• Lysimachia ovalis

    Lysimachia ovalis (Ruiz & Pav.) U.Manns & Anderb. (syn: Anagallis ovalis Ruiz & Pav.; Anagallis pedunculata Salzm. ex Duby; Anagallis pumila Sw.; Anagallis sessilis Salzm. ex Duby; Centunculus erectus Phil.; Centunculus indicus Royle; Centunculus mexicanus Schafin. ex Knuth; Centunculus pentandrus R. Br.; Centunculus pumilus Kuntze; Centunculus pumilus var. ovalis (Ruiz…

  • Castanopsis armata

    Castanopsis armata (Roxb.) Spach (syn: Castanea armata (Roxb.) F.N.Williams; Castanea falconeri Hance;  Castanea sphaerocarpa Lindl.; Castanopsis falconeri Hance; Castanopsis sphaerocarpa (Lindl.) Lindl.; Castanopsis tribuloides var. armata (Roxb.) Kurz; Quercus armata Roxb.; Quercus catungea Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don); Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   MS Sept,2018/09 Castanopsis…

  • Syzygium impressum (Hong Kong)

    Syzygium impressum N.H.Xia, Y.F.Deng & K.L.Yip ; Hongkong as per Catalogue of Life;   SK1484 03 Oct 2018 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)- around 400 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated I guess some Syzygium sp.  Looks like Syzygium impressum but not…

  • Osbeckia capitata

    Osbeckia capitata Benth. ex Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 14: 68 1850.  (syn: Osbeckia capitata Benth. ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Osbeckia glauca Wall. ex Naud.);   China (Yunnan), Bhutan, India as per Catalogue of Life;   Addition of Osbeckia capitata to efloraofindia website : 4 posts by 3 authors….

  • Sonerila khasiana

    Sonerila khasiana C. B. Cl., C. E. C. Fischer in Kew Bull. 1932, 199, descr. ampl. (syn: Cassebeeria khasiana (C. B. Cl.) Kuntze); . Nepal, S-Tibet, Assam, Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay), Bhutan, Sikkim, India (Darjeeling) as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Khasi Sonerila . MS, Sept,2021/11 Sonerila sp. for…

  • Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa

    Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa (Salm-Dyck) Barthlott, Bradleya 9: 90 1991. (syn: Cereus ramulosus Salm-Dyck; Disocactus ramulosus (Salm-Dyck) Kimnach; Disocactus ramulosus var. angustissimus (Weber) Kimnach; Disocactus ramulosus f. angustissimus (F.A.C.Weber) Kimnach; Disocactus ramulosus var. ramosissima (F.A.C. Weber) Kimnach; Epiphyllum ciliare Pfeiff.; Epiphyllum ciliatum Pfeiff.; Epiphyllum ramulosum Pfeiff.; Hariota coriacea (Pol.) Kuntze; Hariota ramulosa…

  • Gastrocotyle

    Gastrocotyle hispida (Forsk.) Bunge  

  • Begonia hybrids- Hong Kong

    SK1485 04 Oct 2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 600 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Which Begonia is this ? angel wing begonia (may have a name given by its grower). cant go further without having tha…

  • Begonia rex ‘Princess of Hanover’

      Begonia rex ‘Princess of Hanover’ : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated lovely patterns of leaves. i have never seen so many hairs on a begonia flower elements. was it labelled with  this name ? can you…

  • Heliconia subulata (Cultivated- Hong Kong)

    Heliconia subulata Ruiz & Pav. (syn: Heliconia psittacorum var. subulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Baker); Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Ecuador; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Southeast; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico as Catalogue of Life;   Heliconia subulata Ruiz & Pav. : 6 posts by…

  • Goeppertia crocata (Cultivated)

    Goeppertia crocata (É.Morren & Joriss.) Borchs. & S.Suárez (syn: Calathea crocata É.Morren & Joriss.; Phyllodes crocata (É.Morren & Joriss.) Kuntze); Brazil Northeast; Brazil Southeast as per Catalogue of Life; Calathea crocata E.Morren & Joriss. : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)- around 600 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15…

  • Combretaceae member?- Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

    Woody climber ID from Bangladesh_SM_4002 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Any Combertiaceae member ? Picture take, Sep,2018 from Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar    Seems to be a Fabaceae member for trifoliate leaves, any chance Canavalia,

  • Plectranthus species ?- Munnar, Kerala

      Urticaceae sp-3 for ID- Munnar-PKA59 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) This herb was seen at Shola Forest near Munnar.Family: Urticaceae.Requesting ID.. This is not an Urticaceae member. It is Plectranthus sp. Lamiaceae  

  • Biophytum sensitivum (Hong Kong)

    Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC., Prodr. 1: 690 1824. (syn: Biophytum cumingianum Edgew. & Hook. fil.; Biophytum cumingii Klotzsch; Biophytum poterioides Edgew. ex Hook. fil.; Biophytum sesbanioides Edgew. ex Hook. fil.; Oxalis cumingiana Turcz.; Oxalis sensitiva L.; Toddavaddia sensitiva (L.) Kuntze);       Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. : 2 posts by…

  • Centranthera cochinchinensis var. nepalensis

    Centranthera cochinchinensis var. nepalensis (D. Don) Merr., Anniv. Vol. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 56 1942. (Syn: Centranthera nepalensis D. Don; Razumovia cochinchinensis var. nepalensis (D. Don) Merrill);  China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, India, Nepal, Darjeeling, Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir) as per Catalogue of Life; As per efi thread: After detailed study the…

  • Torenia concolor (Hong Kong)

    Torenia concolor Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 32:pl. 62 1846. (syn: Pentsteira grandiflora Griff.; Torenia albomarginata Bonati; Torenia alboviolacea Bonati; Torenia annamitica Bonati; Torenia colorans C. Morr.; Torenia concolor var. formosana T. Yamaz.; Torenia longiflora C. Morr.; Torenia radicans Vaniot; Torenia rubens Benth. ex Maxim.); China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan),…

  • Sharma, Varun

    Published Articles  Dilawar, M. E., and Sharma, V., (2016). A new breeding location of Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis, and notes on other birds in Son Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh, India. Indian BIRDS 11(2):35-38. Sharma, V., (2015). Pollination in Bergenia stracheyi (Hook.f. & Thomson) Engl. by Bombus rufofasciatus Smith in Lahaul Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, North…

  • Trees of Our Life

    A small book on trees : 9 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1)- trees.jpg- 5 Mb. I am happy to show my small publication entitled “Trees of Our Life” (Botany, Chemistry, medicine) Thanks and Congrats, Santhan ji, for the nice work. May I get a synopsis of the book.  congratulations….

  • Begonia ‘Two Face’?- Victoria Peak, Hong Kong

    SK1475 30 Sep 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)- around 400 kb each. Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Cultivated Not native, a cultivar, no idea which! rex again. same question. label? Begonia ‘Two Face’  ?? References: (Maybe) https://growurban.uk/products/begonia-two-face-16cm-pot?srsltid=AfmBOopxn8yMHIAWwohwe1_USsXlPrieiYDjDEbkMBxueABof48EGzwI https://www.blumen-brueder.de/zimmerpflanzen/begonia-two-face https://www.floraccess.com/en/product/53115/begonia-two-face/…