Cephalocereus
Cephalocereus senilis (Haw.) Pfeiff. ?
Mammillaria species- Cactus Nursery in Nasik
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Cactus For ID : Nasik : 050714 : AK-7 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). A small, cultivated Cactus at a Cactus Nursery in Nasik. Picture taken on 27/2/14. This could be Mammillaria vetula ssp. gracilis, Mammillaria ‘Arizona Snowcap’ as suggested in another thread. But…
Terminalia chebula ?
- July 20, 2014
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Terminalia chebula ?; . Tree ID from Bangladesh SM103 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). Terminalia chebula ? Habit: Tree Habitat: Park Location: Dhaka Flowering: June efi page on Terminalia chebula No. Something very different. Seems to be Teminalia chebula. Though FoC informs T. chebula Retz. has leaf with 6-12 pairs of lateral veins, yet…
Wahlenbergia hederacea (Cultivated- USA)
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Wahlenbergia hederacea (L.) Rchb., Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 5: 47 1827. (Syn: Aikinia hederacea (L.) Salisb. ex Fourr.; Campanopsis hederacea (L.) Kuntze; Campanula hederacea L.; Campanula hederifolia Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Campanula pentagonophylla Vuk.; Cervicina hederacea (L.) Druce; Roucela hederacea (L.) Dumort.; Schultesia hederacea (L.) Roth; Valvinterlobus filiformis Dulac; Wahlenbergia hederifolia (Salisb.)…
Isotoma fluviatilis (Cultivated- USA)
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Isotoma fluviatilis (R.Br.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 4: 136 1868. (Syn: Enchysia baueri C.Presl .; Enchysia gaudichaudii C.Presl; Enchysia lessonii C.Presl; Hypsela sessiliflora E.Wimm.; Isotoma fluviatilis subsp. fluviatilis ; Isotoma fluviatilis var. inundata (R.Br.) Benth.; Isotoma sessiliflora (E.Wimm.) Lammers; Laurentia baueri (C.Presl) A.DC. .; Laurentia fluviatilis (R.Br.) E.Wimm. ..; Laurentia gaudichaudii (C.Presl)…
Isotoma
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Isotoma fluviatilis (Cultivated- USA) (Images by Gurcharan Singh) Isotoma page (Campanulaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Isotoma page (Campanulaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by …). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody…
Tylophora pauciflora
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Tylophora pauciflora Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India 49 1834. (Syn: Cynanchum bracteatum Thunb.; Cynanchum flavens Thunb.; Tylophora parviflora Wight [Spelling variant]); . Slender twiners; stem long-twining, glabrous. Leaves opposite, 3.5-7 x 2-4 cm, ovate, truncate or very shallowly cordate at the base, acute and apiculate at the apex, very…
Polygonum species- Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Herb ID from Bangladesh SM108 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Herb Habitat: Wild Location: Dhaka It is Polygonum The leaves at the bottom side of the 1st photo looks like Rumex, possibly R. dentatus L., at initial stage. But, if all leaves belong to same plant I agree with …
Calliandra brevipes (Cultivated)
- July 19, 2014
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Calliandra brevipes Benth. (Syn: Acacia selloi Spreng.; Anneslia brevipes (Benth.) Lindm.; Calliandra selloi (Spreng.) J.F.Macbr.; Calliandra selloi sensu auct. (misapplied); Calliandra yucunensis N.F.Mattos; Feuilleea brevipes Kuntze); images by Dr. Nidhan Singh Common name: Pink Powder Puff Calliandra brevipes (Pink Powderpuff) is an attractive shrub with finely divided leaves and clusters…
Can pictures from other than India be posted
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Querry : 2 posts by 2 authors. Can pictures from other than India be posted/ Thanks, …, If you are talking of Nepal, you are most welcome to post any Flora pictures.
Looking for information on shade loving shrubs/herbs
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Looking for information on shade loving shrubs/herbs : 4 posts by 2 authors. I am looking for a few native varieties of shade loving shrubs/herbs that can in a region which does not receive much sunlight naturally and is also shaded by some palms. It would be preferable…
Campanula portenschlagiana (Cultivated- USA)
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Campanula portenschlagiana Schult., Syst. Veg. 5: 93 1819. (Syn: Campanula affinis Rchb. ex Nyman [Illegitimate]; Campanula muralis Port. ex A.DC.; Campanula portenschlagiana f. grandiflora Soljan; Campanula portenschlagiana var. hirsuta Soljan; Campanula portenschlagiana var. pubescens A.DC.; Campanula portenschlagiana var. pumila Soljan); . Campanula portenschlagiana syn. C. muralis, is a species of…
Saurauia roxburghii
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Saurauia roxburghii Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 40 1831. (Syn: Ternstroemia serrata Roxb.); Common name: Singkrang • Manipuri: সিঙক্ৰাঙ Singkrang • Mizo: Terpui • Bengali: Bon posola Images by Sourav Mahmud (Identity help by Nidhan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Tree/Shrub ID from Bangladesh SM082 : 6 posts by 4…
Eulophia promensis
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Eulophia promensis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 181 1833. (Syn: Ania promensis (Lindl.) Senghas; Ascotainia promensis (Lindl.) Schltr.; Eulophia geniculata King & Pantl.; Eulophia massiei Guillaumin; Tainia promensis (Lindl.) Hook.f.); . Sikkim to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Eulophia sp. for ID…
Exacum anamallayanum
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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
- July 17, 2014
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tree ID from Bangladesh SM099 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Tree Habitat: ParkLocation: Dhaka City