A Checklist of the Orchidaceae of India

"This monograph is a comprehensive checklist of the orchids of India, over 1200 species, which also includes an introduction to systematics, typification, distribution, and conservation, as well as a key to genera. The book is part of the Checklist of Indian Plants, a major collaborative project spearheaded by Peter H. Raven of the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, and the Harvard University Herbaria"--

About the author

André Schuiteman is a research leader at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He has published numerous papers on the taxonomy and evolution of orchidaceae with an emphasis on tropical Asia and is currently focusing on the orchid flora of New Guinea. B. R.Kailash is a senior research associate at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment in Bangalore, India. Uttam Babu Shrestha is director at the Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies in Nepal. Naresh Swami is the author of Terrestrial Orchids, Orchids of Ziro: Arunachal Pradesh, and Hidden Treasures: Rare Plants of the Alpine Himalaya.

Product details

• Authors: B. R. Kailash, Andre Schuiteman, Uttam Babu Shrestha
• Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.07.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781935641254
• ISBN: 978-1-935641-25-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany