Recent Developments in the Study of Rapid Propagation of Dendrobium catenatum Lindl.with a Discussion on its Scientific and Chinese Names
铁皮石斛(Dendrobium catenatum)快速繁殖的研究进展——兼论其学名与中名的正误

Dendrobium catenatum Lindl.has been used as a valuable medicinal herb in China for a long time.In the last twenty years,research and production of this medicinal plant have made significant progress.The present paper attempts to make a brief summary,as well as an evaluation,of the recent developments in the study of rapid propagation of this species,based on both document information and our own experiments in the National Orchid Conservation Center of China.In view of the confusion related to its scientifi...