Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch.
First published in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 1416 (1928)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nepal to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
Recorded in error in:
West Himalaya
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Callista aphylla (Roxb.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 653 (1891)
- Cymbidium aphyllum (Roxb.) Sw. in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 6: 73 (1799)
- Epidendrum aphyllum (Roxb.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 371 (1810)
- Limodorum aphyllum Roxb. in Pl. Coromandel 1: 34 (1795)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Dendrobium aphyllum var. cucullatum (R.Br.) P.K.Sarkar in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5: 1007 (1984)
- Dendrobium aphyllum var. katakianum I.Barua in Orchid Fl. Kamrup Distr. Assam: 170 (2001)
- Dendrobium cucullatum R.Br. in Bot. Reg. 7: t. 548 (1821)
- Dendrobium madrasense A.D.Hawkes in Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 25: 102 (1963), nom. illeg.
- Dendrobium oxyphyllum Gagnep. in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 21: 743 (1950)
- Dendrobium pierardii R.Br. in Bot. Reg. 7: t. 548 (1821)
- Dendrobium pierardii var. cucullatum (R.Br.) Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 5(2): 738 (1890), nom. illeg.
- Dendrobium pierardii var. latifolium F.Buyss. in L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 320 (1878)
- Pierardia bicolor Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 41 (1838), nom. superfl.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New and rare orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Turczaninowia 19: 5-58.
- Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2018). New and rare orchid species (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 49: 24-41.
- Deb, C.R. & Imchen, T. (2008). Orchid Diversity of Nagaland: 1-288. SciChem Publishing House, Udaipur, India.
- Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hossain, A.B.M. (2002). A Taxonomic report on the genus Dendrobium Sw.. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 9(2): 47-55.
- Jalal, J.S. & Jayanthi, J. (2015). An annotated checklist of the orchids of western himalaya, India. Lankesteriana 15: 7-50.
- Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
- Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
- Pandey, R.P. (2009). Floristic diversity of Ferrargunj forest area in South Andaman. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 747-768.
- Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
- Schuiteman, A. (2011). The strange case of Dendrobium aphyllum. The Orchid Review 119: 104-110.
- Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
- Wood, H.P. (2006). The Dendrobiums: 1-847. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Kew Species Profiles
- Christenson, E.A. & Wood, H.P. (2003). The mystery of Limodorum aphyllum: resolving lingering taxonomic problems concerning two dendrobiums. AOS Orchids 72: 774-777.
- Hooker, W.J. (1822). Exotic Flora, Volume I (Plate 9). William Blackwood, Edinburgh.
- Lavarack, B., Harris, W. & Stocker, G. (2000). Dendrobium and its relatives. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
- Roxburgh, W. (1795). Plants of the Coast of Coromandel, Volume I (Plate 41). George Nicol, London.
- Schuiteman, A. (2011). The strange case of Dendrobium aphyllum. Orchid Review 119: 104-110.
- Seidenfaden, G. (1985). Orchid genera in Thailand. XII. Dendrobium Sw. Opera Botanica 83: 1-295.
- Wood, H. P. (2006). The Dendrobiums. A.R.G. Gantner, Ruggell, Liechtenstein
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Averyanov, L.V. & al. (2016). New and rare orchids (Orchidaceae) in the flora of Cambodia and Laos. Turczaninowia 19: 5-58.
- Jalal, J.S. & Jayanthi, J. (2015). An annotated checklist of the orchids of western himalaya, India. Lankesteriana 15: 7-50.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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17901.000 | No | ||||
Myanmar | 17902.000 | No | |||
17903.000 | No | ||||
17906.000 | No | ||||
India | 19317.000 | No | |||
India | 19783.000 | No | |||
20843.000 | No | ||||
20844.000 | No | ||||
20845.000 | No | ||||
Senaratna, J.E. [310] | 20847.000 | No | |||
25955.000 | No | ||||
Kerr, A.D. [1014/1036], India | 29866.000 | No | |||
6111.000 | No | ||||
9332.000 | No | ||||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2007], Myanmar | Dendrobium pierardii | K001114891 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2007] | Dendrobium pierardii | K001114889 | Yes | ||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2007] | Dendrobium pierardii | K001114887 | Yes | ||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2007] | Dendrobium pierardii | K001114892 | Yes | ||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2007] | Dendrobium pierardii | K001114888 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2007] | Dendrobium pierardii | K001114890 | Yes |
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Kew Species Profiles
- Kew Species Profiles
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