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Showing Dendrobium johnsoniae
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Lilianae(superordo)
- Asparagales(ordo)
- Orchidaceae(fam.)
- Dendrobium(gen.)
- johnsoniae(sp.)
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Type: "Eastern peninsula of New Guinea; Rev. James Chalmers."
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Etymology: "Had it not been my particular desire to accede to the wish of the enterprising discoverer of this magnificent orchid, that it should be named after the 'daughter of the Rev. Mr. Johnson of Surrey-Hills, New South Wales, a young lady, who materially has assisted the New Guinea Mission,' I should have hesitated to describe this plant for publication..."
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Text: "This common New Guinea species has been recorded for Australia but these records would seem to be in error and were probably based on a plant cultivated at the Cairns Botanical Gardens."
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Text: "... treated here as not occurring in this country."
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APC Comment: A Malesian taxon recorded for Australia by F.Mueller via herbarium specimen annotation, but later treated as doubtful (F.Mueller, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 9: 552 (1891)). See also P.S.Lavarack & B.Gray, Trop. Orchids Australia 74 (1985).
