Dendrobium gracilicaule

Leopard Orchid
Delicate Dendrobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D. gracilicaule
Binomial name
Dendrobium gracilicaule
F. Muell. (1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Callista gracilicaulis (F. Muell.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Tropilis gracilicaulis (F. Muell.) Butzin (1982)
  • Dendrobium macropus ssp. gracilicaule (F. Muell.) P.S. Green (1986)
  • Thelychiton gracilicaulis (F. Muell.) M.A. Clem. & D.L. Jones (2002)
  • Dendrobium elongatum A.Cunn. 1839, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. 1830
  • Dendrobium brisbanense Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers (1861)
  • Callista elongata Kuntze (1891)
  • Dendrobium macropus subsp. howeanum (Maiden) P.S.Green (1986)
  • Thelychiton howeanus (Maiden) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones (2005)
  • Dendrobium floribundum Rchb.f 1875, illegitimate homonym, not D. Don 1825
  • Dendrobium comptonii Rendle (1921)
  • Dendrobium oscarii A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller (1957)
  • Tropilis comptonii (Rendle) Rauschert (1983)
  • Thelychiton comptonii (Rendle) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones (2002)

The Delicate Dendrobium or Leopard Orchid (Dendrobium gracilicaule) is a species of orchid. It is native to Australia and to certain islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. Two varieties are recognized:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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