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| Eulophia obtusa | |
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| With bloomed flower in Bangladesh | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Eulophia |
| Species: | E. obtusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eulophia obtusa | |
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Eulophia obtusa, a showy and distinctive species of orchid, popularly known as the ground orchid, recorded from Bangladesh,[2] North India and Nepal (Sourav, M.S.H, et al. 2017). This orchid growing in seasonally in grassland. It is a grass associated orchid species. A Bangladesh based renowned botanist and ornithologist Md Sharif Hossain Sourav[3][4][5] first described this rare species from Bangladesh in 2017 (Sourav, M.S.H, et al. 2017). There are only three collections in the Kew Herbarium dates from 1902, which suggests that it is quite a rare species. It is assessed as critically endangered (CR)[2] in Bangladesh according to the IUCN Red Listing criteria. Very recently this species was rediscovered in India after 118 years.[3]
- ^ a b "Eulophia obtusa". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ a b Sourav, Md Sharif Hossain; Halder, Ronald; Kumar, Pankaj; Schuiteman, André (2017-04-20). "Eulophia obtusa (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Cymbideae) an addition to the flora of Bangladesh, with notes on its ecology and conservation status". Kew Bulletin. 72 (2): 19. doi:10.1007/s12225-017-9689-2. ISSN 1874-933X. S2CID 19457576.
- ^ a b "The Story Of A Rare Orchid That Reappeared In India After 118 Years". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- ^ Kanwardeep Singh (Jul 5, 2020). "Rare orchid species blooms in India after 118-year hiatus | Bareilly News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- ^ জানাতে, cosmicculture science: বিজ্ঞানকে জানতে ও. "নতুন অর্কিড পেল বাংলাদেশ - সৌরভ মাহমুদ". cosmicculture.science: বিজ্ঞানকে জানতে ও জানাতে. Retrieved 2020-10-04.