• Stauntonia latifolia

    Stauntonia latifolia (Wall.) Christenh. (syn: Holboellia latifolia Wall.; Holboellia latifolia subsp. chartacea C. Y. Wu & S.H. Huang ex H.N. Qin; Holboellia ovatifoliolata Y.C. Wu & T.Chen; Stauntonia latifolia (Wall.) R. Br. ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym)) as per Catalogue of Life; . India: Subtropical and temperate Himalayas, in broad-leaved forests…

  • Micrechites polyanthus

    Micrechites polyanthus (Bl.) Miq. , Fl. Ned . Ind. 2: 457 1857. (syn: Ichnocarpus baillonii (Pierre ex Spire) Lý: Ichnocarpus himalaicus T.Yamaz.: Ichnocarpus polyanthus (Blume) P.I.Forst.: Ichnocarpus pubiflorus Hook.f.: Ichnocarpus radicans Wall.: Ichnocarpus sabitae (R.N.De & V.Naray.) Rasingam, Diwakar & R.P.Pandey: Ichnocarpus sabitae var. laxiflorus (R.N.De & V.Naray.) Rasingam, Diwakar & R.P.Pandey:…

  • Russula species- Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP

      Another mushroom ABAUG01/04 : 6 posts by 3 authors. 2 images. Here is another I found yesterday. Please advise. Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP 1800m 3 August 2015 Is it Clitocybe gibba? Thank you … Another expert thinks this to be a Russula species. We are still researching. Looks to…

  • Chandra Veena

    List of Publications   BOOKS:   1. Veena Chandra & R. C. Gaur 1988 Name Changes in Common Indian Plants. Indian For.  Rec. New series (Botany) 7(1): 93pp. 2. Bennet, S.S.R., Biswas, Sas, Veena Chandra, Singh, P., Chandra, S. & Dayal, R, 1991   Food from forest. ICFRE, Dehradun. 3. Chandra,…

  • Nayaka Sanjeeva

    Dr. Sanjeeva Nayaka Principal Scientist, Lichenology Laboratory CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, U.P. Publication list year-wise Year 2000 1. Upreti, D.K. and Nayaka, S. 2000. Lichenology in India (1996-2000). British Lichen Society Bulletin. No. 87: 66-67. 2. Upreti, D.K. and Nayaka, S. 2000. An enumeration of lichens…

  • Daniels, A. E. Dulip

    1. Brijithlal, N.D., J.L. Mabel & A.E.D. Daniels 2008. Additions to the moss flora of Peninsular India from the Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India. Indian J. Forest. 31: 643 – 646. 2. Bruggeman-Nannenga, M.A., A.E.D. Daniels & K.C. Kariyappa 2015. Notes on the little known moss Fissidens firmus Mitt. (Fissidentaceae)….

  • Flemingia chappar

    Flemingia chappar Benth. (syn: Flemingia chapper Benth. [Spelling variant]; Moghania chappar (Benth.) Kuntze); Image by D S Rawat  Flemingia chappar (Fabaceae) from Uttarakhand_DSR_Aug2015_13 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Flemingia chappar Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. photographed in Rajaji National Park in Dec. 2011. In fruiting stage. This species is…

  • Elaeagnus species- Warsaw

      Helleborus ID from Warsaw P.C.-10.08.2015 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) please identify the helleborus in picture. The snaps were taken at Warsaw. Thai plant from Warsaw seems to be  Elaeagnus sp. may be Elaeagnus Ebbingei ‘lime light’

  • Ficus amplissima ?

    Id required for plant : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Photgraphed on 28th july  2015 Location: Gujarat near madhapur Do you have any other pictures of this tree ? If so, pl. post. Ficus Ficus amplissima

  • Utricularia lazulina

    Utricularia lazulina P. Taylor, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 93: 101 1984. ; . Common name: Lazuli Bladderwort . Herbs; rhizoids up to 15 mm long, c. 0.3 mm thick, tapering towards apex, branches 1-3 mm long, papillose; stolons up to 25 mm long, c 0.2 m thick, sparsely branched. Foliar…

  • Scientist at NGCPR

    Advertisement for Scientist at NGCPR : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)- Job Description for post of Scientist at NGCPR.doc Please Circulate the position at Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research (NGCPR) Requires a Jr. SCIENTIST ABOUT THE CENTRE: Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research (NGCPR) located near Shirwal,…

  • Terminalia procera

    Terminalia procera Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 18 1811. (syn: Myrobalanus procera Kuntze (unresolved);      (=) Terminalia copelandii Elmer); Images uploaded by Dr. Tapas Chakraborty (photo courtesy : Mr. Joju Alappat)  India – Andaman and NicobarMalesia: Indonesia – Celebes, Irian Jaya, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Sumatra; Papua New Guinea; Philippines (as per GRIN)…

  • Triumfetta species- Panipat

    Malvaceae Fortnight- Post 45 :: Triumfetta for id from Panipat: NS August 30/30 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Please suggest the id for this herb, recorded from Panipat.. Can this be Triumfetta annua ?? efi page on Triumfetta annua  May be Triumfetta Rhomboidea ???? It is Triumfetta pentandra…

  • Slug in Himachal Pradesh

    An unusual question : 9 posts by 5 authors. This one is an unusual ID request though not completely unrelated to plants. These slugs are very common here and I have been trying to find a proper ID for some time now without success. I am hopeful that someone on…

  • Das, Kanad

    Some of his publications: Nidula shingbaensis sp. nov., a new bird’s nest fungus from India- Kanad Das & Rui Lin Zhao- MYCOTAXON Volume 125, pp. 53–58 July–September 2013   Abstract —A new species of bird’s nest fungi, Nidula shingbaensis, is proposed from the state of Sikkim. It is characterised by a…

  • Elaeocarpus species- Coorg

      Elaeocarpus tuberculatus Roxb. SN April 38 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Elaeocarpus tuberculatus Roxb. Fam: Elaeocarpaceae wild tree seen near Talacauvery, Coorg and Gudalur near Ooty. Dried leaved highly bitter just like Kalmeg. Thanks, …, But as per Revision of Elaeocarpus (Elaeocarpaceae) Section in South India…

  • Amanita species- Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP

      Fungus/Mushroom_01 ABJUL01/29 : 9 posts by 3 authors. 2 images. Beautiful head with a coppery sheen. I wonder if it is edible. Please advise. Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP 1800m 29 July 2015 Volvariella. but don’t know more. Sorry. you should always write more about, where you found it, near/…

  • Panicum sumatrense

    Panicum sumatrense Roth, J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 434 (1817) (syn: Milium attenuatum Moench ; Panicum albidulum Steud. ; Panicum attenuatum (Moench) Moench ; Panicum attenuatum (Moench) Willd. ; Panicum crispum Llanos ; Panicum miliaceum var. attenuatum (Moench) Willd. ; Panicum miliare var. hirtum Hook.f. ; Panicum paianum var. minus Naik & Patunkar ; Panicum psilopodium Trin. ; Panicum psilopodium var. coloratum Hook.f. ; Panicum…

  • Bhattacharya, Goutam

    PUBLICATIONS [Details: First serial number and then followed by title of the Research Paper, name of the Book or Journal, publisher, pages and the year of publication] 1. Therapeutic potential of Giloe, Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook. f. & Thomson (Menispermaceae): The Magical Herb of Ayurveda, Review Article, International Journal of…