• Family : ORCHIDACEAE
  (ORCHID FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Orchidaceae
• Species : Nervilia prainiana
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf.
• Key identification features : Terrestrial, tuberous herb. Leaves reniform-cordate to ovate, acuminate at apex, wavy along margins.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : June-October
• Comments : Often on moist sandy, loose soil among rocks, under shade of trees.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district) (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Kandhamal district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Gandamardhan Hills (Bargarh district), Kalahandi district, Bolangir district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Thailand
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Prasad, K et al 2012 Conservation of Wild Orchids in Sri Krishnadevaraya University Botanic Garden, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(7);2705-2708; 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=Nervilia prainiana. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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