Orchids in Eastern Ghats (India). 2018. illus.(col.). 320 p. Paper bd.

General chapters on geology, soil, climate, vegetation, etc. Key to the genera and species, followed by systematic enumeration. A total of 197 taxa belonging to 66 genera of Orchidaceae have been systematically enumerated. Under each species, citation according to latest ICN, synonyms to connect to national and regional floras, type, etymology, detailed description, flowering and fruiting season, habitat, distribution (world, India, Eastern Ghats) and specimens examined have been given. All the references to orchids of Eastern Ghats have been given at the end. Good color photographs for all the species available in Eastern Ghats. For some species line diagrams are given instead. Endemic and threat categories have been mentioned. An index to genera and species is given at the end.