An updated checklist of the Orchids of Maharashtra, India



Document title: An updated checklist of the Orchids of Maharashtra, India
Journal: Lankesteriana
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000419071
ISSN: 1409-3871
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Botanical Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Maharashtra. India
Year:
Season: Abr
Volumen: 18
Number: 1
Pages: 23-62
Country: Costa Rica
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico
English abstract A checklist of the Orchidaceae of Maharashtra is presented based on herbarium collections and recent botanical explorations. This list comprises 32 genera with 106 taxa. The best represented genus is Habenaria with 23 species, followed by Dendrobium with eleven, Eulophia and Oberonia with seven and Peristylus with six. In Maharashtra, the total endemic orchid species are 41 spread over in 13 genera. Of these 30 species, six species are endemic to Peninsular India and five species are endemic to India. Generally orchids are found in the nine major habitats in Maharashtra of which the best representation was observed in the semi-evergreen forests (55 species) followed by moist deciduous forests (48 species), high altitude rocky plateaus (26 species) and dry deciduous forests (25 species). Flowering, habit, habitat, endemic status and distribution in Maharashtra are presented in the checklist
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Botánica,
Ecología,
India,
Maharashtra,
Orquídeas,
Lista de especies
Keyword: Botany,
Ecology,
India,
Maharashtra,
Orchids,
Species checklist
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