• Cortiella hookeri

    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

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

  • Clerodendrum species- Dehradun

      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

    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

    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

    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 ?

    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)

    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

    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

      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

    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…

  • Schaueria

    Schaueria calycotricha (Link & Otto) Nees  

  • Tabebuia haemantha (Cultivated)

    Tabebuia haemantha (Bertol. ex Spreng.) DC., Prodr. 9: 214 1845. (syn: Bignonia haemantha Bertol. ex Spreng.; Spathodea portoricensis Bello; Tecoma haemantha (Bertol. ex Spreng.) Griseb.);   Bignoniaceae (Dark Pink) for ID :: Thane :: ARKDEC21 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) This plant was seen in the cultivated…

  • Pleione arunachalensis

    Pleione arunachalensis VADAKKOOT SANKARAN HAREESH, PANKAJ KUMAR, MAMIYIL SABU, Phytotaxa Vol 291, No 4 (2017); Pleione arunachalensis, a new species from India : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. check the link: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.291.4.7 Here are the details: Pleione arunachalensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Arethuseae: Coelogyninae), a new species from North-East India-  VADAKKOOT SANKARAN HAREESH,…

  • Rosa foetida

    Rosa foetida Herrm., Dissertatio inauguralis botanico-medica de Rosa 18 1762. (syn: Rosa fedorovii Sumn. ex Chrshan.; Rosa lutea Mill.); Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, W-Anatolia), Iran (N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq), Syria (NW-Syria), Afghanistan (Kabul, Parwan), Pakistan (Baluchistan, Quetta, Kurram, Hazara, ?Chitral), Austria (I),…

  • Radermachera yunnanensis (Cultivated)

    Radermachera yunnanensis C.Y.Wu, in Fl. Yunnanica 2: 712 1979.; SC. China as per WCSP; Cultivated plant for ID (Bignoniaceae) :: Mumbai :: ARKDEC01 : 12 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Seen this plant in a cultivated garden in Mumbai in December 2016. Requested to please ID the same. Wonderful…

  • Ranunculus pulchellus ?

    Ranunculus pulchellus C.A.Mey. ?; . Ranunculus hirtellus Royle (accepted name) ?? : 4 posts by 2 authors. 4 images. Location: Kalinchowk, Dolakha, Nepal Altitude: 11000 ft. Date: 25 July 2014 Leaves are not clear. Do you have another picture showing the leaves ? No other image. Attachments (2) Pl. check Srivastava SK (2010)…

  • Clavaria species- Godawari Botanical Garden, Nepal

      Clavaria acuta Sowerby, 1803 (accepted name) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Location: Godawari Botanical Garden, Nepal Altitude:  5000 ft. Date: 14 September 2013 Pointed Club ! Does not seem to match with images on Google search.

  • Coelogyne (Otochilus) species- Sairep, Mizoram

      MS Dec.2016/06 for Id : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Sairep, Mizoram Date : 29-11-2016 Habit : Epiphytic orchid Habitat : Wild Otochilus can’t confirm the species right now. Looking at the shape of pseudobulbs, it looks like  Otochilus lancilabius Seidenf. ! Its really not easy without…