We routinely consult various sources for identifying the flowers, and preparing the information about them on the site. We list below the sources we use. The sources used more heavily are towards the top.
- The Plant List
- Flora of China
- Flora of Pakistan, www.tropicos.org/Project/Pakistan
- Flowers of the Himalaya, Oleg Polunin & Adam Stainton (OUP: 1984)
- Flowers of the Himalaya: A Supplement, Adam Stainton (OUP: Delhi, 1988)
- Botanary, the Botanical Dictionary
- Flora of British India, J. D. Hooker (London :L. Reeve,1875-97)
- India Biodiversity Portal
- GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- eFlora of India
- Wikipedia
- Encyclopedia on Indian Medicinal Plants
- Names of Plants in India
- Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
- Flowers of Sahyadri, S. Ingalhalikar (Corolla: Pune) 2001
- Further Flowers of Sahyadri, S. Ingalhalikar (Corolla: Pune) 2007
- Medicinal Plants of Manipur, S.C. Sinha (MASS: Imphal) 1996
- The Economic Plants of Manipur and their Uses, S. Sukumar Singh (Manipur, 2006)
- Floridata
- Trees of Delhi, Pradip Krishen (DK, New Delhi, 2005)
- RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers, Christopher Brickell (DK, 2010)
- Flora of Ladakh (NW Himalaya), by L. Klimeš and B. Dickoré