Notes on a very less-known orchid, Pleione saxicola from Arunachal Pradesh, India

https://doi.org/10.63589/pt.3.1.2024.09-11

 

Manas Ranjan Debta, Dinesh Kumar Agrawala, Akshat Shenoy

Email: manas_debta@rediffmail.com

Abstract: A detailed taxonomic description and distributional data of Pleione saxicola Tang &  F.T. Wang ex S.C. Chen, a very less-known orchid species is provided.

Key Words: India, Pleione, Arunachal Pradesh.

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