Dendrobium macrophyllum

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Dendrobium macrophyllum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:D. macrophyllum
Binomial name
Dendrobium macrophyllum
Synonyms [1]
  • Callista macrophylla(A.Rich.) Kuntze
  • Latourorchis macrophylla (A.Rich.) Brieger
  • Sayeria macrophylla (A.Rich.) Rauschert
  • Dendrobium veitchianumLindl.
  • Dendrobium feroxHassk.
  • Dendrobium sarcostemmaTeijsm. & Binn. ex Miq., invalid
  • Dendrobium macrophyllum var. veitchianum(Lindl.) Hook.f.
  • Dendrobium macrophyllum var. huttoniiH.J.Veitch
  • Dendrobium gordoniiS.Moore ex Baker
  • Callista gordonii(S.Moore ex Baker) Kuntze
  • Callista veitchiana(Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Dendrobium lucaeF.Muell. ex Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler, illegitimate
  • Dendrobium psycheKraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler
  • Dendrobium musciferumSchltr.
  • Latourea muscifera(Schltr.) Brieger in F.R.R.Schlechter
  • Latourorchis muscifera(Schltr.) Brieger in F.R.R.Schlechter
  • Sayeria muscifera(Schltr.) Rauschert
  • Dendrobium setigerumAmes ex M.A.Clem.
  • Sayeria psyche(Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
  • Dendrobium ternatenseJ.J.Sm.
  • Dendrobium tomohonenseKraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler

Dendrobium macrophyllum, commonly known as the large-leaved dendrobium or pastor's orchid, is a species of Orchid.

Contents

It is native to Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific (Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, the Caroline Islands). [1] [2]

Indonesia Republic in Southeast Asia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world's largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands, and at 1,904,569 square kilometres, the 14th largest by land area and the 7th largest in combined sea and land area. With over 261 million people, it is the world's 4th most populous country as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, contains more than half of the country's population.

Philippines Republic in Southeast Asia

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

New Guinea Island in the Pacific Ocean

New Guinea is a large island separated by a shallow sea from the rest of the Australian continent. It is the world's second-largest, after Greenland, covering a land area of 785,753 km2 (303,381 sq mi), and the largest wholly or partly within the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania.

Varieties

Three varieties of the species are recognized: [1]

  1. Dendrobium macrophyllum var. macrophyllum - most of species range
  2. Dendrobium macrophyllum var. subvelutinumJ.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  3. Dendrobium macrophyllum var. ternatense(J.J.Sm.) P.O'Byrne & J.J.Wood - Sabah, Sulawesi, Ternate

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  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Silveira, P., Schuiteman, A., Vermeulen, J.J., Sousa, A.J., Silva, H., Paiva, J. & De Vogel, E. (2008). The orchids of Timor: checklist and conservation status. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 197-215.