• Family : ORCHIDACEAE
  (Orchid Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Thunia bracteata (Roxb.) Schltr.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Thunia alba var. bracteata (Roxb.) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Epiphytic
• Flower, Fruit : March-October
• Collection Nos : HFP 2890, CJS 14239, KFP 9435
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Hassan district
  • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
• World Distribution : From India to Myanmar, Thailand and China
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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=Thunia venosa. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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