• Memecylon ponmudianum

    Memecylon ponmudianum AMBIKABAI RAGHAVANPILLAI SIVU, MATALAI KOKKARAMATH RATHEESH NARAYANAN, NEDIYAPARAMBU SUKUMARAN PRADEEP, ETTICKAL SUKUMARAN SANTHOSH KUMAR, ALAGRAMAM GOVINDASAMY PANDURANGAN, 2014;       A new species of Memecylon from Kerala : 6 posts by 6 authors. Kindly see the following link :

  • Friesodielsia sahyadrica

    Friesodielsia sahyadrica Navendu V. Page, Siddharthan Surveswaran, 2014;    Images by Navendu Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg)        new species.-photos. : 24 posts by 20 authors. Attachments (4).   Friesodielsia sahyadrica– a rare shrub has been discovered last year by Navendu Page within Kathlekan forest in north Karnatak. This species…

  • Friesodielsia

      Friesodielsia sahyadrica Navendu V. Page, Siddharthan Surveswaran (Images by Navendu Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg))    A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner- Nordic Journal of Botany 33: 257–299, 2015- Species in India with distribution: Friesodielsia fornicata (Roxb.) D. Das- India [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Andamans, Nicobars]; Bangladesh; Burma  Friesodielsia…

  • Cananga odorata var. fruticosa ?

    Cananga odorata var. fruticosa (Craib) J.Sinclair (Syn: Cananga kirkii) ?; . [efloraofindia:33643] Fwd: 2 pictures for you : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 5 authors. Please identify these two flowers. The first photo is from the potted plants in my balcony and the second one was shot on the way…

  • Heynea

    Heynea trijuga Roxb. ex Sims        

  • Abutilon ramosum

    Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 68 1831. (Syn: Abutilon elaeocarpoides Webb; Abutilon ramosum var. chevalieri Hochr. ex Ulbr.; Abutilon ramosum var. pfundii Ulbr.; Abutilon ramosum var. sparmannioides (Guill. & Perr.) Hochr.; Abutilon sidoides Dalzell & A.Gibson; Abutilon sparmannioides Guill. & Perr.; Sida ramosa Cav.; Sida sparmannioides…

  • Erythroxylum coca

    Erythroxylum coca Lam., Encycl. 2: 393 1786. (syn: Erythroxylum bolivianum Burck; Erythroxylum chilpei E.Machado; Erythroxylum coca var. coca );       Interesting plants of AJCB Indian Botanic Garden: COCO (Erythroxylum coca), Shibpur, Howrah: SCFEB21: Attachments (1). 7 posts by 5 authors. Erythroxylum coca Lam. (Erythroxylaceae) It is an exotic (to…

  • Quercus lyrata (USA)

    Quercus lyrata Walter, Fl. Carol. 235 1788. (Syn: Quercus bicolor var. lyrata (Walter) Dippel; Scolodrys lyrata (Walter) Raf.);    Quercus lyrata (overcup oak) is an oak in the white oak group (Quercus sect. Quercus).   It is native to lowland wetlands in the southeastern United States, from Delaware and southern Illinois…

  • Aspidistra lurida (Cultivated)

    Aspidistra lurida Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 8: t. 628 1822. (Syn: Aspidistra kouytchensis H.Lév. & Vaniot; Aspidistra kouytchensis var. aucubimaculata H.Lév. & Vaniot; Macrogyne convallariifolia Link & Otto);    Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by Ajinkya Gadave) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) …

  • Aspidistra

    Aspidistra elatior Blume (Introduced)      Aspidistra lurida Ker Gawl. (introduced) (Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by Ajinkya Gadave) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Aspidistra page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asparagaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Aspidistra…

  • Pelargonium species- VJTI, Mumbai

      Plant For ID : VJTI,Mumbai : 280214 : AK-28 : Attachments (2).  6 posts by 3 authors. Small, cultivated plant seen at the exhibition. Not very sure, but it was in the medicinal plants section. Id please. Looks like Geranium I thought of Geranium too. Seems to be Scented Geranium…

  • Benstonea foetida

    Benstonea foetida (Roxb.) Callm. & Buerki (Syn: Fisquetia macrocarpa Gaudich.; Pandanus foetidus Roxb.; Pandanus wallichianus Martelli, nom.nud.); as per Benstonea Callm. & Buerki (Pandanaceae): characterization, circumscription, and distribution of a new genus of screw-pines, with a synopsis of accepted species by Martin W. Callmander, Porter P. Lowry II, Félix Forest,…

  • National Workshop on Botanical Nomenclature

        Fwd: National Workshop on Botanical Nomenclature : 1 post by 1 author. Nomenclature is an integral part of taxonomic study and aims at providing correct name for a taxon. The nomenclature of plants is governed by the International Code of Nomenclature of algae, fungi and plants (ICN). The…

  • Azalea species- Rumtek Monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim

      ID Request for Garden plant from Sikkim 28022014: SCFEB33 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors Please help. Place: Rumtek Monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim Date: June, 2007 Should be Azalea sp.          

  • 37. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Jan.’14

        Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Jan.’14- more than 9000 species : 2 posts by 2 authors. 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 around 1,81,000…

  • Hyphaene thebaica (Cultivated- Bot. Garden, Kolkata)

    Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 226 1838. (Syn: Chamaeriphes crinita (Gaertn.) Kuntze; Chamaeriphes thebaica (L.) Kuntze; Corypha thebaica L.; Cucifera thebaica (L.) Delile; Douma thebaica (L.) Poir.; Hyphaene baikieana Furtado; Hyphaene crinita Gaertn.; Hyphaene dahomeensis Becc.; Hyphaene dankaliensis Becc.; Hyphaene nodularia Becc.; Hyphaene occidentalis Becc.; Hyphaene santoana…

  • Dracaena surculosa

    Dracaena surculosa Lindl., Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1169 1828. (Syn: Dracaena godseffiana Sander ex Mast.; Draco surculosa (Lindl.) Kuntze; Nemampsis ternifolia Raf.; Pleomele godseffiana (Sander ex Mast.) N.E.Br.; Pleomele surculosa (Lindl.) N.E.Br.); Image by Aarti Khale – identified by Ajinkya Gadave, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade ) Ornamental Plant For ID…

  • Floral clock

        Floral clock : 4 posts by 3 authors. Something interesting from History Ref. A book “FLOWER HUNTERS” by Mary Gribbin and John Gribbin Carl Linnaeus had observed the time that flowers capable of growing in Sweden opened and closed each day and he devised a plan which arranged…

  • Wikipaedia and the Wilderness

        Fwd: Wikipaedia and the Wilderness: Workshop by L Shyamal, Saturday, March 1, 2014 : 1 post by 1 author. A Wikipedia workshop for naturalists, photographers, artists, researchers and other outdoors enthusiasts by Shyamal LakshminarayananNOTE: The event is free and volunteer drivenTopics covered: – Philosophical foundations, encyclopaedias and knowledge…

  • An Orientation Course on Plant Taxonomy

        An Orientation Course on Plant Taxonomy : 2 posts by 2 authors. In an effort to empower hobbyist youngsters with concepts in plant taxonomy and systematics, an “Orientation Course on Plant Taxonomy” has been planned at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. The course among other topics, will…