Biology:Dendrobium amplum

Short description: Species of orchid

Dendrobium amplum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Dendrobium
Species:	D. amplum
Binomial name
Dendrobium amplum Lindl.
Synonyms
Epigeneium amplum (Lindl.) Summerh. Sarcopodium amplum(Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton Bulbophyllum amplum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Dendrobium coelogyne Rchb.f. Callista ampla (Lindl.) Kuntze Callista coelogyne (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Sarcopodium coelogyne (Rchb.f.) Rolfe Sarcopodium annamense Guillaumin Katherinea ampla (Lindl.) A.D. Hawkes Katherinea coelogyne (Rchb.f.) A.D. Hawkes Epigeneium coelogyne (Rchb.f.) Summerh. Epigeneium annamense (Guillaumin) Seidenf.

Dendrobium amplum is a species of orchid native to Asia.

It is found in China, India in Assam and Sikkim, the eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The orchid is a small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte or lithophyte on mossy limestone rocks, in semi-deciduous and evergreen forests at elevations of 500–2,100 metres (1,600–6,900 ft).

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17270189 entry