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  1. Family: Orchidaceae Juss.

    1. Dendrobium Sw.

        2. This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific and New Zealand.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kermadec Is., Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia

    Introduced into:

    Cuba, Hawaii, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Trinidad-Tobago

    Accepted Species

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Dendrobium Sw. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Sep 1, 2010 Du, N.V. et al. [HNK 3347], Vietnam K000396208
    Oct 1, 2005 Forman, L.L. [1207], Brunei 55300.000
    Oct 1, 2005 de Vogel, E. [9042], Borneo 56532.000
    Jul 1, 2003 Hunt, P.F. [2322a], Solomon Is. 29883.000
    Jul 1, 2003 Kerr, A.D., Laos 32300.000
    Feb 1, 2001 Mahyar, U. [5166], Indonesia 62372.000
    Dec 1, 2000 Sands, M.J.S. [6412], Indonesia 71892.000
    18037.000
    18042.000
    18044.000
    18048.000
    Indonesia 18049.000
    18050.000
    19369.000
    19374.000
    Indonesia 19918.000
    Indonesia 19923.000
    20891.000
    New Guinea 20895.000
    20897.000
    22543.000
    Papua New Guinea 39803.000
    43342.000
    43928.000
    Solomon Is. 50055.000
    Thailand 58666.000
    74466.000
    75944.000
    75942.000
    75946.000
    Cruttwell, N.E.G. [870], Papua New Guinea 31044.000
    Mason, L.M. [2630], New Caledonia 26332.015
    Mason, L.M. [1768], New Guinea 28632.000
    Mason, L.M. [1810], New Guinea 28646.000
    Mason, L.M. [2253], New Guinea 31931.000
    Mason, L.M. [2385], New Caledonia 32480.000
    Mason, L.M. [2613], New Caledonia 32686.000
    Mason, L.M. [2312] 32972.000
    Mason, L.M. [2765], New Guinea 34453.000
    Sands, M.J.S. [118], Indonesia 6049.267
    Sands, M.J.S. [141], Indonesia 6049.270
    Cribb, P.J. [S 57] 43117.000
    Cribb, P.J. [S 152], Papua New Guinea 44071.000
    Cribb, P.J. [S 160], Papua New Guinea 44074.000
    Cribb, P.J. [S 132], Papua New Guinea 44076.000
    Cribb, P.J. [17], Vanuatu 53169.000
    Comber, J.B. [1719], Indonesia 52870.000
    Kerr, A.D. [371], Laos 32297.000
    Kerr, A.D. [1602], Laos 32299.000
    Kerr, A.D. [1144], Laos 32304.000
    Kerr, A.D. [476], Laos 32312.000
    Kerr, A.D. [804], Laos 32335.000
    Kerr, A.D. [732], Laos 32398.000
    Millar, A.N. [NGF 38407], New Guinea 36103.000
    Cribb, P. [5145], Solomon Is. 48687.000
    Chadim, V.A. [CH 176], New Guinea 28668.000
    Reeve, T. [386], Papua New Guinea 44754.000
    Reeve, T. [387], Papua New Guinea 44756.000
    Milliken, W. [1080], Sulawesi 73094.000
    Rokuja [Mason 2232] 31820.000
    Tan, K., Indonesia 36441.000
    Lavarack, P.S., Australia 37024.000
    Sholtes, P., Philippines 36472.000
    Morrison, A. [in PNGH 44C], Papua New Guinea 41941.000
    Reeve, T.M. [841], Papua New Guinea 47289.000
    Dickson [MD 145], Indonesia 60976.000
    Dickson [MD 220], Indonesia 60993.000
    Dickson, M. [MD 170], Indonesia 60970.000
    Dickson, M. [MD 226], Indonesia 60975.000
    Stocker, G., Malaysia 61225.000
    Woody, B. [14], Indonesia 54582.000
    Lewis, B.A. [23], Solomon Is. 56570.000
    Mursidawati, S. [21], Indonesia 61362.000
    Mursidawati, S. [557], Indonesia 61366.000
    Mursidawati, S. [1074], Indonesia 61367.000
    Mursidawati, S. [214], Indonesia 61372.000
    DeVogel, E.F. [1704], Brunei 74616.000
    74353.000
    Yong, R. [279], Malaysia 77576.000
    Chase, M.W.C. [83191] 75228.000
    Chase, M.W.C. [75275] 75275.000
    Bario 77192.000
    TCB [223] 76110.000
    s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.], Nepal K001132576
    s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.], Assam K001132575
    s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132571
    Roelfsema, T [s.n.], Fiji 66794.000
    Epigeneium 10783.000
    Vermeulen, J.J. [26486], Malaysia Epigeneium 76441.000
    DeVogel, E.F. [1909], Brunei Epigeneium 77243.000
    DeVogel, E.F. [1904a], Brunei Epigeneium 77244.000
    DeVogel, E.F. [1131], Malaysia Epigeneium 77245.000
    DeVogel, E.F. [1199], Malaysia Epigeneium 77246.000
    Roelfsema Wageningen [980359], Malaysia Epigeneium 76440.000
    Roelfsema, T. [970258], Malaysia Epigeneium 76439.000
    Schuiteman, A. [933144], Malaysia Epigeneium 77242.000
    Jul 1, 2003 Hunt, P.F. [2926], Solomon Is. Diplocaulobium 29884.000
    Diplocaulobium 19927.000
    Diplocaulobium 19928.000
    Diplocaulobium 19929.000
    Cribb, P.J. [S 155], Papua New Guinea Diplocaulobium 43135.000
    Cribb, P.J. [S 130], Papua New Guinea Diplocaulobium 44075.000
    Milliken, W. [1219], Indonesia Diplocaulobium 62982.000
    Milliken, W. [1222], Indonesia Diplocaulobium 63116.000
    Dickson [MD 218], Indonesia Diplocaulobium 60971.000
    Lewis, B.A. [21], Solomon Is. Diplocaulobium 57265.000
    Feb 1, 1998 Yong, R. [117], Malaysia Flickingeria 70810.000
    Borneo Flickingeria 6130.000
    Cribb, P. [263], Indonesia Flickingeria 56591.000
    de Vogel, E. [9237], Malaysia Flickingeria 56742.000
    de Vogel, E. [9169], Malaysia Flickingeria 56745.000
    de Vogel, E.F. [941], Borneo Flickingeria 71967.000
    Flickingeria 62464.000
    Gravendeel, B. [982181], Sarawak Flickingeria 62149.000
    Gravendeel, B. [982180], Sarawak Flickingeria 62150.000
    Jul 1, 2003 Hunt, P.F. [2926], Solomon Is. Cadetia 28832.000
    New Guinea Cadetia 21068.000
    Cruttwell, N.E.G. [92], Papua New Guinea Cadetia 22531.000
    Sands, M.J.S. [1123], Papua New Guinea Cadetia 9108.013
    Cribb, P.J. [S 150], Papua New Guinea Cadetia 44080.000
    Milliken, W. [1329], Indonesia Cadetia 60020.000
    Johns, R. [s.n.], Indonesia Cadetia 71539.000
    Mursidawati, S. [641], Indonesia Cadetia 61369.000

    Bibliography

    First published in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 82 (1799)

    Accepted by

    • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2014). Genera Orchidacearum 6: 1-544. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
    • Adams, P.B. (2011). Systematics of Dendrobiinae (Orchidaceae), with special reference to Australian taxa Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 105-126.
    • Schuiteman, A. (2011). Dendrobium (Orchidaceae): To split or not to split? Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 63: 245-257.
    • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
    • Wood, H.P. (2006). The Dendrobiums: 1-847. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell.
    • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

    Sources

    Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
    The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0