Habenaria roxburghii
Habenaria roxburghii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Genus: | Habenaria |
Species: | H. roxburghii |
Binomial name | |
Habenaria roxburghii Nicolson | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Orchis tenuis Rottler ex Wall. |
Habenaria roxburghii is a species of orchid found in southern India. It is a tuberous terrestrial herb, 25-35 cm tall.Leaves orbicular, thick 3-5 in a rosette,adpressed to the ground, dark green to glauous, waxy. Flowers pure white in densely clustered at tip of a long erect peduncles. Endemic to the south Deccan. Rare in scrub jungles to 8700m, often sheltered inside thorny hushes or on the thin layer of soil by exposed rocks. Common in poor dry soil, in scrub under light cover.
Vernacular names
Malle Leena Gadda and Chuka dumpa in Telgu[2][3]
References
- ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-95528
- ↑ Ch. Sudhakar Reddy; K. N. Reddy; Chiranjibi Pattanaik; Vatsavaya S. Raju (2006). "Ethnobotanical Observations on some Endemic Plants of Eastern Ghats, India" (PDF). Ethnobotanical Leaflets. Opensiuc.lib.siu.edu. ISSN 0975-1491. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ↑ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Roxburgh's%20Habenaria.html
External links
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-95528
- http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229904#speciesField6_3
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