Zeuxine nervosa (Wall. ex Lindl.) Benth. ex Trimen
Zeuxine nervosa (Wall. ex Lindl.) Benth. ex Trimen 1885
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EARLY
Common Name The Nerved Zeuxine [refers to the variegated leaves] - In China Fang Xiang Xian Zhu Lan
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, China, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea and the Philippines in shady locales in tropical rain, evergreen hill and seasonal evergreen forests or along ravines at elevations of 100 to 1400 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with a stem carrying 3 to 7, ovate to ovate-elliptic, green and usually with a white midrib above, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter and early spring on an erect, terminal, laxly several flowered, pubescent inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, red-brown, hairy bracts and carrying small, fragrant flowers
Synonyms Adenostylis formosana (Rolfe) Hayata 1917; Adenostylis zamboangensis Ames 1923; Haplochilus nervosus (Wall. ex Lindl.) D.Dietr. 1852; Hetaeria nervosa Lindl. ex Wall. 1832; Heterozeuxine nervosa (Wall. ex Lindl.) T.Hashim. 1986; *Monochilus nervosus Wall. ex Lindl.1840; Zeuxine assamica I.Barua & K.Barua 1997; Zeuxine cognata Ohwi & T.Koyama 1957; Zeuxine fluvida Fukuy 1933; Zeuxine formosana Rolfe 1895; Zeuxine hengchuanense S.S.Ying 1977; Zeuxine somai Tuyama 1936; Zeuxine vittata Rolfe ex Downie 1925; Zeuxine zamboangensis (Ames) Ames 1938
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