• Emilia reddyi

    Emilia reddyi Satish and Prakasarao, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, Volume 10, Issue 1, 1 March 2017, Pages 104–111;   Fwd: Emilia reddyi- New Plant species found in Eastern Ghats : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) I am very happy to inform you that I and my beloved student and also…

  • Indigofera species- Surbinayak, Gundu, Nepal

      SK460 29 MAR-2017:ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8) Location: Surbinayak, Gundu, Nepal   Date: 28 March 2017 Altitude: 5300 ft. Indigofera.. ??? I think yes. Pl. Check comparative images in efi.  Its Indigofera species. I think this is Indigofera dosua To me these look different from…

  • Dichorisandra penduliflora

    Dichorisandra penduliflora Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 114 1843. (syn: Stickmannia penduliflora (Kunth) Kuntze); Native to NE. Brazil as per WCSP;   Ornamental for ID :: ARKMAR-04 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Saw this ornamental in a nursery in Karjat in Dec 2014. The pics are not very…

  • Grewia species ?- Thrissur, Kerala

      Id note the flower : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Is it also from Arunachal? Thanks.  But image size is very very small. Pl.  Post at least 800 by 600 pixel image.  Sorry I have only this image. It sended by some of my friends from their…

  • Rhynchosia species- Nairobi, Kenya

      Fabaceae For ID : Nairobi, Kenya ; 17APR17 : AK-08 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Seen growing wild in a Baby Elephant orphanage in Nairobi on 3rd July, 2016.   Rhynchosia? Rhynchosia is convincing, beautiful record …!! Thanks … The closest I have got to is…

  • 82nd Tree Appreciation Walk in ST Jeseph Baptiasta Garden, Dockyard Road

    82nd Tree Appreciation Walk in ST Jeseph Baptiasta Garden, Dockyard Road, at 7.30 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Dear Friends,  Ah!  summer, what power you have here to make us suffer……we invite you all to escape ffrom this heat for some time, among the tall trees…

  • Viola species- Nepal

    Looks like a cyclamen to my uneducated eyes but flowering in March at 1800 metres : 4 posts by 3 authors. no images seen now. I am afraid I couldn’t get the camera to focus properly.  I couldn’t find any references to Cyclamens in Nepal but neither could I find anything…

  • Dodecadenia grandiflora

    Dodecadenia grandiflora Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 63 1831. (syn: Actinodaphne monantha (Yang & P.H. Huang) H.P. Tsui; Laurus macrophylla D. Don; Laurus pallens Meisn.; Laurus pubescens D. Don ex Nees; Litsea grandiflora (Nees) Kosterm.; Litsea monantha Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang; Tetranthera grandiflora Wall.); China (W-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), SE-Tibet,…

  • Dodecadenia

    Dodecadenia grandiflora Nees  

  • Mimosa polyancistra

    Mimosa polyancistra Benth. (syn: Mimosa hystricosa Brandegee); India (I) ; Andhra Pradesh; Tamil Nadu; Mexico (U) as per ILDIS; This taxon is known predominately from pine-oak and tropical montane deciduous woodland. This taxon is endemic to Mexico found from Sinaloa to Chiapas Province. Citation: Groom, A. 2012. Mimosa adenantheroides. The…

  • Senegalia ferruginea ?

    Senegalia ferruginea (DC.) Pedley ?; . images by Dr. P. Santhan Acacia greggii A. Gray SN Sep 12 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3). Acacia greggii A. Gray, a small tree or introduced shrub in the scrub jungle and deciduous forests from Hosur area of Krishnagiri Dt, Tamilnadu Does…

  • Exploring behind the Himalayas – Saroj Kasaju

    Exploring behind the Himalayas – Saroj Kasaju : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Been out of touch as I was exploring behind the Himalayas for about a week though it was a month or so earlier for flowering season to start.  However, I would be posting leaves of…

  • Eriocaulon parvicephalum

    Eriocaulon parvicephalum ASHWINI M. DARSHETKAR, MANDAR N. DATAR, SHUBHADA TAMHANKAR, RITESH KUMAR CHOUDHARY, Phytotaxa Vol 303, No 3 (2017); Eriocaulon parvicephalum ASHWINI M. DARSHETKAR, MANDAR N. DATAR, SHUBHADA TAMHANKAR, RITESH KUMAR CHOUDHARY   Eriocaulon parvicephalum_New species from Maharashtra, India_RKC_13042017 : 8 posts by 8 authors. Attachments (1) Sharing an image of Eriocaulon parvicephalum (Eriocaulaceae),…

  • Request For contribution to Plant Discoveries 2016

    Fwd: Request For contribution to Plant Discoveries 2016 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Greetings from Botanical Survey of India Sir, Hope you are doing well, as you know BSI documenting plant diversity of our country and publishing   “Plant Discoveries” an dedicated annual compendium of new species, new records for Angiosperms,…

  • Millettia extensa

    Millettia extensa (Benth.) Baker (syn: Millettia auriculata Brandis; Millettia auriculata var. extensa Craib; Millettia macrophylla Kurz; Otosema extensa Benth.; Robinia macrophylla Roxb.); . Bhutan (N) ; Cambodia (N); India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam ; Gujarat ; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra ; Manipur; Orissa ;…

  • Lepidagathis spinosa

    Lepidagathis spinosa Wight ex Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 97 1832. (syn: Acanthus mucronatus Heyne ex C. B. Cl.; Barleria spinosa Wall.)?; . India (S-India) as per Catalogue of Life; . Herbs, straggling and procumbent, scarcely pubescent. Leaves opposite, 2-3.5 x 1-1.5 cm, lanceolate, entire, mucronate, pubescent on both surfaces;…

  • 74. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st March’17

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st March’17- more than 12,000 species : 1 post by 1 author. 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 2,67,300 messages so…

  • Mucuna macrocarpa

    Mucuna macrocarpa Wall. (syn: Mucuna bodinieri H.Lev.; Mucuna castanea Merr.; Mucuna colletii Lace; Mucuna ferruginea Matsum.; Mucuna ferruginea var. bungoensis (Ohwi) Ohwi; Mucuna ferruginea var. irukanda (Ohwi) Ohwi; Mucuna irukanda Ohwi; Mucuna irukanda var. bungoensis Ohwi; Mucuna subferrunginea Hayata; Mucuna wangii Hu); . Bhutan (N) ; China (N) ; Guangdong…

  • Rhynchosia species- Pali, Maharashtra

      Climber for ID : Pali,Maharashtra : 271112 : AK-1: Saw this climber growing wild in a farm at Pali, Maharashtra on 23/11/12. No flowers when picture was taken, only pods. Could this be the same Desmodium, with tiny white flowers posted from MNP by me? Some Rhynchosia species of…