• Family : Orchidaceae
  (Orchid Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Anthogonium gracile Wall. ex Lindl.
• Common name : Slender Anthogonium
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grassy slopes or thickets
• Comments / notes : The flowers are pink-purple in color and a strongly remind of Corydalis
• Flower, Fruit : July-November
• Distribution :
  • Sikkim : Gangtok district
• Native : Nepal to S. China and Indo-China
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
• Literature : Lucksom Sudhizong (2011). THE ORCHID DIVERSITY IN SIKKIM AND EFFECT OF CHANGE, Information and Public Relations Department: 139 Government of Sikkim Gangtok OF ENVIRONMENT ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF NATIVE ORCHIDS IN SIKKIM HIMALAYA, INDIA
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Anthogonium gracile. Downloaded on 6 June 2023.

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