Bulbophyllum oblongum

Bulbophyllum oblongum
plate 70 in vol. I:
Nathaniel Wallich - Plantae Asiaticae Rariores
(1830)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Dendrobieae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Sectio: Bulbophyllum sect. Trias
Species: Bulbophyllum oblongum

Name

Bulbophyllum oblongum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 249 (1861).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trias oblonga Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 60 (1830).
• Heterotypic
  • Trias ovata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 60 (1830).
  • Dendrobium tripterum Wall. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 790 (1890).
  • Bulbophyllum burkillii Gage, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 2: 343 (1906).
  • Bulbophyllum manabendrae D.K.Roy, Barbhuiya & Talukdar, Phytotaxa 164: 291 (2014).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical  Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1830–1840. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants. Ridgeway, Picadilly, London, 554 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Reichenbach, H.G. 1861. Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 249.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Bulbophyllum oblongum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Sep. 25. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2016. Bulbophyllum oblongum in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Oct. 2.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Bulbophyllum oblongum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Oct. 2016. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Bulbophyllum oblongum. Published online. Accessed: 2. Oct. 2016. Reference page.
• The Plant List 2013. Bulbophyllum oblongum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Oct. 2.

Vernacular names

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