Dendrobium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q133778
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Summary

Dendrobium is a taxon[1]. Dendrobium ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,679 views/month, #1,468 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Dendrobiinae[4]
  • Taxon name: Dendrobium[5]
  • Commons category: Dendrobium[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Dendrobium moniliforme[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dendrobium[8]
  • Commons gallery: Dendrobium[9]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 19[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3490[12]
  • This taxon is source of: Dendrobium alkaloid[13]
  • Taxon common name: دندربيون[14], ডেনদ্ৰবিয়াম[15], Puikkokämmekät[16], Štomowa orchideja[17], セッコク属[18], Дендробиум[19], Dendrobis[20], ഡെൻഡ്രോബിയം[21], Dendróbio[22], Dendróbium[23], สกุลหวาย (กล้วยไม้)[24], Lan hoàng thảo[25], 石斛蘭屬[26], vesszőkosbor[27]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 67757[28] and 882421[29]. Dendrobium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37818[30]. Dendrobium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2821327[31]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 500236[32] and 696361[33].

Why It Matters

Dendrobium has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Dendrobium is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An updated classification of Orchidaceae. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . iNaturalist. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12h ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 500236, 696361
    Sitelink count → 48
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'as', 'az', 'ban', 'bcl', 'bn', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en'
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  2. 24d ago · Andrawaag · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inaturalist taxon id → 67757, 882421
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  3. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Dendrobiinae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxonomic type → Dendrobium moniliforme
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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