• Exacum anamallayanum

    Exacum anamallayanum Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 1: 33 1870. (Syn: Exacum atropurpureum var. anamallayanum (Bedd.) C.B.Clarke);    Shrubs, stem terete, lenticellate. Leaves opposite, to 5 x 3 cm, broadly ovate, acute, base clasping the stem, coriaceous, margins thickened, 5-ribbed from the base, sessile. Cymes terminal and axillary ; pedicels…

  • Barleria species ?- Kolkata, West Bengal

          ID please – flowering plant – white flower in the winter – from Kolkata , West Bengal. : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4). ID please – flowering plant – white flower in the winter – from Kolkata , West Bengal. It looks like Adulsa, Justicia…

  • Fabaceae member- Batalik sector

         POSSIBLE ID OF THESE SMALL, WILD FLOWERS PICKED AT TIME OF 1999 KARGIL WAR : 4 posts by 2 authors. I have a somewhat different request for an ID from learned members of this group. During the 1999 Kargil War, I had a chance to report the battle…

  • Hoppea fastigiata

    Hoppea fastigiata (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 100 1883. (Syn: Cicendia fastigiata Griseb.; Exacum concinnum Miq. ex C.B.Clarke; Exacum fastigiatum Arn. ex Griseb. [Invalid]; Pladera fastigiata C.B.Clarke (Unresolved); Pladera pusilla Thwaites (Unresolved));    Small branched herbs. Leaves opposite, 4-8 x 2-5 mm, ovate, subsessile. Cymes terminal and axillary; peduncles to 5…

  • Canscorinella bhatiana

    Canscorinella bhatiana (K.S. Prasad & Raveendran) Shahina & Nampy (Syn: Canscora bhatiana Prasad & Raveendran); Images by Shahina Shanavas, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details). Two species of Canscorinella – C. bhatiana & C. stricta : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Collected from Chelannur, Kozhikode and…

  • Park Tree in Dhaka

          Tree ID from Bangladesh SM099 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Tree Habitat: ParkLocation: Dhaka City          

  • Microthlaspi

      Species with description in Flora of China : Microthlaspi perfoliatum (Linnaeus) F. K. Meyer   Thlaspi, Noccaea, Neurotropis & Microthlaspi (‎Brassicaceae) : 4 posts by 2 authors. I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Thlaspi, Noccaea, Neurotropis & Microthlaspi (Pl. click). Attempts have been made to incorporate most of…

  • Kleinia balsamica

    Kleinia balsamica (Dalzell & A.Gibson) P.Halliday, 442 1987. (Syn: Notonia balsamica Dalzell & A.Gibson); Images by Darshan Kokate (Id by Jui Pethe) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)    Fwd: Senecio cephalophorus for validation : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). sending…

  • Ixora cuneifolia ?

    Ixora cuneifolia Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 380 1820. (Syn: Ixora cuneifolia var. puberula Kurz; Ixora cuneifolia var. pumila Kurz; Ixora cuneifolia var. roxburghii Kurz; Ixora rosea Wall.; Ixora wallichii Wight & Arn.) ?; . Glabrous shrubs. Leaves to 14 x 4.5 cm, elliptic, acuminate at apex, acute at base; nerves…

  • Halenia perrottetii

    Halenia perrottetii Griseb., Prodr. 9: 129 1845. (Syn: Tetragonanthus perrottetii Kuntze);        Halenia-the only spurred gentian : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1). Nice one, we have one from Chakrata. Thanks … for showing this species..      References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved)  Type of Halenia perrottetii Griseb. …

  • Climber seedling at Klayan, Maharashtra

        Id please : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). sending plant of Id . Habit : Climber Date: 30.6.14 Location : Klayan, Maharashtra. pls id this.      

  • Macaranga species- Crocodile Bank, Chennai

          Tree for id (Crocodile Bank, Chennai) : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5). Can someone please help with the id of this tree.  The tree seems to be having peltate leaves. Just a guess, can it be related Macaranga peltata. I do not think it could…

  • Campanula cashmeriana

    Campanula cashmeriana Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 254 1835. (Syn: Campanula cashmeriana var. evolvulacea (Royle ex A.DC.) C.B.Clarke; Campanula evolvulacea Royle ex A.DC.; Campanula incanescens var. holosericea Korsh.; Campanula incanescens var. holosericea Korsch.; Campanula incanescens var. mollis Korsh.; Campanula kashmiriana Royle ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Campanula ruderalis Aitch. & Hemsl.;…

  • Wild herb from Dhaka

          Herb ID from Bangladesh SM122 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).   Habit: HerbHabitat: WildLocation: Dhaka City Please give nature of flowers sir… For me it could be Trianthema or Amaranthaceae sp. for time being…. They are just young plants. Please upload clicks in flowering, plus…

  • Macrothelypteris ornata

    Macrothelypteris ornata (Wall. ex Bedd.) Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 309. 1963 (syn: Aspidium ornatum (Wall. ex Bedd.) Christ; Dryopteris ornata (Wall. ex Bedd.) C. Chr.; Lastrea ornata (Wall. ex Bedd.) Copel.; Nephrodium ornatum (Wall. ex Bedd.) Christ.; Phegopteris ornata (Wall. ex Bedd.) J. Sm.; Polypodium ornatum Wall.;Thelypteris ornata (Wall. ex Bedd.)…

  • Amaranthaceae Week: Statistics

        Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week:: STATISTICS EXCELL SHEET: I have counted some 262 threads of discussion under the label Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week from my inbox. 25 genera were discussed and 62 species counted from the excel sheet prepared by me from the mentioned threads. * species each were…

  • Exacum travancoricum

    Exacum travancoricum Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 1: 24 1869. (Syn: Exacum courtallense var. travancorica (Bedd.) C.B.Clarke);    Leaves dense, fleshy, 1-1.5 x 0.6-0.8 cm, elliptic-ovate, obtuse to round at apex, attenuate at base; margins thin; midrib prominent, channeled above; nerves obscure. Pedicels 2-2.5 cm long, stout, winged. Calyx tube…

  • Callisia gentlei var. elegans

    Callisia gentlei var. elegans (Alexander ex H.E.Moore) D.R.Hunt, Kew Bull. 41: 411 1986. (Syn: Callisia elegans Alexander ex H.E.Moore);      Requesting ID of this ornamental species – Jijamata Udyan Flower Show, Mumbai – Feb 2014 :: 04JUL14 :: ARK-07 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Requesting to…

  • Dracaena sanderiana

    Dracaena sanderiana Mast., Gard. Chron. III, 13: 442 1893. (Syn: Dracaena poggei Engl.; Dracaena vanderystii De Wild.; Pleomele poggei (Engl.) N.E.Br.; Pleomele sanderiana (Mast.) N.E.Br.); . Dracaena braunii is a species of the genus Dracaena. It is also known as Dracaena sanderiana, after the German–English gardener Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847–1920). Common names include…