Goodyera biflora (Lindl.) Hook.f.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Epipactis biflora (Lindl.) A.A.Eaton; Epipactis macrantha (Maxim.) A.A.Eaton; Epipactis pauciflora (Schltr.) Hu; Georchis biflora Lindl.; Goodyera biflora var. macrantha (Maxim.) T.Hashim.; Goodyera macrantha Maxim.; Goodyera pauciflora Schltr.; Orchiodes biflorum (Lindl.) Kuntze; Peramium macranthum (Maxim.) Makino
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Goodyera biflora (Lindl.) Hook.f.
  • Common name : Two-Flowered Goodyera
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Damp places in forests; Primary, evergreen, broad-leaved wet forests on silicate rocks; 1500 - 2500 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Root fibrons. Leaves golden, not veined. Tepals yellow, not spurred, base of lip boat-shaped, hairy within.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kullu district
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Literature :
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 273
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 229
    • 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=Goodyera biflora. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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