The flower of Crinum latifolium with 12 petals,12 stamens & 2 stigmas: To start with every organism has fixed number of chromosomes in each cell of the body, which in deploid organisms we call 2n (two sets of ) chromosomes. During sexual reproduction when gametes are formed the…
Looking for help on preventing erosion. : 4 posts by 2 authors. Any grasses like Axonopus compressus, Dactyloctenium aegyptium, etc will serve you the purpose. Species such as Wedelia chinensis, Blepharis boerhaviaefolia, Rosemarinus indicus, etc are also very suitable. Any vernacular names for these? I know Wedelia. Is…
Fruit for Id.ID03072013SH3 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Posting fruit photo for Id. Location – Vasai, Near Mumbai Date- 6.5.2012 It could be a Tinospora sp.
Flower for Id.ID03072013SH2 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Can you help me in identifying this flower ? Location – Hakgala Botanical Garden,Sri Lanka Date -18.1.2010 Rhododendron It is Azelia Var. Yes …
Trigonotis rotundifolia Benth. ex C.B.Clarke (Unresolved), Fl. Brit. India 4: 172 1883. (Syn: Myosotis rotundifolia Wall. (Unresolved)); Images by Krishan Lal, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details) Fwd: Trigonotis rotundifolia or Myosotis ?- Plants for confirmation : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 1 author. I…
40th Tree Appreciation Walk in Silonda Trail of SGNP, Mumbai on 7th July,13 : 2 posts by 1 author. The season to celebrate without any reason has arrived……the Monsoon has begun………like a magic band it has swept & transformed the landscape from a seemingly lifeless, parched brown of…
Arisaema leschenaultii Blume, Rumphia 1: 93 1836. (Syn: Arisaema attenuatum E.Barnes & C.E.C.Fisch.; Arisaema caudatum Engl.; Arisaema filicaudatum N.E.Br.; Arisaema huegelii Schott; Arisaema longicaudatum Blatt.; Arisaema papillosum Steud. ex Schott; Arisaema peltatum C.E.C.Fisch.; Arisaema pulchrum N.E.Br.); Images by N Muthu Karthick (Id by Pascal Bruggeman) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more…
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) Hydrocotyle conferta Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 1002 1845.; Image by Siva Siva (ID by Santhosh Kumar), photographed in Sri Lanka Hydrocotyle conferta is confined to Niligiri and Palni Hills of Western Ghats where it occurs in high altitude slopes in…
Rheedea June issue 2013 is released : The Rheedea Vol. 23(1) June issue is released today on the IAAT website. Thank you all for the cooperation and encouragement. The hard copies will reach you soon.
Wissadula periplocifolia (L.) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 27 1858. (syn: Abutilon hastatum Ridl.; Abutilon periplocifolium (L.) Sweet; Abutilon periplocifolium (L.) G. Don; Abutilon periplocifolium var. albicans Griseb.; Abutilon periplocifolium var. caribaeum (DC.) G.Don; Abutilon periplocifolium var. peruvianum (DC.) G.Don; Abutilon periplocifolium var. zeylanicum (DC.) G.Don; Sida periplocifolia L.; Sida periplocifolia…
Flower for Id-ID25062013SH1 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Posting a photo for Id of this flower Location – Kaas plateau Date – 12.9.2009 Habitat – Wild Could this be some Zinnia sp…?? It is just a wild guess… Id of Flower -ID22072020SH3 : 6 posts…
Gymnanthemum coloratum (Willd.) H. Rob. & B. Kahn, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 99:501. 1986 (Syn: (≡) Eupatorium coloratum Willd. (basionym); (≡) Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake); Asteraceae Week (Part II – Discoid heads) :: Vernonia colorata, (Willd.) Drake Lowveld Tree – Bangalore – RA : Attachments (9). 4…
Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. n.s., 11: 332 1879. (Syn: Cymbidium giganteum var. lowianum Rchb.f.; Cymbidium hookerianum var. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen; Cyperorchis lowiana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Cymbidium lowianum f. concolor (Rolfe) O.Gruss & M.Wolff; Cymbidium lowianum var. concolor Rolfe; Cymbidium lowianum var. superbissimum L.Linden; Cymbidium lowianum var. viride…
Chlorophytum For ID : Kenya : 010713 : AK-2 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Chlorophytum seen in a resort in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya on 25/1/2009. Kindly id.
Cleaning up efi genera pages : 1 post by 1 author. Yesterday I cleaned up Ziziphus efi page by moving Ziziphus caracutta page to Ziziphus xylopyrus based on various references available on net along with discussions in various efi threads- along with adding references, on all pages, giving keys…
Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st May’13- more than 8500 species : 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 1,56,000 messages so far &…
Spondias indica (Wight & Arn.) Airy Shaw & Forman, Kew Bull. 21:16. 1967 (Syn: (≡) Solenocarpus indicus Wight & Arn. (basionym)); Images by Muthu Karthick (Identified by Giby Kuriakose & E.S. Santhosh Kumar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Habit –Small deciduous trees, up to 10 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark…
Plant in my balcony : Attachments (4). 1 post by 1 author. Another discussion addresses this topic: Please find attached four photos of the same plant growing in my balcony pot, for identification please. You were redirected here from a topic that was marked as a duplicate: Could it be…
Pavetta breviflora DC., Prodr. 4: 491 1830. (Syn: Ixora candolleana Kuntze; Pavetta breviflora var. subcoriacea Gamble); . Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 By Thamminen Pullaiah, K. Sri Ramamurthy (Description & Keys- indica, breviflora, tomentosa & hispidula) . Habit- Large shrub or small trees up…