Cheirostylis flabellata (A.Rich.) Wight

 
  • 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) : Cheirostylis flabellata (A.Rich.) Wight
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist deciduous forests and Evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : November
  • Collector(s) Name : R.Raghavedra Rao
  • Collection Date : 31/01/1971
  • Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 1202
  • Collection Locality : B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Ratnagiri district, Satara district
    • Tamil Nadu : Theni district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work); B.D. Sharma et al., 1996. Flora of Maharashtra state: Monocolydens. BSI
  • 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=Cheirostylis flabellata. Downloaded on 5 April 2025.

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