An updated checklist of the Orchids of Maharashtra, India



Título del documento: An updated checklist of the Orchids of Maharashtra, India
Revista: Lankesteriana
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000419071
ISSN: 1409-3871
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Botanical Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Maharashtra. India
Año:
Periodo: Abr
Volumen: 18
Número: 1
Paginación: 23-62
País: Costa Rica
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés 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
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Botánica,
Ecología,
India,
Maharashtra,
Orquídeas,
Lista de especies
Keyword: Botany,
Ecology,
India,
Maharashtra,
Orchids,
Species checklist
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