there are three uniflora of Habenaria. The first one being pulished in 1825 and all other would be illegitimate.
Habenaria uniflora Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 25 (1825). this is now called as Pecteilis triflora (D.Don) Tang & F.T.Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 62 (1951). and Habenaria uniflora Dalzel. Contributions to Botany of Western India, in, Hooker's journal of botany and Kew Garden miscellany 3: 344 (1851) nom. illeg. this is now called as Habenaria rariflora A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., II, 15: 70 (1841). and Habenaria uniflora (Roxb.) Griff., Ic. Pl. Asiat. 3: t. 338, f. 2 (1851), nom. illeg. this is now called as Diplomeris pulchella D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 26 (1825). Thanks a lot for the information. Pankaj On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Smita Raskar <[email protected]> wrote: > Habenaria rariflora > Also called H. uniflora by Dalzel bcoz it bears single leaf at the tip of > long peduncle as i have read > > -- > Smita raskar > 308 Disha Residency, > Salaiwada,Sawantwadi > Phone (02363) 274153 > Mob.9422379568 > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
