• Homalium cochinchinensis (Hong Kong)

    Homalium cochinchinensis (Lour.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 628 1917. (syn: Astranthus cochinchinensis Lour.; Blakwellia chinensis Lindl. ex Steud.; Blakwellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) R. Br. ex J. O. Voigt; Blakwellia fagifolia Lindl. & Trans.; Blakwellia grandiflora Lindl. ex Loudon; Blakwellia laureiri Benth.; Blakwellia padiflora Lindl.; Blakwellia padifolia…

  • Annonaceae member- Auroville Botanical Garden

    Miliusa eriocarpa? : 10 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) – around 800 kb each. Found in Auroville Botanical Garden. Seems matching. I am not convinced with this id based on these two images as per flowersofindia biotik http://www.plantekey.com/plants/annonaceae/miliusa-eriocarpa researchgate Book link 1 It is Polyalthia species only We should…

  • Phalaenopsis wilsonii

    Phalaenopsis wilsonii Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 65 1909. (syn: Doritis wilsonii (Rolfe) T.Yukawa & K.Kita; Kingidium wilsonii (Rolfe) O.Gruss & Roellke; Phalaenopsis chuxiongensis F.Y.Liu; Phalaenopsis minor F.Y.Liu; Phalaenopsis wilsonii f. azurea Z.J.Liu & Z.Z.Ru; Polychilos wilsonii (Rolfe) Shim); S. China to N. Indo-China as per WCSP; China South-Central;…

  • Gentiana pringlei

    Gentiana pringlei Mohd SHABIR, Priyanka AGNIHOTRI, Jay Krishan TIWARI Tariq HUSAIN, Taiwania 63(4): 356-359, 2018 ; Fwd: New Gentiana additions to flora of India : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- 6 MB & 1 MB.  A new species and a new record of Gentiana from India have been…

  • Gentiana aperta

    Gentiana aperta Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg III, 27: 500 1881. (syn: Gentiana maximowiczii Kanitz; Varasia aperta (Maxim.) J. Soják);   China (NE-Qinghai, NW-Gansu) as per Catalogue of Life; Fwd: New Gentiana additions to flora of India : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- 6 MB & 1 MB. …

  • Cyptotrama asprata

    Cyptotrama asprata (Berk.) Redhead & Ginns 1980 (Syn: Agaricus aspratus Berk. 1847; Armillaria asprata (Berk.) Petch 1910; Lepiota asprata (Berk.) Sacc. 1887; Mastocephalus aspratus (Berk.) Kuntze 1891; Xerula asprata (Berk.) Aberdeen 1962; Xerulina asprata (Berk.) Pegler 1972);         Cyptotrama asperata submission : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around…

  • Ziziphus oxyphylla

    Ziziphus oxyphylla Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 20: 43 1846. (syn: Ziziphus acuminata Royle); , Iran (S-Iran), Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Paktia / Khost), Pakistan (Baluchistan, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Swat, Hazara, Murree, Rawalpindi, Jhelum), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), NW-India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab), Nepal as per Catalogue…

  • Blumea megacephala

    Blumea megacephala (Randeria) C.T.Chang & C.H.Yu ex Y.Ling, 11 1979. (syn: Blumea riparia var. megacephala Randeria); China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Ryukyu Isl. (Yaeyama Isl.), Vietnam, Java, India (Nagaland) as per Catalogue of Life; SK1595 23 Nov 2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors….

  • Maesa montana ?

    Maesa montana A. DC., Prodr. 8: 79 1844. (syn: Baeobotrys indica Wall.; Maesa argentea var. kwangsiensis Hand.-Mazz.; Maesa castaneifolia Mez; Maesa henryi Hu; Maesa martinii H. Lév.) ?;  China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, SE-Tibet, India, Myanmar [Burma], Thailand, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Nepal, Laos, Vietnam as per Catalogue of…

  • Ilex cinerea (Hong Kong)

    Ilex cinerea Champ. ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 327–328 1852. (syn: Ilex cinerea var. faberi Loes.); China (?Fujian, Guangdong, ?Hainan, Xinjiang), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   SK15865 20 Nov 2018 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 700 kb each.  Location: Victoria Peak, Hong…

  • Corytoplectus cutucuensis (Cultivated- USA)

    Corytoplectus cutucuensis Wiehler, Gesneriana 1: 35 1995.; South America as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 19NOV18 : AK-12 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Plant seen inside the Conservatory last month. Could be Alloplectus Species?…

  • Schefflera heptaphylla

    Schefflera heptaphylla (L.) Frodin, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 104: 314 1990 publ. 1991. (Syn: Agalma lutchuense Nakai; Agalma octophyllum (Lour.) Seem.; Ampelopsis heptaphylla (L.) Schult.; Aralia heptaphylla (L.) Willd. ex Spreng.; Aralia octonata Stokes; Aralia octophylla Lour.; Aralia octophylla var. cantonensis Lour.; Heptapleurum octophyllum (Lour.) Kuntze; Heptapleurum octophyllum (Lour.) Benth….

  • Alpinia hainanensis (Hong Kong)

    Alpinia hainanensis K.Schum., Pflanzenr. IV, 46: 335 1904. (syn: Alpinia henryi K.Schum.; Alpinia henryi var. densihispida H.Dong & G.J.Xu; Alpinia kainantensis Masam.; Alpinia katsumadae Hayata; Languas hainanensis (K.Schum.) Merr.; Languas henryi (K.Schum.) Merr.; Languas katsumadae (Hayata) Merr.); SE. China to Vietnam as per WCSP;   SK1585 20 Nov 2018 :…

  • Cotoneaster lacteus (Introduced- USA)

    Cotoneaster lacteus W.W.Sm., 23 1917. (syn: Cotoneaster oligocarpus C. K. Schneider; Cotoneaster smithii G. Klotz; Pyrus lactea (W.W.Sm.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.; Pyrus smithii (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh.); China (Yunnan, Sichuan) as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID 30/09/2011 SMP2: A shrub seen in flower beds roadside California Jun…

  • 93. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Oct.’18

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Oct.’18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 3,10,900 messages so far & membership…

  • Platostoma hispidum

    Platostoma hispidum (L.) A.J.Paton, Kew Bull. 52: 273 1997. (syn: Acrocephalus blumei Benth.; Acrocephalus capitatus (Roth) Benth.; Acrocephalus capitellatus (L.f.) Druce; Acrocephalus hispidus (L.) Nicolson & Sivad.; Acrocephalus indicus (Burm.f.) Kunze; Acrocephalus indicus var. spicatus (C.B.Rob.) Keng; Acrocephalus scariosus Benth.; Acrocephalus spicatus C.B.Rob.; Gomphrena hispida L.; Lumnitzera capitata (Roth) Spreng.;…

  • Macleania coccoloboides (Cultivated- USA)

    Macleania coccoloboides A.C. Sm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8(1): 69 1952.; Ecuador as per Catalogue of Life;   Climber for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 11NOV18 : AK-8 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) A climber seen inside the Conservatory with succulent pink…

  • Carya floridana (USA)

    Carya floridana Sarg., Trees & Shrubs 2: 193 1913. (syn: Hicoria floridana (Sarg.) Sudw.; USA (Florida) as per Catalogue of Life; Tree for ID : Atlanta, Georgia : 09NOV18 : AK-2 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Tree seen in Atlanta last month. There were lot of black color fruits fallen…