- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(Orchid Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
- Synonym(s) : Oberonia iridifolia var. denticulata Hook.f.; Oberonia denticulata Wight
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Oberonia mucronata (D.Don) Ormerod & Seidenf.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Ephiphytic; often on hills from 1000-1300m
- Flower, Fruit : October-May
- Collection Nos : R.R Rao 1052
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district
- Karnataka : Mysuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Thane district
- Odisha : Dhenkanal district, Mayurbhanj district, Kandhamal district, Ganjam district, Koraput district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- World Distribution : India, Andaman Islands, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, Hainan, Indonesia, Philippines
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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)
- 2705-2708
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 128-129
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Oberonia mucronata. 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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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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