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Published In: Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 3: 27. 1859. (J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Contributor Text: J. RENZ
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: (May-) June-July.
Type: Type: Kumaon, Yaklul mountains, Thomas Thomson 214 (BSI, no. 9885).
Distribution: Distribution: From Kashmir to Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, W. China, from 2100-3300 m.
Comment/Acknowledgements: R. R. Stewart cites this plant, which has a wide range of distribution in the Himalaya, in his catalogue (p. 73, 1972) under Oreorchis foliosa (Lindl.) Lindl.
Illustration: Oreorchis micrantha Lindl. (Illustration)
Map Location: C-8 Azad Kashmir: below Bedori, 2700 m, 2.7.1952, R. R. Stewart & E. Nasir 23985 (RAW).

 

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Leaves 2-3, linear to linear-lanceolate, ± plicate. Scape with 2-3 tubular sheaths. Inflorescence rather short, dense. Flowers small, whitish to greenish-brownish. Bracts lanceolate, half to equalling the length of ovary. Dorsal sepal 6-7 mm long, lanceolate, concave; lateral sepals somewhat shorter but broader than the dorsal, falcately oblong-lanceolate; petals falcately lanceolate. ± 5 mm long. Labellum white with some purple spots, 3-lobed, with a short slightly saccate claw, at base with a prominent, fleshy callus; side-lobes linear, obtuse, 1-nerved, 2-2.5 mm long, almost free to the base, mid-lobe oblong, basal half with ciliolate margins, widened in apical half, apex truncate, shallowly emarginate, with erose-undulate margins. Column c. 4mm.
 
 
 
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