Published online : 2010.11.30

2010 vol.55 no.4    pp. 391-395
 Title
    Corallorhiza trifida Chatel.: a Little Known Partial Myco-heterotrophic Orchid from the Valley of Flowers National Park, Western Himalaya, India

 Author
    Ishwari D. Rai, Pankaj Kumar, Rupesh R. Bharat, Bhupendra S. Adhikari and Gopal S. Rawat

 Abstract
    A small population of Corallorhiza trifida Chatel., a partial myco-heterotrophic orchid was recorded from the state of Uttarakhand after a gap of over 50 years. In this article we present an update on its systematics (nomenclature, morphology, phytogeography), ecology and aspects of conservation.

 中文摘要
    一小族群的腐生黃珊瑚根蘭在50 年後重新被發現生長於印度Uttarakhand 州。本文 提供有關命名、形態、植物地理、生態與保育方面之觀點。

 Keyword
    Corallorhiza trifida Chatel., Myco-heterotrophic orchid, Valley of Flowers, Western Himalaya.