Gastrochilus calceolaris (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) D.Don

 
  • 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) : Gastrochilus calceolaris (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) D.Don
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Not common.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-June
  • Collector(s) Name : Fr. Kadavil
  • Collection Locality : Ponthenpuzha, Pathanamthitta District
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Pathanamthitta district
    • Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district
  • Native : Philippines
  • Endemism : Deccan Peninsula
  • Conservation Status : Critically Endangered (CR)
  • Literature :
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gastrochilus calceolaris. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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