Dendrobium aphyllum

Dendrobium aphyllum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Dendrobieae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: Dendrobium aphyllum

Name

Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 1416 (1928).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Limodorum aphyllum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 34 (1795).
• Homotypic
  • Cymbidium aphyllum (Roxb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 73 (1799).
  • Epidendrum aphyllum (Roxb.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 371 (1810).
  • Callista aphylla (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 653 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Dendrobium cucullatum R.Br., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 548 (1821).
  • Dendrobium pierardii R.Br., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 548 (1821).
  • Pierardia bicolor Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 41 (1838), nom. superfl.
  • Dendrobium pierardii var. latifolium F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 320 (1878).
  • Dendrobium pierardii var. cucullatum (R.Br.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5(2): 738 (1890), nom. illeg.
  • Dendrobium oxyphyllum Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 21: 743 (1950).
  • Dendrobium madrasense A.D.Hawkes, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 25: 102 (1963), nom. illeg.
  • Dendrobium aphyllum var. cucullatum (R.Br.) P.K.Sarkar, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5: 1007 (1984).
  • Dendrobium aphyllum var. katakianum I.Barua, Orchid Fl. Kamrup Distr. Assam: 170 (2001).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Peninsular Malaysia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fischer, C.E.C. 1928. Flora of the Presidency of Madras 8: 1416.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Dendrobium aphyllum. Accessed: 2023 Jun 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Dendrobium aphyllum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jun 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Dendrobium aphyllum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jun 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 626817-1. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Dendrobium aphyllum. Accessed: 8 Jun 2023 626817-1.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Dendrobium aphyllum. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jun 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Dendrobium aphyllum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jun 2023.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: পাতাহীন ডেনড্রোবিয়াম
English: Hooded orchid
日本語: デンドロビウム・アフィルム
Tiếng Việt: Hạc vĩ
中文: 四照花, 兜唇石斛
中文（简体）: 兜唇石斛

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