Dendrobium pendulum Roxb., Fl. Ind.

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Dendrobium pendulum Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 484, 1832

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

Heterotypic synonyms: Dendrobium crassinode Benson & Rchb. f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 164, 1869. Callista crassinodis (Benson & Rchb. f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 654, 1891. Type:— MYANMAR. Rakhine State: Benson s.n. (holotype: W).

Dendrobium melanophthalmum Rchb. f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 25: 426, 1886. Types:—ORIGIN UNKNOWN (? Myanmar). Cult. Dorman s.n. (syntype: W-R); same loc., cult. Veitch s.n. (syntype: W-R) .

Specimens examined:—? MYANMAR. Type. CHIN. Falam District: 1190 m, 28 Mar 1938, Dickason 7358 (AMES); Mindat District: 9 Aug 2008, Yasuda 060033 (MBK). SHAN. Taunggyi District: fide Nyan Tun (2014: 224–225); same loc., fide Moore (1895: 171; as Dendrobium crassinode ). RAKHINE. Unspecified: type. MON. Mawlamyine District: Parish 26 (not located), fide Parish (1883: 193; as D. crassinode ); same loc., fide Kraenzlin (1910: 30; as D. crassinode ).

Distribution:— Northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and southwestern China.