|
|
Latouria DendrobiumsP. J. Cribb’s November 1982 treatment of the Latouria section of
Dendrobium genus in “A revision of Dendrobium sect. Latouria (Orchidaceae)”
considered forty-eight species of Dendrobium sect. Latouria.
Various authors recognise between forty-eight and seventy-eight species
in the Latouria section of Dendrobium.
The species and varieties of the Dendrobium
macrophyllum complex remain the subject of on going taxonomic studies
and articles.
Of the above species three are not natural to the Australasian Native
Orchid Society accepted region. These
being Dendrobium laurensii (Moluccas, Halmaheira only), Dendrobium
setigerum (
The
following four of these species have only been utilised for intersectional
hybridising (not with other members of Dendrobium sect. Latouria):
The following is a list (in alphabetical order) of hybrid grexes and
their registered parentage that include only Dendrobium sect. Latouria
species as at end of December 2006: |
|