Flora Picture of the year 2015: Anurag N. Sharma : 7 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2) This year was especially fruitful for me as I was able to see an excellent number of Himalayan plants during the Churdhar trip organised by Dr. Balkar Singh. I was also able to…
Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 24 1775. (syn: Chlamydia tenacissima Gaertn.; Lachenalia ramosa Lam.; Phormium atropurpureum Rafarin; Phormium flavovirens Le Jol., nom. superfl.; Phormium nigropictum W.Bull; Phormium ramosum (Lam.) Billb.; Phormium tenax var. atropurpureum (Rafarin) Carrière; Phormium tenax f. atropurpureum (Rafarin) Voss; Phormium tenax var. foliis-variegatis Rothsch.; Phormium tenax var. saundersii Carrière; Phormium tenax variegatum (W.Holloway)…
Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th November’15- more than 11,000 species : 1 post by 1 author. 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 2,37,000 messages…
Members who inserted images at efi site in Dec.’2015 : 1 post by 1 author. Following members mainly inserted a large number of images on a large number of efi pages as below: Bhagyashri Ranade- around 170 pages Tspkumar- around 65 pages Surajit Koley – around 50 pages including a number of genera pages KM Prabhu…
Emilia alstonii Fosberg, 66 1972.; Herbs; stems short, ascending. Leaves all cauline; lower leaves orbicular to reniform or ovate, rounded at apex, 4 x 2 cm, petioled; petiole scarcely or narrowly winged; middle leaves with terminal lobe orbicular or reniform, cordate, with broad winged petiole, clasping at the base; uppermost…
Pyrethrum pyrethroides (Kar. & Kir.) B.Fedtsch. ex Krasch. (Images by Sayed Nudrat Zawar – Identified by Navendu Page (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)) Pyrethrum pyrethroides (Kar. & Kir.) B.Fedtsch. ex Krasch. ? Images by Satyendra Tiwari – Identified by J.M. Garg (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Chrysanthemum & Pyrethrum page with images of…
Aconitum (Ranunculac.) for ID – Tamzey village, East Sikkim, pinkish flower : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) ID please. Aconitum elwesii Stapf ?? I think looks different as per GBIF specimens as the stem is twining and not erect.
Herbarium specimen can be used for Molecular studies??? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) In a previous thread it was discussed that molecular techniques may not be applicable to herbarium specimen.I was under impression that it can be, some vague memory of something i had read outside of medical…
Aconitum violaceum ? . Images by Tapas Chakrabarty (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Aconitum (Ranunc.) for ID – Panikhere, Kargil, J & K : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (11) Requesting id. I hope A. violaceum, finely dissected leaves and flowers suggest Thanks, …, But no distribution shown in the area…
Aconitum nagarum Stapf, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 10: 176 1905. (syn: Aconitum bullatifolium var. homotrichum W. T. Wang ex Y. L. Zeng; Aconitum nagarum var. ecalcaratum (Airy Shaw) Airy Shaw; Aconitum nagarum f. ecalcaratum (Airy Shaw) W. T. Wang; Aconitum venatorium Diels; Aconitum venatorium var. ecalcaratum Airy Shaw)?; . Aconitum (Ranunculac.) for ID – Tamaze Village, North Sikkim,…
Chlorophytum heynei Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 322 1876. (syn: Anthericum heynei Rottler ex Baker; Chlorophytum heyneanum Wall. ex Hook.f.); Stem very short. Leaves 20 x 5 cm, oblanceolate, acute to apex, narrowed to base. Racemes to 18 cm long, stout, densely-flowered. Pedicel 5 mm long; tepals 8 mm…
Hygrophila heinei Sreem., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 223 1969. (syn: Cardanthera uliginosa Buch.-Ham.; Hygrophila pseudopolysperma E.Hossain (Unresolved); Ruellia uliginosa L.f. (Unresolved); Synnema uliginosum Kuntze (Unresolved)); Images by Muthu Karthick, N, Identified by R. Kottaimuthu (Inserted by J.M.Garg) This species is endemic to India. It is distributed in Andaman and Nicobar Islands,…
Publications. Bindu, S; Chitra, C.R and Anilkumar, C., 2007 Polyembryony in Rauvolfia s erpentina (L.) Benth.Ex.Kurtz “In Indian Forester” Vol.133 (12): 1711-1714. Anilkumar, C, C.R.Chitra, S. Bindu and P. Padmesh 2008 Seed germination andstorage studies in Ficus krishnae C. DC. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 13(1) N.S. pp 66-72. Chitra,…
2015- Hero of the efloraofindia site- Suarjit Koley & Bhagyashri Ranade 2015- 1st Runner Up Hero of the efloraofindia site- Tspkumar 2015- 2nd Runner up Hero of the efloraofindia site- D S Rawat 2015- Members who inserted images at efi site
Impatiens matthewiana Dr Ramasubbu Raju, FELIX IRUDHYARAJ Dhanraj, Mohanraj Arumugam, Pandurangan AG, Phytotaxa Vol 227, no. 3 (2015); Images by Subhanjan Kayet – Id by Prabhukumar KN & V.Bhaskar Impatiens for id. : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) State Kerala, october 2015: Impatiens. sp?? Most probably you have collected…
Plant Id from Bangladesh SM 1000 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Cute flower and cute picture , as far as mom and pop pictures go but… for scientific inquiry this falls far short of requirements… whole plant? basal leaves size of plant size of flower size of…
Publications of Dr. Mathew Dan, Scientist E1, JNTBGRI, Palode, Trivandrum Papers in National and International Journals 1. Dan M, Mathew P J, Unnithan C M &Pushpangadan P 1996. Thotteaabrahamii – a new species of Aristolochiaceae from peninsular India. Kew Bulletin 51: 179-182. 2. Dan M, Santhoshkumar E S &…
Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb. (syn: Desmodium galapagense B.L. Rob.; Desmodium hjalmarsonii (Schindl.) Standl.; Desmodium intortum var. apiculatum B.G.Schub.; Desmodium intortum var. intortum ; Desmodium sinclairii Benth.; Desmodium trigonum DC.; Hedysarum intortum Mill.; Hedysarum trigonum Sw.; Meibomia hjalmarsonii Schindl.; Meibomia intorta (Mill.) S.F.Blake; Meibomia trigona F.W.Gandara; Meibomia trigona Gandara); desmodium…