https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Pteroceras_muriculatumPteroceras muriculatum - Revision history2026-08-17T23:44:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pteroceras_muriculatum&diff=249828&oldid=prev->ShortDescBot: ShortDescBot adding short description "Species of orchid"2021-03-08T20:07:16Z<p><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:ShortDescBot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:ShortDescBot (page does not exist)">ShortDescBot</a> adding <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a> "Species of orchid"</p>
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| image = Pteroceras muriculatum (as Thrixspermum muriculatum) - Xenia 3 pl 227.jpg<br />
| genus = Pteroceras<br />
| species = muriculatum<br />
| authority = (Rchb. f.) P. F. Hunt<br />
| synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=170405 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><br />
| synonyms = {{Specieslist<br />
|Sarcochilus muriculatus|Rchb.f.<br />
|Thrixspermum muriculatum|(Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.<br />
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|}}<br />
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'''''Pteroceras muriculatum''''' is an endemic endangered [[orchid]] reported from the [[Andaman Islands]] in the [[Bay of Bengal]]. This insular orchid was first described by [[Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach|Reichenbach]] in 1881 as ''Thrixspermum muriculatum'' Rchb. f. based on a few specimens procured during the latter part of 19th century by Mr W. Bull. This taxon has not been reported until 2005 after the type collection. During the floristic survey of South [[Andaman Islands]] carried out by Sam Mathew for the 'Flora India Project' of the [[Botanical Survey of India]], this [[taxon]] was relocated in 1993 from the semievergreen forests at Chidiyatappu region. ''Pteroceras muriculatum'' (Reichb. f.) P. F. Hunt is a beautiful small [[Epiphyte|epiphytic]] orchid having creamy white flowers with distinct transverse purple bands on petals. A living specimen collected from South Andaman Island is conserving at the Field Gene Bank of Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Trivandrum, India.<ref>Mathew, S. P., A. Mohandas & G. M. Nair 2005:''Pteroceras muriculatum''(Reichb. f.) P. F. Hunt - A vanishing endemic orchid from the Andaman islands, India, Orchid Digest 69: 35-36.</ref><ref>Pedersen H. E 1993: The genus Pteroceras - a taxonomic revision, Opera Botanica vol. 117</ref><ref>Vestweber, K. H.2005: Die Gattung Pteroceras Hasselt ex Hassk., Journal Fur Den Orchideenfreund 12: 305-333</ref><br />
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