- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(Orchid Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Trimen
- Common name : Long-Lipped Zeuxine
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Shola
- Comments / notes : Often on hills in deep or partial shade of evergreen forests or sholas on the floor.
- Key identification features : Small terrestrial orchid; Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, acute; Flowers white; Floral bracts are ovate-lanceshaped, long-pointed, scarious, as long as the ovary floral bracts.
- Flower, Fruit : December-May
- Distribution :
- Goa : North Goa district
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Thane district, Palghar district, Sindhudurg district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- 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- Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)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
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Zeuxine longilabris. Downloaded on 14 June 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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