Eulophia nuda Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.

S. P., Bramhadande, Nandikar, M. D., Scottish, The & Dalzell, N. A., 2023, Nicholas Dalzell’s orchids in western India, Rheedea 33 (3), pp. 174-192 : 183

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scientific name	Eulophia nuda Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.
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Eulophia nuda Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. View in CoL 180. 1833. Syntypes: India Orientali , in Morang hills (present day Nepal), Hamilton s.n. (K [K000960023!]; E [E00394250!]).

A terrestrial orchid, which widely occurs in India and Southeast Asia, can be recognized with the help of characters like spherical corms, hysteranthous habit, purple to maroon flowers, and the presence of a prominent column foot.

Three sheets are housed at K and DD. The sheet K000078323 has Dalzell’s label as ‘ Eulophia bicolor ’, the ‘Herbarium Hookerianum stamp’ and Hooker’s annotation as ‘Bombay Dalzell’. Although the name E. bicolor is crossed out by someone, the remarks by Robert Allen Rolfe (R. A. R) on the sheet clearly suggest the specimen is the type of Eulophia bicolor . We have therefore selected this sheet as the lectotype. Another collection at K presented by Mrs. Dalzell is yet to be digitized, it does not bear Dalzell’s annotations. The specimen at DD (172598) is perhaps a duplicate of the latter. 9. Habenaria candida Dalzell View in CoL , Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 262. 1850. Lectotype (designated here): INDIA , Bombay, s.d, Dalzell s.n. (K [K000247458!]); Residual syntypes: (K [K000061925!, K001097957!]).