Dendrobium formosum (beautiful giant-flowered dendrobium) is a species of orchid.
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| 1839 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Dendrobium |
| Species: | D. formosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendrobium formosum Roxb. ex Lindl. (1830)
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It is native to the Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, India, Bangladesh), northern Indochina (Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam) and the Andaman Islands, and widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
References edit
- ^ Miss Drake (1803-1857) del. , G. Barclay sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 25 (NS 2) plate 64 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/241251)
- ^ a b "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ Hossain, A.B.M. (2002). A Taxonomic report on the genus Dendrobium Sw.. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 9(2): 47-55.
- ^ Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
- ^ Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India
- ^ Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- ^ Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
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