• Bougainvillea species/ cultivars- MNP, Mumbai

      Bougainvillea For ID : MNP,Mumbai : 07MAR15 : AK-3 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Bougainvillea seen at MNP, Mumbai on 30/3/13. Small, potted plant.      

  • Roy P. E.

        2011 1.      Santhosh Kumar E.S., S.M. Shareef and P.E. Roy 2011. Rediscovery and lectotypification of Eugenia argentea Gamble (Myrtaceae)- an endemic and endangered species of the Western Ghats. Journal of Scientific Research 3 (1): 213-216.   2.        S.M. Shareef, E.S. Santhosh Kumar and P.E. Roy 2011. A new variety of Eugenia terpnophylla Thw. (Myrtaceae)  from…

  • Ansari Anis Ahmad

        Paper Presentation:     i.      “Flora of Madhaulia Forest-Dicotyledons (Ranunculaceae-Tiliaceae) and Asteraceae of Gorakhpur” during Symposium at Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur.   ii.      “Vegetational composition of Nagdev, Pauri Garhwal” at ISCA, New Delhi, 1986.   iii.      Phenological observation of some woody angiosperms of Pauri Garhwal” at ISCA, Bangalore, 1987….

  • Halder Suman

        List of Publication Ø Published   1. Halder, S. & P. Venu (2012). The taxonomy and report of flowering in Lemna L. (Lemnaceae) in India. Current Science. 102 (12): 1629 – 1632. 2. Halder, S. & T. K. Paul (2012). Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam., an addition to the…

  • Gasteria hybrid- Mumbai, Maharashtra

    Jijamata Udyan Flower Show, Feb 2015 :: Requesting ID of this ornamental-3:: ARKFEB-09/40 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Please ID this succulent captured at Jijamata Udyan Flower Show in Feb 2015. infected?????  what are the white things too irregularly located so cant be a natural design, is my…

  • Unknown tree of Indonesia

          Unknown tree of Indonesia : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Could you help me to id our tree please. 

  • Hygrophila balsamica

    Hygrophila balsamica Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 66 1838. ;   Images by S. Kasim (Identified S. Koley & A. Sinha & Vijayasankar Raman) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)      Identification of Plant specimen : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Pl help me to identify the attached specimen:Place:  Puzhal, Chennai Suburb, TamilnaduDate:…

  • A Pictorial Guide to Common Garden Plants

        A Pictorial Guide to Common Garden Plants-Released March 2015: 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (7)This gives me immense pleasure to announce on the group that recently we have been able to publish a book on ornamental plants entitled “A Pictorial Guide to Common Garden Plants” featuring full coloured images…

  • Curcuma mukhraniae

    Curcuma mukhraniae R. Kr. Singh et Atri Garg, sp. nov., 2014;        A new species of Zingiberaceae, Curcuma mukhraniae R. Kr. Singh from Western Ghats, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India is described and illustrated             References: Academia 

  • Hubbardia heptaneuron

    Hubbardia heptaneuron Bor, Kew Bull. 5: 385 1950. ;   Earlier Hubbardia heptaneuron was considered to be endemic to Karnataka state only. It was first collected by Sedgwick from Gersoppa falls in Karnataka in 1919 but described by Bor in 1950. It has not been collected from that locality in the past…

  • Eriocaulon species- Assam

          ID of grass sp.from Assam KD 04 Feb 2015 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) Attached images may be grass sp.. Please ID the plant.   Date :19.02.2015 Location: Assam Habitat: Grows wild on paddy field Habit : Small herb This looks like Eriocaulon sp. Eriocaulon – species…

  • Dicliptera species- Kaiga, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka

        09022015 PTR22 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Flora of Kaiga_ID_Please_09022015 PTR2Date/Time-:05/02/15 – 09:30 Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka, 380 mtrsHabitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wildHabit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb/ Orchid Length- 1m Acanthaceae member. Looks like a species of Dicliptera  …

  • Diospyros saldanhae

    Diospyros saldanhae Kosterm., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 74: 326 1977. ; Images by Dinesh Valke, Indentified by (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Habit- Trees up to 10 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark black, smooth; blaze pale red. Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets densely long (to 0.25 cm) hairy. Leaves- Leaves…

  • 49. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Jan.’15

        Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Jan.’15- more than 10,000 species : 4 posts by 2 authors. 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…

  • Prunus cerasus (Cultivated)

    Prunus cerasus L., Species plantarum, edition 1 Species plantarum, edition 1; 1753 474 1753. (Syn: Cerasus acida (Ehrh.) Borkh.; Cerasus austera (L.) Borkh.; Cerasus austera (L.) M.Roem.; Cerasus collina Lej. & Courtois; Cerasus fruticosa Pall.; Cerasus vulgaris Mill.; Druparia cerasus (L.) Clairv.; Prunus acida Ehrh.; Prunus aestiva Salisb.; Prunus austera…

  • Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum (Cultivated)

    Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum Yieh, China: Bull. Hort. Special Issue 1942(2): 33 1942. (Syn: Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum H.T. Chang);  Loropetalum chinense is commonly known as the Chinese fringe flower. Two forms of L. chinense exist; a white- (to pale-yellow-) flowering green-leafed variety and a pink-flowering variety with leaves varying…

  • SANITATION

        Re: SANITATION : 2 posts by 2 authors. I got few lessons, observing activities in different bird nests. I worked on bird nests of some 13 different bird species in last 10 years and so. It was a great education for me.Attaching an image of a Magpie Robin….

  • Carex species- Khillenmarg, Kashmir

          Cyperaceae member for ID from Kashmir-GSFEB01/01 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Please help in ID of this member of Cyperaceae photographed from Khillenmarg in Kashmir, alt. 3000 m I think Fimbristylis sp.. It looks like a Carex species of high altitude. Need a mature…

  • Solanum pyracanthos (USA)

    Solanum pyracanthos Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 2: 22 1794. ;       Solanaceae Fortnight: Solanum pyracanthos from California-GSFEB61/64 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Solanum pyracanthos Lam. Porcupine tomato Evergreen shrub with long yellow prickles, thicker lobed leaves and blue flowers. Photographed from California. are berries red? and covered in…

  • 59th Tree Appreciation Walk at Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane

        59th Tree Appreciation Walk at Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane on 15th March at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. Dear Friends, It is said that there is an art to using color in the garden so that it sparkle and sings………colors are one of the major…