Cirsium acaule (L.) Scop., Annus Hist.-Nat. 2: 62 (1769) (syn: Carduus acaulis L.; Cnicus acaulis (L.) Willd.; Onotrophe acaulis (L.) Cass.; Polyacantha acaulis (L.) Hill); . Europe: Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia as per POWO; . SK 3403 12 April…
Drosera capensis L., Sp. Pl. 282 1753. ; . S. Cape Prov.; Introduced: California, New South Wales as per POWO; . Drosera binata from Plantae Paradise, Datiyar Village, Solan-GS18012022-2: 3 very high res. images. Drosera binata photographed from Plantae Paradise, Datiyar Village, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 29-5-2015. Insectivorous plant. Yes A…
‘Best Flora Photograph’ Contest to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia: We are having a ‘Best Flora Photograph’ Contest among our members to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia on 17.6.22. We will publish these ourselves on our site and then subsequently it can be circulated in the social media. These will be…
Hemipilia calcicola (W.W.Sm.) Y.Tang & H.Peng, BioMed Centr. Evol. Biol. 15(96): 28 (2015) (syn: Gymnadenia calcicola W.W.Sm.; Neottianthe calcicola (W.W.Sm.) Schltr.; Neottianthe gymnadenioides (Hand.-Mazz.) K.Y.Lang & S.C.Chen; Ponerorchis cucullata var. calcicola (W.W.Sm.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin; Symphyosepalum gymnadenioides Hand.-Mazz.); . Himalaya to Central China: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya as per…
Artanema longifolium (L.) Vatke (Tropical Old World: Angola, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malaya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre as per POWO) . Flora of Peninsular India: Artanema longifolium
Artanema longifolium (L.) Vatke, Linnaea 43: 307 1882. (syn: Achimenes sesamioides Vahl; Artanema angustifolium Benth.; Artanema cabrae De Wild. & T.Durand; Artanema longiflorum Wettst.; Artanema sesamoides (Vahl) Benth.; Bahelia angustifolia (Benth.) Kuntze; Sesamum javanicum Burm.f.; Ourisianthus caeruleus Bonati); . Tropical Old World: Angola, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malaya, Myanmar, Nigeria,…
Eflora Story: My interest in taxonomy started in 2018, when I was in the second semester of M. Sc. Botany in Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, J and K. When one of mine senior student cum friend used to capture photographs of different plants in the University campus. I…
D S Rawat: 15 Glorious years of Efloraofindia: A Decade with efloraofindia I am an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences in the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar where the main stream is Agriculture. We are fortunate here to have a college of Basic Science & Humanities wherein…
Helvella crispa (Scop.) Fr., 1822 (syn: Costapeda crispa (Scop.) Falck, Helvella atra Afzel., Helvella barlae Boud. & Pat., Helvella crispa var. alba Fr., Helvella crispa var. barlae (Boud. & Pat.) Boud., Helvella crispa var. crispa (Scop.) Fr., Helvella crispa f. crispa (Scop.) Fr., Helvella crispa var. fulva Bull., Helvella crispa var. fusca Bull., Helvella crispa f. grevillei (J. Kickx fil.) Massee, Helvella crispa var. grevillei J. Kickx…
My Doctorate degree: Extremely happy to share the news of PhD degree being awarded to me by Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune, our group and members were extremely helpful in this journey, i got to learn a lot from Nidhan Singh ji, Santhan ji, Neil Soares, Dinesh Valke to name…
MS,April,2022/16 Impatiens sp. for id.: 2 images. Location : Lurh tlang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,700-1,800 m. Date : 03-10-2018 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Again could not find a match as per comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/06/impatiens/
Polystichum stimulans (Kunze ex Mett.) Bedd., Ferns Brit. India , pl. 31 1865. (syn: Aspidium ilicifolium D.Don; Aspidium pungens Wall.; Aspidium stimulans Kunze ex Mett.; Dryopteris ilicifolia (D.Don) Kuntze; Polystichum ilicifolium (D.Don) T.Moore); . Himalaya to China (Yunnan, Sichuan): China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Polystichum stimulans (Kunze ex Mett.)…
SK 3425 24 April 2022: 3 images. Location: Romford, UK Altitude: 40 m. Date: 09 March 2022 Habit : Cultivated Tough one. Looks like a Petunia. Petunia hybrid Blanket violet seems a good match. https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/petunia/blanket-violet-petunia-hybrid Re-sending images ! Still look like petunia leaves. There is a new plant that I have…
Eflora story: My interest in Taxonomy started in 2017, when I was reading a local college magazine, i was swiping the topics, i found, one of our senior student had written about local medicinal plants of Kashmir one of the intresting plant i put focus on was Portulaca oleracea commonly…
Nidhan Singh:: Flora Photograph to celebrate successful completion of 15 years of efloraofindia: When I look back at my attempts to photograph flowering plants, it gives a sense of satisfaction that, out of interest, I could manage to visit a lot of places…especially in the Himalayas..!! Every tour is deeply…
Phagnalon niveum Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 68 (1846) (syn: Phagnalon acuminatum Aitch.; Phagnalon denticulatum Decne. ex C.B.Clarke); . Afghanistan to W. Tibet and Nepal: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir, Poonch), Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, W-Tibet, Afghanistan (Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost),…
SK 3426 24 April 2022: 2 high res. images. Location: Romford, UK Altitude: 40 m. Date: 09 March 2022 Habit : Cultivated Typical U.K. supermarket…a whole trolley of dying /sickly plants which are not named. It cheaper to let them die than pay someone to water them! On forums questions…
Eucalyptus pulverulenta Sims, Bot. Mag. 46: t. 2087 1818. (syn: Eucalyptus cordata G.Lodd.; Eucalyptus pulverulenta var. ovatifolia Dehnh.; Eucalyptus pulvigera A.Cunn.); , New South Wales; Introduced: California as per POWO; . Eucalyptus pulverulenta for validation from California-GS18042022-3: 7 high res. images. Eucalyptus pulverulenta for validation photographed from Sunnyvale, California, 5-11-2010. Yes, appears close to images at…
Symphytum uplandicum Nym., Syll. Fl. Eur. 80 1855. (syn: Symphytum × coeruleum Petitm. ex Thell.; Symphytum × densiflorum Buckn.; Symphytum × discolor Buckn.; Symphytum × lilacinum Buckn.; Symphytum × uplandicum f. coeruleum (Petitm. ex Thell.) P.D.Sell; Symphytum × uplandicum f. densiflorum (Buckn.) P.D.Sell; Symphytum × uplandicum f. discolor (Buckn.) P.D.Sell; Symphytum × uplandicum f. lilacinum (Buckn.) P.D.Sell); . Caucasus: British Columbia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Transcaucasus;…
15 Glorious Years of Efloraofindia:: My Sentiments: EfloraofIndia: The Voyage of Motivation A mediocre village man, with just a translucent image of what he can achieve or aspire for, started walking on fierce path of professional world. There was almost no one around to inspire or motivate, as his forefathers…