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


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1 Orchid Study Centre, C-89, HIG, Baramunda Housing Board Colony, Bhubaneswar - 751003, Odisha, India
 

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.

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

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

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.