Sirhookera lanceolata (Wight) Kuntze

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
  • Basionym : Josephia lanceolata Wight
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sirhookera lanceolata (Wight) Kuntze
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Sholas, evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Very rare.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Collection Nos : CJS 14497, CJS 15478, KFP 12158
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; 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=Sirhookera lanceolata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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