Two rare epiphytic orchids of India, Saccolabiopsis pusilla (Lindl.) Seidenf. Garay and Oberonia gammiei King Pantl. discovered on Andaman Islands, India

The present paper deals with two rare epiphytic orchids of India, viz. Saccolabiopsis pusilla (Lindl.) Seidenf. & Garay and Oberonia gammiei King & Pantl., the former being known only from 2-3 states of India were collected for the first time in Andaman Islands. Both the orchids form new dis...

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Published inJournal of threatened taxa Vol. 7; no. 9; pp. 7577 - 7580
Main Authors Kothareddy Prasad, B. Ravi Prasad Rao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 01.07.2015
Subjects
Andaman Islands
new distributional records
Oberonia gammiei
rare orchids
Saccolabiopsis pusilla
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Summary:The present paper deals with two rare epiphytic orchids of India, viz. Saccolabiopsis pusilla (Lindl.) Seidenf. & Garay and Oberonia gammiei King & Pantl., the former being known only from 2-3 states of India were collected for the first time in Andaman Islands. Both the orchids form new distributional records for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Also, the collection of Saccolabiopsis forms a new generic record for the Islands. The present paper provides detailed description of the species, phenology, distribution along with  photographs.
ISSN:0974-7893
0974-7907
DOI:10.11609/jott.2184.7577-7580