• Citrus species ?- Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya

      Request ID of a Shrub (Sp19) : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- 1 MB each. Request ID of a shrub from Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya; Alt appx 600m asl Photographed in: Feb 2017 Grewia species?  This is most probably Citrus sp. [Rutaceae] Some more details of the plant habit,…

  • Seminar botany 2018

    Fwd: Seminar botany 2018 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)- Seminar 2018.pdf – 6 MB.  It is a pleasure to invite you in the Department of Botany & Forestry, Vidyasagar University for the coming two-day National Seminar entitled “Trends in Contemporary Research in Plant Science “.  Date of the…

  • Rhododendron species- Kalimpong, West Bengal

      Re: Rhododendron with white flower from Darjeeling Himalayas : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. This photo was sent by a person from Kalimpong. He says this Rhododentron has white flowers Is it Rhododendron arboreum var. album Please identify it.

  • Rhodiola species- Khardung La, Ladakh

      SK975 11 FEB-2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location : Way to Khardung La, India Altitude: Around  15-16000  Date:  24 August 2014 Habit : Wild  I am not sure if I had posted it earlier as I could not find in the list of posts ! This may be…

  • Ctenolepis garcinii

    Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm. fil.) Naud., Fl. Brit. India 2: 629 1879. (syn: Blastania garcinii (Burm. fil.) Cogn.; Bryonia agrestis Raeusch.; Bryonia garcinii (Burm. fil.) Willd.; Bryonia reniformis Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Bryonia stipulacea Willd.; Bryonia triloba Lour.; Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm. fil.) C. B. Clarke (ambiguous synonym); Ctenolepis stipulacea Benth….

  • Ficus sycomorus (Cultivated)

    Ficus sycomorus L., Sp. Pl. 1059 1753. (syn: Ficus aspera hort. ex Steud.; Ficus aspera f. parcellii (H.J.Veitch ex Cogn. & Marchal) J.E.Burrows; Ficus cocculifolia Baker; Ficus coronata Spin ex Colla; Ficus glandulosa hort. ex G.Don; Ficus parcellii H.J.Veitch ex Cogn. & Marchal; Ficus scabra Sim; Ficus turbinata Willd.; Sycomorus…

  • PLANT DISCOVERIES 2017

    Fwd: PLANT DISCOVERIES 2017 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Greetings of New Year and Republic Day 2018 from Botanical Survey of India !BSI documenting plant diversity of our country and publishing  “Plant Discoveries”  an dedicated annual compendium for new species, new records of Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, Lichens,Fungi, Algae.        …

  • Ficus ingens (Oman)

    Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 288 1867. (syn: Ficus caffra (Miq.) Miq. ….; Ficus ingens var. tomentosa Hutch.; Ficus ingens var. tristis Warb.; Ficus ingentoides Hutchinson; Ficus katagumica Hutchinson; Ficus kawuri Hutchinson; Ficus ovato-cordata De Wild.; Ficus pondoensis Warb.; Ficus schimperiana Hochst. ex Miq.; Ficus stuhlmannii var….

  • Leea species- SGNP, Borivali, Mumbai

      Flower for Id – Id12022018SH3 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Flower for Id pl.Location -SGNP, Borivali, Mumbai Date – August 2017 Leea sp. Pl. check if you can match this image at Leea  

  • Moss at Kodaikanal

      Request for ID of the moss : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Place: Bombay Shola, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu Date: 20/01/18 I think micro details are required for I’d.   Sorry. I was unable to get the micro details because of the limitations of the point and shoot camera.

  • Luisia birchea

    Luisia birchea Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 64 4: 50 1849. (syn: Luisia tenuifolia sensu Hook. f.; Luisia pseudotenuifolia Blatt. & McC.; Luisia evangelinae Blatt. & McC.; Luisia tenuifolia var. evangelinae  (Blatt. & McC.) Sant. & Kap.; Luisia birchea var. evangelinae  (Blatt. & McC.) Sarkar) as per BSI Flora of India checklist;  …

  • Crotalaria epunctata

    Crotalaria epunctata Dalzell (syn: Crotalaria albida var. epunctata (Dalzell) Baker); . India (N): Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka; Maharashtra; Orissa; Tamil Nadu; West Bengal as per ILDIS; . Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Crotalaria calycina :: n Western Ghats :: DVOCT31 : 1 post by 1 author. 4 correct images as above. Crotalaria calycina…

  • Hippeastrum reginae

    Hippeastrum reginae (L.) Herb., Appendix 31 1821. (syn: Amaryllis alberti Lem.; Amaryllis fulgida Ker Gawl.; Amaryllis reginae L.; Amaryllis reginae var. alberti (Lem.) Traub; Amaryllis spectabilis G.Lodd.; Amaryllis striata var. fulgida (Ker Gawl.) Traub & Moldenke; Aschamia reginae (L.) Salisb.; Hippeastrum africanum Welw. ex Baker; Hippeastrum alberti (Lem.) Burb.; Hippeastrum bulbulosum var. fulgidum (Ker Gawl.) Herb.; Hippeastrum…

  • Impatiens elegans

    Impatiens elegans Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. n.s., 20: 67 1859. ; Common name: Elegant Balsam India: Tamil Nadu (Anamallay hills Poonachi & Kadamparai 700 m to 1500 m) and Kerala (Travancore hills). Endemic. as per BSI Flora of India;   Impatiens elegans Bedd. : 3 posts by 2 authors….

  • Impatiens coelotropis

    Impatiens coelotropis C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 390 1934.; S-India as per Catalogue of Life; India: Growing among rocks under trees that border streams on open grasslands and also amongst undergrowth in moist shola forests between 2,100 m to 2,500 m. Kerala (Southern W. Ghats in Nemakad gap and…

  • Summer treking 2018

    Fwd: Summer treking 2018 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5)  Every year hundreds of children take participate in the Summer trekking programmes organised by Youth hostels association of India, Pl. find the attached files for more details,  

  • Carex moorcroftii ?

    Carex moorcroftii Falc. ex Boott, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 288 1846. (Syn: Carex melanantha var. moorcroftii (Falc. ex Boott) Kük.) ?; China South-Central; Qinghai; Tibet; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life;

  • Memecylon bremeri

    Memecylon bremeri M.B.Viswan., Nordic J. Bot. 21(3): 256 (2001) 2001. India (Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life;   ID 03 KANNUR : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 MB.  Please identify this shrub from Riparian zone of Kannur district of Kerala Memecylon bremeri   References: Catalogue of Life …

  • Pycreus

  • National Level Workshop on Herbarium Techniques and Plant Nomenclature

    Fwd: National Level Workshop on Herbarium Techniques and Plant Nomenclature : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)-  TAXONOMY WORKSHOP 2018.pdf This is to bring to your kind notice that a NATIONAL LEVEL WORKSHOP ON “HERBARIUM TECHNIQUES AND PLANT NOMENCLATURE” will be organised by PG Department of Botany, Ramakrishan Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara,…