Editing Dendrobium (section)

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Dendrobium-kingianum.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Dendrobium kingianum]]''
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Dendrobium
| authority = [[Sw.]]<ref name="WCSP">{{WCSP | 56967 | ''Dendrobium''}}</ref>
| type_species = ''[[Dendrobium moniliforme]]''
| type_species_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) Sw.
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = 
About 1,600; see [[List of Dendrobium species|List of ''Dendrobium'' species]]
| synonyms = {{collapsible list |
*''Abaxianthus'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Aclinia'' <small>Griff.</small>
*''Amblyanthe'' <small>Rauschert</small>
*''Amblyanthus'' <small>(Schltr.) Brieger</small>
*''Anisopetala'' <small>(Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem.</small>
*''Aporopsis'' <small>(Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Aporum'' <small>Blume</small>
*''Asarum'' <small>Archila</small>
*''Australorchis'' <small>Brieger</small>
*''Bolbodium'' <small>Brieger</small>
*''Bouletia'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Cadetia'' <small>Gaudich.</small>
*''Callista'' <small>Lour.</small>
*''Cannaeorchis'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Cepobaculum'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Ceraia'' <small>Lour.</small>
*''Ceratobium'' <small>(Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Chromatotriccum'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Coelandria'' <small>Fitzg.</small>
*''Conostalix'' <small>(Kraenzl.) Brieger</small>
*''Davejonesia'' <small>M.A.Clem.</small>
*''Dendrobates'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Dendrocoryne'' <small>(Lindl.) Brieger</small>
*''Desmotrichum'' <small>Blume</small>
*''Dichopus'' <small>Blume</small>
*''Diplocaulobium'' <small>(Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.</small>
*''Distichorchis'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Ditulima'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Dockrillia'' <small>Brieger</small>
*× ''Dockrilobium'' <small>J.M.H.Shaw</small>
*''Dolichocentrum'' <small>(Schltr.) Brieger</small>
*''Durabaculum'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Eleutheroglossum'' <small>(Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Endeisa'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Ephemerantha'' <small>P.F.Hunt & Summerh.</small>
*''Epigeneium'' <small>Gagnep.</small>
*''Eriopexis'' <small>(Schltr.) Brieger</small>
*''Euphlebium'' <small>(Kraenzl.) Brieger</small>
*''Eurycaulis'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Exochanthus'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Flickingeria'' <small>A.D.Hawkes</small>
*''Froscula'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Gersinia'' <small>Néraud</small>
*''Goldschmidtia'' <small>Dammer</small>
*''Grastidium'' <small>Blume</small>
*''Herpetophytum'' <small>(Schltr.) Brieger</small>
*''Hibiscorchis'' <small>Archila & Vinc.Bertolini</small>
*''Inobulbon'' <small>Schltr. & Kraenzl.</small>
*''Keranthus'' <small>Lour. ex Endl.</small>
*''Kinetochilus'' <small>(Schltr.) Brieger</small>
*''Latourea'' <small>Blume</small>
*''Latourorchis'' <small>Brieger</small>
*''Leioanthum'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Maccraithea'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Macrostomium'' <small>Blume</small>
*''Microphytanthe'' <small>(Schltr.) Brieger</small>
*''Monanthos'' <small>(Schltr.) Brieger</small>
*''Onychium'' <small>Blume</small>
*''Ormostema'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Orthoglottis'' <small>Breda</small>
*''Oxyglossellum'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Pedilonum'' <small>Blume</small>
*''Pierardia'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Sarcocadetia'' <small>(Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Sayeria'' <small>Kraenzl.</small>
*''Schismoceras'' <small>C.Presl</small>
*''Stachyobium'' <small>Rchb.f.</small>
*''Stelbophyllum'' <small>D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.</small>
*''Stilbophyllum'' <small>D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.</small>
*''Tetrabaculum'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Tetrodon'' <small>(Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Thelychiton'' <small>Endl.</small>
*''Thicuania'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Trachyrhizum'' <small>(Schltr.) Brieger</small>
*''Tropilis'' <small>Raf.</small>
*× ''Vappaculum'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Vappodes'' <small>M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones</small>
*''Winika'' <small>M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & Molloy</small>
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| synonyms_ref =<ref>{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325886-2#synonyms |title=Dendrobium Sw. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=7 July 2020 }}</ref>
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'''''Dendrobium''''' is a [[genus]] of mostly [[Epiphyte|epiphytic]] and [[Lithophyte|lithophytic]] [[orchid]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found in diverse habitats throughout much of [[South Asia|south]], [[East Asia|east]] and [[southeast Asia]], including [[China]], [[Japan]], [[India]], the [[Philippines]], [[Indonesia]], [[Australia]], [[New Guinea]], [[Vietnam]] and many of the islands of the [[Pacific Islands|Pacific]]. Orchids in this genus have roots that creep over the surface of trees or rocks, rarely having their roots in soil. Up to six leaves develop in a tuft at the tip of a shoot and from one to a large number of flowers are arranged along an unbranched flowering stem. Several attempts have been made to separate ''Dendrobium'' into smaller genera, but most have not been accepted by the [[World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]].