''Cryptochilus acuminatus'',

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''Eria carinata'', is a species of

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

. It is native to

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

and peninsular

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

Nudol Nudol is a phenanthrenoid of the orchids '' Eulophia nuda'', '' Eria carinata'', '' Eria stricta'' and ''Maxillaria densa ''Maxillaria densa'', the crowded maxillaria, is a species of orchid ranging from Mexico south to Nicaragua. Gymnopusin i ...

is a

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of ''C. carinatus''.Nudol, a phenanthrene of the orchids Eulophia nuda, Eria carinata and Eria stricta. S Bhandari, Phytochemistry, January 1985, volume 24, issue 4, pages 801-804,

References

Eriinae Flora of Assam (region) Flora of Bhutan Orchids of Nepal Orchids of Thailand Orchids of Vietnam Orchids of Malaysia Plants described in 1845 {{Epidendroideae-stub