• Malaria alert

    Malaria alert, especially for field botanists in Northeastern India : 4 posts by 4 authors. Just to alert you about the malaria issues. Three of our staffs who went to Cambodia for field work are now admitted to hospital for malarial infection. Diagnosis is still on. Two years back one…

  • Training Course on Plant Systematics

    Fwd:Traning Course on Plant Systematics : 1 post by 1 author. 1 attachment. Greetings from CSIR-NBRI !!  I am happy to inform you that the CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow is organizing a training course on “Classical and Modern Methods in Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics” in the Institute from December 1-8, 2017, for…

  • Viscum orientale

    Viscum orientale Willd. (syn: Viscum montanum Zoll. & Mor.; Viscum navicellatum Korth.; Viscum pamattonis Korth.; Viscum roxburghianum Korth.; Viscum verticillatum Roxb.; Viscum verticilliflorum Royle); Myanmar [Burma] (Ayeyarwady, Magway, Shan), S-India (Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Andamans, Sri Lanka, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;…

  • Eriocaulon devendranii

    Eriocaulon devendranii Vijaya Sankar, K.Ravik. & Ganesh Babu, Rheedea 16: 59 2006. ; Eriocaulon devendranii Vijaya Sankar, K.Ravik. & Ganesh Babu   ID KANNUR 34 : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Please give the identity of this eriocaulon from a hilly location of Kannur District of Kerala Pl….

  • Arisaema species- Hmuifang, Mizoram

    MS Aug., 2017/04 Arisaema sp. for ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram Altitude : ca 1,400 m. Date : 16-08-2017 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Pl. check with comparative images at Arisaema Is it from Arisaema or some other genera ? See…

  • Alstroemeria species/ cultivars- Cherapunji, Meghalaya

      Plants from Meghalaya KD01 Sept17 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Attached images are from Cherapunji (Meghalaya). Please ID the Plant This is Alstroemeria sp., a cultivated plant.. Nice to know that you made a recent visit to Cherrapunji..

  • Gymnosporia species- Chennai, Tamilnadu

      21082017BHAR3 : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Found in Vandalur forest. Chennai. Shrub. There are leaves on the needles also. Canthium or similar genera?  Thanks for your help. I could not able to find the exact characteristics of the attached images in eFI site. I will search…

  • Alysicarpus species- Jaipur, Rajasthan

        ID(dkb-7) : Attachments (1). 7 posts by 3 authors. Name of species- ID(dkb-7) Photo taken on- 30.8.2009 At- Smiriti van(Jaipur) …………..is it Alysicarpus vaginalis from Fabaceae ?? a wild guess. According to Bhandari flora Corolla Yellowish pink bluish pink? can you post some more pix with open flowers…

  • Cyperus surinamensis (Introduced)

    Cyperus surinamensis Rottb., Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 35 1773. (syn Cyperus barrancae M.E.Jones; Cyperus bipontini Boeckeler; Cyperus compressus Jacq.; Cyperus denticulatus Schrad.; Cyperus subenervius Steud.; Cyperus surinamensis var. viridis Boeckeler; Cyperus tenuicapitatus Steud.); . . ID Kannur 39 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – 3 MB or more. Please identify this…

  • Lepisanthes senegalensis

    Lepisanthes senegalensis (Poir.) Leenh., Blumea 17: 85 1969. (syn: Aphania angustifolia Radlk.; Aphania bifoliata (Thw.) Radlk.; Aphania boerlagei Valeton; Aphania cuspidata (Bl.) Radlk.; Aphania danura (Roxb.) Radlk.; Aphania dasypetala Radlk.; Aphania fascicularis Radlk.; Aphania langsonensis Gagnep.; Aphania loheri Radlk.; Aphania longipes Radlk.; Aphania macrophylla Radlk.; Aphania masakapu Melch.; Aphania montana…

  • Terminalia species- Goa

    can anyone identify this plant? : 4 posts by 4 authors. Can anyone identify this plant? It was found in Goa in the wild. References (8) … I got hint from my friends on Whatsapp group … it must be Lagerstroemia sp. most probably L. microcarpa. To me these images…

  • Pterospermum species- Vandalur Hills, Chennai

    15082017BHAR2 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- 3 Mb each. Found in Vandalur Hills. Chennai. Big tree. Just taking a guess … could it some Pterospermum ? This is Guazuma ulmifolia. I got lot of information conforming it from eFI. THANKS eFI. Thanks to … To me looks different…

  • Tupistra khasiana

    Tupistra khasiana D.K.Roy, A.A.Mao & Aver., Taiwania 62(3): 257-260, 2017 ; More publications relevant to Indian plant taxonomy- Tupistra khasiana : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) – Tupistra khasiana.pdf- 772 KB. Here are some more free access publications for your kind information.   References: Tupistra khasiana (Asparagaceae), a new…

  • Tupistra

    Tupistra stoliczkana Kurz (Assam; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life)  

  • Polyalthia malabarica

    Polyalthia malabarica (Bedd.) I. M. Turner, Nordic J. Bot. 33: 284 (2015) (syn: Phaeanthus malabaricus Bedd.); , SW. India as per POWO; . 687 ID wild plant: 18 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 06APR2024, 03.55pm Habitat:…

  • Celastrus paniculatus ssp. angladeanus

    Celastrus paniculatus Willd. ssp. angladeanus S.J. Britto, B. Mani and S. Thomas;   More publications relevant to Indian plant taxonomy- Celastrus paniculatus : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) – Celastrus paniculatus.pdf- 832 KB. Here are some more free access publications for your kind information. References: A new subspecies…

  • Lindernia species- Guwahati, Assam

      Plants from Northeast Tour 2017- A Scrophulariaceae herb for id, Guwahati : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (7)  Please suggest identification clues for this Scroph, recorded from near Guwahati…may be Lindernia ? I apologise for not presenting good and conclusive pics.. Looks like Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small Family: Plantaginaceae Probably…