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Dendrobium
Dendrobium is a huge genus of orchids. It was established by Olof Swartz in 1799 and today contains about 1,200 species. The genus occurs in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including China, Japan, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Vietnam, and many of the islands of the Pacific. The name is from the Greek dendron ("tree") and bios ("life"); it means "one who lives on trees", or, essentially, "epiphyte".
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Australian Dendrobiums
sectionDendrocoryne
Soft Cane Dendrobiums
sectionDendrobium
Pencil Orchids
sectionDockrillia
Phalaenopsis-Type Dendrobiums
sectionPhalaenanthe
Crumenata
sectionCrumenata
Winika
sectionWinika
Antelope-type Dendrobiums
sectionSpatulata
Densiflorum
sectionDensiflorum
Nigro-hirsute Dendrobiums
sectionFormosae
Holochrysa
sectionHolochrysa
Calyptrochilus
sectionCalyptrochilus
Aporum
sectionAporum
Epigeneium
sectionEpigeneium
Pedilonum
sectionPedilonum
Calcarifera
sectionCalcarifera
Fytchianthe
sectionFytchianthe
Stachyobium
sectionStachyobium
Monophyllaea
sectionMonophyllaea
Grastidium
sectionGrastidium
Latouria Dendrobiums
sectionLatouria
Distichophyllum
sectionDistichophyllum
Flickingeria
sectionFlickingeria
Macrocladium
sectionMacrocladium
Eleutheroglossum
sectionEleutheroglossum
Breviflores
sectionBreviflores
Cadetia
sectionCadetia
Dendrobium Section Herbacea
sectionHerbacea
Diplocaulobium
sectionDiplocaulobium
Brevisaccata
sectionBrevisaccata
Platycaulon
sectionPlatycaulon
Conostalix
sectionConostalix
Dendrobates
sectionDendrobates
Kinetochilus
sectionKinetochilus
Tetrodon
sectionTetrodon
Dolichocentrum
sectionDolichocentrum
Finetianthe
sectionFinetianthe
Bolbodium
sectionBolbodium
Dendrobium hawkesii
speciesDendrobium hawkesii
Monanthos
sectionMonanthos
Fugacia
sectionFugacia
Dendrobium huoshanense
speciesDendrobium huoshanense
Amblyanthus
sectionAmblyanthus
Inobulbon
sectionInobulbon
Biloba
sectionBiloba
Dendrobium shixingense
speciesDendrobium shixingense
Dendrobium amphigenyum
speciesDendrobium amphigenyum
Stuposa
sectionStuposa
Dendrobium × superbiens
hybridDendrobium × superbiens
Pleianthe
sectionPleianthe
Microphytanthe
sectionMicrophytanthe
Dendrobium mekynosepalum
speciesDendrobium mekynosepalum
Dendrobium tridentatum
speciesDendrobium tridentatum
Dendrobium hymenanthum
speciesDendrobium hymenanthum
Dendrobium rhipidolobum
speciesDendrobium rhipidolobum
Dendrobium ritaeanum
speciesDendrobium ritaeanum
Dendrobium dangioanum
speciesDendrobium dangioanum
Dendrobium latipetalum
speciesDendrobium latipetalum
Dendrobium ventripes
speciesDendrobium ventripes
Dendrobium jinghuanum
speciesDendrobium jinghuanum
Dendrobium lancilobum
speciesDendrobium lancilobum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jean Jules Linden — Pescatorea: iconographie des orchidées (1860)
Jean Jules Linden · 1860 · p.169
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.52
Rare Asiatic Plants, Vol. 1
Nathaniel Wallich · 1830 · p.87
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.99
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.72
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.72
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 16)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.6
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67757.