Herminium monorchis (L.) R.Br.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Basionym : Ophrys monorchis L.
  • Synonym(s) : Arachnites monorchis (L.) Hoffm.; Epipactis monorchis (L.) F.W.Schmidt; Herminium clandestinum Gren. & Godr.; Herminium haridasanii A.N.Rao; Herminium tanguticum (Maxim.) Rolfe; Monorchis herminium O.Schwarz; Ophrys herminium Gren.; Ophrys triorchis St.-Lag.; Orchis herminium Gren.; Orchis monorchis (L.) Crantz; Satyrium monorchis (L.) Pers.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Herminium monorchis (L.) R.Br.
  • Common name : Musk Orchid
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Broad-leaved forests, coniferous forests, thickets, grasslands, grassy swamps, flood lands; 600 - 4500 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Petals rhombic; mid-lobe of lip 1.5-3.2 mm, longer than lateral lobes
  • Flower, Fruit : July-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
  • Native : Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kore
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Temperate Eurasia to Himalaya
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 230
    • 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
    • Raskoti B.B., et. al., (2017). A taxonomic revision of Herminium L. (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae). PhytoKeys 79: 1-74
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Herminium monorchis. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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