Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
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."
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
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.