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Dendrobium sect. Brevisaccata

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Dendrobium section Brevisaccata is a section of the genus Dendrobium.

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Dendrobium sect. Brevisaccata
Dendrobium angustipetalum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dendrobium
Section: Dendrobium sect. Brevisaccata
Kraenzl. 1910
Type species
Dendrobium agrostophyllum
Species

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Synonyms
  • Dendrobium sect. Trachyrhizum Schlechter 1912
  • Trachyrhizum (Schlechter) Brieger 1981
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Description

Plants in this section have long slender pseudobulbs with multi-flowered inflorescence with small flowers.[1]

Distribution

Plants from this section are found in Papua and New Guinea to Australia.[1]

Species

Dendrobium section Brevisaccata comprises the following species:

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ImageNameDistributionElevation (m)
Dendrobium agrostophyllum F. Mueller 1872Australia (northeastern Queensland)800–1,300 metres (2,600–4,300 ft)
Dendrobium angustipetalum J.J.Sm. 1905Moluccas and New Guinea1,000–1,100 metres (3,300–3,600 ft)
Dendrobium chalmersii F.Muell. 1882northeastern New Guinea (Milne Bay)0–1,000 metres (0–3,281 ft)
Dendrobium cyrtolobum Schltr.1912New Guinea (Morobe)800 metres (2,600 ft)
Dendrobium dissitifolium Ridl. 1916New Guinea, Papua (Timika Mimika Regency)1,700 metres (5,600 ft)
Dendrobium latelabellatum Gilli 1983New Guinea (Enga)
Dendrobium prostheciglossum Schltr. 1912Papua (Manokwari, Paniai, Jaya Wijaya, and Jayapura Regencies) and New Guinea(East Sepik, Southern Highlands, Enga, Western Highlands, Madang, Morobe, and New Britain), and Vanuatu1,100–2,600 metres (3,600–8,500 ft)
Dendrobium taeniocaule Schuit., Juswara & Droissart 2016New Guinea, Andaman Islands1,114 metres (3,655 ft)
Dendrobium viridiflorum F.M.Bailey 1898Moluccas, New Guinea (Morobe), Papua (Biak Numfor, Yapen-Waropen, and Jayapura Regencies; Waigeo Island)and the Solomon Islands0–200 metres (0–656 ft)
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