Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Trimen

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Haplochilus longilabris (Lindl.) D.Dietr.; Monochilus longilabris Lindl.; Monochilus affinis Wight
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Trimen
  • Common name : Long-Lipped Zeuxine
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Shola
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills in deep or partial shade of evergreen forests or sholas on the floor.
  • Key identification features : Small terrestrial orchid; Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, acute; Flowers white; Floral bracts are ovate-lanceshaped, long-pointed, scarious, as long as the ovary floral bracts.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-May
  • Distribution :
    • Goa : North Goa district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Thane district, Palghar district, Sindhudurg district
    • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • 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
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • 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.: 167
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Zeuxine longilabris. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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