The reappearance of Vanda thwaitesii J.D. Hook. (Orchidaceae)

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Published: 31.12.1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1998.08.02.10
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Orchid, Extinct, Rediscovery, Sri Lanka, Kerala

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C. S. Kumar
Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, Kerala India
P. C. Suresh Kumar
Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, Kerala India

Abstract

Vanda thwaitesii J.D. Hook., a supposedly extinct species of Sri Lankan orchid is rediscovered from Kerala, India after a lapse of 137 years of its first collection. A detailed description, notes and an illustration are provided.

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (1998): Rheedea

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Kumar, C. S., & Suresh Kumar, P. C. (1998). The reappearance of Vanda thwaitesii J.D. Hook. (Orchidaceae). Rheedea, 8(2), 249-253. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1998.08.02.10

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