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'''''Dendrobium tetragonum''''', the '''Common Spider Orchid''', is a species of [[orchid]], also known as the '''Rectangular-bulbed Dendrobium''' or '''Tree Spider Orchid'''. It is commonly found in [[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]] in [[Australia]].<ref name="tyrena">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=59272 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orchidspecies.com/dentetragonum.htm|title=IOSPE Photos: Dendrobium tetragonum|publisher=OrchidSpecies.com|accessdate=2013-12-22}}</ref>
'''''Dendrobium tetragonum''''', the '''common spider orchid''', is a species of [[orchid]], also known as the '''rectangular-bulbed dendrobium''' or '''tree spider orchid'''. It is commonly found in [[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]] in [[Australia]].<ref name="tyrena">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=59272 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orchidspecies.com/dentetragonum.htm|title=IOSPE Photos: Dendrobium tetragonum|publisher=OrchidSpecies.com|accessdate=2013-12-22}}</ref>


==Infraspecific taxa==
==Infraspecific taxa==

Revision as of 12:17, 30 March 2017

Common spider orchid
1872 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
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D. tetragonum
Binomial name
Dendrobium tetragonum
Synonyms[2]
  • Callista tetragona (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Dendrobium tetragonum var. tomentosum Nicholls
  • Dendrobium tetragonum var. variabile P.A.Gilbert
  • Dendrocoryne tetragonum (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Brieger
  • Tropilis tetragona (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Butzin
  • Tetrabaculum tetragonum (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

Dendrobium tetragonum, the common spider orchid, is a species of orchid, also known as the rectangular-bulbed dendrobium or tree spider orchid. It is commonly found in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[2][3]

Infraspecific taxa

Several names have been proposed for subspecies and varieties. These are currently accepted as of June 2014:[2]

  1. Dendrobium tetragonum var. cacatua (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) H.Mohr - Queensland
  2. Dendrobium tetragonum subsp. cataractarum Peter B.Adams, S.D.Lawson & G.A.Paterson - Queensland
  3. Dendrobium tetragonum subsp. giganteum (Leaney) Peter B.Adams - Queensland
  4. Dendrobium tetragonum var. melaleucaphilum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Dockrill - Queensland and New South Wales
  5. Dendrobium tetragonum var. serpentis Peter B.Adams - Queensland
  6. Dendrobium tetragonum subsp. tetragonum - Queensland and New South Wales

References

  1. ^ Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911) - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 98 (ser. 3 nr. 28) tab. 5956
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ "IOSPE Photos: Dendrobium tetragonum". OrchidSpecies.com. Retrieved 2013-12-22.