- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(Orchid Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
- Synonym(s) : Phaius albus Lindl.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Common name : White Thunia
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Lithophytic on rocks or epiphytic on lower branches of trees in forests or in shaded and rocky places; 600 - 2300 m. altitude
- Key identification features : Erect, epiphytic herbs; Stems stout; Leaves distichous, narrowly elliptic-Ianceolate; Flowers in terminal, 4-6 flowered, pendent raceme, white, Lip broadly oblong, white, spur bifid; Capsules narrowly elliptic.
- Flower, Fruit : July-August
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 234
- Kumar P. et. al., (2008). Orchidaceae, Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India. Check List 4(3): 304–323
- Jalal J.S. and Jayanthi J., (2015)
- AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE ORCHIDS OF WESTERN HIMALAYA, INDIA. LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7-50
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 160
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Thunia alba. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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