A New Species of Nervilia Gaud. (Orchidaceae) from Garhwal Himalaya (India)

A New Species of Nervilia Gaud. (Orchidaceae) from Garhwal Himalaya (India)

Authors

  •   A. Nageswara Rao

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/1992/v118i11/8520

Abstract

A new species of Nervilia Gaud. Nervilia gleadowii Nageswara Rao from Tehri Garhwal, U.P. is described. This species is allied to Nervilia scottii/I> (Rchb.f.) Schltr. but differs in having the flowers erect and close together, the bracts erect and the lip with glabrous disc and oblong- elliptic midlobe. The specific epithet is named after Mr. F. Gleadow who collected the plant for the first time from Tehri Garwal in 1900.

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Author Biography

A. Nageswara Rao

Published

1992-11-01

How to Cite

Nageswara Rao, A. . (1992). A New Species of <I>Nervilia</I> Gaud. (Orchidaceae) from Garhwal Himalaya (India). Indian Forester, 118(11), 846–847. https://doi.org/10.36808/if/1992/v118i11/8520
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