Tropidia angulosa (Lindl.) Blume

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cnemidia angulosa Lindl.; Cnemidia nervosa (Wight) Bedd.; Cnemidia semilibera Lindl.; Decaisnea angulosa Lindl. ex Wall.; Govindooia nervosa Wight; Tropidia barbeyana Schltr.; Tropidia bellii Blatt. & McCann; Tropidia calcarata Ames; Tropidia govindovii Blume; Tropidia semilibera (Lindl.) Blume
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tropidia angulosa (Lindl.) Blume
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Damp forests and Shola, rich in leaf litter, also Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Terrestrial. Often on hills above 1100m, occasional in clumps on shola floor.
  • Key identification features : Terrestrial herbs; Leaves broadly elliptic, Plicate; Flowers in solitary terminal spikes, white with brownish-tinge, Lip oblanceolate-oblong, Spurred; Capsules clavate-cylindric, ridged.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-February
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Assam : Assam
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • 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
    • 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.: 162
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tropidia angulosa. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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India Distribution

World Distribution

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