Vicoa cernua Dalz. (Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) and N. Thailand: China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand as per POWO) Vicoa indica (L.) DC. Vicoa sahyadrica Nandikar & Sardesai (India (Maharashtra, Karnataka) as per POWO) Pentanema vestita (Wall. ex DC.) Ling
Eragrostis aspera (Jacq.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 408 (1841) (syn: Eragrostis aspera var. major Peter ; Eragrostis devolvens Gand. ; Eragrostis laxiflora Schrad. ; Eragrostis paniculata Steud. ; Eragrostis quintasii Gand. ; Poa aspera Jacq.; Poa aspera var. minor Nees ; Poa hippuris Schumach. ; Poa paniculata Roxb. ); . Africa, Arabian Peninsula, India, Indo-China: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces,…
Sorghum purpureosericeum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf. & Asch., Austral. Syst. Bot. 16: 291 (2003) (syn: Andropogon pappii Gand. ; Andropogon purpureosericeus var. calomelas Hack. ; Andropogon purpureosericeus Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Andropogon purpureosericeus var. pallidior Hack. ; Sorghum deccanense Stapf ex Raizada ; Sorghum dimidiatum Stapf ; Sorghum purpureosericeum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf. & Asch.; Sorghum purpureosericeum subsp. deccanense E.D.Garber ; Sorghum purpureosericeum subsp. dimidiatum (Stapf) E.D.Garber); . Mali…
A Journalist’s Memoir: Flowers on a Kargil Cliff — India’s first war correspondent in the line of fire in Kashmir & Kargil: If I may, take the liberty to inform you about my memoir which has recently been published. Its title takes from the alpine flowers of the remote Kargil…
Crotalaria salicifolia B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 182 (1834) ; . SW. India as per POWO; . Common name: Willow-Leaf Rattlepod . Shrubs; stems villous. Leaves to 7 x 2.5 cm, elliptic, obtuse at apex, acute at base, densely fulvous tomentose; nerves 5-7 pairs; stipules absent….
Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel., in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1861 (1836) (syn: Hibiscus populneoides Roxb. ; Thespesia populnea var. populneoides (Roxb.) Pierre; Thespesia banalo Blanco ; Thespesia howii S.Y.Hu ); . SE. Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal and N. Australia: Aldabra, Comoros, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., New…
Eragrostis coarctata Stapf, Fl. Brit. India 7: 313 (1896) ; . Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Identify Eragrostis ciliaris or riparia?: 3 high res. images. Habitat: Near moist area Habit: Annual herb Loc: Bundi Rajasthan Date: 10112924 Eragrostis…
Dimeria pubescens Hack., Monogr. Phan. 6: 83 (1889) (syn: Dimeria ceylanica Bor ; Dimeria kurumthotticalana Jacob ; Dimeria trimenii Hook.f.); . India, Sri Lanka, Thailand as per POWO; . Need Grass ID: Dimeria?: 3 high res. images. Sandstoney soil. Bhopal. Oct 2024 Dimeria pubescens (=D.connivens) . References: POWO Catalogue of Life …
San Francisco, August 2024 :: Oenothera elata for validation :: ARK2024-003: 4 high res. images. This was clicked at Pigeon point coast near SFO, USA in August 2024. Is this Oenothera elata? The background of some of the flower pics is some other succulent. I guess the ID is OK….
Hedyotis pruinosa Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 408 (1834) (syn: Hedyotis corymbiformis E.T.Geddes ; Hedyotis corymbosa Wall. ; Hedyotis lentiginosa Bedd. ; Oldenlandia corymbosa Wight & Arn. ; Oldenlandia pruinosa (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze; Oldenlandia pruinosa var. massiei Pit.); . India (Kerala), Sri Lanka, Indo-China: Cambodia, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; ….
Argentina leuconota (D.Don) Soják: Any of Argentina / Potentilla from our site could be Argentina leuconota (D.Don) Soják ?? https://www.gbif.org/species/8022597 https://www.gbif.org/species/8022597 Do you find any species close?
Grass identification bundi022: 2 high res. images. Habitat: Moist area Habit: Annual herb Loc: Bundi Rajasthan Date: july2022 There are several grass mixed in the population. The spikelet picture is of Eragrostis Please post single inflorescence and also the base of inflorescence.
Regarding identification of the species collected from Gajapati Odisha on December 24: 3 high res. images. I think it may be some orchid species. Orchid is ok.
Plants of Kathmandu Valley: 4 images. Happy to share : Finally, the Book is out. 500 pages of Hard Bind Cover printed on high quality glossy paper. Contains 885 wild species from 110 Family from the surroundings of the Kathmandu Valley. Price is NPR 3100. Great news to see that…
Request for invited talk: 5th online Conference on Citizen Science for Biodiversity: Greetings and Namaskar on behalf of the Organising Committee of CitSci India 2024! I am writing to request you to deliver a talk at the 5th online Conference on Citizen Science for Biodiversity, to be held on the 12th and 13th…
Eulophia picta (R.Br.) Ormerod from Assam KD 05 Nov 24: 5 images. Attached images are from Eulophia picta (R.Br.) Ormerod Assam. Please validate. Date : 07.11.2024 Location: Assam Family : Orchidaceae Genus & species : Eulophia picta (R.Br.) Ormerod(= Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr.) Habit : Herb Habitat : Ground orchid Flower : Not seen Fruit : Capsule Looks like…
Regarding identification of the species collected from Khurda Odisha on October 24: Looks like Citrus sp. I think it appears to be some Sapotaceae member like https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/3/0/3088 https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/15/sapotaceae/
Cinnamomum burmanni (Nees & T. Nees) Bl., Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 569 (1826) (syn: Cinnamomum ammannii Lukman. ; Cinnamomum burmanni var. angustifolium Meisn. ; Cinnamomum burmanni var. chinense (Blume) Meisn. ; Cinnamomum burmanni var. kiamis (Nees) Meisn.; Cinnamomum cassia Siebold ; Cinnamomum chinense Blume ; Cinnamomum dulce (Roxb.) Nees ; Cinnamomum dulce var. ammannii Lukman. ; Cinnamomum dulce var. sieboldii Lukman. ; Cinnamomum dulce var. thunbergii Lukman. ; Cinnamomum hainanense Nakai ; Cinnamomum…
Embelia vestita Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 288 (1824) (syn: Calispermum oblongifolium (Hemsl.) Nakai ; Calispermum rude (Hand.-Mazz.) Nakai ; Choripetalum undulatum A.DC. ; Embelia bodinieri H.Lév. ; Embelia impressa var. serrata H.R.Fletcher ; Embelia lenticellata Hayata ; Embelia nagushia D.Don ; Embelia nigroviridis C.Chen ; Embelia oblongifolia Hemsl. ; Embelia prunifolia Mez ; Embelia rudis Hand.-Mazz. ; Embelia undulata (Wall.) Mez ; Embelia vestita var. lenticellata (Hayata)…
ID to species level required : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) – 1 MB each ID to species level required. Date : 25th July 2017 Location : Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats 850 meters Pl. check comparative images at efi site at Crotalaria page. Without pods it is very…