Dendrobium lindleyi Steud., Nomencl. Bot.

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Dendrobium lindleyi Steud., Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 490, 1840

Heterotypic synonyms: Dendrobium aggregatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 477, 1832, nom. illeg. [non Kunth 1816]. Callista aggregata (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 654, 1891, nom. illeg. Type:— MYANMAR. Northern Rakhine State: Pierard s.n. (holotype: not located; icon. Roxburgh 1289 CAL; copy K).

Specimens examined:— MANDALAY. Pyinoolwin District : 1035 m, 8 Apr 1940, Dickason 9637 ( AMES) . SHAN. Taunggyi District: fide Moore (1895: 171; as D. aggregatum ); Kengtung District : 23 Apr 1940, Dickason 9700 ( AMES) . KAYIN. Unspecified : fide Aung et al. (2020: 79) . RAKHINE. Unspecified: Wallich, Numer. List : no. 7411 A ( K-W) ; same loc., Voigt s.n. ( C) ; northern part: type. BAGO. Taungoo District : 20 Feb 1929, Ba Pe 9391 ( K, RAF) . MON. Thaton District : without collector s.n. (not located, possibly K) , fide Hooker (1890a: 750) [as D. aggregatum ]; Mawlamyine District : 1874, Parish 13 ( K) . TANINTHARYI. Myeik District: Griffith s.n. ( K, P) . Also reported from Kachin State, Sagaing Region, Kayah State and Yangon Region by Kress et al. (2003: 71; under D. aggregatum ), but we have not seen material from these areas.

Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and southwestern and southern China.

Note:— The Dickason 9637 & 9700 collections have small flowers on few-flowered short racemes. We think they belong here rather than to D. jenkinsii Wall. ex Lindl.

Dendrobium lituiflorum Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1856: 372, 1856 [May]. Type :— MYANMAR. Without locality: comm. & imp. s.n. (holotype: K-LINDL)

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

Heterotypic synonym: Dendrobium hanburyanum Rchb. f., Bonplandia 4: 329, 1856 [Oct]. Type:— MYANMAR. Without locality: comm. & imp. s.n. (holotype: W-R 20965).

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Myitkyina District : without collector s.n. (not located, possibly CAL) , fide Pottinger & Prain (1898: 268); Bhamo District : comm. & imp. s.n. ( K) ; same loc., 150 m, Bogg s.n. in Maymyo Bot. Gard. 13526 ( K) . SAGAING. Hkampti District: 2018, Armstrong et al. 3780 ( NY, photos seen), ident. uncertain . CHIN. Mindat District: 19 Feb 2009, Tanaka 0693 ( TNS [s]) . SHAN. Unspecified : without collector s.n. (not located, possibly CAL) , fide Collett & Hemsley (1890: 130); same loc., 1220 m, Mar 1888, Manders s.n. ( K) ; same loc., Lamington s.n. ( K) . BAGO. Pyay District: Benson s.n. ( K) . YANGON. Unspecified: cult. material (not located), fide Hooker (1890a: 740). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Types; Griffith s.n., Kew Distr. 5055 ( K) .

Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and southwestern and southern China.