Liparis odorata (Willd.) Lindl.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Empusa odorata (Willd.) T.C.Hsu; Leptorkis odorata (Willd.) Kuntze; Malaxis odorata Willd.; Empusa paradoxa Lindl.; Leptorkis parishii (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Liparis guamensis Ames; Liparis longiscapa (Rolfe & Downie) Gagnep.; Liparis odorata var. longiscapa Rolfe & Downie; Liparis paradoxa (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Liparis paradoxa var. parishii Hook.f.; Liparis parishii (Hook.f.) Hook.f.; Liparis simeonis Schltr.; Liparis teniana Kraenzl.; Liparis tenii Schltr.; Liparis tonkinensis Gagnep.; Malaxis lancifolia Sm.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Liparis odorata (Willd.) Lindl.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district
    • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Widespread
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 116
    • 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
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2025). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Liparis odorata. Downloaded on 16 June 2025.

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