Dendrobium primulinum Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1858: 400, 1858

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 116

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Dendrobium primulinum Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1858: 400, 1858 View in CoL

Homotypic synonym: Callista primulina (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 655, 1891.

Heterotypic synonyms: Dendrobium primulinum Lindl. var. giganteum Sander , Sander’s Orch. Guide: 74, 1901. Type:— MYANMAR. Without locality: without collector s.n. (not located) .

Dendrobium theionochilum Schltr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 121 (1922). Type :— MYANMAR. Upper part: imp. Hennis s.n., cult. Bot. Gard. Berlin s.n. (holotype: B, destroyed).

Specimens examined:— UPPER MYANMAR. Type. KACHIN. Putao District : 915 m, 23 Mar 1953, Kingdon-Ward 22062 ( BM), det. Alsterlund-Green. CHIN. District not traced: 1980 m, Jun 1910, Venning 9 ( K) ; Falam District: 1220 m, 28 Mar 1938, Dickason 7221 ( AMES) ; same loc., 1830 m, May 1938, Dickason 7221 ( AMES) ; Mindat District: 9 Aug 2008, Yasuda 060027, 060028 & 060029 ( MBK) . TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: Kurzweil s.n., photo, ident. uncertain . WITHOUT LOCALITY. Type .

Distribution:— Northern India, the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and southwestern China.

Notes:— Wood (2006: 679) considered this a synonym of D. polyanthum , but it seems to differ in the lip having a distinct raised basal callosity (not a concavity). We include D. theionochilum based on the description. Dickason used the number 7221 for plants from two near-by localities.