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Bulbophyllum lobbii

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionFeb 1, 2024
Entity authorityQ1595652 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bulbophyllum lobbii (Lobb's bulbophyllum) is a species of orchid, also known as Thailand bulbophyllum or Sumatran bulbophyllum. It was named for the plant hunter Thomas Lobb, who introduced it to England from Java in 1846.

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The public source identifies “Bulbophyllum lobbii” as species of plant. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bulbophyllum, lobbii and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1846—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bulbophyllum, lobbii and species providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 1, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q1595652. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1846.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bulbophyllum lobbii” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.