Dendrobium aphyllum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Dendrobium aphyllum']

• English: Hooded orchid
• অসমীয়া: শালিকী ঠুটিয়া কপৌ
• বাংলা: পাতাহীন ডেনড্রোবিয়াম
• 日本語: デンドロビウム・アフィルム
• Tiếng Việt: Hạc vĩ
• 中文: 四照花, 兜唇石斛
• 中文（中国大陆）: 兜唇石斛
• 中文（简体）: 兜唇石斛
• 中文（繁體）: 兜唇石斛
• 中文（香港）: 兜唇石斛
• 中文（臺灣）: 兜唇石斛

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Dendrobieae • Subtribus: Dendrobiinae • Genus: Dendrobium • Species: Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. (1928)

Synonyms

Basionym Limodorum aphyllum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 34 (1795) Homotypic synonyms Cymbidium aphyllum (Roxb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 73 (1799) Epidendrum aphyllum (Roxb.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 371 (1810) Callista aphylla (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 653 (1891) Heterotypic synonyms Dendrobium cucullatum R.Br., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 548 (1821) Dendrobium pierardii Roxb. ex Hook., Exot. Fl. 1: t. 9 (1822) Pierardia bicolor Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 41 (1838) Dendrobium pierardii var. cucullatum (R.Br.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5(2): 738 (1890) Dendrobium oxyphyllum Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 21: 743 (1950) Dendrobium madrasense A.D.Hawkes, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 25: 102 (1963) Dendrobium aphyllum var. cucullatum (R.Br.) P.K.Sarkar, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5: 1007 (1984) Dendrobium aphyllum var. katakianum I.Barua, Orchid Fl. Kamrup Distr. Assam: 170 (2001)

Images of the whole plant

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Botanical illustrations

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  Dendrobium aphyllu
  vol. 1 plate 41 in:
  William Roxburgh:
  Plants of the coast of Coromandel
  (1795)
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  Dendrobium aphyllum
  (as syn.
  Dendrobium cucullatum)
  plate 548 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 7,
  (1821)
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  Dendrobium aphyllum
  (as syn.
  Dendrobium cucullatum)
  plate 2242 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 48,
  (1821)
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  Dendrobium aphyllum
  (as syn.
  Dendrobium pierardii)
  plate 2584 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 52,
  (1825)
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  Dendrobium aphyllum
  (as syn.
  Dendrobium pierardii)
  plate 1756 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 21,
  (1836)
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  Dendrobium aphyllum
  (as syn.
  Dendrobium macrostachyum)
  plate 1865 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 22,
  (1836)
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  Dendrobium aphyllum
  (as syn.
  Dendrobium pierardii)
  plate 26 in:
  A.Cogniaux & A.Goossens:
  Dictionnaire iconographique
  des orchidées,
  (1896-1907)
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  Dendrobium aphyllum
  (as syn.
  Dendrobium tetrodon)
  figure 283 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 4. Heft
  Leiden (1911)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Malaya.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Dendrobium aphyllum.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Dendrobium aphyllum