• Pedicularis megalantha

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    Pedicularis megalantha D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 94 1825. ;  S-Tibet, SE-Tibet, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Chumbi, Darjeeling as per Catalogue of life;     Inclusion of four Pedicularis species in eFI : 4 posts by 2 authors. 1 correct image attachment as above– New records of four Pedicularis species (Orobanchaceae) for the…

  • Ornamental Bush at Lalbagh, Bangalore

    • August 9, 2014
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          Ornamental Bush For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 310714 : AK-45 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Cultivated, ornamental bush seen at Lalbagh on 28/7/14. No flowers or pods when the picture was taken.              

  • Pedicularis nepalensis ?

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    Pedicularis nepalensis Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58(2): 268 1889. ?;      Fwd: Pedicularis nepalensis Prain : 2 posts by 2 authors. Date: 25 JULY, 2014 Location: Kalinchok, Dolakha District, East Nepal Altitude : 12500 ft. ID validation pending !     References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved)…

  • Desmodium ferrugineum

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    Desmodium ferrugineum Thwaites (Syn: Desmodium polycarpum var. fischeri “Gamble, p.p.”; Desmodium rufescens sensu Wight & Arn. (misapplied)): . SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . des-MOH-dee-um — Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed pods … Dave’s Botanary fer-oo-GIN-ee-um or fer-oo-JIN-ee-um — rust-colored … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: rusty desmodium  . Shrubs; branchlets silky pubescent. Leaves…

  • Primula primulina

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    Primula primulina (Spreng.) H. Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 37(4): 99 1962. (syn: Aleuritia pusilla (Wall.) J. Sojak; Androsace primulina Spreng.; Androsace primuloides D. Don; Primula humilis Steud.; Primula pusilla Wall.; Primula pusilla var. flabellata W.W. Sm.); . N. Pakistan to Himalaya and S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West…

  • Neohymenopogon parasiticus

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    Neohymenopogon parasiticus (Wall.) Bennet, Indian Forester 107: 436 1981. (Syn: Hymenopogon parasiticus Wall.; Hymenopogon parasiticus var. longiflorus F.C.How ex W.C.Chen; Mussaenda cuneifolia D.Don); . 1600-2800 m; Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), Burma, Indo-China, W. China (var.) as per Checklist of Nepal; . Nepal to China (Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya,…

  • Impatiens falcifera 

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    Impatiens falcifera Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 129: t. 7923 1903.; . Central & E. Himalaya to S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Sickle Balsam • Tamang: राजा बुबु Raja bu bu . Images by Saroj Kasaju – Id by Wojciech  Fwd: ID Impatiens : 4 posts by 3…

  • Arisaema species- Pune

    • August 8, 2014
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          ID29072014SH1 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). For Id pl.Location –PuneDate- 24.07.2014 Habitat –Wild Looks like Arisaema!!…habitat is unusual… The plant seems to be Arisaema jacquemontii Can it be Arisaema tortuosum ? Normally Arisaema jacquemontii is not seen in Western Maharashtra.      

  • Crinum species- Sri Lanka

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    D1 & D2 28/7/2014 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Can you please identify this root crop. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka I March 2014. To it looks like Spider Lily. Crinum species ?  The Bulb is of Crinum. ANother image cannot say. It can be of any…

  • Off Topic of Indian flora

    • August 7, 2014
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        Off Topic of Indian flora : 1 post by 1 author. I hope you will allow me to put this question to your members as I am at a loss as to where to turn. I am constructing my family tree and I need a couple of documents that…

  • Croton lobatus

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    Croton lobatus L., Sp. Pl. 1005 1753. as per Flora of India Vol. 23 (2012);    Plant ID from Bangladesh SM147 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Habit:Herb Habitat: Wild Location: Bandarban It is in all probability, Croton lobatus, already recorded for Bangladesh.      References: Flora of…

  • 42. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’14

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        Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’14- more than 9500 species : 1 post by 1 author. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with more than…

  • Cereus spegazzinii

    • August 6, 2014
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    Cereus spegazzinii F.A.C.Weber, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: 102 1899. (syn: Cereus anisitsii K.Schum.; Cereus lindenzweigianus Gürke; Cereus marmoratus Zeiss.; Cereus spegazzinii var. ebenacanthus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves; Cereus spegazzinii var. hassleri Weing.; Monvillea anisitsii (K. Schum.) A. Berger; Monvillea lindenzweigiana (Gürke) Backeb. (Unresolved); Monvillea spegazzinii (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose; Piptanthocereus lindenzweigianus…

  • Blighia sapida (Introduced)

    • August 4, 2014
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    Blighia sapida K.D.Koenig, Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 571 1806. (Syn: Akea solitaria Stokes; Akeesia africana Tussac; Cupania akeesia Cambess. ex Spach; Cupania sapida (K.D.Koenig) Oken; Sapindus obovatus Wight & Arn. (Unresolved)); Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, S-Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, ?Liberia, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Sao Tome,…

  • Blighia

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    Blighia sapida K.D.Koenig (Introduced) (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, S-Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, ?Liberia, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Sao Tome, Principe Isl., Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Puerto Rico (I), Navassa Isl. (I), Nicaragua (I), Jamaica (I), Costa Rica (I), Belize (I), Panama (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (Montserrat (I),…

  • Cissus adnata

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    Cissus adnata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 405 1820. (syn: Cissus compressa Blume; Cissus cordata Wall.; Cissus kleinii Laws.; Cissus pallida (Wight & Arn.) Steud.; Vitis adnata (Roxb.) Wall.; Vitis compressa (Blume) Backer; Vitis latifolia Vahl ex Steud. (ambiguous synonym); Vitis monosperma Noronha; Vitis pallida Wight & Arn. (ambiguous synonym); Vitis…

  • Scutellaria violacea

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    Scutellaria violacea B.Heyne ex Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 66 1830. (Syn: Scutellaria floribunda Benth.; Scutellaria indica Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Scutellaria nodulosa A.Ham.; Scutellaria violacea var. glabra Trimen); . Indian Subcontinent to S. Central China and Indo-China: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand as per…

  • Henckelia meeboldii

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    Henckelia meeboldii (W.W.Sm. & Ramaswami) A.Weber & B.L.Burtt, Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 70: 349 1997-1998 publ. 1998. (syn: Didymocarpus meeboldii W.W.Sm. & Ramaswami); ¿ hen-KEEL-ee-uh ? — named for count Leo F. V. Henckel von Donnersmark, a German administrator and passionate amateur botanist … Genera-Gesneriaceaedid-ee-mo-KAR-pus — pairs of fruit … Dave’s…

  • Common Wanderer on Zinnia hybrids/ species

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          SYMBIOSIS : 631 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1).   Attaching an image of a male Common Wanderer butterfly on the flower of Zinnia.          

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