Dendrobium hookerianum

Dendrobium hookerianum is a species of orchid, native to Asia, in the genus Dendrobium.

Dendrobium hookerianum
1872 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. hookerianum
Binomial name
Dendrobium hookerianum
Synonyms[2]
  • Dendrobium fimbriatum var. bimaculosum Tang & F.T.Wang
  • Dendrobium chrysotis Rchb.f.
  • Callista hookeriana (Lindl.) Kuntze

Distribution

The plant is native to the eastern Himalayas region.

It is found in Tibet, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, northeastern India in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, and China in Yunnan.[2][3][4]

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References

  1. Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911) - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 99 (ser. 3 nr. 29) tab. 6013
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Flora of China v 25 p 383, 金耳石斛 jin er shi hu, Dendrobium hookerianum Lindley, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 8. 1858.
  4. Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.


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