• Anemonastrum polyanthes

    Anemonastrum polyanthes (D. Don) Holub (syn: Anemone abdurrehmanii R. A. Qureshi & M. N. Chaudhri; Anemone govaniana Lindl. (ambiguous synonym); Anemone longiscapa Wall.; Anemone narcissiflora var. polyanthes (D. Don) Finet & Gagnep.; Anemone polyanthes D. Don; Anemone scaposa Edgew.; Anemone villosa Royle);    Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar…

  • Corydalis cashmeriana

    Corydalis cashmeriana Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 69 1834. (Syn: Capnoides cachemiriana Kuntze); Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kumaon), W-Nepal, S-Tibet (Kailash) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Kashmir Corydalis, Blue Corydalis Erect perennial herbs, 5-25 cm tall. Stem one to few, from axils of fleshy…

  • Fimbristylis littoralis

    Fimbristylis littoralis Gaudich., Voy. Uranie 413 1829. (Syn: Fimbristylis emarginata Wight ex Wall.; Fimbristylis flaccida Steud.; Fimbristylis flaccidula Zoll. [Invalid]; Fimbristylis hatsusimae Ohwi; Fimbristylis quadrangularis A.Dietr. ex Steud.; Fimbristylis tetragona A.Dietr.); . ID of Cyperaceae sp. from Assam KD 02 Oct :  3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6). Attached images…

  • Astragalus chlorostachys

    Astragalus chlorostachys Lindl. (Syn: Astragalus altissimus Rech.f.; Astragalus bakeristrobiliferus H. Ohashi; Astragalus nuristanicus Kitam.; Hedysarum strobiliferum Baker); .  VOF Week: Astragalus chlorostachys at VOF: Astragalus chlorostachys (Family: Fabaceae) from VOF. VOF Week 300812_DS_03: On the way to VOF. Very hazy image- can it be identified, friends? … Astragalus chlorostachys Lindl….

  • Ceropegia macrantha

     Images by Prashant Awale (Inserted by Sushant More)   Ceropegia macrantha Wight, Contr. Bot. India 31 1834. (Syn: Ceropegia macrantha var. thorelii (Costantin) H.Huber; Ceropegia raizadiana Babu; Ceropegia thorelii Costantin);       VOF week: Ceropegia sp. enroute Joshimath: 15 posts by 12 authors. Attachments (5) This is my first upload…

  • Justicia pubigera

    Justicia pubigera (Nees) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 536 536 1885. (Syn: Justicia edgeworthii T. Anderson; Peristrophe pubigera Nees; Rhaphidospora ciliata Nees); . VoF Week : Peristrophe paniculata: Name of species : Peristrophe paniculata Family :  Acanthaceae Habit : Climber Habitat : Under forest canopy Date of click :…

  • Herminium josephi

    Herminium josephi Rchb.f., Flora 55: 276 1872. (syn: Androcorys josephi (Rchb.f.) Agrawala & H.J.Chowdhery; Herminium forrestii Schltr.; Herminium grandiflorum Lindl. ex Hook.f.; Monorchis forrestii (Schltr.) O.Schwarz; Monorchis josephi (Rchb.f.) O.Schwarz); . WC. Himalaya to China (W. Sichuan, N. Yunnan):China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; ….

  • Boletus subtomentosus (Germany)

    Boletus subtomentosus L., 1753 (Syn: Boletus crassipes Schaeff., 1774; Boletus cupreus Schaeff., 1774; Boletus lanatus Rostk., 1844; Boletus leguei Boud., 1894; Boletus pannosus Rostk., 1844; Boletus striipes Fr., 1874; Boletus subtomentosus var. albo-ochraceus Pilát, 1951 …………………….; Boletus xanthus (E.-J. Gilbert) Merlo 1980; Ceriomyces subtomentosus (L.) Murrill, 1909; Leccinum subtomentosum (L.)…

  • Boletus

    Species listed in Nepal as per efi thread: Boletus aereus Boletus ananas Boletus asiacticus Boletus auripes Boletus bicolor Boletus dissiliens Boletus edulis Boletus granulatus Boletus griseus Boletus inedulis Boletus luridiformis Boletus luridus Boletus parasiticus Boletus porosporus Boletus pseudocalopus Boletus puverulentus Boletus reticulates Boletus violaceofuscus Boletus species- Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP…

  • Pedicularis rhinanthoides

    Pedicularis rhinanthoides Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey., Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 22 22 1841.;  China (Xinjiang), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Pakistan (Pamirs, Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Deosai, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Dras, Zanskar), N-India as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Rattle Lousewort   Please help ID this Pedicularis species…

  • Dracaena marginata

    Dracaena marginata hort. ; . ”For Id 01012012MR1’’ is this Dracaena marginata at Pune: Sep 2011 is this potted plant in a private society garden at Pune ? Dracaena marginata Kindly validate yes this is Dracaena marginata tricolor Ornamental for id – 300912 ANB-0006 – Mumbai:  I’d love to know the name…

  • Orobanche alba subsp. alba

    Orobanche alba Stephan ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 450 1800. (syn: Catodiacrum sparsiflorum Dulac; Orobanche alba f. ampla G. Beck …………; Orobanche alba var. epithymoides Rouy; Orobanche alba var. glabrata (C. A. Meyer) G. Beck; Orobanche alba f. hellebori (Miegeville) G. Beck …..; Orobanche alba var. major Rouy; Orobanche alba f….

  • Saxifraga brunonis

    Saxifraga brunonis Wall. ex Ser., Prodr. 4: 45 45 1830. (Syn: Hirculus brunonianus Losinsk.; Saxifraga brunoniana Wall. ex Sternb.; Saxifraga brunoniana var. majuscula Engl. & Irmsch.; Saxifraga loripes J. Anthony);      VoF Week : Saxifraga brunonis: Name of species : Saxifraga brunonis Family : Saxifragaceae Habit : Herb Habitat…

  • Habenaria gibsonii var. gibsonii

    Habenaria gibsonii Blatt. & McCann ; . India as per POWO (Habenaria laciniata Dalzell); . Leafy Habenaria • Marathi: उग्र हबॆअमरी Ugra Habe-amri;  . Kew treats this as synonym of Habenaria foliosa but I truly believe that its Habenaria gibsoni a distinct species. . Identification??????? : 8 posts by 6…

  • Vincetoxicum

    Vincetoxicum arnottianum (Wight) Wight (Pakistan to W. Himalaya and India (Punjab): India, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO)    Vincetoxicum kenouriense (Wight) Wight (Endemic to a long geographic range in the Hindukush Himalayas from Bhutan in the east to Pakistan in the west. The western limit of this species is district Swat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…

  • Cuscuta species

    Creeper for ID : 011011 : AK-2: Taken at Pahalgam, Kashmir on the 8th of Sept, 2011. Tiny white flowers resembling bells, creeper was growing on another tree. Pahalgam is at a height of 2740 metres above sea level. Any cuscuta sp I hope Cuscuta chinensis Perhaps close up of…

  • Neottia tenuis

    Neottia tenuis (Lindl.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. 3: 119 1995. (Syn: Listera tenuis Lindl.); . Himalaya to Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . VoF Wweek: Orchidaceae – Neottia tenuis (Lindl.) Szlach.: No images seen now. Neottia tenuis (Lindl.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3:…

  • Carica papaya ?

    Carica papaya ?;       Seeds for ID 200812 NB3: in my last trip to india dec.11-jan.12 i collected these seeds, Don’t know what happened to the capsules.I can’t remember now, how the tree lookd like. Perhaps someone can identify them. May be papaya seeds … could tell me how…

  • Liriope muscari (Cultivated)

    Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herb. 2: 35 1929. (Syn: Liriope exiliflora (L.H.Bailey) H.H.Hume; Liriope gigantea H.H.Hume; Liriope graminifolia var. albiflora Makino ……; Liriope muscari f. albiflora (Makino) Nemoto ……..; Liriope platyphylla F.T.Wang & Tang ……; Liriope spicata var. densiflora (Maxim. ex Baker) C.H.Wright ..; Liriope yingdeensis R.H.Miao; Ophiopogon muscari Decne.; Ophiopogon spicatus var….

  • Liriope

      Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H.Bailey (Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by Rupi Shah), Ritesh Kumar Choudhary & Promila Chaturvedi (Id by Alastair Culham) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))