Dendrobium chrysanthum

Dendrobium chrysanthum (golden yellow-flowered dendrobium) is a species of orchid. It is native to China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Tibet, Yunnan), Indochina (Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam) and the Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, Assam etc.).[1][2]

Golden yellow-flowered dendrobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. chrysanthum
Binomial name
Dendrobium chrysanthum
Wall. ex Lindl. (1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dendrobium microphthalmum Van Geert
  • Dendrobium paxtonii Lindl. (1839)
  • Dendrobium chrysanthum var. microphthalama Rchb.f. (1879)
  • Dendrobium chrysanthum var. anophthalama Rchb.f. (1883)
  • Callista chrysantha (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China v 25 p 377, 束花石斛 shu hua shi hu, Dendrobium chrysanthum Wallich ex Lindley, Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 15: ad t. 1299. 1829.


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