Orchidaceae
Dendrobium
Dendrobium macrophyllum

Dendrobium macrophyllum var. macrophyllum

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Malesia to W. Pacific. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Vanuatu

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chase, M.W.C. [15679] Dendrobium macrophyllum var. subvelutinum K:SPC-70929.000 No
Dendrobium musciferum K:SPC-20804.000 No
Cruttwell, N.E.G. [379] Papua New Guinea Dendrobium musciferum K:SPC-17979.000 No
[NGF 35384] Dendrobium musciferum K:SPC-32420.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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