Orchidaceae
Dendrobium

Dendrobium heterocarpum Wall. ex Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 78 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (Yunnan) to Tropical Asia. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.432.1.7. epublication.
  • Clements, M. & Cootes, J. (2009). The systematics of the Orchidaceae for Flora Malesiana II: Miscellaneous Dendrobieae from the Philippines. Orchideen Journal 16: 19.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  • Nordin, F.A. & al. (2012). Notes on new records of Orchidaceae at Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia. Folia Malaysiana 13: 53-80.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
  • Wood, J.J. & O'Byrne, P. (2014). Dendrobium of Borneo: 1-946. Natural History publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 1984 Kerr, A.F.G. [0709] Thailand K000596487 Yes
Feb 1, 1984 Kerr, A.F.G. [0819 ??] Thailand K000596486 Yes
K:SPC-19842.000 No
K:SPC-19838.000 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.] Thailand K000596489 Yes
K:SPC-17953.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000814979 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-19839.000 No
Lamb, A. [AL821/87] Malaysia K:SPC-53429.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-78067.000 No
Grey-Wilson, C.; Phillips, B. [230] Nepal K:SPC-35100.000 No
K:SPC-17957.000 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [69] Thailand K000596488 Yes
K:SPC-17956.000 No
K:SPC-06120.000 No
K:SPC-17955.000 No
K:SPC-19840.000 No
Macrae, J. [68] Sri Lanka K000814978 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-17954.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Dendrobium aureum K001132574 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images