- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(Orchid Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
- Synonym(s) : Aerides suaveolens Roxb.; Aerides teres (Blume) Lindl.; Dendrocolla teres Blume; Ornitharium striatulum Lindl. & Paxton; Pteroceras radicans Hassk.; Pteroceras suaveolens (Roxb.) Holttum; Sarcochilus palawanensis Ames; Sarcochilus suaveolens (Roxb.) Hook.f.; Sarcochilus teres (Blume) Rchb.f.; Thrixspermum teres (Blume) Rchb.f.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum
- Common name : Terete Leafed Pteroceras
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Hill and lower montane forests at elevations of 500 to 1500 m. altitude
- Key identification features : Epiphytic herbs with woody, sheathed stems; Leaves oblong, obliquely bilobed at apex, pendent; Flowers in leaf-opposed raceme, yellow with brown dots, Lip infundibuliform, 3-lobed, yellow at base and purple at tip.
- Flower, Fruit : April- August
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 234
- 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
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 151
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pteroceras suaveolens. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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