Dendrobium sect. Formosae
TaxonDendrobium sect. Formosae
Authority(Benth. & Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Subdivision ranksSpecies
SubdivisionSee text
Type speciesDendrobium formosum
Synonyms
  • Froscula
  • Dendrobium sect. Eudendrobium subsect. Formosae
  • Dendrobium sect. Oxgenianthe
  • Dendrobium sect. Nigrohirsutae
  • Dendrobium sect. Nigrohirsutae
  • Dendrobium subg. Nigrohirsutae
  • Dendrobium ser. Formosa

Dendrobium section Formosae is a section of the genus Dendrobium.

Description

Plants in this section have long pseudobulbs with black hairs on their leaf sheaths. Pseudobulbs bloom with 1-3 flowers and have three lobes at the apex of the lip.[1]

Distribution

Plants from this section are found from India through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Borneo.[2][3]

Species

Dendrobium section Formosae comprises the following species:[4]

ImageNameDistributionElevation (m)
Dendrobium ayubiiSumatra
Dendrobium bellatulumChina (Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos (Champasak) and Vietnam (Dak Lac, Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Ninh Thuan)600 - 2000 m ft
Dendrobium bostrychodesBorneo (Kalimantan)
Dendrobium cariniferumChina (Yunnan), India (Assam), Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos (Bolikhamxai, Phongsali, Vientiane) and Vietnam (Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Kon Tum, Lam Dong)500 - 1500 m ft
Dendrobium carmindaePhilippines (Mindanao)800 - 880 m ft
Dendrobium chapaenseVietnam (Lai Chau, Lao Cai). India, China (Yunnan)1500 - 2000 m ft
Dendrobium christyanumVietnam (Khanh Hoa, Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Nghe An, Ninh Thuan), Thailand, China (Yunnan) ||1000 - 2400 m ft
Dendrobium cruentumMyanmar, Thailand and Vietnam1,000 metres (3,300 ft)
Dendrobium daklakenseVietnam (Kontum, Dak Lak)500 - 800 m ft
Dendrobium deareiBorneo and the Philippines(Luzon, Dinagat, Mindanao)60 - 100 m ft
Dendrobium deleoniiPhilippines (Mindanao)1000 - 1300 m ft
Dendrobium draconisCambodia (Kampong Speu, Kampong Thom, Steung Treng), Laos (Attopeu, Champasak, Savannakhet, Vientiane), Vietnam (Da Nang, Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong). NE India, Myanmar, Thailand200 - 1000 m ft
Dendrobium erythropogonBorneo
Dendrobium formosumIndia (Sikkim, Assam), Bangladesh, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam900 - 2300 m ft
Dendrobium igneoniveumSumatra
Dendrobium infundibulumLaos (Xiangkhouang). Vietnam (Lam Dong), India, Myanmar, Thailand.1200 - 2400 m ft
Dendrobium jerdonianumIndia and Sri Lanka800 - 2000 m ft
Dendrobium kontumenseLaos (Borikhamxai, Khammouane, Vientiane), Vietnam (Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa, Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Thua Thien Hue), Thailand200 - 1700 m ft
Dendrobium lasioglossumNew Guinea
Dendrobium longicornuVietnam (Cao Bang, Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Nghe An, Son La, Tuyen Quang, Vinh Phuc). Bhutan, Nepal, India (Assam), Myanmar, China(Guangxi, Xizang, Yunnan)1000 - 2100 m ft
Dendrobium lowiiBorneo (Sarawak)600 - 1000 m ft
Dendrobium lueckelianumThailand1200 - 1300 m ft
Dendrobium luteolumMyanmar and Malaysia
Dendrobium multilineatumLaos (Kham Mouan and Xaisomboun)1300 - 1900 m ft
Dendrobium ochraceumVietnam (Gia Lai, Ha Tinh, Quang Nam, Thu Thien-Hue)200 - 800 m ft
Dendrobium ovipostoriferumBorneo100 - 500 m ft
Dendrobium partheniumBorneo (Sabah)600 - 1100 m ft
Dendrobium radiansBorneo (Sarawak)1,200 metres (3,900 ft)
Dendrobium roseiodorumVietnam1000 - 1200 m ft
Dendrobium sanderaePhilippine (Luzon)1000 - 1650 m ft
Dendrobium sarmentosumMyanmar
Dendrobium scabrilingueCambodia (Kampot), Laos (Vientiane), Myanmar, Thailand.900 - 1500 m ft
Dendrobium schuetzeiPhilippines(Mindanao)300 metres (980 ft)
Dendrobium sculptumBorneo1200 - 1500 m ft
Dendrobium senileLaos (Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Vientiane, Xiangkhoang). Vietnam (Dien Bien). Myanmar, Thailand.900 - 1200 m ft
Dendrobium singkawangenseBorneo300 - 400 m ft
Dendrobium sinsuronenseBorneo (Sabah)900 - 1500 m ft
Dendrobium spectatissimumBorneo (Sabah )1500 - 1800 m ft
Dendrobium sutepenseThailand and Myanmar1500 - 1900 m ft
Dendrobium suzukiiVietnam (Lai Chau, Lam Dong)1000 - 1150 m ft
Dendrobium tobaenseSumatra750 - 1500 m ft
Dendrobium toppiorumBorneo (Sabah)1,240 metres (4,070 ft)
Dendrobium trankimianumVietnam (Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong)800 - 2000 m ft
Dendrobium trigonopusLaos (Khammouan, Vientiane), Vietnam (Dien Bien, Lam Dong, Son La). Myanmar, China (Yunnan), Thailand800-1800 m ft
Dendrobium virgineumMyanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam1,600 metres (5,200 ft)
Dendrobium vogelsangiiSulawesi950 - 1700 m ft
Dendrobium wattiiVietnam (Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Ninh Thuan), India, Myanmar, Thailand, China900 - 2400 m ft
Dendrobium williamsoniiLaos (Phongsali), Vietnam (Cao Bang, Da Nang, Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Son La, Vinh Phuc). India (Assam), Myanmar, S. China600 - 1500 m ft
Dendrobium xanthophlebiumMyanmar and Thailand1,350 metres (4,430 ft)

References

  1. ^ "Dendrobium sect. Formosa in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org Home. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  2. ^ "Den. Sec. Formosae". American Orchid Society. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  3. ^ Cootes, Jim & Wison, Charles (2024-10-31). "Dendrobium and its Relatives, Part 5: Dendrobium section Formosae". American Orchid Society. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  4. ^ Averyanov, Leonid V.; Ponert, Jan; Nguyen, Phi Tam; Duy, Nong Van; Khang, Nguyen Sinh; Nguyen, Van Canh (2016). "A survey ofDendrobiumSw. sect.Formosae(Benth. & Hook.f.) Hook.f. in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam". Adansonia. 38 (2): 199–217. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Bibcode:2016Adan...38..199A. doi:10.5252/a2016n2a5. ISSN 1280-8571