Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dendrobium moniliforme (L.) Sw. [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
caulis dendrobii	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
dendrobium	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
sekikoku	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sekkoku	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shihu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
石斛	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem	fresh or dried stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dendrobium candidum Wall. ex Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 36 (1838).
Dendrobium monile Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 50 II B 21: 50 (1910), nom. illeg.
Callista candida (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891).
Callista japonica (Blume) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891).
Callista moniliformis (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 655 (1891).
Callista spathacea (Lindl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 655 (1891).
Dendrobium castum Bateman ex Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. 1868: 943 (1868).
Dendrobium crispulum Kimura & Migo J. Shanghai Sci. Inst. 3: 123 (1936).
Dendrobium heishanense Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 40 (1914).
Dendrobium japonicum (Blume) Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 89 (1830).
Dendrobium kosepangii C.L.Tso Sunyatsenia 1: 141 (1933).
Dendrobium moniliforme f. alboviolaceum N.H.Tuan & O.Gruss Orchidee, Taxon. Mitt. 6(11): 89 (2020).
Dendrobium moniliforme var. malipoense L.J.Chen & Z.J.Liu J. Wuhan Bot. Res. 26: 358 (2008).
Dendrobium nienkui C.L.Tso Sunyatsenia 1: 142 (1933).
Dendrobium spathaceum Lindl. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 15 (1858).
Dendrobium taiwanianum S.S.Ying Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 11(2): 102 (1978).
Dendrobium yunnanense Finet Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 419 (1897).
Dendrobium zonatum Rolfe J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 13 (1903).
Epidendrum monile Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 30 (1784), nom. illeg.
Epidendrum moniliferum Panz. in G.F.Christmann, Vollst. Pflanzensyst. 10: 122 (1783).
Epidendrum moniliforme L. Sp. Pl.: 954 (1753).
Limodorum monile (Thunb.) Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 327 (1794).
Onychium japonicum Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 328 (1825).
Ormostema albiflora Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 38 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dendrobium candidum	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Dendrobium candidum Wall. ex Lindl.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Dendrobium candidum Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Dendrobium monile Kranzl.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Dendrobium moniliforme (L.) Sw.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Medicinal Orchids of Asia (Teoh, 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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