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June 2025

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genus

Dendrobium Sw.

This genus name was first published in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. , ser. 2, 6: 82 (1799)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000011060.

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Synonyms of Dendrobium

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Abaxianthus	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 485 (2002)	wfo-4000000019
Amblyanthe	Rauschert	Feddes Repert. 94: 436 (1983)	wfo-4000001507
Anisopetala	(Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem.	Telopea 10: 283 (2003)	wfo-4000002191
Aporopsis	(Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 485 (2002)	wfo-4000002751
Aporum	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 334 (1825)	wfo-4000002759
Australorchis	Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 741 (1981)	wfo-4000003708
Bolbodium	Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 721 (1981)	wfo-4000004904
Bouletia	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 485 (2002)	wfo-4000005129
Cadetia	Gaudich.	Voy. Uranie : 422 (1829)	wfo-4000005900
Callista	Lour.	Fl. Cochinch. : 519 (1790)	wfo-4000006097
Cannaeorchis	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Lasianthera 1: 132	wfo-4000006550
Cepobaculum	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 486 (2002)	wfo-4000007304
Ceraia	Lour.	Fl. Cochinch. : 518 (1790)	wfo-4000007307
Ceratobium	(Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 486 (2002)	wfo-4000007337
Chromatotriccum	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 493 (2002)	wfo-4000008151
Coelandria	Fitzg.	Austral. Orch. 1(7): t. 2 (1882)	wfo-4000008810
Davejonesia	M.A.Clem.	Orchadian 13: 487 (2002)	wfo-4000010879
Dendrobates	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 387 (2002)	wfo-4000011056
Dendrocoryne	(Lindl.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 724 (1981)	wfo-4000011074
Desmotrichum	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 329 (1825)	wfo-4000011226
Dichopus	Blume	Mus. Bot. 2: 176 (1856)	wfo-4000011433
Diplocaulobium	(Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.	Pflanzenr. , IV, 50 II B 21: 331 (1910)	wfo-4000011958
Distichorchis	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 487 (2002)	wfo-4000012238
Ditulima	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 41 (1838)	wfo-4000012295
Dockrillia	Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 745 (1981)	wfo-4000012316
Dolichocentrum	(Schltr.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 659 (1981)	wfo-4000012348
Durabaculum	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 487 (2002)	wfo-4000012764
Eleutheroglossum	(Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 489 (2002)	wfo-4000013195
Endeisa	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 2: 51 (1837)	wfo-4000013382
Epigeneium	Gagnep.	Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 4: 593 (1932)	wfo-4000013597
Eriopexis	(Schltr.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 656 (1981)	wfo-4000013856
Euphlebium	(Kraenzl.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 722 (1981)	wfo-4000014218
Eurycaulis	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 490 (2002)	wfo-4000014283
Exochanthus	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 496 (2002)	wfo-4000014458
Flickingeria	A.D.Hawkes	Orchid Weekly 2: 451 (1961)	wfo-4000014859
Froscula	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 44 (1838)	wfo-4000015084
Goldschmidtia	Dammer	Orchis 4: 86 (1910)	wfo-4000015926
Grastidium	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 333 (1825)	wfo-4000016165
Herpetophytum	(Schltr.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 660 (1981)	wfo-4000017574
Inobulbon	Schltr. & Kraenzl.	Pflanzenr. , IV, 50(45): 316 (1910)	wfo-4000019093
Kinetochilus	(Schltr.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 686 (1981)	wfo-4000020008
Latourorchis	Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 727 (1981)	wfo-4000020731
Leioanthum	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 490 (2002)	wfo-4000020911
Maccraithea	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 496 (2002)	wfo-4000022611
Macrostomium	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 335 (1825)	wfo-4000022785
Microphytanthe	(Schltr.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 742 (1981)	wfo-4000024178
Ormostema	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 38 (1838)	wfo-4000027175
Orthoglottis	Breda	Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 4: t. 20 (1830)	wfo-4000027267
Oxyglossellum	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 490 (2002)	wfo-4000027558
Pedilonum	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 320 (1825)	wfo-4000028419
Pierardia	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 41 (1838)	wfo-4000029645
Sarcocadetia	(Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 490 (2002)	wfo-4000034020
Sayeria	Kraenzl.	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 44: 298 (1894)	wfo-4000034211
Schismoceras	C.Presl	Reliq. Haenk. 1: 96 (1827)	wfo-4000034358
Stachyobium	Rchb.f.	Gard. Chron. 1869: 785 (1869)	wfo-4000036233
Stilbophyllum	D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.	Orchadian 13: 490 (2002)	wfo-4000036712
Tetrabaculum	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 490 (2002)	wfo-4000037850
Tetrodon	(Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 12: 310 (1998)	wfo-4000038021
Thelychiton	Endl.	Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. : 32 (1833)	wfo-4000038137
Thicuania	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 47 (1838)	wfo-4000038201
Trachyrhizum	(Schltr.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 687 (1981)	wfo-4000038738
Tropilis	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 2: 95 (1837)	wfo-4000039476
Vappodes	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 492 (2002)	wfo-4000040029
Winika	M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & Molloy	Orchadian 12: 214 (1997)	wfo-4000040767
Gersinia	Néraud	Voy. Uranie : 27 (1826)	wfo-4000044576
Aclinia	Griff.	Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 320 (1851)	wfo-4100002728
Keranthus	Lour. ex Endl.	Gen. Pl. : 193 (1836)	wfo-4100002809
Dockrilobium	J.M.H.Shaw	Orchid Rev. 110(1247, Suppl.): 83 (2002)	wfo-4100002895
Stelbophyllum	D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.	Orchadian 13: 490 (2002)	wfo-4100002913
Hibiscorchis	Archila & Vinc.Bertolini	Revista Guatemalensis 18(1): 12	wfo-4100003072
Amblyanthus	(Schltr.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 686 (1981)	wfo-4100003105
Conostalix	(Kraenzl.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 659 (1981)	wfo-4100003125
Ephemerantha	P.F.Hunt & Summerh.	Taxon 10: 102 (1961)	wfo-4100003138
Latouria	Blume	Rumphia 4: 41 (1849)	wfo-4100003161
Monanthos	(Schltr.) Brieger	Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. , ed. 3, 1(11-12): 660 (1981)	wfo-4100003172
Onychium	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 323 (1825)	wfo-4100003181
Vappaculum	M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Orchadian 13: 492 (2002)	wfo-4100003224
Asarum	Archila	Revista Guatemalensis 18(1): 31	wfo-4100003250

Species in Dendrobium ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Dendrobium:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Dendrobium ainsworthii	T.Moore	Gard. Chron. n.s., 1: 443. 1874		wfo-0000938347
Dendrobium ainsworthii	W.Mitch.	Garden (London, 1871-1927) 5: 176 (1874)		wfo-1000053744
Dendrobium alagensis	Ames	Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 328. 1907		wfo-0001222728
Dendrobium algosum	Reinw. ex Lindl.	J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 42, nomen (Taeniophylli sp.). 1858 [1859 publ. 1858]		wfo-0001222791
Dendrobium aloideum	Lex.	Nov. Veg. Descr. 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 43 (1825)		wfo-0000938372
Dendrobium amiceanum	M.Pignal & Laud.	Candollea 78(2): 242 2023		wfo-1000057387
Dendrobium angraecifolium	Finet	Unknown Publ. ()		wfo-0000938400
Dendrobium apiculiferurn	J.J.Sm.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 396 1913	—	wfo-0001222946
Dendrobium apollo	O'Brien	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 17: 294 (1895)		wfo-0000938425
Dendrobium articulatum	Teijsm. & Binn.	Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. (Teijsmann & Binnendijk) 42, nomen. 1866		wfo-0001223041
Dendrobium aspasia	Anon.	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 11: 214 (1892)		wfo-1000053746
Dendrobium atrosanguineum	E.Morr. & De Vos	Ind. Bibliog. Hort. Belg. 166, sphalm.		wfo-0001223095
Dendrobium barbatum	Cogn.	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 22: 394 (1897)		wfo-0000938512
Dendrobium beckleri var. beckleri	–	–		wfo-0001391526
Dendrobium benita	O'Brien	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 13: 335 (1893)		wfo-0000938530
Dendrobium bigibbum f. bigibbum	–	–		wfo-0001326987
Dendrobium bigibbum subsp. bigibbum	–	–		wfo-0001367171
Dendrobium bigibbum var. bigibbum	–	–		wfo-0001391537
Dendrobium bulbosum	Rojas Acosta	Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes : 83 (1897)		wfo-0000938625
Dendrobium burfordiense	T.Lawr.	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 12: 744 (1892)		wfo-0000938633
Dendrobium cassiope	Rolfe	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 5: 200 (1889)		wfo-0000938703
Dendrobium cassiope unranked virginale	N.C.Cookson	Garden (London, 1871-1927) 49: 201 (1896)	—	wfo-1200065320
Dendrobium cheltenhamense	Anon.	Garden (London, 1871-1927) 43: 389 (1893)		wfo-1000053748
Dendrobium chloroleticum	Schltr.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 490 (Aug. 1912).		wfo-0001223626
Dendrobium chlorostele	Rchb.f.	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 1: 477 (1887)		wfo-0000938748
Dendrobium chrysodiscus	Rolfe	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 5: 197 (1889)		wfo-0000938762
Dendrobium coelogyne	J.Fraser	Gard. World 0.551388889 1894		wfo-1200028627
Dendrobium cokronagoroi	Sulistyono, J.Champ. & Schuit.	Malesian Orchid J. 27: 25 2024		wfo-1000076646
Dendrobium crepidatum	Griff.	Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 319 (1851)		wfo-0000938879
Dendrobium crystallinum var. ochroleucum	Guillaumin	Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 12(6): 351 1940		wfo-1200073364
Dendrobium cunninghami	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 490.		wfo-0001222106
Dendrobium cybele	Rolfe	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 2: 778 (1887)		wfo-0000938932
Dendrobium cymatoleguum var. major	Schltr.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39(1): 73 (1906)		wfo-1200110345
Dendrobium dangioanum	M.Pignal	Adansonia sér. 3, 45(25): 390 2023		wfo-1000057315
Dendrobium delicatum	(F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey	Queensl. Fl. 5: 1527 (1902)		wfo-0000938973
Dendrobium denudatum	Royle	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 371, sphalm. 1839 [Feb 1839]		wfo-0001222475
Dendrobium dicuphum var. album	E.W.Cooper	Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening 2 1951		wfo-0001391585
Dendrobium dicuphum var. dicuphum	–	–		wfo-0001391587
Dendrobium discolor f. discolor	Lindl.	Austral. Pl. 3: 28 (1964)		wfo-0001326991
Dendrobium discolor var. discolor	Lindl.	Austral. Pl. 3: 28, f. (1964)		wfo-0001391589
Dendrobium dominyanum	Rchb.f.	Gard. Chron. , n.s., 9: 202 (1878)		wfo-0000939041
Dendrobium doreyanum	L.Linden	in L'Hortic. Intern. Catal. (1888-89) 48, nomen.		wfo-0001222712
Dendrobium edithae	Anon.	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 17: 337 (1895)		wfo-1000053756
Dendrobium elineae	(Calaramo, Naive, Cootes, H.Nuytemans & J.C.Martyr) J.M.H.Shaw	Orchid Rev. Suppl., 127(1326): 45. 2019		wfo-1200009145
Dendrobium euosmum	Rchb.f.	Gard. Chron. , n.s., 23: 174 (1885)		wfo-0000939101
Dendrobium falcorostre	Fitzg.	Austral. Orch. i. v. t. 4.		wfo-0001223015
Dendrobium fitzalanii	(hort.) Rob.	Garden (London, 1871-1927) 20(index): vi. 1882 [7 Jan 1882] , as 'fitzallani'		wfo-1000047018
Dendrobium flavum	Roxb.	Hort. Bengal. 63, nomen.		wfo-0001223134
Dendrobium formosum var. gigantium	O'Brien	The Gardener's Chronicle ser. 3, 8 1890		wfo-0001391597
Dendrobium frostii	hort.	Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 105: 187, anglice. 1939		wfo-0001223183
Dendrobium fusiforme f. fusiforme	–	–		wfo-0001326992
Dendrobium fusiforme var. fusiforme	–	–		wfo-0001391603
Dendrobium gemma	Anon.	Orchid Rev. 3: 73 (1895)		wfo-1000053758
Dendrobium glaucum	Teijsm. & Binn.	Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. (Teijsmann & Binnendijk) 43. 1866		wfo-0001223302
Dendrobium glomeratun	hort. ex J.H.Veitch	Gard. Chron. 1: 653 1894	—	wfo-0001223311
Dendrobium gracillimum	(Rupp) Rupp	Vict. Naturalist 61: 200. 1945		wfo-0001223381
Dendrobium greatrixianum	Sander ex H.J.Veitch	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 22: 222 (1897)		wfo-1000053272
Dendrobium illustre	Anon.	Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 18: 14 (1895)		wfo-1000053760
Dendrobium inflexum	Teijsm. & Binn.	Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. (Teijsmann & Binnendijk) 43, nomen. 1866		wfo-0001221818
Dendrobium inversum	J.Bradshaw ex hort.	Orchid Rev. 3(no. 32): 253. 1895 [Aug 1895]		wfo-1200010292
Dendrobium javanicum	Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 644 (1859)		wfo-0000939504
Dendrobium jizhuyeense	Zhen J.Li & Yu Zhang	Phytotaxa 645(1): 82 2024		wfo-1000064436
Dendrobium johannis var. johannis	–	–		wfo-0001391634
Dendrobium jonesii subsp. jonesii	–	–		wfo-0001367186
Dendrobium juno	Anon.	J. Hort. Pract. Gard. 20: 85 (1890)		wfo-1000053761
Dendrobium kestevenii	Rupp	Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 56: 135 (1931)		wfo-0000939554
Dendrobium kestevenii var. coloratum	Rupp	Orchids New South Wales : 114 (1944)		wfo-0000793879
Dendrobium kestevenii var. kestervenii	Rupp	The Orchids of New South Wales 1944		wfo-0001391644
Dendrobium khanhii	Aver. & V.C.Nguyen	Phytotaxa 658(1): 27 2024		wfo-1000066265
Dendrobium kingianum var. kingianum	–	–		wfo-0001391650
Dendrobium krabiense	P.O'Byrne ex H.A.Pedersen & Suddee	Lankesteriana 24(2): 200 2024		wfo-1000076281
Dendrobium lambusiforme	Schltr.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58(2): 114. 1923 [1 Feb 1923]		wfo-0001222313
Dendrobium laudereavorum	M.Pignal	Adansonia sér. 3, 45(25): 391 2023		wfo-1000057316
Dendrobium leechianum	Rchb.f.	Gard. Chron. , n.s., 17: 256 (1882)		wfo-0000939649
Dendrobium lichenastrum f. lichenastrum	–	–		wfo-0001327000
Dendrobium lichenastrum var. lichenastrum	–	–		wfo-0001391675
Dendrobium lineatum	Teijsm. & Binn.	Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. (Teijsmann & Binnendijk) 43, nomen. 1866		wfo-0001222891
Dendrobium lividum	Teijsm. & Binn.	Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. (Teijsmann & Binnendijk) 43, nomen. 1866		wfo-0001222918
Dendrobium luteochilum	Rupp	N. Queensland Naturalist (Dec 1945); cf. Rupp & Hunt in Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S.Wales, lxxii. 246 (1948).		wfo-0001223016
Dendrobium luteum	M.Hiroe	Orchid Flowers 1: 24, without latin descr. or type. 1971		wfo-0001223028
Dendrobium lutwycheanum	Anon.	Orchid Rev. 2: 202 (1894)		wfo-1000053762
Dendrobium macrophyllum var. bleichroderianum	G.F.Wilson	Gard. Chron. ser. 3(3): 756. 1888 [16 Jun 1888] , as 'bleichröderianum'		wfo-1200040703
Dendrobium macrophyllum var. dearei	G.F.Wilson	Gard. Chron. n.s., 17: 507. 1882 [15 Apr 1882]		wfo-1200040736
Dendrobium macrophyllum var. giganteum	Booth	Gard. Chron. 219. 1854 [8 Apr 1854] , left hand column		wfo-1200040737
Dendrobium macropus subsp. macropus	–	–		wfo-0001367191
Dendrobium martinii	Grignan	Jardin 15: 7 (1901)	—	wfo-1000053454
Dendrobium melanodiscus	Rolfe	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 5: 297 (1889)		wfo-0000939818
Dendrobium meltkeaeum	Kraenzl.	Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 16: 306. 1894		wfo-0001223214
Dendrobium menglaensis	X.H.Jin & H.Li	Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43(4): 296 (-297; fig. 2). 2006 [29 Aug 2006]		wfo-0001033459
Dendrobium mexicanum	C.Presl	Symb. Bot. (Pragae) 1: 36 (1831)		wfo-0000939836
Dendrobium micans	Rchb.f.	Gard. Chron. , n.s., 11: 332 (1879)		wfo-0000939837
Dendrobium miyakoensis	M.Hiroe	Orchid Flowers 1: 23, without latin descr. or type. 1971		wfo-0001223307
Dendrobium monanthum	Teijsm. & Binn.	Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 28: 167. 1865		wfo-0001223333
Dendrobium moniliforme var. hongbinii	H.Bin Yang & B.Q.Zheng	Phytotaxa 678(1): 62 (2024)		wfo-1200110165
Dendrobium mucronulatum	Planch.	Hort. Donat. : 156 (1858)		wfo-0000939916
Dendrobium murrayi	Anon.	Orchid Rev. 3: 166 (1895)		wfo-1000053763
Dendrobium murrhiniacum	Rchb.f.	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 3: 551 (1888)		wfo-0000939934
Dendrobium namdongense	Aver. & C.H.Nguyen	Phytotaxa 664(3): 201 (2024)		wfo-1000075188
Dendrobium nestor	O'Brien	Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 11: 718 (1892)		wfo-0000939964
Dendrobium niveolabium	Handoyo, Naive, Ormerod & J.Champ.	Phytotaxa 490(3): 272 2021		wfo-1000057091