• Shade tolerant Turf grasses

    Shade tolerant Turf grass : 9 posts by 3 authors. What are the varieties of grass that can be grown as lawn grass in a shady area. About 60-70% shade tolerant? Are buffalo grass varieties available in our country and can they be grown in Indian weather ? Stenotaphrum secundatum…

  • Salvia dianthera

    Salvia dianthera Roth ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 1: 263 1817. (syn: Meriandra abyssinica F.Muell.; Meriandra bengalensis (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Benth.; Meriandra dianthera (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Briq.; Salvia abyssinica R.Br., not validly publ.; Salvia bengalensis J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Salvia indica B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult., pro syn.;…

  • Begonia × erythrophylla (Cultivated)

    Begonia erythrophylla Hérincq, Rev. Hort. III, 1: 166 1847. (syn: Begonia × bunchii L.H.Bailey); . SK1039 23 MAR-2018 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8) – around 800 kb each. Location : Gyaneswor , Kathmandu, Nepal Date : 23 March 2018 Elevation :  4500 ft. Habit : Cultivated Begonia ID please?? Southe American, no…

  • Trip with Pam !

      Trip with Pam ! : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) It was a great experience to meet Primula expert  Pam and go for a day hiking to Shivapuri National Park with her. Nice to share with you. It is always nice to see our members develop contacts…

  • Rohdea nepalensis

    Rohdea nepalensis (Raf.) N.Tanaka, Makinoa n.s., 9: 23 2010. (syn: Campylandra aurantiaca Baker; Campylandra liangshanensis (Z.Y.Zhu) M.N.Tamura, S.Yun Liang & Turland; Rohdea aurantiaca (Baker) N.Tanaka; Rohdea liangshanensis (Z.Y.Zhu) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura; Tilcusta nepalensis Raf.; Tupistra aurantiaca (Baker) Wall. ex Hook.f.; Tupistra liangshanensis Z.Y.Zhu); C. Himalaya to China (SW. Sichuan, NW….

  • Ixora species- Kannur District of Kerala

    ID KANNUR 4 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please identify this shrub from Kannur District of Kerala… Riparian in nature and collected in December…. It is Syzygium caryophyllatum. Does not matches with images at Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston Syzygium heyneanum This material is not Syzygium caryophyllatum. I…

  • Transferring the contents of family page to Home page ?

    Transferring the contents of family page to Home page ? : 2 posts by 1 author. As efi site is being used more and more extensively, should we transfer the contents in the family page to Home page. Contents at home page may be transferred to another page like About efloraofindia (after creating…

  • Goodyera schlechtendaliana

    Goodyera schlechtendaliana Rchb.f., Linnaea 22: 861 1850. (syn: Anoectochilus japonicus (Blume) Linden; Epipactis labiata (Pamp.) Hu; Epipactis melinostele (Schltr.) Hu; Epipactis schlechtendaliana (Rchb.f.) A.A.Eaton; Epipactis secundiflora Hu; Georchis schlechtendaliana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Goodyera japonica Blume; Goodyera labiata Pamp.; Goodyera melinostele Schltr.; Goodyera secundiflora Lindl.; Orchiodes schlechtendalianum (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Peramium schlechtendalianum (Rchb.f.) Makino);…

  • Oberonia species- Shivapuri National Park, Nepal

      SK1057 01 APR-2018 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- 1 MB each.  Location: Shivapuri National Park, Nepal Altitude: 6500 ft. Date: 27 March 2018 Habit : Wild  Oberonia caulescens Lindl. ?? Almost impossible to identify without flowers 🙂 But yes Oberonia.  

  • Alternanthera

    Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G.Nicholson (Images by Gurcharan Singh, (Aarti Khale -Identified by Gurcharan Singh), (Bhagyashri Ranade – Identified by Gurcharan Singh), (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))   Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze (Images by (Aarti Khale – validation by Gurcharan Singh), Dinesh Valke & Karuna Kanta Das, (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))  …

  • Sannantha virgata (Cultivated)

    Sannantha virgata (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Peter G. Wilson, Austral. Syst. Bot. 20: 316 2007. (syn: Babingtonia virgata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) F.Muell.; Baeckea neglecta Vieill. ex Guillaumin; Baeckea obtusifolia Brongn. & GrisBaeckea parvula (Labill.) DC.; Baeckea virgata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Andrews; Harmogia parvula Schauer; Harmogia umbellata F.Muell.; Harmogia virgata (J.R.Forst….

  • Prioritizing the orchids of a biodiversity hotspot for conservation based on phylogenetic history and extinction risk

    Two latest articles (mixed thread):  3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)- 066 2018 Prioritizing orchids of IBBH BJLS.pdf Please find two of our research articles published recently. Hope you will find them interesting.  ………… 2. Li, J., S.W.Gale, P.Kumar, J.Zhang & G.A.Fischer. 2018. Prioritizing the orchids of a biodiversity hotspot for conservation…

  • A review of the trade in orchids and its implications for conservation

    Two latest articles (mixed thread): 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)- 065 2018 Orchid Trade BJLS.pdf- 805 kb. Please find two of our research articles published recently. Hope you will find them interesting. …………….. 1. Hinsley, A., H.J.de Boer, M.F. Fay, S.W. Gale, L.M. Gardiner, R.S. Gunasekara, P. Kumar, S. Masters, D. Metusala,…

  • Cupressus species ?- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

          SK1041 23 MAR-2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) – around 1 Mb each. Location : Gyaneswor , Kathmandu, Nepal Date : 23 March 2018 Elevation :  4500 ft. Habit : Cultivated Junipers ???  ID  ?? Pl. also check  /species/a—l/cl/cupressaceae/cupressus  

  • Eucalyptus robusta (Introduced)

    Eucalyptus robusta Sm., Spec. Bot. New Holland 4: 39 (1795) (syn: Eucalyptus multiflora Poir. ; Eucalyptus multiflora var. bivalvis Blakely ; Eucalyptus robusta var. bivalvis (Blakely) Blakely);  . SE. Queensland to E. New South Wales: Andaman Is., California, Canary Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Easter Is., El Salvador, Florida, France, Gambia, Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras,…

  • Syzygium salicifolium ?

    Syzygium salicifolium ?; . ID No.29062011 Syzygium for ID_1: Help to ID the sp. Date/Time-21/3/2011. Location- Assam, Habitat- Wild Type. Plant Habit- Moderate Tree. Leaves Size- 10-14 X 4-7cm. Inflorescence – as seen in the photos. As far as I can compare with my references and pictures, I think it is…

  • Syzygium species- Tirumala hills, Andhra Pradesh

        Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: December 11- 24,2014 SN 08 : 2 posts by 1 author.  Attachments (2)  Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston, common tree in western ghats from medekere area of Coorg, Karnataka Does not matches with images at Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston

  • Cyperus platyphyllus

    Cyperus platyphyllus Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 876 1817. (syn: Cyperus elatus Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus eminens Klein ex Kunth; Cyperus fastigiatus Vahl [Illegitimate]; Cyperus latifolius (Willd.) M.R.Almeida [Illegitimate]; Cyperus maximus Roxb. ex Nees; Cyperus roxburghii Nees [Illegitimate]; Papyrus latifolius Willd.); S. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP; Submission of…