• Heracleum species?- near Munsiari, Uttarakhand

    Apiaceae member for identification; near Munsiari, Uttarakhand, September 25, 2024.: 3 images. Apiaceae member Chaerophyllum acuminatum Lindl. for confirmation Location: near Munsiari, Uttarakhand. Altitude: 6200-6500 ft. Date: September 25, 2024. Biome: Temperate Habitat / Ecology: Alpine meadow  Habit: herb Height: 1m+ Inflorescence: compound umbel. Fruit: as seen Leaf: no photo….

  • Rohdea species- Khurda, Odisha

    191124PKD3: Regarding identification of the species collected from Khurda Odisha on November 24: 2 high res. images. Posting again as a lot of posts got clubbed in the same thread due to same subject by  … Looks like Rohdea nepalensis (Raf.) N.Tanaka I think it looks different from images at https://efloraofindia.com/2018/04/13/rohdea-nepalensis/ Can it…

  • Dennstaedtia

      Dennstaedtia species- Kalimpong, West Bengal    

  • Dennstaedtia species- Kalimpong, West Bengal

    SK 4046 22 December 2024 – Fern: 4 very high res. images. Location : Kalimpong, West Bengal, India Date : 06 December 2024 Elevation :  1350m. Habit : Cultivated Diplazium and Microlepia species Perhaps cultivated and exotic. May be some Dennestaedioid I agree with you, … It may be some Dennstaedtia…

  • Philodendron hederaceum

    Philodendron hederaceum var. hederaceum (syn: Philodendron acrocardium Schott ; Philodendron cuspidatum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ; Philodendron harlowii I.M.Johnst. ; Philodendron isertianum Schott ; Philodendron micans Klotzsch ex K.Koch ; Philodendron micans var. brevipes Engl. ; Philodendron micans var. microphyllum (K.Koch) Engl. ; Philodendron microphyllum K.Koch ; Philodendron miduhoi Matuda ; Philodendron oxyprorum Schott ; Philodendron pittieri Engl. ; Philodendron prieurianum Schott ; Philodendron scaberulum C.Wright ; Philodendron scandens K.Koch…

  • Rhipsalis baccifera (Cultivated)

    Rhipsalis baccifera (Sol. ex J.M. Mill.) Stearn, in Cact. J. (Croydon) 7: 107 (1939) (syn: Cassytha baccifera J.S.Muell. ; Cereus baccifer (J.S.Muell.) Hemsl. ; Hariota cassytha Lem. ; Rhipsalis cassytha Gaertn.); . Tropical & Subtropical America, Tropical Africa, Madagascar: Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cameroon,…

  • Continued use of your plant images by RBG Kew

    Continued use of your plant images by RBG Kew: You were previously in contact with … regarding Kew’s use of your images on the “Plants of the World” (POWO) website. We remain extremely grateful for your support.  Kew continues to grow its scientific datasets and to extend how we communicate…

  • Phalaris arundinacea

    Phalaris arundinacea L., Sp. Pl.: 55 (1753) (syn: Arundo colorata Aiton ; Arundo riparia Salisb. ; Baldingera arundinacea (L.) Dumort. ; Baldingera colorata (Sibth.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. ; Calamagrostis colorata Sibth. ; Calamagrostis variegata With. ; Digraphis arundinacea (L.) Trin. ; Phalaridantha arundinacea (L.) St.-Lag. ; Phalaris arundinacea var. colorata (Sibth.) Hartm. ; Phalaris arundinacea subsp. typica Paunero ; Phalaroides arundinacea (L.) Rauschert ;…

  • Cotoneaster species- Sedow, Shopian, J & K

    For I.D: (Mixed thread): Correct image as above. 1 very high res. image. Location Kashmir,  India Cotoneaster Could not find a match as per comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/19/cotoneaster/ What are the species reported from your area?

  • Hoya kerrii (Introduced)

    Hoya kerrii Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 418 (1911) (syn: Hoya obovata var. kerrii (Craib) Costantin ); . Indo-China to W. Malesia: Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced: China Southeast as per POWO; . Hoya kerrii Craib ‘Variegata’: 2 very high res. images. Location : Kalimpong, West Bengal, India Date : 06…

  • Vicoa

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 …

  • Oenothera species- USA

    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….