Odisha cleistantha

Odisha cleistantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Genus: Odisha
S.Misra
Species: O. cleistantha
Binomial name
Odisha cleistantha
S.Misra

Odisha is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Odisha cleistantha, endemic to the State of Odisha (Orissa) in India.[1][2] This plant is also detected as a threatened orchid of Chotnagpur plateau. [3]

See also

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Misra, Sarat. 2007. Orchids India 251-252.
  3. Threatened Orchids from Chotanagpur (PDF). Dehradun: WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA. 2008. p. 172. Retrieved 31 March 2015.


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