Category: Botany & Taxonomy related

    Elevation range data of plant species : 9 posts by 3 authors. I am working on a concept where in I require species distribution range and Elevation range of plant species in Indian region. I request all the member it you have got such related species data and would like to share would […]

    The Plant List Version 1.1 is released : 2 posts by 2 authors. Pl. see http://www.theplantlist.org/1/ e.g. Sansevieria roxburghiana        

Gymnosperms Fortnight: December 1-14, 2013- Coordinator Dr. R. C. Srivastava-Introduction : 3 posts by 3 authors. With an expert from BSI Dr. R. C. Srivastava kindly agreeing to coordinate Gymnosperms Fortnight should be a very useful one.       Gymnosperms constitute an interesting group of plants, usually shrubs or trees which produce seeds but don’t […]

    Gymnosperms Fortnight: Rough position in the Plant Kingdom : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. There are various classifications of all land plants. I have found this one useful to know the position of Gymnosperms within them. According to The Plant List There are about 1000 species of Gymnosperms belonging to 14 families […]

    Fwd: New version of The Plant List : 7 posts by 6 authors. With the release of The Plant List in 2010 taxonomists around the world were greatly relieved with the hope of finding accepted names at one place. Unfortunately there were more conflicts than solutions. I have already sent more than 1000 […]

    How many flowering plants are in India? : 5 posts by 5 authors. We all must be grateful to Sir J.D.Hooker, who with his associate taxonomists produced a masterpiece of work published as ‘Flora of British India’ with its jurisdiction as British Indian Empire (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malayan Peninsula, […]

    A Second Release of The Plant List (TPL) is to be deployed this month : 5 posts by 5 authors. Pl. read more at A Second Release of The Plant List (TPL) is to be deployed this month Let us hope it removes some of the confusion it created in 2010 List Hope […]

      ID: Prejith006. Unidentified plant from Western Ghats: …………………………………………. A humble suggestion from my side..Whenever we make a comment on the identity of a plant, I request to you to check the characters of the plants with the protologue. I have seen many floras give wrong identifications and misleading descriptions. Can you imagine […]

    Video: The plant family tree : 4 posts by 3 authors. A very interesting video about Kew’s contribution to Botany. A highly recommended!! http://www.nowness.com/day/2013/8/11/3242/the-plant-family-tree By the way, the person sitting with the book is my dream guru, Prof. Mark Chase. I really wish I get to work with him one day. He is […]

    Seed Morphology : 1 post by 1 author. I am uploading photo of seed morphology on https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ambika-Nursery-Ecosystem-Services/525781304154638 Interested can visit this page.          

    The flower of Crinum latifolium with 12 petals,12 stamens & 2 stigmas: To start with every organism has fixed number of chromosomes in each cell of the body, which in deploid organisms we call 2n (two sets of ) chromosomes. During sexual reproduction when gametes are formed the two sets seperate , thus […]

    Hooghly : botanical terms 21/5/13 sk3 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Please throw some light on 1. “stipules broad with long cuspidate points” And how does it differ from “stipules ovate with arista”? 2. “apex of ochrea truncate” See the attachment 1. Stipule broad with long cuspidate point 2. Stipule ovate with […]

    Rare and Threatened Pteridophytes of Asia 2. Endangered Species of India: Threatened species of India, CRFJ, Tokyo Bull. 2012.pdf uploaded at efi site & is available at /files?pli=1 for view & downloading.   Details as below: Rare and Threatened Pteridophytes of Asia 2. Endangered Species of India — the Higher IUCN Categories by […]

        … met Aarti Khale ji at Rani Baug on 9 FEB 11: ………………………….. – Based on molecular analysis as well as morphological differences, by the top experts of the world, the order LILIALES was broken down into three Liliales Asparagales Diosocoreales Asparagales included many of the families, like Orchidaceae, Boryaceae, Blandfordiaceae, […]

    QUERY :: commemorative epithets: heyneana, hyneanum, heynei & c: I am believing all the Indian species with the commemorative epithets: heyneana, hyneanum, heynei … are named for Dr B. Heyne, German botanist and traveller, co-author of Herbarium Maderaspatense … Origins of Plant Names Benjamin Heyne, Scottish surgeon, naturalist and botanist — Wikipedia — […]

    Caryophyllaceae week Statistics.: I have compiled the statistics of the plants from Caryophyllaceae during the family week in Dec 2012.Sorry I coudn’t contribute a single plant. 14 Genera including 38 species were contributed during the episode. The limelight was on Silene (15 sp.)followed by Cerastium:5 sp. Everybody knows the contributors. Thanks for participating […]

Identification keys;         KEY to Genera: I need KEYS, and it is very troublesome to search and find them in a hurry…. here is a ready-reckoner. These keys can be found in – /home, but it takes time. I would request administrators to keep this post at the top of our group […]

    ICN (Melbourne Code) is online: The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (Melbourne Code) is now published online. You can access it on the following link: http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php      

    DO PLANTS FEEL PAIN,,?? DO PLANTS HAVE FEELINGS..??DOES IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED YET..?? I HAVE MANY QUERIES REGARDING THIS…CAN I HAVE A CLEAR VISION REHARDING THIS..???: Yes, … Plants feel….somethings they feel like heat cold freeze-ing temp or water, over or under-watering, drought, lack of fertilzer ie food, and insect and parasite attacks […]

    efloraofindia:”22102011MR3’’ ? Adulsa Pune: I hope the attached paper by Prof Shivanna would be interesting for most of us in connection with this thread. Pollination biology, breeding system of Adathoda vasica Thank you … for this interesting paper on Pollination. I learn the busy bee carries out the work of Pollination and the […]