Cymbidium Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6 (1799) 70

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Cymbidieae

Subtribe: Cymbidiinae

Synonyms: Arethusantha Finet , Cyperorchis Blume , Iridorchis Blume , Jensoa Raf. , Pachyrhizanthe (Schltr.) Nakai

A genus of c. 45 species; 16 species in Malesia.

Distribution: NW India, E Asia, Japan, Malesia, Australia

Berg, C. van den, A. Ryan, P.J. Cribb, and M.W. Chase. 2002. Molecular phylogenetics of Cymbidium (Maxillarieae): Sequence data from internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid matK. Lindleyana 17: 102 - 111.

DuPuy, D. and P.J. Cribb. 1988. The genus Cymbidium. Christopher Helm, London.

Yukawa, T., K. Miyoshi, and J. Yokoyama. 2002. Molecular phylogeny and character evolution of Cymbidium. Bull. Nat. Sc. Mus., Ser. B, 28: 129 - 139.

 

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Cymbidium ensifolium subsp. haemathodes (Lindl.) DuPuy & P.J.Cribb ex Govaerts, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Cymbidium ensifolium subsp. haemathodes (Lindl.) DuPuy & P.J.Cribb ex Govaerts, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea  

last updated: 21 January 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera