Oreorchis indica (Lindl.) Hook.f.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Corallorhiza indica Lindl.; Kitigorchis itoana F.Maek.; Oreorchis foliosa var. indica (Lindl.) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb; Oreorchis itoana (F.Maek.) Perner; Tainia gokanzanensis Masam.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Oreorchis indica (Lindl.) Hook.f.
  • Common name : Indian Oreorchis
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Alpine meadows, and moist temperate to subalpine forest; 2000 - 3400 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Lip lacking a callus, 3-lobed above middle or sometimes entire
  • Flower, Fruit : June-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
  • Native : China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (South-West Sichuan, North-West Yunnan), Taiwan, Japan (Central Honshu)
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 232
    • 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=Oreorchis indica. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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