• Silvianthus bracteatus

    Silvianthus bracteatus Hook. f., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 11: 36, pl. 1048 1868.; . China (Yunnan), NE-India, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life; . ID REGUESTED : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Locality: Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh Habit: Large shrub Apocynaceae ? This is Silvianthus bracteatus Hook. f. Family:…

  • Silvianthus

    Silvianthus bracteatus Hook. f.  

  • Allium oreoprasum

    Allium oreoprasum Schrenk, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 354 1842.; C. Asia to W. Tibet as per WCSP; Re: Is this Allium oreoprasum Schrenk? – new for efi :  1 post by 1 author. As “light relief” from more complicated and time-consuming genera combined with the pleasure of viewing ‘habitat’…

  • Ephedra regeliana

    Ephedra regeliana Florin, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. III, 12(1): 17 1933. (syn: Ephedra monosperma var. disperma Regel; Ephedra pulvinaris V.A.Nikitin; Ephedra pulvinaris V. Nikit.); C. Asia to SW. Siberia and Pakistan as per WCSP; Afghanistan, China, N India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan as per Flora of China; Occurs…

  • Orostachys thyrsiflora

    Orostachys thyrsiflora (DC.) Fisch. ex Sweet, Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 2: 274 1809. (syn: Cotyledon leucantha Ledeb.; Cotyledon rosea Lessing ; Cotyledon spinosa C. B. Cl.; Cotyledon thyrsiflora (Fisch.) Maxim.; Orostachys thyrsiflora (Fisch.) (ambiguous synonym); Orostachys thyrsiflora var. rosea (Less.) V.V.Byalt; Sedum spinosum var. thyrsiflorum (Fisch.) Fröderstr.; Umbilicus leucanthus…

  • Ribes orientale

    Ribes orientale Desf., Hist. Arbr. France 2: 88 1809. (Syn: Ribes alpinum C. A. Mey.; Ribes glutinosum Jacquem.; Ribes resinosum Sims);   C-Greece, S-Greece, Altai, Mongolia, Caucasus / Transcaucasus, Costa Rica (introduced), Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, NE-Anatolia), Iran (N-Iran: Mts., W-Iran: Mts.), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon), Syria (NW-Syria) as per Catalogue of Life;  Id…

  • Cycnium tubulosum (Kenya)

    Cycnium tubulosum (L.f.) Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 361 1895. (Syn: Cycnium hamatum Engl. & Gilg; Cycnium heuglinii (Hochst. ex Schweinf.) Engl.; Cycnium questieauxianum De Wild.; Cycnium serratum (Klotzsch) Engl.; Cycnium tubulosum subsp. tubulosum ; Gerardia tubulosa L.f.; Rhamphicarpa curviflora Benth.; Rhamphicarpa hamata (Engler & Gilg) Skan; Rhamphicarpa heuglinii Hochst. ex…

  • Cycnium

    Cycnium tubulosum (L.f.) Engl. (Kenya)

  • Botanical specimens collected in H.P. in 1930s

    Fwd: Botanical specimens collected in H.P. in 1930s: Splendid News : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) I have referred to the extensive set of pressed specimens collected by Dr Walter Koelz, University of Michigan and Thakur Rup Chand primarily in the upper Kulu Valley, Lahaul and Ladakh, in the…

  • Mawphlang, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya mushrooms

      Mushroom for Id -ID28122016SH3 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Mushroom for Id pl. Location – Mawphlang sacred forest, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya Date – 17.10.2016 Image is not clear   Mushroom for Id – ID28122016SH2 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Mushroom for…

  • Furcraea species ?- brought from abroad

    ID required : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Is this Furcarea? I will be obliged if someone can confirm the identity. This is not an Indian plant and someone has brought it from abroad. SO, I am not in position to mention any locality or date of collection….

  • Mallotus peltatus

    Mallotus peltatus (Geiseler) Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 187 1865. (Syn: Adisca acuminata Blume; Aleurites peltatus Geiseler; Hancea muricata Benth.; Mallotus acuminatus (Blume) Müll.Arg.; Mallotus alternifolius Merr.; Mallotus batjanensis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Mallotus camiguinensis Merr.; Mallotus columnaris Warb.; Mallotus floribundus var. cordifolius Chakrab.; Mallotus furetianus Müll.Arg.; Mallotus helferi Müll.Arg.; Mallotus kietanus Rech.;…

  • Indigofera glabra

    Indigofera glabra L. (Syn: Indigofera fragrans Retz.; Indigofera pentaphylla Murray); India (N); Andhra Pradesh ; Bihar; Goa ; Gujarat ; Karnataka; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh; Maharashtra; Orissa ; Rajasthan ; Tamil Nadu ; West Bengal; Myanmar (N); Sri Lanka (N) ; Thailand (N); Vietnam (N); Mauritius (I) as per ILDIS;…

  • Rhynchosia densiflora

    Rhynchosia densiflora (Roth) DC. (syn: Glycine densiflora Roth); Angola (N); Botswana (N); Ethiopia (N); Kenya (N); Malawi (N) ; Mozambique (N) ; Namibia (N); Nigeria (N) ; Rwanda (N) ; Sao Tome & Principe (N) ; South Africa (N) ; Sudan (N) ; Swaziland (N) ; Tanzania (N) ; Togo…

  • Rhynchosia heynei

    IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Rhynchosia heynei Wight & Arn. (syn: Rhynchosia coodoorensis Bedd.); India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka; Tamil Nadu as per ILDIS; This species is endemic to peninsular India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu). Kumar and Sane (2003) consider the occurrence of this species in…

  • Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica

    Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica J.L.Ellis & Swamin. ;   Submission of Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Plant name:Crotalaria madurensis var. kurnoolica Ellis et Swaminadhan Erect herbs upto 1m taal; softly pubescent; leaves simple, 5-7 x 2-3cm, subsesile, brown-seerious; flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm, in…

  • WEST BENGAL- Barasat plant

      id please Barasat,WEST BENGAL,14.12.16 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Please tell me the id. Barasat, WEST BENGAL, 14.12.16 update: Leaves are succulent. So donot say its Pteris It is growing in my house on the roots of Royal palm. Keen to the ID. Sorry for the…

  • Carduus species- Kenya

      Thistle For ID : Kenya : 11DEC16 : AK-27 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Kindly help in identifying this wild Thistle. Seen in the first week of July in Kenya. Pl. check comparative images at ‎Carduoideae if it helps. Pl. check Carduus edelbergii Rech.f. or Onopordum acanthium L. or…