• Phanera macrostachya

    Phanera macrostachya Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 262. 1852; Bandyop. in Edinburgh J. Bot. 70: 489. 2003. Type: Flowering specimen in Roxburgh drawing no. 2238 (lectotype K, photo!; isolectotype CAL!). (syn: Bauhinia macrostachya (Benth.) Benth. in Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1: 576. 1865, non Benth.1840; Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc….

  • Orientation Courses on Plant Taxonomy

    Fwd: Orientation Courses on Plant Taxonomy : 2 posts by 1 author. In an effort to empower hobbyist youngsters with concepts in plant taxonomy and systematics, two “Orientation Courses on Plant Taxonomy” have been planned at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. The course among other topics, will cover: 1. Principles of plant Taxonomy, ecology & phyto-geography2. Herbarium, its preparation & curation3….

  • Castanopsis species ?- Ooty Botanical Garden

    Fagus sylvatica L.SN15April 15 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) Fagus sylvatica L., cultivated tree from Ooty botanical garden Fagus sylvatica is completely wrong. Plant pictured is a Lithocarpus or Castanopsis sp.

  • Anil Thakur

    Plant Identification in Digital Age _BIODIVERSITY DAY SPECIAL AT MAY 2017/08 : 6 posts by 3 authors. BIODIVERSITY DAY SPECIAL Plant Identification in Digital Age Attaching my presentation on plant identification prepared five years ago (May 2012) and delivered on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3xyAE20aZxMSm9BQmw1Z1pXNmM Although…

  • Phlogacanthus quadrangularis

    Phlogacanthus quadrangularis (Hook.) Heine, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 10: 148 1988. (syn: Endopogon vitellinus (Roxb.) Nees; Janasia rosea Raf.; Janasia rubra Raf.; Justicia asperula Lodd.; Justicia quadrangularis Hook.; Justicia vitellina Roxb.; Phlogacanthus asperulus (Lodd.) Nees; Phlogacanthus vitellinus (Roxb.) T. Anders.; Sphinctacanthus siamensis C. B. Cl.); . MS…

  • Ficus nervosa

    Ficus nervosa B.Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 388 1821. (syn: Ficus angustifolia Roxb.; Ficus blinii Lév. & Vaniot; Ficus bullata Roxb. ex Miq.; Ficus grossularia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Ficus modesta Miq.; Ficus montana Roxb.; Ficus nervosa var. longifolia Sata; Ficus undulata Buch.-Ham.; Urostigma modestum Miq.; Urostigma nervosum (Roth) Miq.); ….

  • Epiphyllum hybrid- Nepal

      Epiphyllum hybrid : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) It is cultivated and introduced.  

  • Ficus variegata ?

    Ficus variegata ?; . MS, April,2022/10 Ficus sp. for id.: 2 images. Location : Lungkulh, Mizoram Altitude : ca.350 m. Date : 14-11-2018 Habit : Small tree Habitat : Wild Looks like Ficus racemosa L. Yes, appears close to images at Ficus racemosa This should be Ficus fistulosa Reinw. ex Blume Probably Ficus auriculata (=Ficus oligodon)…

  • Aleuria aurantia

    Aleuria aurantia (Pers.) Fuckel, 1870 (syn: Helvella coccinea Bolton, 1790; Otidea aurantia (Pers.) Massee, 1895; Otidea aurantia var. aurantia (Pers.) Massee, 1895;  Peziza aurantia Pers., 1800; Peziza aurantia f. aurantia Pers., 1800; Peziza aurantia var. aurantia Pers., 1800; Peziza aurantia f. minor Cooke, 1879; Peziza aurantia var. stipitata W. Phillips, 1887;…

  • Aleuria

    Aleuria aurantia (Pers.) Fuckel    

  • Staphylea

    Keys as per efi thread . Staphylea cochinchinensis (Lour.) Byng & Christenh. (Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, NE-India (Darjeeling, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, ?Cambodia, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, S-Yunnan) as per Catalogue of Life)       Staphylea emodi Wall. (NW-India (Kumaon,…

  • Croton argyratus

    Croton argyratus Blume, Bijdr. 602 1826. (Syn: Croton argyratus var. brevipes Müll.Arg.; Croton argyratus var. gracilis Müll.Arg.; Croton argyratus var. hypoleucus Müll.Arg.; Croton avellaneus Croizat; Croton bicolor Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Croton budopensis Gagnep.; Croton maieuticus Gagnep.; Croton pilargyros Croizat; Croton tawaoensis Croizat; Croton zollingeri Miq.; Oxydectes argyrata (Blume) Kuntze; Oxydectes bicolor…

  • Alstroemeria cultivars- Soureni, Mirik, West Bengal

      SK496 02 MAY-2017:ID : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Soureni, Mirik, India Date: 21 April 2017 Altitude: 4200 ft.  Cultivated?  Yes. Alstroemeria sp. Alstroemeria sp. Kindly check the spelling. Any peruvian lily ? This is a hybrid or cultivar of Alstroemeria sp., difficult to identify exact species because…

  • Cactus Garden, Panchkula

    Small Tree Chandigarh for Id : ……………………….. During my visit to Panchkula for lectures on EDUSAT, one evening i felt sad due to loneliness and I started walking along roadside after sometime by chance, I was in front of this cactus Garden, now I was mesmerized, rather than sad to…

  • Lithocarpus fenestratus

    Lithocarpus fenestratus (Roxb.) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 126 1919. (syn: Lithocarpus fenestratus var. brachycarpus A.Camus; Lithocarpus fenestratus var. fenestratus ; Lithocarpus fenestratus var. intermedia A.Camus; Lithocarpus fenestratus var. khasiana A.DC.; Pasania fenestrata (Roxb.) Oerst.; Quercus callicarpifolia Griff.; Quercus fenestrata Roxb.; Synaedrys fenestrata (Roxb.) Koidz.); Nepal to S. China as…

  • 75. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’17

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’17- more than 12,000 species : 3 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 2,68,500 messages…

  • Gynura nepalensis

    Gynura nepalensis DC., 300 1838. (syn: Cacalia flava Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.; Cacalia foetens Wall. [Invalid]; Cacalia nepalensis Spreng. ex DC.; Gynura dielsii H.Lév. [Illegitimate]; Gynura foetens Wall. ex DC.; Gynura nepalensis var. nepalensis ; Gynura nepalensis var. thomsonii C.B.Clarke; Gynura nudibasis (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Lauener & D.K.Ferguson; Senecio nudibasis H.Lév….