Orchid Information - Genus Dendrobium section Dendrobium

Genus Dendrobium section Dendrobium Sw., Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Scient. Upsali. ser. 2 (1799) 6.

Synonyms:

• Genus Callista Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2 (1790) 519.Type species: Callista amabilis Lour.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Actinomorpha Pradhan, Indian Orchids: Guide ldent. Cult. 2(1979) 301. Type species: Dendrobium lawanum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Aquea Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 51. Type species: Dendrobium aqueum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Aurea Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 40 Type species: Dendrobium aureum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Aurea subsect. Binocularia Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 40. Type species: Dendrobium binoculare Rchb.f.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Aurea subsect. Moniliformia Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 41, nom. invalid. Type species: Dendrobium moniliforme (L.) Sw. (basionym: Epidendrum moniliforme L.).
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Aurea subsect. Percnochila Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 40. Type species: Dendrobium heterocarpum Wall. ex Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Aurea subsect. Subcylindracea Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 41. Type species: Dendrobium chrysanthum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium. sect. Bolbodium subsect. lndivisa Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 6 (1889) 175. Type species: Dendrobium jenkinsii Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Brachyanthe Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 446.Type species: Dendrobium bicameratum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Breviflores Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5, 711 (1890) Type species: Dendrobium breviflorum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Callista (Lour.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912)444. Type species: Dendrobium amabile (Lour.) O'Brien (basionym: Callista amabilis Lour.).
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Chrysantha Rchb.f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. ( Walpers) 6 (1861) 287, nom. invalid. Type species: Dendrobium chrysanthum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Chrysotoxa Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 62. Type species: Dendrobium chrysotoxum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Densiflora Finet, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9 (1903) 205. Type species: Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium Lindl., Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1 (1851) 134, nom. illeg. Type species: Dendrobium moniliforme (L.) Sw. (basionym: Epidendrum moniliforme L.).
• Genus Dendrobium subgen. Eu-Dendrobium Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 220, nom. illeg. Type species: Dendrobium nobile Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Calceolaria Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 6 (1889) 173. Type species: Dendrobium moschatum (Buch.-Ham.) Sw. (basionym: Epidendrum moschatum Buch.-Ham.).
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Calostachyae Benth . & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3 (1883) 500. Type species: Dendrobium pulchellum Roxb. ex Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Calvae Lindl., J Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3 (1859) 14. Type species: Dendrobium breviflorum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Chrysantha Rchb.f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walters) 3 (1853) 533, nom. invalid. Type species: Dendrobium chrysanthum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Chrysantha Rchb.f ex Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 6 (1889) 173. Type species: Dendrobium chrysanthum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Chrysostachya in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 6 (1889) 173. Type species: Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Fasciculata Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. PL. 3 (1883) 501. Type species: Dendrobium moniliforme (L.) Sw. (basionym: Epidendrum moniliforme L.).
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Grandia Rchb.f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walters) 3, 532 (1853), nom. invalid. Type species: Dendrobium anosmum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Nobilia Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 6 (1889) 174. Type species: Dendrobium nobile Lindl.
• Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Rhodostachya Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 6 (1889) 173. Type species:Dendrobium dalhousieanum Wall.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Transparentia Rchb.f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walters) 3 (1853) 533, nom. invalid. Typespecies: Dendrobium transparens Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Trilobata Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 6 (1889) 174. Type species: Dendrobium maccarthiae Thwaites.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Eugenanthe Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 445. Type species: Dendrobium nobile Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium subgen. Eugenanthe P.Royen, Alp. Fl. New Guinea 2 (1979) 325. Type species: Dendrobium nobile Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Herbacea Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910). 71 Type species: Dendrobiumherbaceum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Glomerata subsect. Brachycentra Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 101. Type species: Dendrobium minahassae Kränzl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Goldschmidtia Dammer, Orchis 4 (1910) 86, nom. illeg. Type species: Dendrobium vexans Dammer.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Holochrysa Lindl., J Linn. Soc. Bot. 3, 7 (1859) Type species: Dendrobium moschatum (Buch.-Ham.) Sw. (basionym: Epidendrum moschatum Buch.-Ham.).
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Macrostachya Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B (1910) 2,157. Type species: Dendrobium macrostachyum Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Nobilia (Pfitzer) Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910). 27 Type species: Dendrobium nobile Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Nobilia subsect. Fimbrilabia Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 27. Type species: Dendrobium devonianum Paxton.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Nobilia subsect. lntegrilabia Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 27. Type species: Dendrobium nobile Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Onychium Blume, Tab. PI. Jav. Orchid., in Clavis generum (18 25). Type species: Dendrobium japonicum (Blume) Lindl. (basionym: Onychium japonicum Blume).
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Planifolia Rchb.f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6 (1861) 282. Type species: Dendrobium nobile Lindl.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Stachyobium subsect. Aureum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. n.s. 10 (1878) 300, nom. illeg., as 'Stachyobium aureum.' Type species: Dendrobium binoculare Rchb.f.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Stachyobium subsect. Ramosissimae Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. PL. 3 (1883) 500. Type species: Dendrobium ramosissimum Wight.
• Genus Dendrobium sect. Stuposa Kränzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 55. Type species: Dendrobium stuposum Lindl.
• Genus Endeisa Raf., Fl Tellur. 2 (1836, publ. 1837) 51. Type species: Endeisa flava Raf., nom . illeg. (basionym: Dendrobium densiflorum Wall. ex Lindl.).
• Genus Goldschmidtia Dammer, Orchis 4 86, nom. invalid. Type species: Goldschmidtia gracilis Dammer.
• 0nychium (Blume) Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 323. Type species: 0nychium japonicum Blume.
• Genus Ormostema Raf., Fl. Telfur. 4 (1836, publ. 1838) 38. Type species: Ormostema purpurea Raf., nom. illeg. (basionym: Epidendrum moniliforme L.).
• Genus Pierardia Raf., Fl. Fl. Telfur. 4 (1836, publ.1838) 41. Type species: Pierardia bicolor Raf., nom. illeg. (basionym: Dendrobium pierardii Roxb.).

Usually epiphytes. Roots glabrous. Rhizomes short. Stems or pseudobulbs usually cane-like, rather short to much elongated, branching or not, fleshy or rarely wiry, more or less distinctly fleshy, often pendulous, many-leaved, less often with distinct, ovoid to fusiform, 1- to few-leaved pseudobulbs. Leaves usually short-lived, glabrous (very rarely hairy, not in New Guinea); leaf sheath tubular or absent. Inflorescences racemose or 1-flowered, usually short, when elongate pendulous, most often lateral or apical on the the upper part of the leafless stem of the previous year, or less often on the leafy stems. Flowers medium-sized to large, often showy, resupinate, long-lived, showy. Sepals not connate ; mentum relatively short, sac-like, chin-like or less often narrowly conical. Lip not mobile, often with its basal part clasping the column, usually rigidly attached to the apex of the column foot but not adnate to it, entire or weakly lobed, often darker coloured in the centre, often densely and finely pubescent, often with finely fringed margins, without keels or sometimes with a single callus or with a single longitudinal keel; base often claw-like, linear.

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