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Volume 62, Issue 2, December 2020

Articles

Excursion Orchid Flora of The Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka, Indi

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v62/2020/156895

Published 2020-12-31

  • Sarat Misra

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

Abstract

The paper enumerates the 25 species orchids under 18 genera that occur in Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka. This includes 10 endemics, 2 regional endemics and 13 rare species. This observation calls for detailed botanisation in the area to assess the complete orchid flora of the sanctuary as also to initiate specific conservation measures for it.

Keywords

Flora, Orchid Diversity, Karnataka, Endemics.

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