Orchidaceae
Dendrobium

Dendrobium comatum (Blume) Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 76 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. & S. Taiwan, S. Vietnam to W. Pacific. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Vuong, T.B. & al. (2019). New records for the orchid flora of Vietnam from Phu Quoc national park. Malesian Orchid Journal 23: 113-119.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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 Flickingeria comata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Vuong, T.B. & al. (2019). New records for the orchid flora of Vietnam from Phu Quoc national park. Malesian Orchid Journal 23: 113-119.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Ledermann, C.L. [13460] Micronesia, Federated States of Flickingeria comata K001085535 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cribb, P. [1819] Vanuatu Flickingeria comata K:SPC-53634.000 No
Vanuatu Flickingeria comata K:SPC-53631.000 No
Papua New Guinea Flickingeria comata K:SPC-21100.000 No
Cribb [1909] Solomon Islands Flickingeria comata K:SPC-52842.000 No
Green, P.S. [RSNH 1346B] Vanuatu Flickingeria comata K:SPC-33753.000 No
Hunt, P.F. [2365] Solomon Islands Flickingeria comata K:SPC-28428.000 No
Lamb, A. [AL776/87] Malaysia Flickingeria comata K:SPC-72843.000 No
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [627] Solomon Islands Flickingeria comata K:SPC-09729.000 No
Wickison, S. [42] Solomon Islands Flickingeria comata K:SPC-50859.000 No
Sprunger, S.S. [121 b] New Caledonia Flickingeria comata K:SPC-51922.000 No
Mitchell, R. [57] Solomon Islands Flickingeria comata K:SPC-50783.000 No
Chaplin, G. [807] Solomon Islands Flickingeria comata K:SPC-49246.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images