Dendrobium gibsonii Paxton

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 103-104

Dendrobium gibsonii Paxton , Paxton’s Mag. Bot. 5: 169, t. unnumbered, 1838

Homotypic synonyms: Callista gibsonii (Paxton) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 654, 1891. Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook. var. gibsonii (Paxton) Finet, Bull. Mus . Natl. Hist. Nat . 9: 299, 1903.

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: Younghusband s.n. ( K) ; same loc., 1220 m, 11 Jul 1919, Farrer 1987 ( E, RAF) ; same loc., 2285 m, 19 Oct 1938, Kaulback 124 ( BM) ; same loc., 760 m, 10 Sep 1939, Kaulback 387 ( BM) ; same loc., 25 Jul 1953, Kingdon-Ward 21205 ( BM), det. Alsterlund-Green; same loc., Feb−Mar 2007 or Mar 2009, Kurzweil & Saw Lwin KL s.n. [no. 5] ( SING) . MANDALAY. Kyaukse District: Griffith s.n., Kew Distr. 5052 ( K) . BAGO. Unspecified : fide Aung et al. (2020: 78) . TANINTHARYI. Myeik District: Griffith s.n., Mergui Herbarium 1040, Kew Distr. 5051 ( K). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Cult. Williams s.n. (not located), fide Grant (1895: 94). Reported from Shan State by Kress et al. (2003: 73), but we have not seen material from this area.

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

Dendrobium gratiosissimum Rchb. f., Bot.Zeitung(Berlin) 23: 99,1865. Type :— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District, Parish 206 (holotype: K)

Homotypic synonym: Callista gratiosissima (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 654, 1891.

Heterotypic synonyms: Dendrobium bullerianum Bateman, Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5652, 1867. Type :— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District , Parish s.n., sent to Low, cult. Buller s.n. (holotype: K) .

Dendrobium boxallii Rchb. f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 1: 315, 1874. Callista boxallii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 654, 1891. Type:— MYANMAR. Without locality: Boxall s.n. (holotype: W-R).

Dendrobium boxallii Rchb. f. var. albanense Sander , Sander’s Orch. Guide: 67, 1901. Type:— MYANMAR. Without locality: without collector s.n. (not located).

Specimens examined:— CHIN. Falam District : 915 m, 19 Apr 1938, Dickason 7488 ( AMES) ; Mindat District : 1830 m, 21 Jul 1956, Kingdon-Ward 22515 ( BM) ; same loc., May 2007, Tanaka s.n. ( TNS [s]), det. N. Tanaka; same loc., 2007, without collector s.n. ( TNS [s]) . SHAN. Kengtung District : 1220 m, 22 Apr 1940, Dickason 9834 ( AMES) ; same loc., 1220 m, 23 Apr 1940, Dickason 9735 ( AMES) ; same loc., 1220 m, 24 Apr 1940, Dickason 9895 ( AMES) . MON. Mawlamyine District: types cited; same loc., Parish 202 ( K). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Types; Swinhoe K 107 ( K) . Reported from Tanintharyi Region by Kress et al. (2003: 73), but we have not seen material from this area.

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

Note:— Possibly W-R 20980 is the type of D. boxallii .

Dendrobium griffithianum Lindl. , Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 21: sub t. 1756, 1835. Type :— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District, Griffith 351 (holotype: K-LINDL)

Homotypic synonym: Callista griffithiana (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 654, 1891.

Heterotypic synonyms: Dendrobium farmeri Paxton var. aureo-flavum Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 90: t. 5451, 1864. Types:—? MYANMAR. Cult. Low s.n. [as Lowe] (syntype: not located); WITHOUT ORIGIN. Cult. RBG Kew (syntype K: not located) .

Specimens examined:—? MYANMAR. Type; ‘ East Indies’, Wallich s.n. ( K); Wallich 1568 ( K-LINDL) [as Dendrobium amabile ]. KAYIN. Dawna Hills , Parish 14 B & 375 ( K). MON. Thaton District: Chin 6507 ( K); Mawlamyine District: type; 1827, Wallich , Numer. List : no. 7411 B ( K-W) [as D. aggregatum ]; same loc., 9 May 1863, Parish s.n. ( K), det. G . Seidenfaden. TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: fide Aung et al. (2020: 79); Myeik District : Griffith s.n. ( K, P) .

Distribution:—?Northeastern India, Myanmar and Thailand.