Dendrobium pulchellum Roxb. ex Lindl.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 116

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scientific name	Dendrobium pulchellum Roxb. ex Lindl.
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Dendrobium pulchellum Roxb. ex Lindl. View in CoL , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 82, 1830

Homotypic synonym: Callista pulchella (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 655, 1891.

Heterotypic synonyms: Dendrobium dalhousieanum Wall. , Paxton’s Mag. Bot. 11: 145, 1844.

Dendrobium sp. 7 : Griffith, Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 313, 1851; Icon. Pl. Asiat. 3: t. 308, 1851. Voucher:— MYANMAR. Tenasserim: Feb 1835, Griffith s.n. in Mergui Herbarium 1040 (not located, possibly K-LINDL).

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Unspecified : May 1898, Mokim s.n. ( AMES, BM, K) ; Myitkyina District : 230−240 m, 16 Mar 2009, Kurzweil & Saw Lwin KL 2526 ( SING [s]) . CHIN. Mindat District : 9 Aug 2008, Yasuda 060064 ( MBK) ; same loc., 15 May 2009, Kyaw Khaing 0083 ( TNS [s]) . MANDALAY. Pyinoolwin District : 915 m, 24 May 1915, AR 114 ( RAF) ; Myingyan District : 8 May 2005, Khin Myo Htwe 11 ( TNS [s]), fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 77); same loc., 1 Jun 2006, Tanaka 036159 ( MBK) , fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 77). SHAN. Taunggyi District : fide Moore (1895: 171; as D. dalhousieanum ) . BAGO. Taungoo District : 12 Mar 1929, Ba Pe 9454 ( K, RAF) . TENASSERIM. Voucher. TANINTHARYI. Myeik District: Griffith s.n. (probably 1040) ( K-LINDL). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Parish 19 ( K) ; 13 Apr 1914, without collector s.n. ( AMES) . Reported from Rakhine State and Yangon Region by Kress et al. (2003: 75), but we have not seen material from these areas.

Distribution:— The central Himalayas, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and possibly Peninsular Malaysia.

Dendrobium pycnostachyum Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 19, 1859. Type :— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District, Lobb s.n. (holotype: K-LINDL)

Homotypic synonym: Callista pycnostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 655, 1891.

Specimens examined:— YANGON. Unspecified: Jan 1897, Curtis s.n. ( SING). TENASSERIM. Beddome 8124 ( BM) . MON. Mawlamyine District: type; same loc., Parish 67 (icon. K). WITHOUT LOCALITY. icon., artist unknown ( CAL, K). Reported from Tanintharyi Region by Kress et al. (2003: 75), but we have not seen material from this area.

Distribution:—?Northeastern India, Myanmar and Thailand.

References

Kress, W. J., DeFilipps, R. A., Farr, E. & Yin Yin Kyi (2003) A checklist of the trees, shrubs, herbs, and climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1 - 590.

Moore, R. (1895) Orchids of the Shan States. The Orchid Review 3: 169 - 172.

Tanaka, N., Yukawa, T., Khin Myo Htwe & Murata, J. (2015) An orchid checklist of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, ser. B, 41 (2): 69 - 89.

Abbreviations

AMES	Harvard University - Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium
BM	Bristol Museum
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
SING	Singapore Botanic Gardens
MBK	Makino Botanical Garden
TNS	National Museum of Nature and Science
RAF	Forest Research Institute
CAL	Botanical Survey of India