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Volume 54, December 2012

Articles

A New Species of Zeuxine (Orchidaceae) from Rebana Forest of Odisha, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v54/2012/57371

Published 2012-12-01

  • Sarat Misra

Sarat Misra
Orchid Study Centre, C-89, HIG, Baramunda Housing Board Colony, Bhubaneswar - 751003, Odisha

Abstract

A new species of orchid, viz., Zeuxine mooneyi S. Misra is described from Odisha. The new species is allied to Z. gracilis (Breda) Blume, but differs in having connate lateral sepals and incurved peltate-headed papillae inside hypochile of lip.

Keywords

Zeuxine, Orchidaceae, New Species, India.

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