Malaxis versicolor (Lindl.) Abeyw.
Malaxis versicolor (Lindl.) Abeyw.
MO022 : Malaxis versicolor (Lindl.) Abeyw.
| Plant Category | : | Orchid |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Corymborkis versicolor (Lindl.) M.R.Almeida;
Liparis priochilus G.Lodd.;
Malaxis rheedei B.Heyne ex Wall., pro syn.;
Microstylis versicolor Lindl.;
Seidenfia versicolor (Lindl.) Marg. & Szlach.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Colorful Malaxis |
| Plant Family | : | Orchidaceae |
| Description | : | Colorful Malaxis is a terrestrial orchid with short stem, pseudobulb ovoid. Leaves are 2 rarely 3 stalkless or shortly stalkes, ovate to lanceshaped. Flowers are borne in densely flowered raceme atop leafless stem. Bracts are lanceshaped, deflexed. Flowers are small, yellow or purple, lip is short wedge-shaped or kidney-shaped, with comb-like teeth. It apppears similar to M. Rheedei, but always small, and pseudobulbous, with stalkless leaves and smaller flowers in denser spikes. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Liliidae |
| Order | : Asparagales |
| Family | : Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
| Genus | : Malaxis |
| Species | : Malaxis versicolor (Lindl.) Abeyw. |