Dendrobium aduncum

Angelfish Orchid
1846 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D. aduncum
Binomial name
Dendrobium aduncum
Lindl. (1842)
Synonyms[2]
  • Callista adunca (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Dendrobium faulhaberianum Schltr. (1911)
  • Dendrobium oxyanthum Gagnep. (1930)
  • Dendrobium aduncum var. faulhaberianum (Schltr.) Tang & F.T.Wang (1951)

The Angelfish Orchid or Inward-bent Dendrobium (Dendrobium aduncum) is a species of orchid. It is native to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan), the eastern Himalayas (Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Myanmar), and northern Indochina (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam).[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Miss Drake (1803-1857) del. , G. Barclay sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 32 (NS 9) plate 15 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/243242)
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famiiles
  3. ↑ Flora of China v 25 p 389, 钩状石斛 gou zhuang shi hu, Dendrobium aduncum Wallich ex Lindley, Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 58. 1842.
  4. ↑ Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  5. ↑ Khyanjeet Gogoi. 2011. Dendrobium of ‘Joypur Reserve Forest’ of Dibrugarh District of Assam, India. NeBIO (2011) Vol. 2(1):20-26

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