Dendrobium moschatum explained

Dendrobium moschatum Griff. is a synonym of Dendrobium pulchellum.^[1]

Dendrobium moschatum, the musky-smelling dendrobium, is a species of orchid. It is native to the Himalayas (northern and eastern India, northern Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Yunnan), and Indochina (Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia).^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Plicatol B is a phenanthrene that can be isolated from Dendrobium moschatum.^[9]

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=58452 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 58452, Dendrobium moschatum Griff. 1851
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=58450 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 58450, Dendrobium moschatum (Buch.-Ham.) Sw. 1805
3. I.Barua, Orchid Fl. Kamrup Distr. Assam: 160 (2001).
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242412901 Flora of China v 25 p 385, 杓唇石斛 shao chun shi hu, Dendrobium moschatum (Buchanan-Hamilton) Swartz, Neues J. Bot. 1: 94. 1805.
5. Hossain, A.B.M. (2002). A Taxonomic report on the genus Dendrobium Sw.. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 9(2): 47-55.
6. Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
7. Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
8. Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
9. http://kanaya.naist.jp/knapsack_jsp/information.jsp?word=C00015897 Plicatol B at kanaya.naist.jp/knapsack_jsp