Dendrobium

Dendrobium
Dendrobium kingianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Malaxideae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Sw.[1]
Type species
Dendrobium moniliforme
(L.) Sw.
Species

About 1,800; see List of Dendrobium species

Synonyms[2]
List
    • Abaxianthus M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Aclinia Griff.
    • Amblyanthe Rauschert
    • Amblyanthus (Schltr.) Brieger
    • Anisopetala (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem.
    • Aporopsis (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Aporum Blume
    • Asarum Archila
    • Australorchis Brieger
    • Bolbodium Brieger
    • Bouletia M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Cadetia Gaudich.
    • Callista Lour.
    • Cannaeorchis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Cepobaculum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Ceraia Lour.
    • Ceratobium (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Chromatotriccum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Coelandria Fitzg.
    • Conostalix (Kraenzl.) Brieger
    • Davejonesia M.A.Clem.
    • Dendrobates M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Dendrocoryne (Lindl.) Brieger
    • Desmotrichum Blume
    • Dichopus Blume
    • Diplocaulobium (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.
    • Distichorchis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Ditulima Raf.
    • Dockrillia Brieger
    • × Dockrilobium J.M.H.Shaw
    • Dolichocentrum (Schltr.) Brieger
    • Durabaculum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Eleutheroglossum (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Endeisa Raf.
    • Ephemerantha P.F.Hunt & Summerh.
    • Epigeneium Gagnep.
    • Eriopexis (Schltr.) Brieger
    • Euphlebium (Kraenzl.) Brieger
    • Eurycaulis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Exochanthus M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Flickingeria A.D.Hawkes
    • Froscula Raf.
    • Gersinia Néraud
    • Goldschmidtia Dammer
    • Grastidium Blume
    • Herpetophytum (Schltr.) Brieger
    • Hibiscorchis Archila & Vinc.Bertolini
    • Inobulbon Schltr. & Kraenzl.
    • Keranthus Lour. ex Endl.
    • Kinetochilus (Schltr.) Brieger
    • Latourea Blume
    • Latourorchis Brieger
    • Leioanthum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Maccraithea M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Macrostomium Blume
    • Microphytanthe (Schltr.) Brieger
    • Monanthos (Schltr.) Brieger
    • Onychium Blume
    • Ormostema Raf.
    • Orthoglottis Breda
    • Oxyglossellum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Pedilonum Blume
    • Pierardia Raf.
    • Sarcocadetia (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Sayeria Kraenzl.
    • Schismoceras C.Presl
    • Stachyobium Rchb.f.
    • Stelbophyllum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
    • Stilbophyllum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
    • Tetrabaculum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Tetrodon (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Thelychiton Endl.
    • Thicuania Raf.
    • Trachyrhizum (Schltr.) Brieger
    • Tropilis Raf.
    • × Vappaculum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Vappodes M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
    • Winika M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & Molloy

Dendrobium is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found 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. Orchids in this genus have roots that creep over the surface of trees or rocks, rarely having their roots in soil. Up to six leaves develop in a tuft at the tip of a shoot and from one to a large number of flowers are arranged along an unbranched flowering stem. Several attempts have been made to separate Dendrobium into smaller genera, but most have not been accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

Labelled diagram of Dendrobium kingianum
  1. ^ "Dendrobium". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ^ "Dendrobium Sw". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2020.