Orchidaceae
Dendrobium

Dendrobium rhombeum Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 17 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Philippines. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Philippines

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clements, M. & Cootes, J. (2009). The systematics of the Orchidaceae for Flora Malesiana II: Miscellaneous Dendrobieae from the Philippines. Orchideen Journal 16: 19.
  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Dendrobium heterocarpum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clements, M. & Cootes, J. (2009). The systematics of the Orchidaceae for Flora Malesiana II: Miscellaneous Dendrobieae from the Philippines. Orchideen Journal 16: 19.
  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0