eFloraofIndia completes 18 years on 17.6.25: It is a pleasure to inform you that eFloraofIndia has already completed 18 years on 17.6.25. We had some difficult and anxious times when the site became slow and we had to upgrade the theme of the site. This also created many other issues which were finally resolved. Ms….
Wild Food Walk – Bangalore Edition: I am happy to invite you to yet another wild food walk happening next Sunday in Bangalore. Take this small step to reconnect with nature, and discover stories of urban wild edible flora growing in your icity This walk is for you if you are…
Please Identify the plant species: 1 correct high res. image as above. I am … a Research Dcholar in the botany department of Kalyani University, I wanted to know about the plant species Symphyotrichum patens — late purple American-aster New York Aster is grown as an ornamental plant in India,…
Operculina petaloidea (Choisy) Ooststr., Blumea 3: 369 (1939) (syn: Convolvulus crispatulus Wall. ; Ipomoea petaloidea Choisy ; Ipomoea petaloidea var. pauciflora C.B.Clarke ; Ipomoea xanthantha Kurz ; Merremia crispatula Prain ; Merremia petaloidea (Choisy) Burkill; Operculina petaloidea var. pauciflora (C.B.Clarke) Parmar); . N. & Central India to Indo-China: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . 140625PKD1: Id…
Liparis mannii Rchb.f., Flora 55: 275 (1872) (syn: Cestichis mannii (Rchb.f.) T.C.Hsu ; Leptorkis mannii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze ; Leptorkis tenuifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Liparis tenuifolia Hook.f.; Stichorkis mannii (Rchb.f.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak ; Stichorkis tenuifolia (Hook.f.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak ); . E. Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East…
Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica (L.H.Bailey) Kitam., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 36: 93 (1985); . Brassica rapa L.: 9 very high res. images. Location: Gyaneswor,Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 12 June 2025 Altitude: 1350m. Habitat : Cultivated Syn : Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica (L.H.Bailey) Hanelt . References: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:924092-1 https://plantura.garden/uk/vegetables/mizuna/mizuna-overview https://www.bcecoseedcoop.com/products/mizuna https://www.gbif.org/species/3042682 https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/519894-Brassica-rapa-nipposinica/browse_photos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizuna#/media/File:Mizuna_and_pasta_and_salmon.jpg https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Brassica+rapa+nipposinica
Eulophia pulchra (Thouars) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 182 (1833) (syn: Eulophia ambaxiana J.J.Sm. ; Eulophia coccifera Frapp. ex Cordem. ; Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl. ; Eulophia emarginata Blume ; Eulophia guamensis Ames ; Eulophia macrostachya Lindl. ; Eulophia novoebudae Kraenzl. ; Eulophia papuana F.M.Bailey ; Eulophia pelorica D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. ; Eulophia pulchra var. actinomorpha W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin ; Eulophia…
Liparis lacerata Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 294 (1886) (syn: Blepharoglossum laceratum (Ridl.) L.Li ; Leptorkis lacerata (Ridl.) Kuntze ; Stichorkis lacerata (Ridl.) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak); . Indo-China to W. Malesia: Borneo, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand as per POWO; . Common name: Lacerated Liparis > Images from Sh. P S Sivaprasad from Genepool…
Hypserpa nitida Miers ex Benth. (SE. India, Sri Lanka, Assam to China (S. Yunnan to S. Fujian) and W. & Central Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand as per POWO)
Hypserpa nitida Miers ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 258 (1851) (syn: Cocculus cuspidatus Wall. ; Hypserpa borneensis (Miq.) Becc. ; Hypserpa cuspidata (Hook.f. & Thomson) Miers ; Hypserpa cuspidata var. microphylla (Miq.) Boerl. ; Hypserpa heteromera Miers ; Hypserpa jagorii Diels ; Hypserpa laevifolia Diels ; Hypserpa nandinifolia Yamam. ; Hypserpa pauciflora Miers ; Hypserpa praevaricata Miers ;…
Schefflera rhododendrifolia (Griff.) Frodin, G.Frodin & R.H.A.Govaerts, World Checkl. & Bibliogr. Araliaceae: 371 (2003 publ. 2004); . Heptapleurum rhododendrifolium (Griff.) G.M.Plunkett & Lowry, Novon 28: 164 (2020) (syn: Agalma glaucum Seem. ; Agalma tomentosum (Buch.-Ham.) Seem. ; Hedera tomentosa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don ; Heptapleurum glaucum (Seem.) C.B.Clarke ; Heptapleurum impressum C.B.Clarke ; Heptapleurum tomentosum (Buch.-Ham.) C.B.Clarke…
Agra Palm ID: 7 images. I’d please. June 11th 2025 Cultivated ? Looks like Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/whiteknightsbiodiversity/2017/04/05/the-palm-family-plants-with-a-heart/costapalmate/ Yes Sir I think most likely to be https://efloraofindia.com/efi/livistona/ species Sorry I had not mentioned. Yes it is cultivated. Thanks …, Looks closer to Livistona jenkinsiana Griff.
Herpysma longicaulis Lindl. (Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan) and Sumatera: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)
Dendrobium jenkinsii Wall. ex Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 25: t. 37 (1839) (syn: Dendrobium aggregatum var. jenkinsii (Wall. ex Lindl.) King & Pantl.; Dendrobium marseillei Gagnep.); . E. Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Thick-Leaf Dendrobium • Manipuri: ꯊꯦꯡꯒꯨ ꯂꯩ Thenggu Lei…
Dendrobium gibsonii Paxton, Paxton’s Mag. Bot. 5: 169 (1838) (syn: Callista binocularis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze ; Callista gibsonii (Paxton) Kuntze; Dendrobium binoculare Rchb.f. ; Dendrobium fuscatum Lindl. ; Stachyobium aureum Rchb.f.); . Central Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan, Guangxi) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;…
Dendrobium hookerianum Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 8 (1858) (syn: Callista hookeriana (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium chrysotis Rchb.f. ; Dendrobium fimbriatum var. bimaculosum Tang & F.T.Wang); . Central Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan): Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Golden Dendrobium . Epiphytic or lithophytic herb, 80-100…
Echinacea ‘Sombrero’ from California-GS05062025-3: 3 high res. images. Echinacea hybrid cultivar ‘Sombrero’ photographed from Regan Nursery Fremont, California. References: https://rotarybotanicalgardens.org/sombrero-coneflowers-excellent/ https://www.ballseed.com/PlantInfo/?phid=024102187033148 https://www.darwinperennials.com/Products/Details/?phid=024102187040136
Echeveria ‘Gorgon’s Grotto’ from California-GS05062025-2: 3 high res. images. Hybrid cultivar Echeveria ‘Gorgon’s Grotto’ with large rosettes of wavy margined leaves. References: https://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel?akID=48&aaID=3&aiID=G&aID=3499 https://worldofsucculents.com/echeveria-gorgons-grotto/
Hemipilia calcicola (W.W.Sm.) Y.Tang & H.Peng (Himalaya to Central China: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO) Hemipilia chusua (D.Don) Y.Tang & H.Peng (Siberia to Himalaya and N. Myanmar: Amur, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Primorye, Qinghai, Tibet,…
Camellia sasanqua Thunb., J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 632 (1784) (syn: Sasanqua malliflora Raf. ; Sasanqua odorata Raf. ; Sasanqua vulgaris Nees ; Camellia miyagii (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto ; Camellia sasanqua var. angustifolia Miq. ; Camellia sasanqua var. fujikoana Makino ; Camellia sasanqua var. lanceolata Miq. ; Camellia sasanqua var. latifolia Miq. ; Camellia sasanqua var. longifolia Miq. ; Camellia sasanqua var. obtusifolia Miq. ; Camellia sasanqua var. serrata (Siebold ex Kochs) Masam….