• Family : ORCHIDACEAE
  (Orchid Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Stichorkis viridiflora (Blume) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Liparis viridiflora (Blume) Lindl.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist, evergreen- and semi-Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Epiphyte. Often on hills above 1200m
• Flower, Fruit : September-April
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district
• Native : Southeast Asia
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Samoa, Java
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
• 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=Liparis viridiflora. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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