Dendrobium

Dendrobium
Dendrobium kingianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Malaxideae
Subtribe:	Dendrobiinae
Genus:	Dendrobium Sw.[1]
Type species
Dendrobium moniliforme (L.) Sw.
Species
About 1,800; see List of Dendrobium species
Synonyms[2]
List Abaxianthus M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Aclinia Griff. Amblyanthe Rauschert Amblyanthus (Schltr.) Brieger Anisopetala (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. Aporopsis (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Aporum Blume Asarum Archila Australorchis Brieger Bolbodium Brieger Bouletia M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Cadetia Gaudich. Callista Lour. Cannaeorchis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Cepobaculum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Ceraia Lour. Ceratobium (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Chromatotriccum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Coelandria Fitzg. Conostalix (Kraenzl.) Brieger Davejonesia M.A.Clem. Dendrobates M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Dendrocoryne (Lindl.) Brieger Desmotrichum Blume Dichopus Blume Diplocaulobium (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. Distichorchis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Ditulima Raf. Dockrillia Brieger × Dockrilobium J.M.H.Shaw Dolichocentrum (Schltr.) Brieger Durabaculum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Eleutheroglossum (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Endeisa Raf. Ephemerantha P.F.Hunt & Summerh. Epigeneium Gagnep. Eriopexis (Schltr.) Brieger Euphlebium (Kraenzl.) Brieger Eurycaulis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Exochanthus M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Flickingeria A.D.Hawkes Froscula Raf. Gersinia Néraud Goldschmidtia Dammer Grastidium Blume Herpetophytum (Schltr.) Brieger Hibiscorchis Archila & Vinc.Bertolini Inobulbon Schltr. & Kraenzl. Keranthus Lour. ex Endl. Kinetochilus (Schltr.) Brieger Latourea Blume Latourorchis Brieger Leioanthum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Maccraithea M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Macrostomium Blume Microphytanthe (Schltr.) Brieger Monanthos (Schltr.) Brieger Onychium Blume Ormostema Raf. Orthoglottis Breda Oxyglossellum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Pedilonum Blume Pierardia Raf. Sarcocadetia (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Sayeria Kraenzl. Schismoceras C.Presl Stachyobium Rchb.f. Stelbophyllum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Stilbophyllum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Tetrabaculum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Tetrodon (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Thelychiton Endl. Thicuania Raf. Trachyrhizum (Schltr.) Brieger Tropilis Raf. × Vappaculum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Vappodes M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones Winika M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & Molloy

Dendrobium is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including China, Japan, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Vietnam and many of the islands of the Pacific. Orchids in this genus have roots that creep over the surface of trees or rocks, rarely having their roots in soil. Up to six leaves develop in a tuft at the tip of a shoot and from one to a large number of flowers are arranged along an unbranched flowering stem. Several attempts have been made to separate Dendrobium into smaller genera, but most have not been accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.