Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Dendrobium x superbiens
Orchidaceae Juss.
Dendrobium x superbiens Rchb.f. , legitimate, named hybrid
Reichenbach, H.G. (1876), New Garden Plants. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 6: 516 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "This very curious novelty was imported by Messrs. Veitch, from Northern Australia."
  • Comment: Given by S.T.Blake, loc. cit. as a hybrid between Dendrobium bigibbum & D. undulatum, and by Dockrill, loc. cit. as a hybrid between D. bigibbum & D. discolor. Base name for Callista superbiens (H.G.Reichb.) Kuntze; Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbiens (H.G.Reichb.) Bailey.
Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 509 [basionym]
basionym of: Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbiens (Rchb.f.) F.M.Bailey legitimate
Fitzgerald, R.D. (January 1884), Australian Orchids 2(1): [5th plate] [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (June 1884), Notes on plants from New Guinea. The Australasian Chemist and Druggist 7(74): 15 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Dendrobium fitzgeraldii F.Muell. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (January 1884), Australian Orchids 2(1): [5th plate]
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 655 [basionym]
basionym of: Callista superbiens (Rchb.f.) Kuntze legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 525 [secondary reference]
Blake, S.T. (1964), Dendrobium bigibbum, Dendrobium phalaenopsis and the Cooktown Orchid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 74(4): 43 [secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 448-451 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbiens (Rchb.f.) F.M.Bailey legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callista superbiens (Rchb.f.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium fitzgeraldii F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium fitzgeraldi Anon. nom. inval., nom. prov. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. albomarginatum F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callista fitzgeraldii (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate
Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 88 [secondary reference]
common name: Superb Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 487 [secondary reference]
common name: Curly Pinks [n/a] common name: Pink Orchid [n/a]
Upton, W.T. (1989), Dendrobium Orchids of Australia: 113-115, 204, 208, Figs 91-92, Pls 97-98 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 62 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbiens (Rchb.f.) F.M.Bailey legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callista superbiens (Rchb.f.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium goldiei Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium fitzgeraldii F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. albomarginatum F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callista fitzgeraldii (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium brandtiae Kraenzl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium x vinicolor St.Cloud legitimate
Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 600-604, Pl. 80 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbiens (Rchb.f.) F.M.Bailey legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callista superbiens (Rchb.f.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium goldiei Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium fitzgeraldii F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callista fitzgeraldii (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. albomarginatum F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium brandtiae Kraenzl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium x vinicolor St.Cloud legitimate
  • Comment: Putative natural hybrid between Dendrobium discolor and Dendrobium bigibbum.
Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 19 [secondary reference]
Bostock, P.D. & Harris, W.K. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Orchidaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 137 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region. The Orchadian 13(11): 492 [basionym]
basionym of: x Vappaculum x superbiens (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: x Vappaculum x superbiens (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbiens (Rchb.f.) F.M.Bailey legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callista superbiens (Rchb.f.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: x Vappaculum x superbiens (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium goldiei Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium fitzgeraldi Anon. nom. inval., nom. prov. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium fitzgeraldi F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium fitzgeraldii F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. albomarginatum F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callista fitzgeraldii (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium brandtiae Kraenzl. legitimate
  • APC Comment: A hybrid taxon involving Dendrobium bigibbum and D. discolor (fide D.L.Jones, Native Orchids Australia 487 (1988); A.W.Dockrill, Austral. Indig. Orchids 2nd edn, 2: 600 (1994)).
  • APC Dist.: Qld
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 676 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Durabaculum x superbiens D.L.Jones nom. inval.