Myosotis species- Darjeeling botanical garden

Androsace sarementosa for validation:  Androsace sarementosa perhaps, family primulaceae growing wild in the darjeeling botanical garden and elsewhere in the town photographed in the first week of april I hope a member of Boragnaceae, perhaps Myosotis sp. I do not know either of these two genera. However, i give my search result – Androsace spp seem […]

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Crateva adansonii subsp. odora ?

Crateva adansonii subsp. odora ?   please id the tree:  it is medium sized tree with trifolite leaves. picture of fruits are attached. tree is near to sea on paddy field. location is Alibag/raigad/maharashtra. please help to id These may be floral galls (not fruits) on Crateva species. Crataeva tapia fruits look like infected …. […]

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Myosotis scorpioides

Myosotis scorpioides L., Sp. Pl. 131 1753. (syn: Echioides palustris (Hill) Moench; Echioides perennis (Moench) Moench; Myosotis adpressa Stokes; Myosotis aspera LaMotte; Myosotis coronaria Dum.; Myosotis dumortieri Thielens; Myosotis geniculata Schur; Myosotis montana Pourr. ex Steud.; Myosotis multiflora Mérat; Myosotis nemorosa Bess.; Myosotis palustris Hill; Myosotis perennis Moench; Myosotis scorpioides subsp. multiflora (Merat) P. Foum.; […]

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Tripterygium wilfordii

Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. fil., Gen. Pl. 1: 368 1862. (syn: Tripterygium bullockii Hance; Tripterygium forrestii Loes.; Tripterygium hypoglaucum (H. Lév.) Hutchinson ; Tripterygium regelii Sprague & Takeda ; Tripterygium regelii var. occidentale T. Yamazaki; Tripterygium wilfordii var. regelii (Sprague & Takeda) Makino); China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S-Jilin, SE-Liaoning, Sichuan, N-Taiwan, Tibet, […]

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Sonerila grandiflora

Sonerila grandiflora R. Br., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4099 1831. (syn: Cassebeeria grandiflora (R. Br. ex Wall.) Kuntze);     Sonerila from south : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) ID please This sonerila from southern western ghats  Dated 25 sept 2009 Thanks, … Nice images. Pl. check comparative images at efi site: Sonerila – efloraofindia […]

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Cardamine pratensis (Europe)

Cardamine pratensis L., Sp. Pl. 656 1753.; Cardamine pratensis (cuckooflower or lady’s smock), is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia. The specific name pratensis is Latin for “meadow.” Cardamine pratensis is a herbaceous, hairless,[1] perennial plant growing to 40–60 cm tall, with pinnate leaves 5–12 cm long with […]

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Saussurea glanduligera

Saussurea glanduligera Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f., 371 1881. (syn: Saussurea glanduligera var. glanduligera ; Saussurea glanduligera var. major Hook.f.);   Ladakh flora 15, up. id pl : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location -on the way getting down from Kongmarula to Shang-sumdo  at the height of appro 4700 mtr. on 7th August 16. id […]

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Dendrobium ochreatum

Dendrobium ochreatum Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1756 1835. (Syn: Callista ochreata (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium cambridgeanum Paxton); E. Nepal to Indo-China as per WCSP;   MS Oct. 2016/20 Dendrobium sp. for ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Phawngpui, MizoramDate :12/04/2012Habit : Epiphytic herbHabitat : Wild Only thing that comes […]

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Erythranthe

Erythranthe guttata (DC.) G.L.Nesom (Cultivated)   Erythranthe hybrida (Siebert & Voss) Silverside (Cultivated)   Erythranthe nepalensis (Benth.) G.L.Nesom (Nepal, Vietnam, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Bhutan, Darjeeling, Tibet, China (Yunnan, Sichuan, ?etc.), Taiwan as per Catalogue of Life)      

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Cissus glyptocarpa

Cissus glyptocarpa Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 62 1858. (syn: Vitis glyptocarpa (Thw.) M. Laws.); Creepers or climbers; branches with corky wings, glabrous. Leaves to 10 x 7 cm, ovate, acuminate at apex, cordate at base, serrate, puberulus, nerves 4-7 pairs; petiole to 3 cm long. Cymes 3 x 3 cm, extra- axillary, peduncled. Flowers many, […]

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Aglaia perviridis

IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Aglaia perviridis Hiern, Fl. Brit. India 1: 556 1875. (Syn: Aglaia canarensis Gamble; Aglaia kingiana Ridl.; Aglaia maiae Bourd.; Aglaia perviridis var. sikkimiana C. DC.); India: W. Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Meghalaya (endemic) as per BSI Flora of India; Bangladesh; Bhutan; China; India (Andaman Is.); Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Thailand; […]

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Alectra

Alectra parasitica subsp. chitrakutensis (M.A.Rau) K.K.Khanna & An.Kumar   Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze   Alectra‎ ‎(Orobanchaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through‎ Alectra‎ ‎(Orobanchaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia. If you find any incorrect identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images […]

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Zephyranthes species- Palakkad Dist., Kerala

  Monocot for ID :: Palakkad :: MK017 SEP2016 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Please help to identify this small herb with bulb. Is this any Lilliacae? Habitat: wet rocky area Place: Palakkad Dist., Kerala Date: July 16, 2016 Alt.: 125 m asl Is it Zephyranthes? Pl. see comparative images at Zephyranthes For me the […]

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Alocasia species/ hybrids- Kenya

  Araceae For ID : Kenya : 09OCt16 : AK-12 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Cultivated garden plant seen in the garden of a restaurant seen in the month of July. Alocasia ?

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Trachyspermum species ?- Nubra valley, Ladakh

  SK116SEP29-2016:ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)  Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Nubra Valley on 21 August 2016. Is it some sort of wild Jeera or Saunf?? Would have helped to be able to see foliage, particularly at base.  “Saunf” (Foeniculum vulgare) is cultivated on the plains to 2100m but not […]

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