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Dendrobium lituiflorum

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Bent-racemed dendrobium
1872 illustration[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. lituiflorum
Binomial name
Dendrobium lituiflorum
Synonyms[2]
  • Dendrobium hanburyanum Rchb.f.
  • Callista lituiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze

Dendrobium lituiflorum, the bent-racemed dendrobium, is a species of orchid. It is native to southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi), the Himalayas (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bangladesh) and northern Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam).[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) ed. - "Curtis's botanical magazine" vol. 99 (ser. 3 nr. 29) tab. 6050
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Flora of China v 25 p 380, 喇叭唇石斛 la ba chun shi hu, Dendrobium lituiflorum Lindley, Gard. Chron. 1856: 372. 1856.
  4. ^ Averyanov, L.V. & Averyanova, A.L. (2003). Updated Checklist of the Orchids of Vietnam: 1-101. Vietnam National University Publishing House, Hanoi.