Dendrobium formosum

Dendrobium formosum (beautiful giant-flowered dendrobium) is a species of orchid.

Beautiful giant-flowered dendrobium
1839 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. formosum
Binomial name
Dendrobium formosum
Roxb. ex Lindl. (1830)
Synonyms[2]
  • Dendrobium formosum var. giganteum W.Bull
  • Callista formosa (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Kuntze

It is native to the Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, India, Bangladesh), northern Indochina (Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam) and the Andaman Islands, and widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

It is the emblem of Ranong Province in Thailand.

References

  1. Miss Drake (1803-1857) del. , G. Barclay sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 25 (NS 2) plate 64 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/241251)
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Hossain, A.B.M. (2002). A Taxonomic report on the genus Dendrobium Sw.. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 9(2): 47-55.
  4. Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  5. Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India
  6. Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  7. Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.


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