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Volume 62, Issue 1, July 2020

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New Distributional Record of Gastrochilus affinis (Orchidaceae) from Western Himalaya with Notes on A New Synonym and Typification

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v62/2020/153741

Published 2020-07-31

  • Jeewan Singh Jalal
    • ,
  • Ishwari Datt Rai
    • ,
  • Avishek Bhattacharjee
    • ,
  • Gajendra Singh

Jeewan Singh Jalal
Botanical Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune- 411001

Ishwari Datt Rai
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, 4, Kalidas Road, Dehradun- 248001

Avishek Bhattacharjee
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah -711 103

Gajendra Singh
Uttarakhand Space Application Centre, Upper Aamwala, Tapowan-Nalapani, Dehradun-248008

Abstract

Gastrochilus affinis (King & Pantl.) Schltr. is reported here for the first time from Western Himalaya. Gastrochilus nepalensis Raskoti, a species from Nepal described in 2015 is reduced to synonymy under G. affinis. A note on typification of G. affinis is also provided in the present communication.

Keywords

Epiphyte, Gastrochilus nepalensis, Lectotype, Orchid, Uttarakhand.

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