Thrixspermum Loureiro

Ariyarathne, W. A. M. P., Yakandawala, Deepthi, Samuel, Rosabelle & Wijesundara, Siril, 2017, Evaluating the occurrence and conservation statuses of Sri Lankan Orchids (Orchidaceae): Observations on newly recorded species and undocumented regions, Phytotaxa 308 (1), pp. 37-53 : 50

Thrixspermum Loureiro

There are three species recorded in Sri Lanka including one endemic species. Thrixspermum pulchellum [Syn: Dendrocolla pulchella Thwaites , Sarcochilus pulchellus (Thwaites) Trimen ] (VU) and the endemic species T. pugionifolium (Syn: Sarcochilus pugionifolius Hook. f. ) (LC) were observed during this study ( MOE, 2012). Thrixspermum pugionifolium was observed in Kegalle and Kithulgala (wet zone). In 1981, Jayaweera has recorded the distribution of this species in the tropical dry mixed evergreen forests in the dry zone and Fernando & Ormerod (2008) recorded as intermediate and dry zone.