Dendrobium anosmum Lindl.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 91

Dendrobium anosmum Lindl. , Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 31 (Misc.): 32, 1845

Homotypic synonym: Callista anosma (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 653, 1891.

Specimens examined:— CHIN. Unspecified: fide Saw Lwin (2004: 14). SHAN. Unspecified: fide Saw Lwin (2004: 14).

Distribution:— Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and Malesia as far east as New Guinea.

Notes:— First recorded in Myanmar by Saw Lwin (2004: 14). It is remarkable that this attractive species was not noticed in Myanmar in the past 185 years of botanical and commercial collecting.

Dendrobium aphrodite Rchb. f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 246, 1862 [Aug 1]. Type :— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District, Parish 106 (holotype: W)

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

Heterotypic synonym: Dendrobium nodatum Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1862: 717, 1862 [Aug 2]. Type :— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District, Low s.n. (holotype: K-LINDL) .

Specimens examined:— MANDALAY. Pyinoolwin District : fide Aung et al. (2020: 76) . MON. Mawlamyine District : types. Also reported from Tanintharyi Region by Kress et al. (2003: 72), but we have not seen material from this area.

Distribution:— Endemic.