Flowering class: Monocot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Habenaria gigantea (Sm.) D.Don |
| synonym | Orchis gigantea Sm. |
| synonym | Platanthera gigantea Lindl. ex Wall., nom. nud. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Terrestrial tuberous herbs, to 90 cm tall. Leaves to 10 x 7 cm, ovate-lanceolate, acute, sessile, scattered. Flowers white, 9-10 x 8 cm, racemes terminal, 2-4-flowered; bracts 7.5 x 3 cm, ovate-acuminate, foliaceous; dorsal sepal 4 x 5 cm, rhomboid, 7-9-veined; lateral sepals 5 x 2.5 cm, oblique at base, oblong, subacute, obtuse, 7-9-veined; petals 3.5 x 2-4 mm, linear, falcate, obtuse; lip 15 x 7 cm, including 12-13 x 0.5 cm cylindrical spur, 3-lobed; lateral lobes laciniate; midlobe oblong-lanceolate, obtuse; spur long, cylindrical; column short, foot absent; pollinia 2, granular, with long caudicle.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Grasslands
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Platanthera susannae Wight, Ic. t. 920. 1845, non (L.) Lindl. 1835; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1475(1031). 1928.
- Habenaria susannae Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 137. 1890, non (L.) R. Br. ex Spreng. 1826.
- Orchis gigantea J. E. Smith, Exot. Bot. 2: 79,t.100. 1805.
- Pecteilis gigantea (J. E. Smith) Rafin., Fl. Tellur. 2: 38. 1837; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 399. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 299. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 489. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 467. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 452. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 326. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 433. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 306. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 689. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 211. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 491. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 838. 2009.
- Platanthera gigantea (J.E. Smith) J. Vejik, Orchdeea 27:133. 1965.
Information Listing > References
- Platanthera susannae Wight, Ic. t. 920. 1845, non (L.) Lindl. 1835; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1475(1031). 1928.
- Habenaria susannae Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 137. 1890, non (L.) R. Br. ex Spreng. 1826.
- Orchis gigantea J. E. Smith, Exot. Bot. 2: 79,t.100. 1805.
- Pecteilis gigantea (J. E. Smith) Rafin., Fl. Tellur. 2: 38. 1837; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 399. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 299. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 489. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 467. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 452. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 326. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 433. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 306. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 689. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 211. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 491. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 838. 2009.
- Platanthera gigantea (J.E. Smith) J. Vejik, Orchdeea 27:133. 1965.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Asparagales |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Genus | Pecteilis |
| Species | Pecteilis gigantea (Sm.) Raf. |
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