Dendrobium spatella Rchb.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 118-119

Dendrobium spatella Rchb. f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 298, 1865

Homotypic synonym: Callista spatella (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 655, 1891.

Heterotypic synonym: Dendrobium acinaciforme Roxb. var. minus Tang & F.T.Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 80, 1951.

Specimen examined:— SAGAING. Kale District : fide Aung et al. (2020: 82) . MON. Thaton District : 90 m, Bogg 13553 ( K). Also reported from Kachin and Chin states, Magway and Mandalay regions and Shan State by Kress et al. (2003: 75), but we have not seen material from these areas.

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

Dendrobium strongylanthum Rchb. f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 462, 1878. Type :—‘INDIA’ (probably Myanmar). Cult. Hincks s.n. (holotype: W-R 50293 )

Homotypic synonym: Callista strongylantha (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 655. 1891.

Specimens examined:—? MYANMAR. Type. UPPER MYANMAR. 1899, cult. Sander ex Micholitz s.n. ( AMES) . KACHIN. Putao District : Dec 2015, Saw Lwin KSL 1076 & 1076-2 ( RAF) . CHIN. Mindat District : 2135 m, 9 Nov 1956, Kingdon-Ward 22843 ( BM) ; same loc., 2 Oct 2008, Yasuda 060004 ( MBK) . SHAN. Taunggyi District : 1705 m, 11 Dec 2016, Phoe Hmwe et al. TS01281 ( MBK) , ident. uncertain. WITHOUT LOCALITY. Comm. & imp., cult. Sander s.n. ( K) .

Distribution:— Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and southwestern and southern China.