Dendrobium spatella




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Dendrobieae (also placed in Podochileae)
Subtribe Dendrobiinae
Scientific name Dendrobium spatella Reichenbach f.
Common name (Chinese common name) jian ye shi hu (剣葉石斛)
Synonyms Aporum banaense (Gagnepain) Rauschert; Aporum spatella (Reichenbach f.) M.A. Clements; Callista spatella (Reichenbach f.) Kuntze; Dendrobium acinaciforme Roxburgh var. minus Tang & F.T. Wang; Dendrobium banaense Gagnepain
Distribution China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bhutan, India
Reference Dendrobium spatella H. G. Reichenbach
Dendrobium spatella Rchb.f.
Dendrobium spatella Rchb.f.
Dendrobium spatella Rchb.f. 1865
Dendrobium acinaciforme
Dendrobium acinaciforme Roxb.
Note According to Flora of China, "this species has been misidentified as Dendrobium acinaciforme Roxburgh (e.g., in FRPS 19: 142. 1999), which is in fact a native of Ambon Island in Maluku, Indonesia".



September 2011
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November 2010
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