Eulophia dabia

Eulophia dabia is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native from Afghanistan to south China and the Nicobar Islands.^[1] It was first described by David Don in 1825 as Bletia dabia.^[2]

Eulophia dabia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Eulophia
Species:	E. dabia
Binomial name
Eulophia dabia (D.Don) Hochr.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Bletia dabia D.Don Cyrtopera densiflora (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Eulophia campestris Wall. ex Lindl. Eulophia densiflora Lindl. Eulophia faberi Rolfe Eulophia hemileuca Lindl. Eulophia hormusjii Duthie Eulophia ramentacea (Roxb.) Lindl. Eulophia rupestris Wall. ex Lindl. Eulophia turkestanica (Litv.) Schltr. Geodorum ramentaceum (Roxb.) Voigt Graphorkis campestris (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze Graphorkis dabia (D.Don) Kuntze Graphorkis densiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze Graphorkis rupestris (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze Limodorum dabia (D.Don) Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Limodorum ramentaceum Roxb. Limodorum turkestanicum Litv.

Distribution

Eulophia dabia is native to Afghanistan, China (south-central, southeast and Hainan), the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, the east and west Himalayas, the Indian region, Nepal and Pakistan), and Central Asia (Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan).^[1]

Conservation

Eulophia faberi was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 2004 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to China.^[3] As of February 2023^[update], E. faberi was regarded as a synonym of Eulophia dabia, which has a much wider distribution.^[1]