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Calanthe plantaginea Lindl.

Description

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Pseudobulbs small. Leaves 2-4, erect, ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute, with up to 20 cm long, chanelled petioles, blade 20-30 x 4-10 cm. Scape axillary, base enclosed with some leaf-like sheaths. Inflorescence not exceeding the leaves, densely many-flowered, rachis minutely pubescent. Flower about 3 cm across. Perianth segments subequal, pale dull violet; sepals spreading, ovate-lanceolate, acute, c.15 mm long; petals slightly smaller, subfalcate, reflexed. Labellum somewhat darker lilac, connate for the whole length of the column, 3-lobed; side-lobes rhombic-obovate; mid-lobe cuneate-obovate, apiculate; disk 3-lamellate at base. Spur slender, pendulous, as long as or slightly longer than the pedicellate ovary. Ovary downy, pedicel twisted.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 60 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
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S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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Distribution

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Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan).
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal @ eFloras.org
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K.K. Shrestha, J.R. Press and D.A. Sutton
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Distribution

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Distribution: Himalaya Mts. in forests. From Kashmir eastwards to Nepal-Bhutan, at elevations up to 2800 m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 60 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
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S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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eFloras.org
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Elevation Range

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1500-1800 m
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal @ eFloras.org
author
K.K. Shrestha, J.R. Press and D.A. Sutton
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eFloras.org
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Flower/Fruit

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Fl. Per.: February to April.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 60 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras