• Rotala meenkulamensis

    Rotala meenkulamensis K.S.Prasad & Raveendran, Taiwania 58(2): 105. 2013 [Jun 2013]  ;    Published articles in J. Taiwania : Please find here with the attachments of research articles recently published J. Taiwania (Published online : 6-10-2013). 1. A New Species of Rotala L. (Lythraceae) from Kerala, India. Attachment:  A New Species of…

  • Ziziphus jujuba subsp. spinosa

    Ziziphus jujuba Mill. subsp. spinosa (Bunge) Peng, Li & Li ;  Ziziphus jujuba Mill. subsp. spinosa (Bunge) Peng, Li & Li: a New Plant Record for the Indian Subcontinent. Please find here with the attachments of research articles recently published J. Taiwania (Published online : 6-10-2013). ………………………… 2. Ziziphus jujuba Mill….

  • Crassula brevifolia (Cultivated)

    Crassula brevifolia Harv., Fl. Cap. 2: 339 1862. (syn: Bulliarda brevifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.; Crassula flavovirens Pillans; Crassula montis-draconis Dinter; Crassula pearsonii Schönland);      Succulent For ID : BBC Show,Mumbai : 150513 : AK-2 : Attachments (2). 6 posts by 3 authors. A succulent seen at the BBC Show…

  • Empirical evidence vs text-book knowledge

        What is the botanical name of ‘Tameshwar creeper’ ? : Another discussion addresses this topic: You were redirected here from a topic that was marked as a duplicate:   ………………………….. …………………………… Overall the idea is appealing, but this particular house’s very nice folks have not given much thought to…

  • Please take this short and simple online survey on Trees

        Please take this short and simple online survey on Trees : 2 posts by 2 authors. I am doing a small study on policies related to Tree planting in our cityand I will be extremely thankful if you can take out sometime from your busy schedule and participate…

  • Cardamine species?- Dzongri Trek: N. Sikkim

    UNID Plants on Dzongri Trek: N. Sikkim, Brassicaceae : Pls ID this Brassicaceae Herb. Stem prostrate 10-30 cm long; leaves 5 cm, pinnate. Flowers 6-8 mm in terminal cymes. Found in April at Prekchu bridge 2500 m elevation. Can it be Cardamine macrophylla Willd.? Perhaps Cardamine sp.

  • Village Sukkhi near Harsil

          Plant for ID : Please help ID the plant photographed from village Sukkhi near Harsil at an altitude of about 3000 m on open dry place in the month of May 13.  

  • Lamiaceae member ?- Sukkhi top, near Harsil

          Plant for ID : Attachments (2).  2 posts by 2 authors. Please help in identifying the species, potentially Artimesia species. Photographs was taken from Sukkhi top, near Harsil on 30th April 2013. Does not looks like Artemisia sp. It may be a Lamiaceae member. However, difficult to identify in…

  • Gynura cusimbua

    Gynura cusimbua (D.Don) S.Moore, 212 1912. (Syn: Cacalia cusimbua D.Don; Crassocephalum cusimbua (D.Don) Kuntze; Gynura angulosa (Wall.) DC.; Kleinia cusimbua (D.Don) Less.; Porophyllum cusimbua (D.Don) DC.); . China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, India (throughout), Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Thailand, Bangladesh, Bhutan as per Catalogue of life; . Common name: Hill Gynura •…

  • Centipeda (Asteroideae- Astereae)

      Centipeda elatinoides (Less.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex O.Hoffm. (Images by Karuna Kanta Das (Id by Nidhan Singh) & Nidhan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Centipeda page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl….

  • Ceropegia panchganiensis

         Images by Sushant More Ceropegia panchganiensis Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 36: 534 1933. ;    Notes: Along Western Ghats. Narrow endemic  (From India Biodiversity Portal)         POsting for id ceropegia : Attachments (2).  4 posts by 2 authors. id Please Old fotograph of…

  • Calopogonium

      Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. (images by Anurag N. Sharma & identified by Prashant) Calopogonium page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Calopogonium page with images of species (done by …) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody…

  • Polyscias pinnata

    Polyscias pinnata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 32 1775. (Syn: Aralia polyscias Spreng. ex Seem.; Panax forsteri Decne. & Planch.; Panax manguette Vieill.; Panax pinnatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Baill. [Illegitimate]; Polyscias umbellata Spreng.); . Keys and details in pdf at Notes on Polyscias (Araliaceae) from Micronesia – Micronesica and…

  • Medicinal herb in Sri Lanka

          14/06/2013 ASP 53 : Attachments (1).  2 posts by 2 authors. Can you please ID this medicinal herb. Photo was taken in a herbal garden in Sri Lanka in Dec 2012          

  • Galium tricornutum

    Galium tricornutum Dandy, Watsonia 4: 47 1957. (syn: Galium borbonicum Cordem.; Galium kurramensis Nazim.; Galium spurium Huds. [Illegitimate]; Galium tehranicum M.Moussavi, A.Ghahreman & Attar; Galium tricorne var. laeve Texidor; Galium tricorne var. microcarpum Gren.; Galium tricornutum subsp. longipedunculatum Nazim.; Valantia spuria Pers.; Valantia triflora Lam.);   Europe to W. Himalaya and…

  • Polyscias guilfoylei

    Polyscias guilfoylei (W.Bull) L.H.Bailey, Rhodora 18: 153 1916. (Syn: Aralia guilfoylei W.Bull; Aralia maculata W.Bull; Aralia monstrosa B.S.Williams; Aralia monstrosa hort. ex Truff.; Nothopanax fruticosus var. victoriae (W.Bull) Merr.; Nothopanax guilfoylei (W.Bull) Merr.; Panax guilfoylei (W.Bull) Cogn. & Marchal; Panax laciniata Williams ex hort.; Panax laciniatus B.S.Williams ex W.Richards; Panax victoriae…

  • Brachiaria species- INDONESIA

          Coastal Herb of Java 7 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. A grass, no flower is seen.  ID is requested.  Wait for flowers, still this seems to be a Brachiaria sp.        

  • Common dryland trees of Karnataka

        Book: Common dryland trees of Karnataka : 2 posts by 1 author. Common dryland trees of Karnataka, 2012 by A. Kavitha, N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph   Publication details: First Published in 2012 by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and The Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur…

  • Gazania species- Sri Lanka

          Gazania rigens : Confirm ID : Sri Lanka : 120613 : AK-4 : Kindly confirm if these flowers are Gazania rigens. Cultivated, garden flowers. Pictures taken in Sri Lanka on 18/11/2010. efi page on Gazania rigens There is a discussion on Gazania & Arctotis in another thread…

  • Peradeniya, Botanical Gardens, Sri Lanka

    Flower For ID : Peradeniya,Sri Lanka : 190613 : AK-2 : Attachments (1).  1 post by 1 author. These flowers have been photographed on 17/11/13 at Peradeniya, Botanical Gardens, Sri Lanka. Are these Silk Cotton flowers or something else? Unfortunately I have only this picture. It looks like a Baobab Flower…