Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Haplochilus longilabris (Lindl.) D.Dietr. |
| synonym | Monochilus affinis Wight, sensu auct. |
| synonym | Monochilus longilabris Lindl. |
🗒 Common Names
| No Data |
📚 Overview
Description
Slender herbs, 13-25 cm tall, in dark shady places; rhizome swollen at nodes with thick roots. Leaves 3, rarely 4, 3-5 x 1.2-2 cm, ovate, base sheathing, apex acute, membranous with whitish midrib, pinkish on drying, crowded at the base of the inflorescence. Raceme terminal, 12-20 cm long, villous; scape with 1-3 sterile bracts. Flowers white, 1-1.5 cm long; bracts c. 8 x 4 mm, broadly lanceolate, acuminate. Dorsal sepal c. 7 x 3 mm, ovate-oblong, obtuse, connate with lateral petals to form a hood; lateral sepals 6-7 x c. 3 mm, ovate-subfalcate, obtuse, free, villous without. Lateral petals 7-8 x 2-2.5 mm, falcate, obtuse, connate at base, deeply cleft, 2-horned within the sac. Fruit dark green.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Marshy areas
Evergreen, shola and semi-evergreen forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India: Peninsular India, Assam; Sri Lanka
Indian Distribution
Golaghat
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Monochilus longilabris Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 478. 1840.
- Monochilus affine Wight, Ic. t. 1728. 1858, non Lindl. 1840.
- Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook. f., Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 600. 1883; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 107. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1456(1018). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 202. 1981; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 283. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 403. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 375. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 308. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 464. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 388. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 495. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 472. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 27. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 702. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 444. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 309. 1999; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 213. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 340. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 703. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 231. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 496. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 680. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 857. 2009.
Information Listing > References
- Monochilus longilabris Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 478. 1840.
- Monochilus affine Wight, Ic. t. 1728. 1858, non Lindl. 1840.
- Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook. f., Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 600. 1883; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 107. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1456(1018). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 202. 1981; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 283. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 403. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 375. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 308. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 464. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 388. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 495. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 472. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 27. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 702. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 444. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 309. 1999; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 213. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 340. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 703. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 231. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 496. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 680. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 857. 2009.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Asparagales |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Genus | Zeuxine |
| Species | Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Trimen |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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