Hygrocybe ceracea ?

Hygrocybe ceracea (Sowerby) P. Kumm. (syn: Agaricus ceraceus Sowerby; Agaricus ceraceus Wulfen; Agaricus ceraceus var. fissus Pers.; Agaricus ceraceus var. hypoxanthus Alb. & Schwein.; Agaricus ceraceus var. hypozanthus Pers.; Agaricus ceraceus var. inflexus Pers.; Agaricus ceraceus var. laceratus Pers.; Agaricus cereus J.F. Gmel.; Agaricus hypozanthus (Pers.) J. Otto; Gymnopus ceraceus (Wulfen) Gray; Hygrocybe ceracea f. […]

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Nepenthes gymnamphora (Cultivated, USA)

Nepenthes gymnamphora Reinw. ex Nees, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 3: 366 1824. (syn: Nepenthes xiphioides B.R.Salmon & Maulder); Native to: Jawa, Sumatera as per POWO;   Pitcher Plants : Nepenthes gymnamphora : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta : 18JUL20 : AK-24 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Pitcher plants seen at the Conservatory in […]

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Nepenthes species ?- Sabah & Sarawak, Malaysia

    Pitcher Plants 2: Sending a few more photographs. I assume we have more than one species here, and second last one doesnt seem like Nepenthes, but some other genus may be. The plant in the second last photograph is also a pitcher plant as can be seen from both live and dead pitchers […]

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Heliamphora nutans (Cultivated- USA)

Heliamphora nutans Benth., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 53 1840. (syn: Sarracenia nutans (Benth.) D.Dietr.) as per POWO; Native to: Brazil North, Guyana, Venezuela as per POWO; Orchid for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, USA : 06APR20 : AK-28 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Orchids seen at the Conservatory in ABG during […]

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Lantana ‘Little Lucky Lemon Cream’ (USA)

  Lantana Species : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta : 29JUN20 : AK-48 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Seen in the garden during my visit in October, 2018. A cultivated, dwarf, garden plant. Some cultivar like Lantana ‘New Gold’ For me also it looks like Lantana cultivated. New Gold. In your photos […]

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Dicliptera parvibracteata

Dicliptera parvibracteata Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 111 1832. ; India (Andhra Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life; Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 111, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 488 ; leaves ovate acuminate nearly glabrous, bracts 1/10 in. linear. Justicia retorta, Vahl Enum. i. 150 ? J. latebrosa, Koen.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. […]

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Nymphaea ‘Barbara Dobbins’ (Atlanta, USA)?

Nymphaea ‘Barbara Dobbins’ ?; Water Lily for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta : 03JUL20 : AK-08 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Water Lily seen in a pond outside the Conservatory during my visit in October, 2018. Try to check with Nymphaea odorata earlier posted by … from California. Thanks … Let me […]

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Bowiea volubilis (Introduced)

Bowiea volubilis Harv., Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5619 1867. (syn: Ophiobostryx volubilis (Harv. ex Hook.f.) Skeels; Schizobasopsis volubilis (Harv. ex Hook.f.) J.F.Macbr.; Aloe volubilis (Harv. ex Hook.f.) Mottet); Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe as per POWO; Bowiea volubilis AT/JULY2020/01 : 3 posts by 1 author. […]

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Bowiea

Bowiea volubilis Harv. (Introduced) (Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe as per POWO)

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Carex species- Mt Slamet, Java

  Grass of Java : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) I would like to know the name of the following grass please. It was found at slope of Mt Slamet ca 1500 m a.s.l.  It is not a grass, but a Sedge belonging to family Cyperaceae. The Genus is Carex. 

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Digitaria sanguinalis

Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 1: 52 1771. (syn: Cynodon praecox (Walter) Roem. & Schult.; Dactilon sanguinale (L.) Vill.; Digitaria aegyptiaca Willd.; Digitaria aegyptiaca subsp. caucasica (Henrard) Tzvelev; Digitaria australis Willd. ex Trin.; Digitaria caucasica Henrard; Digitaria eriogona (Schrad.) Link; Digitaria gracilis Guss.; Digitaria nealleyi Henrard; Digitaria nervosa Roem. & Schult.; Digitaria […]

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Camellia azalea (Cultivated)

Camellia azalea C.F.Wei, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 6(4): 141 1986. (Syn: Camellia changii C.X.Ye); China Southeast as per POWO;   Camellia azalea from Manipur : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Camellia azalea photographed in cultivation by Thingnam Rajshree, in Imphal, Manipur.   References: POWO Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Flowers of India  […]

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Pseuderanthemum species- Atlanta, USA

  Plant for ID : Conservatory, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta : 02JUL20 : AK-05 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Seen during my visit in October, 2018. Unfortunately I have only one picture. Flowers and leaves resemble Eranthemum Species. Only the leaves are narrow. Appears to be some Pseuderanthemum Yes … But finding it difficult […]

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Home page of efloraofindia group modified

Home page of efloraofindia group modified : 4 posts by 1 author. Home page of efloraofindia group has been modified by adding the following at top:efloraofindia website- database of Plants of Indian Subcontinent- developed by the members of this efloraofIndia Google group I hope this is OK? Database on plants of Indian subcontinent Thanks … for […]

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efloraofindia on Instagram

Fwd: Any use?- Posting on efloraofindia page in Facebook : 21 posts by 1 author. For quite some time, I have been posting updates regarding updating our families and genera with comparative images. Is there any use of such postings (except for getting some likes/ engagements), as I am not much familiar with Facebook working ? […]

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Which database to follow?

Which database to follow? : 15 posts by 1 author. While following different databases for last few years, I have seen totally different taxonomic treatments in these: Kew Database (Plants of The World Online), World Flora Online (replacement for TPL) and Catalogue of Life (April 2020 Beta version).      I have mostly been following […]

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Hoya fischeriana (Cultivated)

Hoya fischeriana Warb., Fragm. Fl. Philipp. 1: 129 1904.;   Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Biliran, Dinagat, Mindanao) as per Catalogue of Life;   Kindly help with the id of this Hoya plant. : 6 posts by 3 authors. 1 image. When and where was this clicked ? Was it wild or cultivated ? I live in […]

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Korthalsella japonica

Korthalsella japonica (Thunb.) Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 138 1897. (syn: Bifaria abyssinica Tiegh.; Bifaria aitchisonii Tiegh.; Bifaria balfourii Tiegh.; Bifaria bojeri Tiegh.; Bifaria commersonii Tiegh.; Bifaria davidiana Tiegh.; Bifaria fasciculata Tiegh.; Bifaria gaudichaudii Tiegh.; Bifaria humblotii Tiegh.; Bifaria japonica (Thunb.) Tiegh.; Bifaria richardii Tiegh.; Korthalsella binii Pic.Serm.; Korthalsella brassiana Blakely; Korthalsella commersonii (Tiegh.) Danser; […]

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