Names of Plants in India :: Habenaria furcifera Lindl.

Dinesh Valke

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Habenaria furcifera Lindl. ... (family: Orchidaceae)

hab-en-AR-ee-uh -- from the Latin habena (rein or strap), referring to shape of orchid's spur ... Dave's Botanary
¿ fur-KIF-er-a ? -- from the Greek furca (fork) and fera (bearing)

commonly known as: forked habenaria • Marathi: नांगें हबेअमरी nange habe-amri • Nepali: सन्कालो sankalo

botanical names: Habenaria furcifera Lindl. ... synonyms: Habenaria hamigera Griff. • Habenaria modesta Dalzell • Habenaria ovalifolia Wight • Habenaria tenuicornis Wall. ex Hook.f. [Invalid] ... The Plants List

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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Sep 20, 2012, 1:39:18 AM9/20/12

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This is Habenaria ovalifolia.

Thanks to Sweedle for bringing this out.

Pankaj

Dinesh Valke

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Sep 22, 2012, 8:31:57 AM9/22/12

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Thank you very much Pankaj and Sweedle for correcting the ID.

Clarification regarding citation -- is it Habenaria ovalifolia Wight ?
It is put as synonym of Habenaria furcifera Lindl. at The Plants List.

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Dinesh

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Pankaj Kumar

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Sep 22, 2012, 8:32:33 AM9/22/12

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Yes they have been put as synonym but its not right.

Pankaj

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Dinesh Valke

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Sep 22, 2012, 8:33:57 AM9/22/12

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Thank you very very much Pankaj.
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Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Sep 24, 2012, 7:01:58 AM9/24/12

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The names of this plant are rectified at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/D5kApnSZ2ec/9vVfl9X0DngJ
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Tabish

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Nov 9, 2012, 4:30:49 AM11/9/12

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Any published reference to show that Habenaria furcifera Lindl. is different from Habenaria ovalifolia Wight ?
I have been generally following The Plant List unless some later publications indicates otherwise.
- Tabish

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 26, 2023, 10:58:18 AM1/26/23

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Dear Tabish,

There is one article by Singh Jalal, J., & Jayanthi, J. (2018). An updated checklist of the orchids of Maharashtra, India. Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology, 18(1).

Habenaria ovalifolia Wight is endemic to Western Ghats of India

Habenaria furcifera Lindl. is distributed almost India-wide, and further in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, China, Myanmar, Thailand.

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Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 26, 2023, 11:06:13 AM1/26/23

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Dear Saroj ji,

Please validate the Nepali name - सन्कालो sankaalo for Habenaria furcifera Lindl.

Ref: Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

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Dinesh

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Jan 26, 2023, 11:29:12 AM1/26/23

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Correct is सँकलो Sankalo !

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Saroj Kasaju

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 27, 2023, 3:29:31 AM1/27/23

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/01/habenaria-furcifera-lindl.html

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Dinesh Valke

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Jan 27, 2023, 3:33:11 AM1/27/23

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Habenaria furcifera Lindl.

hab-en-AR-ee-uh -- Latin: habena (rein or strap), referring to shape of orchid's spur ... Dave's Botanary
¿ fur-KIF-er-a ? -- Greek: furca (fork); fera (bearing)

commonly known as: forked habenaria • Marathi: नांगें हबेअमरी nange habe-amri • Nepali: सँकलो sankalo • Telugu: నేల జమ్మి గడ్డ nela jimmi gadda

botanical names: Habenaria furcifera Lindl. ... homotypic synonyms: Pecteilis furcifera (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones ... heterotypic synonyms: Habenaria hamigera Griff. • Habenaria tenuicornis Wall. ex Hook.f. ... and more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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forked habenaria

name coined by Flowers of India, for want of name; derived from the descriptive epithet furcifera = fork bearing

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