Peristylus constrictus (Lindl.) Lindl.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Habenaria constricta (Lindl.) Hook.f.; Habenaria cylindrocalyx Gagnep.; Herminium constrictum Lindl.; Orchis leucantha Ham. ex Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Peristylus constrictus (Lindl.) Lindl.
  • Common name : Constricted Peristylus
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Subtropical grassy slopes and open forest; 800 - 1200 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Terrestrial. Not common
  • Key identification features : Petals and lip pure white; dorsal sepal 7-9 mm; lip 9-11 mm
  • Flower, Fruit : June-October
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Amravati district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Kalhandi district, Keonjhar district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 233
    • 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=Peristylus constrictus. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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