Dendrobium falconeri

Dendrobium falconeri
1857 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D. falconeri
Binomial name
Dendrobium falconeri
Hook. (1856)
Synonyms[2]
  • Callista falconeri (Hook.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Dendrobium erythroglossum Hayata (1914)
  • Dendrobium falconeri albidulum Rchb.f.
  • Dendrobium falconeri var. robustum Rchb.f.
  • Dendrobium falconeri var. giganteum B.S.Williams
  • Dendrobium falconeri var. albidulum (Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams
  • Dendrobium falconeri var. senapatianum C.Deori, Gogoi & A.A.Mao

Dendrobium falconeri, known as the Falconer's Dendrobium is a species of orchid native to Asia.

It is native to southern China (Hunan, Yunnan), Taiwan, the Eastern Himalayas (Bhutan), Northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Sikkim), and northern Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam).[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865) - Curtis's botanical magazine vol. 84 (ser. 3 nr. 14) tab. 5058
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Averyanov, L. & Averyanova, A. (2005). Rare species of orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Vietnam. Turczaninowia 8: 39-97.
  4. Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  5. Flora of China v 25 p 377, 串珠石斛 chuan zhu shi hu, Dendrobium falconeri Hooker, Bot. Mag. 82: ad t. 4944. 1856.

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