Distribution
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E. Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim), Assam, Bengal, Burma.
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Distribution
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Anthogonium gracile is occurring in W Guangxi, SW Guizhou, SE Xizang, W to SE Yunnan of China, Bhutan, Cambodia, N India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.
General Description
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Plants to 55 cm tall. Pseudobulbs usually partly buried in soil, 1-2 cm in diameter, with 2 or 3 nodes, with 2-5 leaves. Leaf blade narrowly elliptic or narrowly lanceolate, 7-45 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, papery, base petiolate, apex acuminate; petioles and sheaths forming a slender pseudostem. Inflorescence erect; peduncle slender, glabrous, with several tubular sheaths; rachis 4-20 cm, laxly 4-8-flowered; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, small, ca. 4 mm, acute. Flowers often slightly nodding, lip rose-pink or white and tinged with red; pedicel and ovary 1.5-2 cm. Sepals connate in basal half forming a tube 7-8 mm, with apical half free; dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, ca. 16 mm long, 2 mm wide, obtuse; lateral sepals falcate-spatulate, ca. 16 mm long, 4.5 mm wide, acute. Petals narrowly oblong-spatulate, ca. 16 mm long, 2 mm wide, obtuse; lip ca. 1.6 cm, cuneate-clawed at base, apical part 3-lobed; lateral lobes ovate-triangular, obtuse; mid-lobe subovate, nearly as large as lateral lobes, obtuse. Column ca. 1.6 cm.
Genetics
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The chromosomal number of Anthogonium gracile is 2n = 38, 40 (Mehra and Sehgal, 1980; Vij et al., 1982).
Habitat
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Growing in grassy slopes or thickets; 1200-2300 m.
