Volume 24, Issue 73, January - June, 2023

New distributional record of a narrow endemic orchid Cleisostomopsis salimii (J.Mathew, Hrideek, V.B. Sreek. & K.Madhus.) A.N.Rao from Western Ghats of Karnataka, India

Sahana Vishwanath^1♦, Sringeswara AN¹, Manjunath B², Shashidhar Sastry³

¹Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560065, Karnataka, India
²Karnataka Forest Department, Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India
³The Orchid Society of Karnataka (TOSKAR), Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore 560010, Karnataka, India

^♦Corresponding author
Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560065, Karnataka, India

ABSTRACT

Cleisostomopsis salimii (J.Mathew, Hrideek, V.B.Sreek. & K.Madhus.) A.N.Rao is reported here as the new distributional record for the state of Karnataka from Chikkamagaluru district. Relevant information including detailed description and illustration are provided for easy identification of the species.

Keywords: Western Ghats, Mullayanagiri, Orchidaceae

Species, 2023, 24(73), e27s1027

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e27s1027

Published: 30 March 2023