Dendrobium guamense

Dendrobium guamense
Dendrobium guamense leaves and flowers, Rota Island, CNMI
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1] [2]
Threatened  (ESA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Dendrobium
Species:	D. guamense
Binomial name
Dendrobium guamense Ames

Dendrobium guamense is a species of epiphytic orchid endemic to Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. ^{[3] [4]} It is currently known from nine occurrences totaling 550 individuals across the islands of Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan. ^[5]

See also

• List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer Dendrobium guamense". NatureServe Explorer Dendrobium guamense. Arlington Virginia, United States of America: NatureServe. 2022-06-03. NatureServe Element Code:PMORC0T020. Retrieved 23 Jun 2022.
2. Faber-Langendoen, D; Nichols, J; Master, L; Snow, K; Tomaino, A; Bittman, R; Hammerson, G; Heidel, B; Ramsay, L; Teucher, A; Young, B (2012). NatureServe Conservation Status Assessments: Methodology for Assigning Ranks (PDF) (Report). Arlington, Virginia, United States of America: NatureServe.
3. Raulerson, Lynn (1992). Ferns and Orchids of the Mariana Islands. Guam.
4. "Dendrobium guamense". Guam Plant Extinction Prevention Program. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
5. "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Endangered Status for 21 Species and Proposed Threatened Status for 2 Species in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" (PDF). Government Publishing Office. Retrieved 2017-12-04.