Habenaria osmastonii (Orchidaceae), a new terrestrial orchid from the Andaman Islands, India  

Abstract

Habenaria osmastonii, a new species of terrestrial orchid is described from Rutland Island of the Andaman Islands, India. This species differs from H. richardiana by having radical leaves, fewer and smaller flowers, shallowly denticulate, falcate lip side lobes and a lip midlobe slightly longer than the side lobes. A detailed description, illustrations and photographs are provided.

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“…The estimated number of species included in the genus is over 800 (Govaerts et al 2010), but novelties are published frequently (eg. Batista et al 2012, Karthigeyan et al 2014, Murugan et al 2014. The highest specific diversity of Habenaria is observed in Brazil, southern and central Africa and East Asia (Kurzweil & Weber 1992), but species are found in most tropical and subtropical regions.…”