Dendrobium macraei Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 75 1830. (syn: Callista macraei (Lindl.) Kuntze; Ephemerantha macraei (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh.; Flickingeria macraei (Lindl.) Seidenf.; Flickingeria macraei (Lindl.) Bennet); . E. Himalaya to Indo-China (as per WCSP) . . References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP e-monocot BSI Flora of India checklist IOSPE…
Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st May’16- more than 11,000 species : 1 post by 1 author. Dear members, 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…
Members who inserted images at efi site in June’2016 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Following members mainly inserted a large number of images on a number of efi pages as below: Gurcharan Singh- around 120 pages Bhagyashri Ranade- around 45 pages TSP Kumar- around 15 pages In addition, I was also able to transfer images from these…
Orchid for ID, Sikkim NAW-JUL16-07 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Kindly try to identify this epiphyte orchid photographed in South Sikkim in May 2016. Obviously a Dendrobium. Wait till it opens. This is interesting. What is this ??? Dendrobium amoenum Wall. ex Lindl. ?? Dendrobium amoenum that I…
Utricularia aurea ?; Utricularia aurea – Please confirm : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Please confirm the attached aquatic plant is a Utricularia aurea. Recorded from Zaheerabad, telanga in the artificial pond along with Nymphaea caerulea and Nymphaea marliacea var. rosea. Flowering: June Pl. check images at…
Fuchsia fulgens Moc. & Sessé ex DC., Prodr. 3: 39 1828. (Syn: Ellobium fulgens Lilja; Fuchsia fulgens var. pumila Carrière; Fuchsia racemosa Sessé & Moc. [Illegitimate]; Spachia fulgens (DC.) Lilja); Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos), Slovakia (I) as per Catalogue of life; Fuchsia fulgens ATJULY2016/04 :…
OMICS International Totally Sucks : 2 posts by 2 authors. New post on Scholarly Open Access Victimizing researchers since 2008. nice to be alerted
The Book ENDEMIC VASCULAR PLANTS OF INDIA by BSI : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) It was a much awaited publication on Indian flora. Recently (2015), Botanical Survey of India has published the book ‘Endemic Vascular Plants of India’ authored by P. Singh, K. Karthigeyan, P. Lakshminarasimhan &…
Erodium tibetanum Edgew. & Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 434 1874. ; Images by Prashant Awale (Id by Tabish) & Ushaprabha Page (Id by Chris Chadwell) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) China, Kashmir, Mongolia, Tajikistan as per Flora of China ID Request at…
SK28JUL3-2016:ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Enclosing some pictures for identification Begonia spp.Location :Dolakha NepalAltitude: 7000 ft.Date: 26 July 2014 Thanks, … Pl. check at Begonia for comparative images of species at efi. I checked but could not find exact resemblance!
74th Tree Appreciation Walk at Silonda Trail, SGNP Borvali on 10th July,16 at 7.30 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9) Dear Friends, Moody monsoon has arrived and it’s in good humor, generously filling up the empty aquifers……bringing with it the season to celebrate without any reason ……like…
Plant of Indonesia 7 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) We don’t know the following plant please. Could you help me to id it please. May I request you to pl. send a close & a habit picture ? I think this is a 2-3 m tall…
Regarding Tropical Plant Research – Journal : 2 posts by 1 author. Sometimes back I came across your publication on a new record from Bangladesh (Ipomoea triloba) in Tropical Plant Research. In this context I wold like to inform you that it is a predatory journal with doubtful credentials. Such…
Artemisia capillaris Thunb., Fl. Jap. 309 1784. (Syn: Artemisia capillaris var. arbuscula Miq.; Artemisia capillaris var. capillaris ; Artemisia capillaris f. capillaris ; Artemisia hallaisanensis f. parvula Pamp.; Artemisia hallaisanensis f. swatowiana Pamp.; Artemisia japonica f. vestita Pamp.; Oligosporus capillaris (Thunb.) Poljakov); . India: Indo-Gangetic Plain and W. Himalayas, between…
Id Plz : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Can anyone help me identify these leaves Photographed at Sindhudurg MH On 27th June 2016 I may be far off from fact, but this kind of venation reminded me of Nervilia !! Thanks … I thought of Nervilia … but it…
Mandevilla laxa (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 68 1932. (Syn: Amblyanthera bridgesii Müll.Arg.; Amblyanthera suaveolens (Lindl.) Müll.Arg.; Echites glandulosus Poir. [Illegitimate]; Echites laxus Ruiz & Pav.; Echites suaveolens (Lindl.) A.DC.; Mandevilla bangii Rusby; Mandevilla bridgesii (Müll.Arg.) Woodson; Mandevilla mandonii Rusby; Mandevilla suaveolens Lindl.; Mandevilla tweedieana Stapf…
Carex ovoidispica O.Yano, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 24 (2015) (syn: Kobresia nitens C.B.Clarke); . N. Pakistan to Nepal: Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . C.B.Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 379, t. 30, fig. 7 ; stems rigid, leaves linear channelled incurved, sheaths testaceous-brown scarcely lacerate, spike ellipsoid dense,…
Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague, J. Bot. 61: 131, f. 59 1923. (syn: Aethusa leptophylla (Pers.) Spreng.; Apium ammi var. caespitosum Urb. …..; Apium depressum M.E.Jones; Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F.Muell. ex Benth. ..; Apium rivulare Larrañaga; Cyclospermum ammi (Savi) Caruel [Illegitimate]; Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P. Wilson .; Helosciadium leptophyllum (Pers.)…
Arisaema gracilentum Brugg., sp. nov., Blumea 61, 2016: 87–89; Arisaema gracilentum, a new species of Arisaema (Araceae) from NE India by P. Bruggeman : 1 post by 1 author. Please find the download link of a new Arisaema species from India I just published: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea/pre-prints/content-nbc_blumea_0364 Congrats, Pascal ji, for this…