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ZEUXINE Lindl.

A genus with 90–100 species in world; 19 species in India.

Distribution in India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala,bMadhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

I). Section Zeuxine Lindl.
[including sect. Euzeuxine, sect. Cionisaccus]

Species:

1. Zeuxine lindleyana A.N. Rao

Phenology: January–February; March–May.

Distribution in India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal; Endemic.

2. Zeuxine membranacea Lindl.

Phenology: November–January (–February).

Distribution in India: Assam, Bihar, West Bengal.

3. Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schltr.

Phenology: September–June.

Distribution in India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

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II) Section Psychechilos (Breda) Blume
[including sect. Lathrodus, sect. Monochilus]

Species:

4. Zeuxine affinis (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook. f.

Phenology: September–May.

Distribution in India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha; Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.

5. Zeuxine agyokuana Fukuy.

Phenology: August–November.

Distribution in India: Meghalaya, West Bengal.

6. Zeuxine andamanica King & Pantl.

Phenology: January–April.

Distribution in India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Endemic.

7. Zeuxine chowdheryi Av. Bhattacharjee & Sabap.

Phenology: February–July.

Distribution in India: Tamil Nadu; Endemic.

8. Zeuxine clandestina Blume

Phenology: March–April, November–December.

Distribution in India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam.

9. Zeuxine flava (Wall. ex Lindl.) Trimen

Phenology: January–September.

Distribution in India: Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.

10. Zeuxine glandulosa King & Pantl.

Phenology: March–April.

Distribution in India: Arunachal Pradesh?, Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal.

11. Zeuxine goodyeroides Lindl.

Phenology: July–February.

Distribution in India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal.

12. Zeuxine gracilis (Breda) Blume

Phenology: January–April; September–October.

Distribution in India: Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.

13. Zeuxine grandis Seidenf.

Phenology: January–May.

Distribution in India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.

14. Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Trimen

Phenology: December–June.

Distribution in India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar/Jharkhand?, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal.

15. Zeuxine mooneyi S. Misra

Phenology: January - 

Distribution in India: Odisha; Endemic.

16. Zeuxine nervosa (Wall. ex Lindl.) Benth. ex Trimen

Phenology: November–June.

Distribution in India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal.

17. Zeuxine parvifolia (Ridl.) K. Schum. & Fedde 

Phenology: February–May.

Distribution in India: Assam

18. Zeuxine reflexa King & Pantl.

Phenology: February–May.

Distribution in India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal.

19. Zeuxine rolfiana King & Pantl.

Phenology: March–April.

Distribution in India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Endemic.

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