• Elatine

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    BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Jayashree Bhattacharya): Elatine ambigua Wight in Hook. (India: In patches in moist areas along the river banks and margins of the tanks; sometimes also in inundated rice fields. Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and…

  • Sloanea

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    Sloanea sterculiacea var. assamica (Benth.) Coode (SE-Tibet, China (NW-Yunnan), Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya), Sikkim, Bhutan as per CoL)   . Sloanea tomentosa (Benth.) Rehder & E. H. Wilson (Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)   . BSI Flora…

  • Dendrocalamus hookeri

    • August 7, 2015
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    Dendrocalamus hookeri Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 151 1868. (syn: Bambusa altissima E.G.Camus [Invalid]; Bambusa globifera Griseb.; Bambusa hookeri Rivière & C.Rivière; Sinocalamus hookeri (Munro) T.Q.Nguyen);. Nepal to Myanmar: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal as per POWO; . MS July,2015/07 Dendrocalamus sp. for ID : 6 posts by 2…

  • Hibiscus hispidissimus ?

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    Hibiscus hispidissimus Griff. ?; . Malvaceae Fortnight:: Hibiscus Sp.?? NSJ 14 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Hibiscus sp from Amboli. Pl validate. Hibiscus species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net)  Pl send the photographs…

  • Pedicularis zeylanica

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    Pedicularis zeylanica Benth., Scroph. Ind. 54 1835. ; Common name: Ceylon Lousewort Weak stemmed semiparasitic herbs; stems suberect, hispid. Leaves alternate, sessile, to 5 x 2 cm, oblong, pinnately lobed, lobes crenate, hispid. Flowers in terminal racemes, densely arranged, sessile; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; corolla pink, 2-2.5 cm long, bilipped, upper…

  • Liparis wightiana

    • August 6, 2015
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    Liparis wightiana Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 295 1861. (syn: Diteilis wightiana (Thwaites) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones; Leptorchis trimenii (Ridl.) Kuntze; Leptorchis wightiana (Thwaites) Kuntze; Leptorkis trimenii (Ridl.) Kuntze; Leptorkis wightiana (Thwaites) Kuntze; Liparis atropurpurea Wight [Illegitimate]; Liparis trimenii Ridl.); . S. India, Sri Lanka, Peninsula Thailand to Jawa: India, Jawa, Sri…

  • Begonia species/ hybrids- Warsaw

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      Bigonia for ID-PC-28.07.2015-03-Warsaw : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Please identify the Begonia species in the picture. The snaps taken from the residence I am staying here. begonia cultivated, from the Group or the Tuberosa. quite a popular and easy to keep plant, in red, yellow and…

  • Bulbophyllum mysorense

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    Bulbophyllum mysorense (Rolfe) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg II, 8: 26 1912. (syn: Cirrhopetalum mysorense Rolfe); . India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) as per POWO; . Common name: Mysore Bulb-Leaf Orchid . Pseudobulb ovoid, 2 x 1.5 cm. Leaves solitary, 6-7.5 x 1-1.5 cm, linear-oblong, base subacute; petiole 1 cm long, obtuse,…

  • Plant in North Sikkim, Namprikdam upper Dzongu

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      Id assistance required : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please identify this plant photographed in North Sikkim, Namprikdam upper Dzongu, April -2015 More details are required. here are the additional pics of same plant. Attachments (3)

  • Pterospermum lanceifolium

    • August 5, 2015
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    Pterospermum lanceifolium Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1832 3: 163–164 1832. ; India: Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur; Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar as per BSI flora of India;   Malvaceae Fortnight- Post 41 :: Pterospermum lanceaefolium from Patiala (Punjab): NS August 26/26 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments…

  • 54. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’15

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    Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’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 more than 2,25,000…

  • Fasciation

    • August 4, 2015
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    Jasminum_Nashik_uncommman groth_AJK160715 : 7 posts by 3 authors. 2 images. This jasmine vine (local name Kunda) is growing in a private garden in Nashik.  What can be the reason behind the uncommon growth of its stem? may be insects? galls? what about the original stem? did you take pictures of…

  • Hibiscus hybrid- Mumbai

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      Malvaceae Fortnight:: Hibiscus Sp NSJ-19 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Hibiscus sp (May be hybrid) Photo taken from a garden at Mumbai. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. !! Flowery style is worrying me. Leaves appear similar to those at Hibiscus tiliaceus L. var. tiliaceus, but flowers are different in colour thorough calyx and epicalyx…

  • Malaxis densiflora

    • July 31, 2015
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    Malaxis densiflora (A.Rich.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673 1891. (syn: Corymborkis densiflora (A.Rich.) M.R.Almeida; Liparis densiflora A.Rich.; Malaxis densiflora var. luteola (Wight) P.K.Sarkar; Microstylis densiflora (A.Rich.) Alston; Microstylis luteola Wight; Microstylis pratensis Ridl.; Microstylis versicolor Wight [Illegitimate]; Microstylis versicolor var. luteola (Wight) Hook.f.; Seidenfia densiflora (A.Rich.) Szlach.); . Pseudo-bulbous herbs….

  • Hibiscus syriacus ?

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    Hibiscus syriacus ?; . Malvaceae Fortnight-PC-26.07.2015-03-Malvaceae sp. : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) please identify the snaps taken at Botanical Garden Warsaw. i think the flowers (out of focus pictures) and the leaves (two types) do not match i missed typing that the flowers with accompanying leaves remind…

  • Sidastrum micranthum

    • July 29, 2015
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    Sidastrum micranthum (A.St.-Hil.) Fryxell, Brittonia 30: 452 1978. (syn: Sida micrantha A.St.-Hil.); . Common name: Dainty Sand Mallow . Malvaceae Fortnight :: Sidastrum micranthum :: Maharashtra:: PKAJUL14 :: : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Bot. name: Sidastrum micranthum Family: Malvaceae Very nice find … This genus was reported…

  • Isaria farinosa ?

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    Isaria farinosa (Holmsk.) Fr., Systema Mycologicum 3: 271 (1832) (syn: =Ramaria farinosa Holmsk., Clavaria farinosa (Holmsk.) Dicks., Corynoides farinosa (Holmsk.) Gray, Spicaria farinosa (Holmsk.) Vuill., Penicillium farinosum (Holmsk.) Biourge, Paecilomyces farinosus (Holmsk.) A.H.S. Br. & G. Sm., Isaria psychidae Pole-Evans, Penicillium alboaurantium G. Sm., Penicillium albo-aurantium G. Sm.) ?;  …

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