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Dendrobium sect. Brevisaccata

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Subgenus of flowering plants

Dendrobium sect. Brevisaccata
Dendrobium angustipetalum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dendrobium
Section: Dendrobium sect. Brevisaccata
Kraenzl. 1910
Type species
Dendrobium agrostophyllum
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Dendrobium sect. Trachyrhizum Schlechter 1912
  • Trachyrhizum (Schlechter) Brieger 1981

Dendrobium section Brevisaccata is a section of the genus Dendrobium.

Description

Plants in this section have long slender pseudobulbs with multi-flowered inflorescence with small flowers.

Distribution

Plants from this section are found in Papua and New Guinea to Australia.

Species

Dendrobium section Brevisaccata comprises the following species:

Image Name Distribution Elevation (m)
Dendrobium agrostophyllum F. Mueller 1872 Australia (northeastern Queesland) 800–1,300 metres (2,600–4,300 ft)
Dendrobium angustipetalum J.J.Sm. 1905 Moluccas and New Guinea 1,000–1,100 metres (3,300–3,600 ft)
Dendrobium chalmersii F.Muell. 1882 northeastern New Guinea (Milne Bay) 0–1,000 metres (0–3,281 ft)
Dendrobium cyrtolobum Schltr.1912 New Guinea (Morobe) 800 metres (2,600 ft)
Dendrobium dissitifolium Ridl. 1916 New Guinea, Papua (Timika Mimika Regency) 1,700 metres (5,600 ft)
Dendrobium latelabellatum Gilli 1983 New Guinea (Enga)
Dendrobium prostheciglossum Schltr. 1912 Papua (Manokwari, Paniai, Jaya Wijaya, and Jayapura Regencies) and New Guinea(East Sepik, Southern Highlands, Enga, Western Highlands, Madang, Morobe, and New Britain), and Vanuatu 1,100–2,600 metres (3,600–8,500 ft)
Dendrobium taeniocaule Schuit., Juswara & Droissart 2016 New Guinea, Andaman Islands 1,114 metres (3,655 ft)
Dendrobium viridiflorum F.M.Bailey 1898 Moluccas, New Guinea (Morobe), Papua (Biak Numfor, Yapen-Waropen, and Jayapura Regencies; Waigeo Island)and the Solomon Islands 0–200 metres (0–656 ft)

References

  1. ^ "Largest online collection of New Guinea orchids". Orchids of New Guinea. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
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