Abstract

Robiquetia gracilis (Lindl.) Garay a rare orchid species was collected from Anamalai hills, Tamil Nadu, a new report to the flora of the hills. A detailed description with colour photos and relevant notes are provided.

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  • Founder & Chief Editor Dr Sanjay Molur Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society & Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India

  • Robiquetia, an indispensable genus of the family Orchidaceae, was first described by GaudichaudBeaupréin, 1829 in his work “Voyage autour du monde”; it belongs to the tribe Vandeae

  • It encompasses about 70 species which are distributed from India and Sri Lanka to Samoa (Cootes 2011; Ormerod 2017)

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Publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society www.wild.zooreach.org. No 12, Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti - Kalapatti Road, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India. Founder & Chief Editor Dr Sanjay Molur Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society & Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India. FRLHT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Dr Aparna Watve, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr Qiang Liu, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China Dr Noor Azhar Mohamed Shazili, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia Dr M.K. Vasudeva Rao, Shiv Ranjani Housing Society, Pune, Maharashtra, India Prof. A.J. Solomon Raju, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India Dr Mandar Datar, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr M.K. Janarthanam, Goa University, Goa, India Dr K. Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA 02138-2020, USA Dr Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr Navendu Page, Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

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