TAXONOMIC STUDY ON SOME WILD ORCHIDS OF KENNEDY MOUNTAIN IN TEDIM TOWNSHIP, CHIN STATE
Abstract
- Chin state is mostly covering with subtropical evergreen forests and distribution with many wild orchids. The members of Orchidaceae from Kennedy Mountain, Tedim Township, Falam District in Chin State, the North-western part of Myanmar had been collected and studies. Its area is about 2410 square kilometer. The orchids were collected in all seasons within the December, 2019 to June, 2020. Altogether, 35 species of Orchidaceae in study area were collected, identified and classified. Of these, 6 genera and 10 species including 9 species epiphyte and 1 species lithophyte. All collected species are fully described with necessary photographs and figures. Moreover, on artificial key to the species of the plants, their local name, English name and flowering periods are also described of the 2 species of sub-family Vandoideae and 8 species of sub-family Epidendroideae were included. The system of Seidenfaden (1992) was adopted as the classification system in the present research.
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Year
- 2021
Author
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Ah Nge Htwe
Subject
- Botany
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)