• Sansevieria hyacinthoides (Cultivated)

    Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 423 1913 publ. 1914. (syn: Acyntha guineensis (L.) Medik.; Acyntha thyrsiflora (Thunb.) Kuntze; Aletris guineensis (L.) Jacq.; Aletris hyacinthoides (L.) L.; Aletris hyacinthoides var. guineensis (L.) L.; Aloe guineensis (L.) Jacq.; Aloe hyacinthoides L.; Aloe hyacinthoides var. guineensis…

  • Begonia species- Mahe, Pondicherry

      Mahe Begonia 11 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Request for id of cultivated Begonia from Mahe. Photographed in October 2019

  • Perennials that like wet soil

    Perennials that like wet soil : 3 posts by 2 authors. I have an area of my terrace garden which has a drainage issue and the soil is wet, specially during the monsoons, and near moist for thr rest of the year. Fixing this problem is going to be difficult…

  • Inclusion of new species in efloraofindia

    Fwd: Inclusion of new species in efloraofindia : 9 posts by 1 author. As you are aware we Efloraofindia site already have around 13,000 species displayed with images from all over the India subcontinent, which is seen all over the world.But a lot of species/ subsp./ varieties/ new records etc. which you…

  • Incorporating your images in efloraofindia

    Incorporating your images in efloraofindia : 4 posts by 1 author. As your may all be aware, efloraofindia is striving to bring live images of Plants/ Ferns/ Fungi etc. of Indian subcontinent, for past 13 years, at our site so that these become useful to all concerned.  May I request members to mail your images/ specimens to efloraofindia ,…

  • Cyrtosia javanica ?

    Cyrtosia javanica Blume, Bijdr. 396 1825. (syn: Conchoglossum montanum Breda; Cyrtosia minahassae (Schltr.) Garay; Galeola javanica (Blume) Benth. & Hook.f.; Galeola kawakamii J.J.Sm. ex Koord.-Schum.; Galeola minahassae Schltr.); . Trop. Asia: Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam…

  • Cyrtosia

    Cyrtosia integra (Rolfe ex Downie) Garay (Arunachal Pradesh to Indo-China: East Himalaya, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) Cyrtosia javanica Blume ? (Trop. Asia: Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) Cyrtosia lindleyana Hook.f. & Thomson (Himalaya to Central China, N. Sumatera: Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central,…

  • Alluaudia montagnacii (Cultivated- USA)

    Alluaudia montagnacii Rauh, Adansonia n.s., 1: 43 1961. ; Madagascar (Itampolo) as per WCSP;   Alluaudia Species : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta : 20JUN20 : AK-27 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 219 kb. Seen in the garden during my visit in October, 2018. This was in…

  • Begonia hybrids- Mahe, Pondicherry

      Mahe Begonia 6 : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 mb.  Request for Id of Begonia from Mahe. Appears to be B. rex. Photographed in October 2019. Leaf? Looks different! Perhaps you are right Yes, it is Begonia sp.  Yes …, trying to find the species.  Do…

  • Fimbristylis species?- Bilaspur, Chhattishgarh

      Cyperaceae plant for id : 12 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 4 mb.  Request for I’d of a Cyperaceae plant from Bilaspur. Photographed in June 2020. Check with Fimbristylis sp …, seems to be Fimbristylis dichotoma. To me looks different from Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl   What are the…

  • Coleus

    Coleus adenanthus (syn: Anisochilus adenanthus Dalzell & A.Gibson) Coleus argenteus (syn: Anisochilus argenteus Gamble)   Coleus strobilifer (syn: Anisochilus carnosus (L.f.) Wall.) Coleus dysophylloides (syn: Anisochilus dysophylloides Benth.) Coleus pallidus (syn: Anisochilus pallidus Wall.) Coleus plantagineus (syn: Anisochilus plantagineus Hook.f.) Coleus scaber (Benth.) A.J.Paton (Endemic to India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu as per BSI Flora of India Checklist)…

  • Ventilago calyculata ?

    Ventilago calyculata Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 8: 124 (1857) (syn: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;   ANFEB37 Please identify this plant : 9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (8) Date: 1st November 2014Place: Trekking route to Mussoorie, UttarakhandHabit: Shrub/Small tree Not…

  • Environmental Impact Assessment petition

    Urgent Action Needed – one click : 2 posts by 2 authors. Hello. Our government is trying to remove India’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). This will be made a law on June 30th. This means, industry can take up any land, pull down any forest, dam any river, start any…

  • Chlorophytum assamicum

    Chlorophytum assamicum DIPANKAR BORAH, PARIXIT KAFLEY, ABHAYA P. DAS, SUMPAM TANGJANG, LEONID AVERYNOV, Phytotaxa 394(1):123-125, February 2019; . Chlorophytum assamicum : 1 image- 4 Mb. Chlorophytum assamicum (Asparagaceae), a new species from Northeast India.pdf Chlorophytum assamicum.JPG Attached here the only ones I have now. The ones I had used in the…

  • Pedicularis khoiyangii

    Pedicularis khoiyangii D.Borah & R.Kr.Singh, Phytotaxa 430(4):287-293, February 2020;   Pedicularis khoiyangii : 3 posts by 1 author. Attachments (2)- 3 mb and 4 mb.  Pedicularis khoiyangii (3).jpg Pedicularis khoiyangii (6).jpg References: Pedicularis khoiyangii (Orobanchaceae), a new species from the Eastern Himalaya, India (pdf)- Dipankar Borah, Neelam Gap & Rajeev Kumar Singh- Phytotaxa 430(4):287-293, February…

  • Peliosanthes ligniradicis

    Peliosanthes ligniradicis MOMANG TARAM, DIPANKAR BORAH, NORIYUKI TANAKA, Phytotaxa 438 (1): 043–048, 2020;   Peliosanthes ligniradicis : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) – 1, 1 & 3 mb. Peliosanthes ligniradicis (2).jpg Peliosanthes ligniradicis (1).jpg Peliosanthes ligniradicis, a new species (Asparagaceae) from Arunachal Pradesh.pdf References: Peliosanthes ligniradicis, a new…

  • Strobilanthes twangensis

    Strobilanthes twangensis J.R.I.Wood & D.Borah, Kew Bulletin 74(3), September 2019;   Strobilanthes twangensis : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (2)- 3 & 4 mb.  Strobilanthes twangensis (5).jpg Strobilanthes twangensis (4).JPG Two 4 mb and 6 mb images at Submission of some new additions for inclusion in eFI References: Strobilanthes twangensis (Acanthaceae),…

  • Tupistra stoliczkana

    Tupistra stoliczkana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 44(2): 199 1875. (syn: Tupistra ashihoi D.K.Roy, Odyuo & Aver.; Tupistra veratrifolia Kurz ex Dunn);   Assam; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life;   Tupistra stoliczkana : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – 2 & 3…

  • Aristolochia assamica

    Aristolochia assamica D. Borah & T.V. Do, Annales Botanici Fennici 56(4-6):253, October 2019;   Arsitolochia assamica : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- 2 mb each.  Aristolochia assamica (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the East Himalayas (2).pdf Aristolochia assamica.jpg   Observations on Aristolochia in eFI : Attaching some of my observations on…

  • Begonia oyuniae

    Begonia oyuniae M.Taram & N.Krishna, Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 72(1): 109–115. 2020; Common name: Oyun’s Begonia   Begonia oyuniae : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – 1 mb and 554 kb. Begonia oyuniae (1).jpg Begonia oyuniae (Begonia sect. Monophyllon, Begoniaceae), a remarkable new species from Northeast India.pdf NEW SPECIES- Begonia…