Dendrobium guamense

Dendrobium guamense is a species of epiphytic orchid endemic to Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.[3][4] It is currently known from nine occurrences totaling 550 individuals across the islands of Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan.[5]

Dendrobium guamense
Dendrobium guamense leaves and flowers, Rota Island, CNMI

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1][2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. guamense
Binomial name
Dendrobium guamense

See also

List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer Dendrobium guamense". NatureServe Explorer Dendrobium guamense. Arlington Virginia, United States of America: NatureServe. 2022-06-03. NatureServe Element Code:PMORC0T020. Retrieved 23 Jun 2022.
  2. Faber-Langendoen, D; Nichols, J; Master, L; Snow, K; Tomaino, A; Bittman, R; Hammerson, G; Heidel, B; Ramsay, L; Teucher, A; Young, B (2012). NatureServe Conservation Status Assessments: Methodology for Assigning Ranks (PDF) (Report). Arlington, Virginia, United States of America: NatureServe.
  3. Raulerson, Lynn (1992). Ferns and Orchids of the Mariana Islands. Guam.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. "Dendrobium guamense". Guam Plant Extinction Prevention Program. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  5. "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Endangered Status for 21 Species and Proposed Threatened Status for 2 Species in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" (PDF). Government Publishing Office. Retrieved 2017-12-04.


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