• Family : ORCHIDACEAE
  (Orchid Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aerides odorata Lour.
• Common name : Fox-tail Orchid
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Common epiphyte in forests
• Flower, Fruit : May-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
  • Maharashtra : Thane district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Raigad district, Palghar district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Pune district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Keonjhar district, Dhenkanal district, Koraput district
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Java, Indonesia, Malaysia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Prasad, K et al 2012 Conservation of Wild Orchids in Sri Krishnadevaraya University botanical garden, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(7);2705-2708; K.S.Rao-Flowering Plants of IISC, 2009.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aerides odorata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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