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Volume 63, Issue 2, December 2021

Articles

Two New Additions to The Orchid Flora of The Western Ghats, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v63/2021/167719

Published 2021-12-31

  • Sahana Viswanath
    • ,
  • A. N. Sringeswara
    • ,
  • K. T. Prasanna

Sahana Viswanath
Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru – 560 065, Karnataka

A. N. Sringeswara
Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru – 560 065, Karnataka

K. T. Prasanna
Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru – 560 065, Karnataka

Abstract

Bulbophyllum crassipes Hook.f., and Odisha cleistantha S.Misra are herewith reported for the first time from the Western Ghats, India. Description, information on the habitat, flowering and fruiting, distribution, photographs, and relevant notes have been provided for easy identification.

Keywords

Orchidaceae, Western Ghats, Karnataka, Kerala.

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