Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall.) Lindl.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Basionym : Chrysobaphus roxburghii Wall.
  • Synonym(s) : Anoectochilus latomaculatus Blume; Anoectochilus lobbianus Planch.; Anoectochilus xanthophyllus Planch.; Anoectochilus yungianus S.Y.Hu; Zeuxine roxburghii (Wall.) M.Hiroe
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall.) Lindl.
  • Common name : Roxburgh's Jewel Orchid
  • Vernacular name :
    • Hnah-mawi (Mizo)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Evergreen broad-leaved forests, damp valleys; 100 - 1600 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to South China and Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 224
    • Kumar P. et. al., (2008). Orchidaceae, Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India. Check List 4(3): 304–320
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Anoectochilus roxburghii. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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