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SK 3554 08 June 2022: 2 high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Tradescantia spathacea Sw. ?? The common name for Tradescantia spathacea is Moses in the basket. Cos flower bud looks like a basket. It opens to revel the flowers inside…see my pics. Don’t think…
Acacia pataczekii D.I.Morris, Rec. Queen Victoria Mus. 50: 1 (1974) (syn: Racosperma pataczekii (D.I.Morris) Pedley); . NE. Tasmania as per POWO; . SK 3557 09 June 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Can it be some Acacia ? Agree Acacia sp….
Fraxinus xanthoxyloides (G.Don) Wall. ex A.DC., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 275 (1844) (syn: Fraxinus moorcroftiana (G.Don) Brandis; Fraxinus oxyacanthifolia Dippel; Ornus moorcroftiana G.Don; Ornus xanthoxyloides G.Don); . Afghanistan to Tibet: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Fraxinus xanthoxyloides: Fraxinus xanthoxyloides Spiti region, Lahaul & Spiti District, Himachal Pradesh June 2022 ….
SK 3550 07 June 2022: 3 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Maybe something from Acanthaceae.
2 Days Plant Exploration Programm June 2022 .: Can we plan a two day plant exploration programme in June 3rd or 4th Week. The suitable destination is Chakrata. Around 300 Kms from Delhi. In a Hotel we usually stay, 30 people can be accommodated. Approx expenditure per person per day may…
Tree for ID SN28522: One of my contacts sent it for ID. He did not give the location, i asked to provide. i will update it. Seems Anacardiaceae member. I think images are not clear. Is it from India? From where? Maybe from some estate, I asked the locality, but…
Campanula cana Wall., W.Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 101 (1824) (syn: Campanula aprica Nannf.; Campanula pasumensis Marquand; Campanula tortuosa C.Y.Wu; Campanula xylopoda Jeffrey) as per POWO; . Himalaya to S. Central China and N. Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Keys available at…
Ms. A. Lalithamba: Awarded as 1st in ‘Story of eFloraofindia’ Contest to celebrate 15th Anniversary: These lines from A. Lalithamba ji, are the best we have come across to describe eFloraofIndia and it has been judged as 1st in the Contest. I am reproducing these lines again to soak in…
Heliconia aurantiaca Verschaff., Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 68: 1 (1861) (syn: Bihai aurantiaca (Verschaff.) Griggs; Bihai choconiana (S.Watson) Griggs; Heliconia brevispatha Hook.; Heliconia choconiana S.Watson); . SE. Mexico to Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua as per POWO; . Heliconia longiflora R.R.Sm.: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date:…
Diglyphosa latifolia Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 336 (1825) (syn: Chrysoglossum latifolium (Blume) Benth. ex Hemsl.; Chrysoglossum macrophyllum King & Pantl.; Diglyphosa macrophylla (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl.); . E. Himalaya to China (SE. Yunnan), Malesia to New Guinea: Borneo, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera as…
Cyrtosia integra (Rolfe ex Downie) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30: 232 (1986) (syn: Galeola integra Rolfe ex Downie); . Arunachal Pradesh to Indo-China: East Himalaya, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Yellow-Brown Dwarf Galeola . Orchid image: 1 high very res. image. 1. Name :- Cyrtosia integra (Rolfe ex Downie)…
Didymocarpus punduanus var. pulcher (C.B.Clarke) Su.Datta & B.K.Sinha, Nelumbo 57: 31 (2015) (syn: Didymocarpus pulcher C.B.Clarke; Roettlera pulchra (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze); . Central & E. Himalaya to SE. Tibet and Vietnam: Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam as POWO; . Clarke ; stem and petioles ashy-puberulous, leaves oblong or elliptic minutely densely pubescent above…
Polygonatum sibiricum Redouté, Liliac. 6: t. 315 (1811) (syn: Convallaria sibirica (Redouté) Ker; Polygonatum chinense Kunth); . Siberia to Korea and Bhutan: Buryatiya, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia as per POWO; . Polygonatum sibiricum from UCBG-GS26062022-4: 4 very high res. images. Polygonatum sibiricum, a Chinese species…
Erythranthe lewisii x E. cardinalis hybrid from California-GS24062022-5: 6 very high res. images. Erythranthe lewisii (Pursh) G L Nesom & N S Fraga x E. cardinalis (Douglas ex Benth.) Spach (Syn: Mimulus lewisii Pursh x E. cardinalis Douglas ex Benth.) Photographed from Fremont, California, 26-5-2019 References: http://science.halleyhosting.com/cardinalisXlewisii.html https://plantlust.com/plants/12806/erythranthe-lewisii-x-cardinalis/
eFI T shirt- How we look?: 6 images. See how our eFI T Shirt looks on us. Others may send their images. Thanks, Balkar ji, Vijayasankar ji and others for making it possible. ‘Men in Green’ Posted at eFloraofIndia Facebook page as ‘Men in Green’. Here are more from Sunit ji….
Manoj Chandran: ‘Grassman’ of eFloraofIndia , ‘Grassman of eFloraofIndia’: Title for Sh. Manoj Chandran: In view of outstanding contributions for the cause of eFloraofIndia, the title of ‘Grassman of eFloraofIndia‘ on Manoj ji, was conferred on him during the 1st eFI Summit held on 19.6.22 to celebrate its 15th anniversary. We salute Manoj ji, who…
Arenga caudata (Lour.) H.E.Moore, Principes 4: 114 (1960) (syn: Blancoa caudata (Lour.) Kuntze; Borassus caudatus Lour.; Didymosperma caudatum (Lour.) H.Wendl. & Drude ex B.D.Jacks.; Didymosperma tonkinense (Becc.) Becc. ex Gagnep.; Wallichia caudata (Lour.) Mart.); . China (Guangxi) to Indo-China and N. Peninsula Malaysia: Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . SK…
Rhododendron loranthiflorum Sleum., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 485 (1935); . Papua New Guinea (Goodenough Island) to Solomon Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is. as per POWO; . Rhododendron loranthiflorum Sleumer: 6 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated / Labeled. It…
Amomum masticatorium Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 317 (1861) (syn: Cardamomum masticatorum (Thwaites) Kuntze) as per CoL; . South India and Sri Lanka as per India Biodiversity Portal; . Rhizome perennial, creeping, 0.5-1 cm thick, covered with ovate, membranous sheaths. Leafy shoot 2-3 m high. Leaves shortly petioled, petiole less than 5…