• Ilex cinerea (Hong Kong)

    Ilex cinerea Champ. ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 327–328 1852. (syn: Ilex cinerea var. faberi Loes.); China (?Fujian, Guangdong, ?Hainan, Xinjiang), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   SK15865 20 Nov 2018 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 700 kb each.  Location: Victoria Peak, Hong…

  • Corytoplectus cutucuensis (Cultivated- USA)

    Corytoplectus cutucuensis Wiehler, Gesneriana 1: 35 1995.; South America as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 19NOV18 : AK-12 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Plant seen inside the Conservatory last month. Could be Alloplectus Species?…

  • Schefflera heptaphylla

    Schefflera heptaphylla (L.) Frodin, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 104: 314 1990 publ. 1991. (Syn: Agalma lutchuense Nakai; Agalma octophyllum (Lour.) Seem.; Ampelopsis heptaphylla (L.) Schult.; Aralia heptaphylla (L.) Willd. ex Spreng.; Aralia octonata Stokes; Aralia octophylla Lour.; Aralia octophylla var. cantonensis Lour.; Heptapleurum octophyllum (Lour.) Kuntze; Heptapleurum octophyllum (Lour.) Benth….

  • Alpinia hainanensis (Hong Kong)

    Alpinia hainanensis K.Schum., Pflanzenr. IV, 46: 335 1904. (syn: Alpinia henryi K.Schum.; Alpinia henryi var. densihispida H.Dong & G.J.Xu; Alpinia kainantensis Masam.; Alpinia katsumadae Hayata; Languas hainanensis (K.Schum.) Merr.; Languas henryi (K.Schum.) Merr.; Languas katsumadae (Hayata) Merr.); SE. China to Vietnam as per WCSP;   SK1585 20 Nov 2018 :…

  • Cotoneaster lacteus (Introduced- USA)

    Cotoneaster lacteus W.W.Sm., 23 1917. (syn: Cotoneaster oligocarpus C. K. Schneider; Cotoneaster smithii G. Klotz; Pyrus lactea (W.W.Sm.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.; Pyrus smithii (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh.); China (Yunnan, Sichuan) as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID 30/09/2011 SMP2: A shrub seen in flower beds roadside California Jun…

  • 93. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Oct.’18

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Oct.’18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 3,10,900 messages so far & membership…

  • Platostoma hispidum

    Platostoma hispidum (L.) A.J.Paton, Kew Bull. 52: 273 1997. (syn: Acrocephalus blumei Benth.; Acrocephalus capitatus (Roth) Benth.; Acrocephalus capitellatus (L.f.) Druce; Acrocephalus hispidus (L.) Nicolson & Sivad.; Acrocephalus indicus (Burm.f.) Kunze; Acrocephalus indicus var. spicatus (C.B.Rob.) Keng; Acrocephalus scariosus Benth.; Acrocephalus spicatus C.B.Rob.; Gomphrena hispida L.; Lumnitzera capitata (Roth) Spreng.;…

  • Macleania coccoloboides (Cultivated- USA)

    Macleania coccoloboides A.C. Sm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8(1): 69 1952.; Ecuador as per Catalogue of Life;   Climber for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 11NOV18 : AK-8 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) A climber seen inside the Conservatory with succulent pink…

  • Carya floridana (USA)

    Carya floridana Sarg., Trees & Shrubs 2: 193 1913. (syn: Hicoria floridana (Sarg.) Sudw.; USA (Florida) as per Catalogue of Life; Tree for ID : Atlanta, Georgia : 09NOV18 : AK-2 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Tree seen in Atlanta last month. There were lot of black color fruits fallen…

  • Cavendishia micayensis (Cultivated- USA)

    Cavendishia micayensis A.C.Sm., J. Arnold Arbor. 27: 114 1946. ; Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Choc, Nario, Valle), Ecuador as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 11NOV18 : AK-7 : Attachments (1) A plant seen inside the Conservatory at the…

  • Cryptocarya anamalayana

    Cryptocarya anamalayana Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 126 1925. ; S-India (Anamalai Hills) as per Catalogue of Life Evergreen trees, to 8 m high; bark greyish-brown, smooth; young shoots fulvous-tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 5-10 mm long, stout, tomentose; lamina 8.5-20 x 3.5-9 cm, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-obovate, base…

  • Psyche on Brassica species

      SYMBIOSIS : 1200 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Psyche on the flowers of Brassica species.  

  • Indo-Burmese Phyllanthaceae : A taxonomic Revision

    Fwd: New Publication Indo-Burmese Phyllanthaceae : A taxonomic Revision Authored by Tapas Chakrabarty & Nambiyath P. Balakrishnan : 15 posts by 7 authors. Attachments (2) we are pleased to inform you about our new publication which is being released, Indo-Burmese Phyllanthaceae : A taxonomic Revision   Authored by Tapas Chakrabarty & Nambiyath P. Balakrishnan Year : 2018,…

  • Ceratostema silvicola (Cultivated- USA)

    Ceratostema silvicola A.C.Sm., Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 363 1950. ; Ecuador as per Catalogue of Life;   Climber for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 11NOV18 : AK-10 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Climber seen inside the conservatory with succulent…

  • Begonia parviflora (Cultivated- USA)

    Begonia parviflora Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 7 1835. (syn: Begonia micrantha Steud. [Illegitimate]; Begonia myriantha Britton; Scheidweileria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Klotzsch); Costa Rica to W. South America as per WCSP; Bolivia; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Panam; Peru as per Catalogue of Life;   Climber for…