• Fast growing flowering creepers and unusual fragrant flowering trees

    Suggestions for fast growing flowering creepers and unusual fragrant flowering trees. : 11 posts by 5 authors. Hello fellow tree lovers, I have a house in Lucknow which has a bare wall of almost 20 feet length and 40 feet height. Could anyone suggest fast growing perrenial flowering creepers. Bougainvillea,…

  • July’16

    Members who inserted images at efi site in July’2016 : 1 post by 1 author. Following members mainly inserted images on a large number of efi pages as below: TSP Kumar- around 38 pages Gurcharan Singh- around 26 pages Bhagyashri Ranade- around 25 pages Species & genera pages of the following families were also completed in this…

  • How to cite efloraofindia in scientific publications

    Fwd: How to cite efloraofindia in scientific publications : 41 posts by 6 authors. eFI has grown to a big database which can be cited in scientific publications. On this what I found at the Home page is: Due credits/ attributions/ citation are to be given as below: “Efloraofindia (2007-2016)…

  • Epilobium canum (USA)

    Epilobium canum (Greene) P.H.Raven, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 63: 335 1976 publ. 1977 (syn: Epilobium canum subsp. angustifolium (Keck) P.H.Raven; Epilobium canum subsp. canum ; Epilobium canum subsp. garrettii (A.Nelson) P.H.Raven; Epilobium canum var. garrettii (A.Nelson) N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren; Epilobium canum subsp. mexicanum (C.Presl) P.H.Raven; Zauschneria californica var. mexicana (C….

  • Taxillus cuneatus

    Taxillus cuneatus (Heyne) Danser (syn: Dendrophthoe cuneata (Heyne) G. Don; Locella cuneata (Heyne) van Tiegh.; Locella goodeniifolia Van Tiegh.; Locella lobeliifolia (DC.) van Tiegh.; Loranthus cuneatus Heyne; Loranthus goodeniiflorus (DC.) DC.; Loranthus lobeliiflorus DC.; Loranthus montanus Wight; Loranthus viscifolius Wight; Scurrula goodeniifolia (DC.) G. Don; Scurrula lobeliiflora (DC.) G. Don);…

  • How trees talk to each other

    How trees talk to each other : 5 posts by 4 authors. http://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other# Thanks for sharing. … Luckily I had learnt and taught something similar to my students under Mutualism and Proto-cooperation. ok. underground mycelial networks is studied by many. nat geo repoted these time and again. thanks makes an…

  • Buglossoides

      Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnst. (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))

  • Euploca ovalifolia ?

    Euploca ovalifolia ?;   Heliotropium For ID : Nasik : 11AUG15 : AK-22 : 22/22 : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Pictures taken on 11th July,15. A very small herb near the Gangapur Lake. most likely Heliotropium supinum Yes It looks like Heliotropium supinum It is Heliotropium supinum only….

  • Geranium polyanthes

    Geranium polyanthes Edgew. & Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 431 1874.; Common name: Many-Flower Geranium India: E. & W. Himalayas. Kumaon and Sikkim; Bhutan and S. Tibet (as per BSI Flora of India)   Geranium polyanthes ??? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)  Sharing some pictures of G. polyanthes…

  • Aphragmus hobsonii

    Aphragmus hobsonii (H. Pearson) Al-Shehbaz & S.I. Warwick (Syn: Cochlearia hobsonii H. Pearson; Lignariella hobsonii (H. Pearson) Baehni); erect or suberect annual herbs, about 5-20 cm tall. Stem simple or branched from the base, glabrous or slightly glandular pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, rosulate, ovate to oblong, about 4-8 x 2.5-5…

  • Phytolacca dioica (Introduced)

    Phytolacca dioica L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 632 1762. (syn: Phytolacca arborea Hort. ex Moq.; Phytolacca dioica var. ovatifolia Chodat; Phytolacca populifolia Salisb.; Phytolacca weberbaueri H. Walter; Pircunia dioica (L.) Moq.; Sarcoca dioica (L.) Raf.); . Colombia to Brazil and N. Argentina as per POWO; . Colombia (Antioquia, Quindo, Risaralda, Tolima), Argentina (Buenos…

  • Bulbophyllum proudlockii ?

    Flora of Kaiga_ID_Please_19072016 PK1 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Date/Time-:17/07/16   –    09:30   Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs   Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-   wild Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Epiphytic herb   Length- 4-6cm Bulbophyllum mysorense ?……….

  • Valley of Flowers in August

    Valley of Flowers in August : 3 posts by 2 authors. Friends, I am scheduled to visit Valley of flowers, uttarakhand, next month with four friends of mine. I have sought logistical help from one of my known resources in the state. Though landslides and cloudbursts are common in the…

  • Solena umbellata

    Solena umbellata (Willd.) W.J. de Wilde & Duyfjes, Blumea 49(1): 77. 2004. (syn: Bryonia umbellata Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4(1): 618. 1805; Momordica umbellata (Willd.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 79. 1832.; Karivia umbellata (Willd.) Arn., J. Bot. 3: 275. 1841.; Zehneria umbellata (Willd.) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 2: 125. 1859.; Type:…

  • Digitalis ‘Illumination Flame’ (USA)

        Digitalis ‘Illumination Flame’ (x Digiplexis ‘Illumination Flame’ a hybrid name that could not persist) from California-GSJUL2016/06 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Hybrid xDigiplexis ‘Illumination Flame’  was developed by breeder Charles Valin with the Thompson & Morgan seed company dreamed of a cross between Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove,…

  • Ehretia ovalifolia

    Ehretia ovalifolia Wight; . Small trees, branchlets lenticellate, terete. Leaves to 7 x 3.5 cm, oblong or elliptic, apex obtuse, nerves 6-8 pairs, pubescent in the nerve axils; petiole 1-1.5 cm; Corymbs terminal and axillary, 8-10 cm; flowers white, slightly pubescent; pedicel 1-2 mm; calyx tube to 1 mm, lobes…

  • Cycas species- Andamans

        New Cycas from Andaman Islands : 1 post by 1 author. Cycas  paramajitii L. J.  Singh, D. R. Misra & R. C.  Srivast. sp. nov.  Holotype: Andaman Islands, RCSrivast., Lalji Singh & Manindra Paul. sn, dated02July 2014(PBL) Allied to Cycas zeylanica J. Schust. but can be distinguished by…

  • Male Scarlet Sunbird (juvenile) on Hibiscus species/ hybrids

      SYMBIOSIS 827 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching an image of a male Scarlet Sunbird (juvenile) on a flower of a Hibiscus species. very nice to see never knew a  hibiscus flower can support that bird’s weight