• Family : ORCHIDACEAE
  (ORCHID FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Orchidaceae
• Species : Habenaria roxburghii
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Habenaria roxburghii Nicolson
• Endemism : Central and Peninsular India
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : August-November
• Native : India
• Comments : Often in plains of scrub jungles to 800 m on hills, in open and sheltered places, inside thorny bushes or by thin layer of soil by exposed rocks.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State); Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Dharmapuri district (Tamil Nadu State); West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Vijayanagaram district, Kurnool district, Nellore district (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district, Keonjhar district, Dhenkanal district, Kandhamal district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ;Prasad, K et al 2012 Conservation of Wild Orchids in Sri Krishnadevaraya University botanic guarden, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(7);2705-2708; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Habenaria roxburghii. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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