Eria spicata (D.Don) Hand.-Mazz.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Eria convallarioides Lindl.; Eria salwinensis Hand.-Mazz.; Octomeria convallarioides Wall. ex Lindl.; Octomeria spicata D.Don; Pinalia alba Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.; Pinalia salwinensis (Hand.-Mazz.) Ormerod
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pinalia spicata (D.Don) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood
  • Common name : Spiked Pinalia
  • Habit : Epiphytic herb
  • Habitat : Epiphytic on trees on wooded slopes or lithophytic on rocks in valley forests; 600 - 2800 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Inflorescence broadly cylindric, densely many flowered, usually 3-5 × 1.5-2.5 cm
  • Flower, Fruit : July-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (South Yunnan) and Indo-China
  • 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 spicata. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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