Zeuxine flava (Wall. ex Lindl.) Trimen

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Haplochilus flavus (Wall. ex Lindl.) D.Dietr.; Monochilus flavus Wall. ex Lindl.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Zeuxine flava (Wall. ex Lindl.) Trimen
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Terrestrial herbs; Stems with 2-3 sheaths at base; Leaves ovate-Ianceolate with inflated, hyaline sheaths; Flowers in sparsely flowered raceme, greenish-white with brownish tinge, Lip 3-lobed with two callii.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-March
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand
  • 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.: 166-167
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Zeuxine flava. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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