• Berberis nilghiriensis

    IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR) Berberis nilghiriensis Ahrendt, J. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 11: 1 1945. ; A poorly known species, recorded only once, from an unspecified location in the Nilgiri Hills. Native: India (Tamil Nadu) Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Berberis nilghiriensis. The IUCN Red List…

  • Cyperus flavescens

    Cyperus flavescens L., Sp. Pl.: 46 (1753) (syn: Chlorocyperus flavescens (L.) Rikli; Distimus flavescens (L.) Raf.; Pycreus flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb.) as per WCSP; Pycreus flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 72 1830. (Syn: Chlorocyperus abyssinicus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Rikli; Chlorocyperus flavescens (L.) Rikli; Cyperus abyssinicus Hochst….

  • Fimbristylis complanata

    Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 292 1827. (Syn: Cyperus amentaceus Rudge; Cyperus anceps Steud. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus complanatus (Retz.) Willd. [Illegitimate]; Fimbristylis amblyphylla Steud.; Fimbristylis anceps Steud. [Illegitimate]; Fimbristylis autumnalis var. complanata (Retz.) Kük. ..; Fimbristylis bequaertii De Wild.; Fimbristylis boeckeleri Steud.; Fimbristylis complanata subsp. complanata ; Fimbristylis complanata var….

  • Tephrosia pentaphylla

    Tephrosia pentaphylla (Roxb.) G.Don (Syn: Galega pentaphylla Roxb.; Tephrosia senticosa sensu auct.; Tephrosia similis Chiov.);    Africa: Ethiopia (N); Kenya (N) ; Mozambique (N); Somalia (N) ; Sudan (N); Tanzania (N) ; Uganda (N); Asia: India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh ; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Pondicherry ; Tamil Nadu ; Iran (N); Middle East:…

  • Stephania elegans

    Stephania elegans Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 195 1855. ; . Common name: Elegant Tape Vine • Nepali: तारो लहरा Taro Laharaa . China (Yunnan), Nepal, Sikkim, NE-India (Garhwal, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Nagaland, Meghalaya), N-Thailand, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), ?Jammu & Kashmir as per Catalogue of…

  • Stenotaphrum dimidiatum

    Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn., Voy. Monde Phan.: 127 1832. (Syn: Panicum dimidiatum L.; Rottboellia complanata Sw. [Illegitimate]; Rottboellia dimidiata (L.) L.f.; Stenotaphrum complanatum (Sw.) Schrank; Stenotaphrum glabrum Trin. [Illegitimate]; Stenotaphrum glabrum var. multiflorum Döll; Stenotaphrum koenigii Schrank; Stenotaphrum madagascariense Kunth; Stenotaphrum swartzianum Nees);   Common name: Pemba Grass   Culms…

  • Liquidambar formosana (Cultivated)

    Liquidambar formosana Hance, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. V, 5: 215 1866. (Syn: Liquidambar acerifolia Maxim.; Liquidambar formosana var. monticola Rehder & E.H.Wilson; Liquidambar maximowiczii Miq.; Liquidambar tonkinensis A.Chev.);   Images by Nidhan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg)  Liquidambar formosana, commonly known as the Chinese sweet gum or Formosan gum, is a…

  • Nymphaea alba

    Nymphaea alba L., Sp. pl. 1:510. 1753 (Syn: (≡) Castalia alba (L.) Wood; (=) Castalia minoriflora Simonk.; (=) Castalia speciosa Salisb.; (≡) Leuconymphaea alba (L.) Kuntze; (=) Nymphaea alba f. csepelensis Soó; (=) Nymphaea alba f. limosa Soó; (=) Nymphaea alba var. melocarpa Casp.; (=) Nymphaea alba subsp. occidentalis (Ostenf.) Hyl.;…

  • Silene species- England

          England: 121014 TBN for id: TBN OCT 1 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).   Please id this, seen at “Heights of Abraham” a small hillock, on a grassy slope which is in the peak district of England; small herb. This is some Silene sp.  …

  • Eriocapitella hybrida (Introduced)

    Eriocapitella hybrida (L. H. Bailey) Christenh. & Byng (Syn: Anemone hupehensis var. japonica (Thunb.) Bowles & Stearn; Anemone hupehensis var. simplicifolia W. T. Wang; Anemone hybrida (ambiguous synonym); Anemone hybrida (Hort. ex L. H. Bailey) Makino (ambiguous synonym); Anemone japonica (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc. (ambiguous synonym); Anemone nipponica Merrill; Anemone…

  • Utricularia species- Rajgad near Pune

          Rajgad, Sep 2014 :: Requesting ID of this tiny plant :: ARKSEP-24 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Yes, the flowers seem to be of Utricularia, the leaves may be any Smithia sp. Yes, the flowers seem to be of Utricularia, the leaves may be…

  • Meaningful message

          Fw: Fw: Today’s Thought-09.10.14 : 2 posts by 2 authors. THINK IT OVER. We should get the name of this tree and see if we can get a sapling. Can somebody enlighten? Do you know the place of the picture ?      

  • Photinia integrifolia ?

    . Shillong (November08); PKA110909-Shillong – efloraofindia | Google Groups Photinia integrifolia Lindl. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)- around 1 mb each except one. Location: Shivapuri National Park, Nepal Altitude: 6000 ft. Date: 27 March 2018 Habit : Wild  Nepali Names : गजफूल Gajaphool / लहरे बाक्ले पाते  Lahare Baakle…

  • Swertia cuneata

    Swertia cuneata Wall. ex D. Don, London Edinburgh Philos. Mag. & J. Sci. 8: 77 1836. (Syn: Swertia asterocalyx T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu);        ID request –enroute Dhel pass- GHNP – PKA6 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6). This herb was spotted enroute Dhel Pass…

  • Aster altaicus

    Aster altaicus Willd., Enum. pl. 2:881. 1809 (Syn: (≡) Heteropappus altaicus (Willd.) Novopokr.) as per GRIN;   Images by Krishan Lal (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)        Fwd: Heteropappus alaticus : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3). This plant has shot…

  • Iochroma australe (USA)

    Iochroma australe Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 218 1874. (Syn: Acnistus australis (Griseb.) Griseb.; Acnistus australis var. grandiflorus Griseb.; Dierbachia australis (Griseb.) Kuntze; Dunalia australis (Griseb.) Sleumer);           Iochroma australe Griseb. from California-GSOCT01 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Iochroma australe Griseb….

  • Pimpinella acuminata

    Pimpinella acuminata (Edgew.) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 2(6): 686 1879. (Syn: Pimpinella hazariensis H. Wolff; Reutera acuminata Edgew.); Images by (Gurcharan Singh – validation by D.S. Rawat) & (Nidhan Singh – identification by Gurcharan Singh), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)   Glabrous perennial herb up to 1 m tall, little…

  • Sahayadri-Water Falls- Trekking Expedition-2014

        Fwd: Sahayadri-Water Falls- Trekking Expedition-2014 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2). PL. FIND THE DETAILS OF THE TREKKING EXPEDITION.   YOUTH HOSTELS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA Vadodara  Gujarat. organising Sahayadri-Water Falls- Trekking Expedition-2014   On a popular demand from our members we are organizing this trekking expedition once again for the fourth…

  • Aconitum deinorrhizum

    Aconitum deinorrhizum Stapf, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 10: 158 1905. ;   Images by Kishan Lal (Identified by D.S.Rawat) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)       Fwd: Aconitum deinorrhizum from Chansi Pass : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). This Aconitum is enedemic to Bushehar Himalaya and Chansil Pass is…

  • Ixora species ?- Madikeri, Coorg

    ANSEPT66 Please identify this plant : 11 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3). Abbey Falls, Madikeri, Coorg August 2014 Is it Syzygium? It is a Rubiaceae plant may be Psychotria sp; opposite leaves with inter petiolar stipule, inferior ovary are distinct from the 3rd image. Psychotria  – some‎ species in eFIoraofindia (with…