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Taxon:  Dendrobium formosum Roxb.



Summary
Genus:
Dendrobium
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Dendrobieae
Nomen number:
13503
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3:485. 1832
Verified:
04/26/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Dendrobium formosum Roxb. var. formosum (0 active accession[s])
Dendrobium formosum Roxb. var. giganteum hort. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  6. Lavarack, B. et al. 2000. Dendrobium and its relatives 195.
  7. Pearce, N. R. & P. J. Cribb. 2002. The orchids of Bhutan
  8. Seidenfaden, G. 1992. The orchids of Indochina. Opera Bot. 114:215. Note: mentions
  9. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
Swedish
praktdendrobium –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Sikkim], Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Environmentalornamental Lavarack, B. et al. 2000. Dendrobium and its relatives 195.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=13503. Accessed 26 April 2025.