• Family : ORCHIDACEAE
  (Orchid Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Oberonia iridifolia var. denticulata Hook.f.; Oberonia denticulata Wight
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Oberonia mucronata (D.Don) Ormerod & Seidenf.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Ephiphytic; often on hills from 1000-1300m
• Flower, Fruit : October-May
• Collection Nos : R.R Rao 1052
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Kollam district
  • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Dhenkanal district, Mayurbhanj district, Kandhamal district, Ganjam district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
• World Distribution : India inclu. Andaman Islands, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, Hainan, Indonesia, Philippines
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; 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 botanical 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; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons.; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Oberonia mucronata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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