Eulophia epidendraea (J.König ex Retz.) C.E.C.Fisch.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eulophia epidendraea (J.König ex Retz.) C.E.C.Fisch.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Open deciduous, moist and dry deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Terrestrial. Often on hills on plains, in scrub jungles, among thickets.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-April
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy; Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh
  • Collection Date : 15-08-2012, 28-11-2014
  • Collection Nos : FAP 41865; HJCB-0258
  • Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district (AP); Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Nellore district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Keonjhar district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvallur district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • Prasad, K et al 2012 Conservation of Wild Orchids in Sri Krishnadevaraya University botanical garden, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(7)
    • 2705-2708
    • 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
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eulophia epidendraea. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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