sp. ?? Where and when was it clicked ? I did not find a match as per existing species as per…
Roots are used in gynecological issues , please help in identifying plant: 1 high res. image. Post the pictures of roots used for medicinal purpose. Are these roots tubers When and where these images were clicked ? Pl. check Sterculia like https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/31/sterculia-urens/
Isodon nilgherricus (Benth.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 60: 236 (1985) (syn: Plectranthus bullatus Benth.; Plectranthus nilgherricus Benth.; Rabdosia nilgherrica (Benth.) H.Hara); . S. India as per POWO; . Common name: Nilgiri Isodon . Isodon nilgherricus (Benth.) H.Hara submission AS28 December 22: 6 high res. images. Here’s a new addition to eFloraofIndia website from Southern Western…
Oxybasis glauca (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch, Willdenowia 42: 15 (2012) (syn: Chenopodium ambiguum var. majus Moq. ; Chenopodium ambiguum var. minus Moq. ; Chenopodium glaucum L.; Chenopodium glaucum var. littorale Rodway ; Chenopodium glaucum subsp. orientale Vorosch. ; Chenopodium glaucum var. prostratum Beck ; Chenopodium littorale Moq. ; Chenopodium nudiflorum F.Muell. ex Murr ; Chenopodium prostratum Jacquem. ex Moq. ; Chenopodium wolffii Simonk.); . Temp. Eurasia, Australia: Afghanistan, Albania, Altay,…
Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th Nov.’22: 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 4,38,000 messages so far & membership currently around 3385 nos. efloraofindia (eFI…
Actinostemma tenerum Griff., Account Bot. Coll. Cantor: 25 (1845) (syn: Actinostemma chaffanjonii H.Lév. ; Actinostemma lobatum f. longilobum Kom. ; Actinostemma lobatum f. subintegrum (Kom.) Kitag. ; Actinostemma lobatum var. subintegrum Kom. ; Actinostemma parvifolium Cogn. ; Karivia longicirrha Miq. ; Momordica paina Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don ; Sicyos oxyanthus Wall.); . Himalaya to Temp. E. Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast,…
Atriplex micrantha Ledeb., Icon. Pl. Fl. Ross. 1: 11 (1829) (syn: Atriplex hastata var. heterocarpa Fenzl; Atriplex hastata var. heterosperma (Bunge) Regel ex Iljin; Atriplex heterosperma Bunge; Atriplex hortensis subsp. heterosperma (Bunge) Meijden); . Ukraine to N. Xinjiang: Afghanistan, East European Russia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, South European Russi, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West…