Dendrobium aduncum

Dendrobium aduncum (the angelfish orchid or inward-bent dendrobium) is a species of orchid. It is native to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan), the eastern Himalayas (Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Myanmar), and northern Indochina (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam).[2][3][4][5] It is an epiphyte and grows on the tree trunks of mountain forests.[3]

Dendrobium aduncum
1846 illustration[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. aduncum
Binomial name
Dendrobium aduncum
Lindl. (1842)
Synonyms[2]
  • Callista adunca (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Dendrobium faulhaberianum Schltr. (1911)
  • Dendrobium oxyanthum Gagnep. (1930)
  • Dendrobium aduncum var. faulhaberianum (Schltr.) Tang & F.T.Wang (1951)

References
  1. Miss Drake (1803-1857) del. , G. Barclay sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 32 (NS 9) plate 15 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/243242)
  2. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org.
  3. "Dendrobium aduncum in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  4. Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  5. Khyanjeet Gogoi. 2011. Dendrobium of ‘Joypur Reserve Forest’ of Dibrugarh District of Assam, India. NeBIO (2011) Vol. 2(1):20-26


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