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Volume 65, Issue 1, July 2023

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Notes on taxonomy, distribution and threat status assessment of Habenaria andamanica Hook.f.- an endemic terrestrial orchid from Andaman Islands

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/173059

Published 2023-07-27

  • Suptotthita Choudhury
    • ,
  • Dinesh Kumar Agrawala
    • ,
  • Vivek C.P.

Suptotthita Choudhury
Department of Botany, Gurudas College, Kolkata – 700 054

Dinesh Kumar Agrawala
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700 064, West Bengal

Vivek C.P.
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, DF Block, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 064

Abstract

Taxonomy of Habenaria andamanica Hook.f. [Orchidaceae-Orchidoideae-Orchidiinae] has been studied. It is an endemic species confined to the Andaman group of Islands. It has been assessed as ‘Endangered’ by applying the IUCN guidelines.

Keywords

Identification, Conservation, IUCN Criteria

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