Impatiens panduranganii KM Prabhu Kumar et al., Phytotaxa 296 (3): 281–286 (2017); I. mankulamensis sp. nov. and I. panduranganii sp. nov.- Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern parts of Western Ghats, India : 2 posts by 2 authors. Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern parts of…
Impatiens mankulamensis KM Prabhu Kumar et al., Phytotaxa 296 (3): 281–286 (2017); I. mankulamensis sp. nov. and I. panduranganii sp. nov.- Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern parts of Western Ghats, India : 2 posts by 2 authors. Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern parts of…
Fwd: Id please- 060217RS- 1 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) Thanks & welcome, … Pl. mention place, date, habitat etc. for proper Id.
Fwd: Chris Chadwell ‘hard at work’ leading a botanical tour in Lahaul in the mid-1980s! : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Here with an image scanned in from a slide taken during a botanical tour I led in the Miyah Nullah, Lahaul, H.P. more than 30 years ago. …
Fwd: Identifying plants from a train window…. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Earlier this week I was on the south coast of England lecturing about how to grow Himalayan alpines. To help pass the time on the train journey back to London I looked out of the very large windows the carriage…
Brassica napus subsp. napus ?; . Yello Brassicaceae member for ID :: Mana, Uttarakhand :: Aug 2018 :: ARKSEP-29 : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Requested to please ID this yellow Brassicaceae member seen at Mana near Badrinath, Uttarakhand in Aug 2018. I am not sure but it could…
Orchid For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 06FEB17 : AK-9 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Another Cultivated Orchid seen at the Flower Show on 13th Jan. This is an interesting hybrid with Vanda and Aerides I think. I am no good at hybrids. You will be…
Astragalus himalayanus ?; Fwd: Astragalus ??himalayanus : 1 post by 1 author. I have 5 images taken by Krishan Lal, clearly of two separate plants – no locations provided (though would have been somewhere in H.P.) both identified as A.himalayanus -presumably by an expert in the genus. However, to my eye…
Astragalus nivalis Kar. & Kir. (syn: Astragalus nathaliae V.V. Meffert; Astragalus orthanthoides Boriss.; Astragalus orthanthus Freyn; Astragalus thomsonianus Benth. ex Bunge; Tragacantha nivalis (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze); Kazakhstan (Alma Ata, Chimkent, Dzhambul, Semipalatinsk), Tajikistan (Dushanbe), Kyrgyzstan, China (Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang), W-Tibet, NE-Afghanistan, Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Zanskar), India (Himachal Pradesh) as…
Rhynchotechum ellipticum (Wall. ex Dietrich) A. DC. Rhynchotechum nirijuliense Taram & D.Borah (North East India) Rhynchotechum parviflorum Blume (East Himalaya, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Sulawesi, Vietnam as per POWO) Rhynchotechum permolle (Nees) B.L. Burtt (S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO) . BSI Flora of…
… wilderness around Bangalore : 3 posts by 2 authors. Wanted to know of nearest wilderness places around Bangalore (those which can be botanized in day’s trip). Nandi Hills would be a good option, in case you have not been there.
80th Tree Apprecation Walk at Rani Bagh, Byculla, Mumbai on 26th Feb,17 at 8 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) It’s a saying in Mumbai…..”बाग़ों मे बाग़ रानी चा बाग़” Yes I am talking about Rani Bagh…. Victoria Garden….Pride of Mumbai… which has the combination of poetry…
Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis ?; . SK35901FEB-2017:ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Kurintar, Nepal Date : 30 December 2013 Altitude : 900 ft. Please compare with Phlogacanthus in eFI. Difficult without flowers. Bingo! Yes I guess this is Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis (Roxb. ex Hardw.) D.J.Mabberley (accepted name). Nepali Names: चुवा / तिते Nepali…
Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A.Rich.) Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 9: 585 1879. (syn: Cupania anacardioides A. Rich.); Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NE-New South Wales), New Guinea, India (introduced), USA (introduced) (Florida (introduced)) as per Catalogue of Life ; Cupaniopsis anacardioides, with common names tuckeroo, carrotwood, beach…
Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A.Rich.) Radlk. (Introduced) (Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NE-New South Wales), New Guinea, India (introduced), USA (introduced) (Florida (introduced)) as per Catalogue of Life)
SK336JAN23-2017:ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Kalinchowk, Dolakha, Nepal Altitude: 11000 ft. Date: 25 July 2014 Cardamine spp?? Does not seem to match with any species available in efi as per comparative images at Cardamine
Floristic diversity of Madhulia Forest : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) At last, …, Madhulia Forest. Congrats.
Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Jan.’17- more than 11,000 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 2,63,600 messages…
Dactylorhiza umbrosa (Kar. & Kir.) Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 332 1937. (Syn: Dactylorchis sanasunitensis Soó; Dactylorchis umbrosa (Kar. & Kir.) Wendelbo; Dactylorhiza chuhensis Renz & Taubenheim; Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. turcestanica (Klinge) H.Sund.; Dactylorhiza knorringiana (Kraenzl.) Ikonn.; Dactylorhiza kotschyi (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt…
Fwd: Geraniums of Ladakh Part II : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Here with further images of Geraniums scanned in from slides taken in the 1980s: 1. White-flowered 2. White-flowered 3. Near Pensi La, Zanskar 4. Of known medicinal usage I would welcome the thoughts of members as…