Zeuxine chowdheryi Av.Bhattacharjee & Sabap.

 
  • 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) : Zeuxine chowdheryi Av.Bhattacharjee & Sabap.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : The species found growing on moist humus-rich forest floor at about 1200m elevation
  • Key identification features : Lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Tamil Nadu
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Avishek Bhattacharjee & C.M. Sabapathy (2010). A new species of Zeuxine Lindl. (Orchidaceae) from India. Taiwania 55(4): 342-345
  • 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=Zeuxine chowdheryi. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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