Odisha is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Odisha cleistantha, endemic to the State of Odisha (Orissa) in India.[1][2] It is also detected as a threatened orchid of the Chota Nagpur Plateau.[3]
| Odisha cleistantha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Orchideae |
| Subtribe: | Orchidinae |
| Genus: | Odisha S.Misra |
| Species: | O. cleistantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Odisha cleistantha S.Misra
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Misra, Sarat. 2007. Orchids India 251-252.
- ^ Threatened Orchids from Chotanagpur (PDF). Dehradun: WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA. 2008. p. 172. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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