Odisha cleistantha

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] It is also detected as a threatened orchid of the Chota Nagpur Plateau.[3]

Odisha cleistantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Odisha
S.Misra
Species:
O. cleistantha
Binomial name
Odisha cleistantha
S.Misra

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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