Polystachya flavescens (Blume) J.J.Sm.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Polystachya concreta (Jacq.) Garay & H.R.Sweet
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Shola
  • Comments / notes : Epiphytic Orchid
  • Key identification features : Epiphytic herbs; Stems sheathed; Leaves 2-3, narrowly oblong; Flowers in raceme, yellow, Lip 3-lobed; Capsule ellipsoid.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Collection Nos : HFP 482, CJS 14572, KFP 2632
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district
    • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Dharmapuri district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eth
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Guyana, Haiti, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Islands, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe, Hawaii
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • 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
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
    • 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.: 149-150
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Polystachya flavescens. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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