Dendrobium candidum Wall. ex Lindl.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Callista candida (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze; Callista japonica (Blume) Kuntze; Callista moniliformis (L.) Kuntze; Callista spathacea (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium castum Bateman ex Rchb.f.; Dendrobium catenatum Lindl.; Dendrobium crispulum Kimura & Migo; Dendrobium heishanense Hayata; Dendrobium japonicum (Blume) Lindl.; Dendrobium kosepangii C.L.Tso; Dendrobium monile Kraenzl.; Dendrobium moniliforme var. malipoense L.J.Chen & Z.J.Liu; Dendrobium nienkui C.L.Tso; Dendrobium spathaceum Lindl.; Dendrobium yunnanense Finet; Dendrobium zonatum Rolfe; Epidendrum monile Thunb.; Epidendrum moniliferum Panz.; Epidendrum moniliforme L.; Limodorum monile (Thunb.) Thunb.; Onychium japonicum Blume; Ormostema albiflora Raf.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dendrobium moniliforme (L.) Sw.
  • Habit : Epiphytic herb
  • Habitat : Epiphytic on tree trunks in broad-leaved forests, lithophytic on rocks in forests and cliffs in valleys; 600 - 3000 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : April-May
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to Temperate East Asia
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 227
    • Kumar P. et. al., (2008). Orchidaceae, Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India. Check List 4(3): 304–323
    • Jalal J.S. and Jayanthi J., (2015)
    • AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE ORCHIDS OF WESTERN HIMALAYA, INDIA. LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7-50
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dendrobium candidum. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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