A New Species of Gastrodia R. Br. (Orchidaceae) from Silent Valley, Kerala, lndia

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Published: 31.03.2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2008.18.02.07
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Gastrodia silentvalleyana, New Species, Silent Valley, Kerala

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C. Sathish Kumar
Tropical Botanic Garden & Research lnstitute Pacha Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, lndia
P. C. Suresh Kumar
Tropical Botanic Garden & Research lnstitute Pacha Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, lndia.
M. Sibi
Tropical Botanic Garden & Research lnstitute Pacha Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, lndia.
S. Anil Kumar
Tropical Botanic Garden & Research lnstitute Pacha Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, lndia

Abstract

Gastrodia silentvalleyana Sathish, Suresh, Sibi & Anil (Orchidaceae), a new species is described from Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad, Kerala, India. lt is related to G. pubilabiata Y. Sawa of G. verrucosa group but different in having a glabrous rhizome, globose flowers, sepaline tube warty on abaxial surface at margins, rhomboid petals and a deltoid acuminate lip with a tongue like thickening at the epichile.

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2008): Rheedea

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New Taxa
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Kumar, C. S., Suresh Kumar, P. C., Sibi , M., & Anil Kumar, S. . (2009). A New Species of Gastrodia R. Br. (Orchidaceae) from Silent Valley, Kerala, lndia. Rheedea, 18(2), 107-110. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2008.18.02.07

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