• 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) : Cleisostoma tenuifolium (L.) Garay
• Habit : Herb-Epiphyte
• Comments / notes : Frequent on trees in forests
• Flower, Fruit : June-August
• Collection Nos : HFP 249, CJS 14443, KFP 2566
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi 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=Sarcanthus pauciflorus. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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