Dendrobium aphyllum

Leafless Dendrobium
1836 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D. aphyllum
Binomial name
Dendrobium aphyllum
(Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. (1928)
Synonyms[2]
  • Limodorum aphyllum Roxb. (1795) (Basionym)
  • Cymbidium aphyllum (Roxb.) Sw. (1799)
  • Epidendrum aphyllum (Roxb.) Poir. (1810)
  • Dendrobium cucullatum R.Br. (1821)
  • Dendrobium pierardii Roxb. ex Hook. (1822)
  • Dendrobium macrostachyum Lindl. (1830)
  • Dendrobium tetrodon Rchb.f. ex Lindl. (1859)
  • Dendrobium stuartii F.M.Bailey (1884)
  • Dendrobium pierardii var. cucullatum (R.Br.) Hook.f. (1890)
  • Callista aphylla (Roxb.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Callista macrostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Callista stuartii (F.M.Bailey) Kuntze, (1891)
  • Callista tetrodon (Rchb.f. ex Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Dendrobium gamblei King & Pantl. (1897)
  • Dendrobium viridicatum Ridl. (1899)
  • Dendrobium tetrodon var. vanvuurenii J.J.Sm. (1920)
  • Dendrobium whiteanum T.E.Hunt (1951)
  • Dendrobium madrasense A.D.Hawkes (1963)
  • Dendrobium aphyllum var. cucullatum (R.Br.) P.K.Sarkar (1984)
  • Dendrobium aphyllum var. katakianum I.Barua (2001)

The Leafless Dendrobium (Dendrobium aphyllum) is a species of orchid. It is native to southern China, the eastern Himalayas, and Indochina.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Miss Drake (1803-1857) del., J. Watts sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 22 plate 1865 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/240337)
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Flora of China v 25 p 379, 兜唇石斛 dou chun shi hu, Dendrobium cucullatum R. Brown, Bot. Reg. 7: ad t. 548. 1821. (synonym of Dendrobium aphyllum)


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