• Salvia greggii (Cultivated- USA)

    Salvia greggii A.Gray , Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 369 1870.;   Texas to NE. Mexico (from WCSP)        Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Lamiaceae, Salvia greggii from California:  Salvia greggii, Photographed from California     Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight:Lamiaceae,Salvia greggii ‘Playa Rosa’ from California-GSMAY143/146   1 post by 1 author….

  • Plectranthus scutellarioides (Cultivated)

    Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 506 1810. (Syn: Calchas acuminatus (Benth.) P.V.Heath; Calchas atropurpureus (Benth.) P.V.Heath; Calchas crispipilus (Merr.) P.V.Heath; Calchas scutellarioides (L.) P.V.Heath …; Coleus acuminatus Benth.; Coleus atropurpureus Benth. …; Coleus blancoi Benth.; Coleus blumei Benth.; Coleus crispipilus (Merr.) Merr.; Coleus formosanus Hayata; Coleus gaudichaudii Briq.; Coleus gibbsiae…

  • Elaeocarpus serratus

    Elaeocarpus serratus L., Sp. Pl. 515 1753. (syn: Elaeocarpus adenophyllus Wall.; Elaeocarpus angustifolius Wight; Elaeocarpus cuneatus Wight; Elaeocarpus malabaricus Oken; Elaeocarpus oblongus Gaertn. ex Sm.; Elaeocarpus perim-kara DC. ; Elaeocarpus perincara F. Hamilton ; Elaeocarpus serratus Heyne ;  Elaeocarpus sylvestris Blanco; Misipus serratus (L.) Rafin.; Monocera serrata (L.) Turcz.) as per Catalogue of Life;…

  • Leonurus japonicus

    Leonurus japonicus Houtt., Nat. Hist. 9: 366 1778. (Syn: Leonurus altissimus Bunge ex Benth.; Leonurus artemisia (Lour.) S.Y.Hu; Leonurus artemisia var. albiflorus (Migo) S.Y.Hu; Leonurus cuneifolius Raf.; Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet; Leonurus japonicus f. albiflorus (Migo) Y.C.Zhu; Leonurus japonicus f. niveus (A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov) H.Hara; Leonurus mexicanus Sessé & Moc.; Leonurus…

  • Rotheca myricoides (Cultivated- Kenya)

    Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb., Novon 8: 205 1998. (Syn: Clerodendrum dekindtii Gürke .; Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) R.Br. ex Vatke; Clerodendrum myricoides var. camporum Gürke …….; Clerodendrum neumayeri Vatke; Clerodendrum savanorum De Wild.; Clerodendrum schlechteri Gürke; Clerodendrum sylvaticum (Hochst.) Briq.; Clerodendrum ugandense Prain; Cyclonema myricoides Hochst.; Cyclonema sylvaticum Hochst.; Cyrtostemma myricoides…

  • Stachytarpheta cayennensis

    Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.) Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 208 1804. (Syn: (=) Stachytarpheta dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl; (=) Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims; (≡) Verbena cayennensis Rich.; (=) Verbena dichotoma Ruiz & Pav.) as per GRIN; . stak-ee-tar-FEE-tuh — from the Greek stachys (ear of corn) and tarphys (thick) kae-yen-EN-sis — of…

  • #Best of the month/ year

    Stars/ Most Interactive Persons of the month/ fortnights etc.- Links : All the top contributors, month wise, are listed here at this link giving their details.  Star of the month and Most Interactive Person To encourage increased participation, it has been decided to nominate one person among moderators and one among the…

  • Salvia spathacea (Cultivated- USA)

    Salvia spathacea Greene, Pittonia 2: 236 1892. (Syn: Audibertia grandiflora Benth.; Audibertiella grandiflora (Benth.) Briq.; Ramona grandiflora (Benth.) Briq.);         Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Lamiaceae – Salvia spathacea (Hummingbird sage):  Salvia spathacea. Hummingbird sage. San Francisco botanical garden Jun 2011.   21Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Lamiaceae ::Salvia…

  • Salvia aurea (Cultivated- USA/ Australia)

    Salvia aurea L.,  Sp. pl. ed. 2, 1:38. 1762 (syn: Crolocos aurea (L.) Raf.; Salvia africana-lutea L., contrary to Art. 23.6.(c) (ICN, 2012).; Salvia colorata L.; Salvia eckloniana Benth.); Cape Provinces; New Zealand North as per Catalogue of Life;   Plants From Australia 2018:: Salvia aurea-NS April 2020-52 : 1 post…

  • Garcinia species

      Plant for ID SMP3 10/1/2011:  A large tree with drooping branches for ID Kolkata botanical garden. Dec 2010 Flowers yellow about 2-3 cm. ? Stamenal tube like that in Meliaceae family. It somewhat resembles Garcinia. From the images (Which are not so close) what I can only say that…. The…

  • Tricholepis species

        THISTLE FLOWER:   If you were a student of science, you are likely to remember your chemistry lab, after seeing the images I am attaching. A paticular type of funnel was created by man to perform certain experiment and it was named as Thisthle funnel as the funnel resembles…

  • Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii (Cultivated)

    Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii (Miq.) C.C.Berg, Kew Bull. 43: 88 1988. (Syn: Ficus brevipedicellata De Wild.; Ficus chrysocerasus Welw. ex Warb.; Ficus excentrica Warb.; Ficus furcata Warb.; Ficus leprieurii Miq. .; Ficus triangularis Warb.); . Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Central African Republic, Angola, Benin, etc. as per Catalogue of…

  • Bignonia callistegioides (Cultivated)

    Bignonia callistegioides Cham., Linnaea 7: 712 1832. (Syn: Bignonia lindleyi DC.; Bignonia picta Lindl. [Illegitimate]; Bignonia speciosa Graham; Bignonia speciosa Tweedie ex Hook.; Clytostoma callistegioides (Cham.) Baill. (Unresolved); Clytostoma uniflorum K.Schum. ex Bureau & K.Schum.; Cuspidaria callistegioides (Cham.) DC.; Pithecoctenium callistegioides (Cham.) Niederl.); Bolivia (Tarija), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy,…

  • Phlomis cashmeriana

    Phlomis cashmeriana Royle ex Benth. , Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 382 1833. (Syn: Phlomis dichroa Rech.f.);        Phlomis cashmeriana from Kashmir:  Phlomis cashmeriana Royle ex Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 382 1833. syn: Phlomis dichroa Rech.f.  Erect perennial herb Closer to P. bracteosa…

  • 2011

    Month Best Set of Photographs in the Month Who photographed it September ORCHIDACEAE: Lady Slipper Orchids – Paphiopedilum druryi (Bedd.) Stein Dr. Pankaj Kumar October DV :: 2007 – 2011 :: Heterostemma dalzellii in and around Mumbai Dinesh Valke Flora of Haryana: Gloriosa suprba from Village Amin Kurukshetra Haryana Dr….

  • Best Set of Photographs

    Best set of photographs of the Month is selected on the basis online voting by the members. Each member can vote for the set of photographs in a single upload if he/she likes it by clicking to the link: /best-of-the-month/best-set-of-photographs/2011 Each member can vote for as many sets of photographs…

  • 2011

    Month Best Photo of the Month Who photographed it September Paphiopedilum venustumSlide10.jpg Dr. Pankaj Kumar October Trifolium repens.jpg | hoya-pubicalyx1.jpg Ritesh Choudhary | Prejith Sampath November Ptilotus obovatus Dr. Ushaprabha Page December Lantana alba             /Caralluma indica Prasad Kumar Dash/Prabhu Kumar Photographer of the Year…

  • Best Photograph

    Best photograph of the Month is selected on the basis online voting by the members. Each member can vote for photograph if he/she likes it by clicking to the link: /best-of-the-month/best-photograph-of-the-month/2011 Each member can vote for as many photographs as he/she likes but not the same photograph more than once….

  • Best of the Month

    Family fortnights & Stars/ Persons of the month/ fortnights- Links Heroes of efi site Star of the month and Most Interactive Person To encourage increased participation, it has been decided to nominate one person among moderators and one among the rest of the members every month based on the maximum…