- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(Orchid Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
- Synonym(s) : Aristotelea spiralis Lour.; Epidendrum aristotelea Raeusch.; Gyrostachys australis var. sinensis (Pers.) Blume; Ibidium spirale (Lour.) Makino; Neottia sinensis Pers.; Spiranthes aristotelea Merr.; Spiranthes australis var. sinensis (Pers.) Gagnep.; Spiranthes spiralis (Lour.) Makino; Neottia australis var. chinensis Lindl.; Neottia pudica (Lindl.) Sweet; Spiranthes australis var. pudica (Lindl.) F.Muell.; Spiranthes australis var. suishaensis Hayata; Spiranthes indica Lindl. ex Steud.; Spiranthes lancea var. chinensis (Lindl.) Hatus.; Spiranthes neocaledonica Schltr.; Spiranthes papuana Schltr.; Spiranthes pitouchaoensis S.S.Ying; Spiranthes pudica Lindl.; Spiranthes sinensis f. autumnus Tsukaya; Spiranthes sinensis f. gracilis F.Maek. ex Tsukaya; Spiranthes suishaensis (Hayata) Schltr.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Edges of streams, on moss covered rocks
- Comments / notes : Terrestrial or Lythophyte. Occasional on hills in marshy ground on fully exposed sun among grass.
- Key identification features : Epiphytic, tuberous herbs; Leaves 3-5, clustered at base; Flowers in spirally twisted spike, white; peduncles pubescent; Lip oblong with subsaccate base; Capsules fusiform.
- Flower, Fruit : March-September
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Thane district, Palghar district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Latur district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Cuttack district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Assam : Assam
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion, Taiwan, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion, Taiwan, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- UCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- 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
- 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.: 156
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Spiranthes sinensis. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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