Orchidaceae
Dendrobium

Dendrobium discolor Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 27(Misc.): 21, t. 52 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sulawesi to Queensland. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland, Sulawesi

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gray, B.; Jones, D.L. [08268] Australia K000718498 Yes
K:SPC-18024.000 No
K:SPC-19911.000 No
Papua New Guinea K:SPC-47178.000 No
Bennett, J.J. [5510] Australia K001085316 Unknown Type Material Yes
Womersley, J.S.; Simmonds, N.W. [7113] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-20834.000 No
Chase [18056] Australia K:SPC-72188.000 No
Cruttwell, N.E.G. [575] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-29979.000 No
K:SPC-06117.000 No
Beccari, O. [s.n.] K001085017 Type Yes
Cribb [s.n.] Australia K:SPC-55020.000 No
[NGF. 35425] K:SPC-32438.000 No
Bennett, J.J. [s.n.] Australia K001085315 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-65248.000 No
Sands, M.; Pattison, G.; Wood, J. Papua New Guinea K:SPC-38249.000 No
[NGF 35418] K:SPC-32409.000 No

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • '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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

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    • Copyright applied to individual images