Current Genus: Genus Dendrobium section Cadetia subsection Pterocadetia
Dendrobium recurvatum
Dendrobium recurvatum (Blume) J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 8, 1 (1909) 52
Type: Not designated (New Guinea).
Synonyms:
- Cadetia recurvata Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1 (1849) 30.
Leaves elliptic-oblong. Flower usually solitary. Petals narrower than the dorsal sepal. Mentum long, doubly retuse, reclined. Lip with rounded, almost inrolled lateral lobes and a patent, ovate, obtuse midlobe. Ovary glabrous.
(after Blume).
Not known.
Not known, probably in the lowlands.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua.
Not known.
Dendrobium recurvatum (Blume) J.J.Sm. is only known from the very poor description, from which a positive identification is impossible. It may be conspecific with Dendrobium transversilobum J.J.Sm., but in the absence of labelled type material this conclusion cannot be substantiated.
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Dendrobium recurvatum
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