Eria amica Rchb.f.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Eria andersonii Hook.f.; Eria confusa Hook.f.; Eria hypomelana Hayata; Octomeria excavata Wall. ex Hook.f.; Pinalia andersonii (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Pinalia confusa (Hook.f.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pinalia amica (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
  • Common name : The Lovely Eria
  • Habit : Epiphytic herb
  • Habitat : On old mossy trees in evergreen lowland forests and primary highland cloud forests at elevations of 600 - 2200 m.
  • Key identification features : Sepals and petals buff-yellow to greenish yellow with red veins and yellow apices; lip 8-10 × 7-8 mm
  • Flower, Fruit : March-April
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (South Yunnan), Taiwan
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 228
    • 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
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eria amica. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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