Flowering class: Monocot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Aerides illustris Rchb.f. |
| synonym | Aerides maculosa var. schroederi (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent |
| synonym | Aerides schroederi Rchb.f. |
| synonym | Gastrochilus speciosus (Wight) Kuntze |
| synonym | Saccolabium speciosum Wight |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Woody, stout herbs up to 5-6 cm long. Leaves 7-8 x 1-1.5 cm, oblong, keeled, obliquely obtuse with a short mucro. Inflorescence much longer than leaves. Flowers pinkish violet, 1 x 1 cm, in about 10 cm long, axillary racemes. Sepals subsimilar, 10 x 10 mm, ovate, obtuse. Petals 10 x 5 mm, oblong, obtuse. Lip 15 x 15 mm, three lobed, deep pinkish violet with a callus on the disc and crenulate margin; side lobes small, midlobe ovate, emarginated. Spur 10 x 2 mm, cylindrical.
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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Evergreen forests
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 |
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Description
Global Distribution
Peninsular India
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Palakkad
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 |
Endemic Distribution
Peninsular India
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
- Aerides maculosa Lindl., Bot. Reg. t. 58. 1845; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 45. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1442(1008). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 444. 1981; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 269. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 466. 1990; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 75. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 400. 1998; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 194. 1999.
Information Listing > References
- Aerides maculosa Lindl., Bot. Reg. t. 58. 1845; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 45. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1442(1008). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 444. 1981; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 269. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 466. 1990; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 75. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 400. 1998; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 194. 1999.
Floristic enumeration of Torna Fort (Western Ghats, India): a storehouse of endemic plants
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Journal of Threatened TaxaFloristic diversity of Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Asparagales |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Genus | Aerides |
| Species | Aerides maculosa Lindl. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
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