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A critical study of literature coupled with the study of type and living materials has necessitated the transfer of Herminium angustilabre King & Pantl., Herminium josephi Rchb. f., Herminium kalimpongense Pradhan and Herminium monophyllum (D. Don) P. F. Hunt & Summerh. to the genus Androcorys Schltr. and Herminium orbiculare Hook. f. to the genus Peristylus Blume. The necessary new combinations are proposed.

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The authors thank the Director, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata for facilities and encouragement. Thanks are also duly acknowledged to the AICOPTAX authorities, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi for financial assistance.

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  1. Botanical Survey of India, Northern Circle,192-Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun, 248 195, India

    D. K. Agrawala & H. J. Chowdhery

  2. Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, 711 103, India

    S. Chaudhury

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Agrawala, D.K., Chowdhery, H.J. & Chaudhury, S. New combinations in Indian Orchidaceae. Kew Bull 65, 105–106 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-010-9179-2

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