• R E T plants

    • February 6, 2017
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    List or link of R E T plants of india : 9 posts by 3 authors. i require the latest  list of  R E T plants of India or a link to it please share it Pl.  Download from file section in EFI site for South India. For Conservation Concern…

  • Rhododendron nivale subsp. nivale

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    Rhododendron nivale Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 26(B) 1851. (syn: Azalea nivalis (Hook. fil.) Kuntze; Rhododendron paludosum Hutchinson & F. K. Ward); Common name: Dwarf Snow Rhododendron China (S-Qinghai), Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Chumbi as per Catalogue of Life; Compact dwarf shrub 10-30cm; shoots scaly otherwise glabrous….

  • Lutheria (Vriesea) ‘Tiffany’

    • February 5, 2017
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    Lutheria (Vriesea) ‘Tiffany’;   Flower for ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Please identify the plant in the picture. Zingiberaceae? This is Vriesea Species. Probably Vriesea ‘Tiffany’. Kindly check the link on FOI. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Vriesea%20Tiffany.html Thanks … I had this plant long ago. But I knew it as Bromeliad…

  • ‘Sino-Japanese’ flora in Pakistan??

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    Fwd: ‘Sino-Japanese’ flora in Pakistan?? : 1 post by 1 author. Further to my recent posts about Elaeagnus, I think it will be informative for me to comment about PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS for plants. I note that phytogeography is much favoured in some ‘floras’.  I have a copy of ‘Wild Flowers of…

  • Cotula hemisphaerica

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    Cotula hemisphaerica Wall. ex Benth. & Hook.f., 150 . (syn: Artemisia hemisphaerica Roxb.; Cotula hemisphaerica Wall.; Ethulia nepalensis Spreng. ex DC.); Distrib. India: Indo-Gangetic Plain, a weed of paddy fields ascending in the Himalayas up to 800 m. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, W. Bengal, Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya; China and Japan…

  • Odontostemma glandulosa

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    Odontostemma glandulosa Benth., Gen. Hist. 1: 449 1831. (syn: Adenostemma glandulosum (Benth. ex G. Don) Hook. fil.; Arenaria aureocaulis C.Y. Wu ex L.H. Zhou; Arenaria benthamii Edgew.; Arenaria blinkworthii McNeill; Arenaria debilis Hook. fil. ex Edgew. & Hook. fil.; Arenaria glandulosa (Benth. ex G. Don) F.N. Williams; Arenaria monticola Buckl.;…

  • Helotiaceae

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    Hymenoscyphus species ?- Pharping, Nepal  

  • Cycas species- Myanmar

    • February 3, 2017
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      A curious tree from Myanmar : 5 posts by 2 authors. 2 images. I want to determine this tree. I think the family is Cycadaceae. Maybe Cycas swamyi ?? Was it cultivated ? Pl. also check comparative images at Cycas Some species of Cycas. I think this is a…

  • Cortiella hookeri

    • February 2, 2017
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    Cortiella hookeri (C. B. Cl.) C. Norman, J. Bot. 75: 94 1937. (syn: Cortia hookeri C. B. Cl.; Cortiella cauwetmarciana M.A. Farille & S.B. Malla; Cortiella glacialis Bonner; Pleurospermum glacialis (Bonner) M. Hiroe; Schulzia hookeri (C. B. Cl.) M. Hiroe;  Selinum cordioides C. Norman);     India (C- to E-Himalaya), Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan,…

  • Cortiella

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    Cortiella hookeri (C. B. Cl.) C. Norman  

  • Clerodendrum species- Dehradun

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      ID Please:Deharadun:DEC2016:KKN : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) Photographed from Himalayan foothills near Dehradun in December near Sal Forest. Please help in ID. Clerodendrum sp. And there is surely a mixing up of glory vine (Ipomoea) with Clerodendrum …

  • Ficus geniculata

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    Ficus geniculata Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42(2): 105 1873. (syn: Ficus geniculata var. abnormalis Kurz); . India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradaesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkand, Meghalaya, Orissa, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, W. Bengal), Bangladesh, China, Indochina, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand as per Synopsis of the Genus…

  • Lagotis globosa

    • February 1, 2017
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    Lagotis globosa Hook. f. (syn: Gymnandra globosa Kurz); C-Asia, W-Tibet, Pakistan (Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Deosai), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Kashmir, Poonch) as per Catalogue of Life;   Fwd: Lagotis globosa (Kurz) Hook.f. – new to eFI : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4) Continuing my coverage of NW Himalayan…

  • Lagotis kunawurensis

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    Lagotis kunawurensis Rupr., Sert. Tianschan. 64 1869. (syn: Gymnandra kunawurensis Royle ex Benth.; Lagotis glauca var. kunawurensis (Royle ex Benth.) Hook. fil.); Common name: Kinnaur Lagotis N-India (Kunawur), Pakistani Kashmir (Deosai, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir, Zanskar) as per Catalogue of Life;   Fwd: Lagotis kunawurensis (Royle) Rupr. – new…

  • Potentilla lineata ?

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    Potentilla lineata ?; .   SK296JAN03-2016:ID : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Kalinchowk, Dolakha, Nepal Altitude: 110000 ft. Date: 25 July 2014 Ranunculus ? Not Ranunculus …, any Potentilla….!! Yes, Potentilla. Need ID Not Ranunculus. Appears to be a Potentilla – rather a lot of these. Of the…

  • Iris foetidissima (UK)

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    Iris foetidissima L., Sp. Pl. 39 1753. (syn: Chamaeiris foetida Medik.; Iris foetida (Medik.) J.P.Bergeret [Illegitimate]; Iris foetida Thunb.; Iris foetidissima var. livida Maire; Iris foetidissima var. lutescens Maire; Spathula foetidissima (L.) Fourr.; Xiphion foetidissimum (L.) Parl.; Xyridion foetidissimum (L.) Klatt); Azores, W. Europe to W. & C. Medit. as…

  • Hardy Geraniums New Edition 2001 by Peter Yeo

    • January 30, 2017
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    Fwd: Hardy Geraniums New Edition 2001 by Peter Yeo : 1 post by 1 author. I managed to get hold of a cheap second-hand copy of this. It is my intention to review the book at some point and share relevant information about Himalayan species. But please note this is…

  • Mammillaria species/ cultivars- Bangalore

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      Cactus For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 08DEC16 : AK-24 : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) An ornamental Cactus seen in their Nursery on 1st Nov. Pl. Check comparative images at EFI at Cactaceae. That is a very nice Mammillaria …, I do not know the species, but…

  • Sabyasachi Biswas’s plants

    • January 27, 2017
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    Identification of plants SB1: 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) I have uploaded image files of some plants. Can anyone please help me identify those? Thanks, …, It is very difficult to identify small plants in there early stages without flowering. . Identification of plants SB3 : 2 posts…

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