- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(Orchid Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
- Basionym : Euproboscis pygmaea Griff.
- Synonym(s) : Thelasis amboinensis (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm.; Thelasis clausa Fukuy.; Thelasis elongata Blume; Thelasis elongata var. amboinensis J.J.Sm.; Thelasis elongata var. major Ridl.; Thelasis hongkongensis Rolfe; Thelasis pygmaea var. multiflora Hook.f.; Thelasis triandra Blume; Thelasis triptera Rchb.f.; Thelasis zollingeri Rchb.f.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Thelasis pygmaea (Griff.) Lindl.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Key identification features : Epiphytic herbs; Pseudobulbs in clusters, ovoid-globose, 1-2 leaved; Leaves linear-oblong, obliquely bifid at apex; Raceme arising from the base of pseudobulbs; Flowers crowded, pale-green, Lip oblong; Capsules subcylindric.
- Flower, Fruit : April-May
- Collector(s) Name : A.N.Sringeswara and Sahana
- Collection Date : 17/04/2014
- Collection Nos : 282
- Collection Locality : Alugodu, Chikkamagaluru district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Assam : Assam
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Literature :
- 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.: 159
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Thelasis pygmaea. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.
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