Native records: 1 botanical areas
Sri Lanka
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A pseudobulbous epiphyte of wet tropical climates. Native to Sri Lanka.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Sri Lanka
- Sri LankaNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Am Tropical, monsoon
The same climate occurs in 121 areas worldwide, 120 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Recorded medicinal uses
The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.
Dendrobium maccarthiae is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.61, left column, line 3
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
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- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
Other species in Dendrobium
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Sri Lanka · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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Image information
Photograph of Dendrobium maccarthiae
Probably Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. (this plate not signed), description by William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865) · Public domain · File page