Rutaceae Week : Tree for ID : Delhi : 080512 : AK-2: A small tree seen at a private garden in Delhi on the 16th of March,12. Tree in full bloom, with extremely fragrant white flowers….with the fragrance in the air. No fruits when picture was taken. Citrus sinensis? May…
France, July 2022 :: Tree for ID :: ARK2022-098: 3 high res. images. This was clicked in the Palace gardens, Versailles, France in July 2022. Requested to please ID. The fruits (or so I thought) have a very peculiar shape. Apologies for the quality of the pics. I think it…
Drosanthemum floribundum (Haw.) Schwant., Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 29 (1927) (syn: Drosanthemum candens (Haw.) Schwantes ; Drosanthemum torquatum (Haw.) Schwantes ; Mesembryanthemum candens Haw. ; Mesembryanthemum floribundum Haw. ; Mesembryanthemum furfureum Haw. ; Mesembryanthemum hirtellum Salm-Dyck ; Mesembryanthemum hispidum var. pallidum Haw. ; Mesembryanthemum torquatum Haw. ; Mesembryanthemum tuberculatum Eckl. & Zeyh. ); . SW. Cape Prov.; Introduced into: Azores, California, Canary Is., Ecuador, France, Great Britain, Madeira, Mexico Northwest,…
Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st August’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 4,31,900 messages so far & membership currently around 3365 nos. efloraofindia (eFI…
Vepris bilocularis (Wight & Arn.) Engl., H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 178 (1896) (syn: Cranzia bilocularis (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze, Dipetalum biloculare (Wight & Arn.) Dalzell, Toddalia bilocularis Wight & Arn.); SW. & S. India as per POWO; . Common name: Nilgiri White Ironwood • Malayalam: Karakil, Moothassari • Kannada: ಮಂಗಪ್ಪೆ Mangappe . Evergreen dioecious trees,…
France, July 2022 :: Campanula (?) for ID :: ARK2022-083: 5 high res. images. This was clicked at the Eze Botanical Garden near Nice, France in July 2022. Requested to please ID. Campanula… Leaf images not so clear. Campanula rapunculus L. ?? I think looks different from images of Campanula rapunculus…
France, July 2022 :: Campanula – 2 for validation :: ARK2022-085: 4 high res. images. This was clicked at the Eze Botanical Garden near Nice, France in July 2022. Suggestion on an FB group was Campanula isophylla. Requested to please validate ID looks right for me. I am having doubts…
BSI Flora of India Checklist Volume 2 (1993) (Distribution): Anisodus luridus Link in Spreng. (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh) (syn. of Anisodus stramoniifolius (Wall.) G.Don as per POWO) . Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution): Scopolia stramonifolia(Wall.) Shrestha (2500-3800 m; Himalaya (Kashmir to…
Grewia polygama Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 558 (1832) (syn: Grewia lancifolia J.Graham; Grewia polygama var. elliptica Domin); . India to NW. Peninsula Malaysia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Dysentery Bush, Emu-berry, Turkey bush • Marathi: गोवली Govli • Telugu: Chinnacheepuru, Chinnacipuru . …
France, July 2022 :: Yellow flowers for ID :: ARK2022-097: 3 high res. images. This was clicked in the Palace gardens, Versailles, France in July 2022. Requested to please ID. Hypericum. Hypericum species: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/h/hypericaceae/hypericum I concur with Looks like H. oblongifolium. Would wait for further opinion. I think looks different…
France, July 2022 :: Hebe cultivar for ID :: ARK2022-089: 4 high res. images. This was clicked at the Eze Botanical Garden near Nice, France in July 2022. An FB group suggested a Hebe cultivar. Requested to provide ID. Eze Botanical Gardens is situated on the French riviera (on the…
BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Flindersia australis R. Br. (Cultivated taxa)
Zanthoxylum khasianum Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 1: 494 (1875) (syn: Fagara khasyana (Hook.f.) Engl., Zanthoxylum yunnanense C.C.Huang); . Assam to China (W. Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central as per POWO; . Assam as per BSI Flora of India Checklist; . China (W-Yunnan), NE-India (Khasia) as per CoL; . Common name: Khasi Yellow-Wood • Garo:…
BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution): Calodendrum capense (L.f.) Thunb. (Cultivated taxa)
SK 3603 13 August 2022: 3 very high res. images. Location: Dunai, Dolpa, Nepal Altitude: 2600m. Date: 17 June 1022 Habit : Wild Liliaceae … ?? Pl. check in Amaryllidaceae I am not sure No match … http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=10032 Any click of flowers ? Flowers have not bloomed yet and the location is too far from…
Fagus sylvatica L., Sp. Pl.: 998 (1753) (syn: Castanea fagus Scop., Fagus aspleniifolia (Dum.Cours.) Raf., Fagus cochleata (Dippel) Domin, Fagus comptoniifolia Desf., Fagus cuprea Hurter ex A.DC., Fagus echinata Gilib., Fagus incisa Dippel, Fagus laciniata A.DC., Fagus purpurea (Aiton) Dum.Cours., Fagus sylvatica var. aspleniifolia Dum.Cours., Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea Aiton, Fagus sylvatica var. quercifolia (C.K.Schneid.) Geerinck, Fagus sylvatica subsp. sanguinea (Rchb.) Arcang., Fagus sylvatica var. vulgaris Aiton, Fagus sylvatica var. zlatia Späth ex E.Goeze, Fagus sylvestris Gaertn., Fagus…
Skimmia anquetilia N. P. Taylor & H. K. Airy Shaw, Bot. Mag. 180: 170 (1979) ; . India: Open forests of W. Himalayas at 1830 – 3030 m, often found in Quercus-Rhododendron forests. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh; Afghanistan, Pakistan and W. Nepal as per BSI Flora of…
Vepris bilocularis (Wight & Arn.) Engl. (Southern Western Ghats as per India Biodiversity Portal) . BSI Flora of India Checklist Volume 4 (1997) (Distribution): Vepris bilocularis (Wight & Arn.) Engl. in Engl. & Prantl (India: Evergreen or semievergreen forests of southern W. Ghats from Mysore southwards up to altitude 1500 m; often…
Cornus mas L., Sp. Pl.: 117 (1753) (syn: Cornus erythrocarpa St.-Lag., Cornus flava Steud., Cornus homerica Bubani, Cornus mas f. conica Jovan., Cornus mas var. oblongifolia Jovan., Cornus mas f. oxycarpa Jovan., Cornus mascula L., Cornus nudiflora Dumort., Cornus praecox Stokes, Cornus vernalis Salisb., Eukrania mascula (L.) Merr., Macrocarpium mas…
Veronica longifolia L., Sp. Pl.: 10 (1753) (syn: Pseudolysimachion longifolium (L.) Opiz); . Europe to N. Korea: Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Netherlands, North…