- 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) : Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr.
- Common name : Nodding Swamp Orchid
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Moist deciduous and Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Often on hills from 700-1400m, either on exposed slopes in crevices of rocks or in shade on shola floor
- Flower, Fruit : April-June
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, Anantapur district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Vizianagaram district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Nellore district
- Telangana : Khammam district, Nalgonda district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Amravati district, Nashik district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Rayagada district, Cuttack district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district
- World Distribution : India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malay Islands, Philippines and Ryukyu Islands.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Prasad, K et al 2012 Conservation of Wild Orchids in Sri Krishnadevaraya University botanical garden, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(7)
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- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 -A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Geodorum densiflorum. Downloaded on 7 September 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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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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