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Aerides crispa

Aerides crispum

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants listIUCN: Least Concern
Aerides crispa (Aerides crispum)

Image: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith., William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · As stated on the file page · Resized

Scientific name
Aerides crispum
Family
Orchidaceae, order Asparagales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

An orchid that perches on tree trunks.

  • Spot it Sprays of fragrant white and magenta flowers.
  • Home Trees of humid hill forest.
  • Food web Insects pollinate the flowers.
  • Why it matters Orchids depend on exact pollinators and clean air, so they show a healthy forest.

Read more: Aerides crispa on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for southern Rajasthan.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a herb of the Orchidaceae family.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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