Orchidaceae

Cymbidium Sw.

First published in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 6: 70 (1799)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Australia. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2010 Fidilis; Sumbing [122103] Malaysia K000396037 No
Feb 1, 1998 Yong, R. [108] Malaysia K:SPC-70786.000 No
Nov 24, 1985 Kurzweil, H. [566] Thailand K000482279 No
Oct 1, 1985 Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [40456] Malaysia K000482281 No
Oct 1, 1985 Carr, C.E. [290] Malaysia K000482286 No
Sep 1, 1985 Darnton, S. [310] Malaysia K000482280 No
Sep 1, 1983 Garrett, H.B.G. [609] Thailand K000482275 No
Sep 1, 1983 Henry, A. [11858] China K000482269 No
Sep 1, 1983 Forrest, G. [19227] China K000482267 No
Sep 1, 1983 Dyson Mrs [1] Thailand K000482278 No
Sep 1, 1983 Garrett, H.B.G. [609] Thailand K000482273 No
Sep 1, 1983 Garrett, H.B.G. [609] Thailand K000482274 No
Sep 1, 1983 Tsai, H.T. [59087] China K000482272 No
Sep 1, 1983 Put [4502] Thailand K000482276 No
Sep 1, 1983 Dyson Mrs [1] Thailand K000482277 No
Sep 1, 1983 Ducloux, P.F. [s.n.] China K000482268 No
Sep 1, 1983 Tsai, H.T. [56700] China K000482270 No
Jan 1, 1983 Lamb, A. [104] Malaysia K000482284 No
Jan 1, 1983 Lamb, A. [104] Malaysia K000482285 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7355] Nepal K001127221 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-45966.000 No
Burma K:SPC-46422.000 No
Burma K:SPC-37656.000 No
K:SPC-14539.000 No
K:SPC-56208.000 No
K:SPC-45387.000 No
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 7352] Malaysia K001127216 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-45530.000 No
K:SPC-45515.000 No
K:SPC-50209.000 No
K:SPC-76490.000 No
K:SPC-45534.000 No
K:SPC-55489.000 No
K:SPC-12862.000 No
India K:SPC-50804.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7352] Burma K001127217 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cumberlege [772] Thailand K:SPC-25538.000 No
K:SPC-49621.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2092] Borneo K:SPC-07292.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7355] Nepal K001127222 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7355] Nepal K001127220 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-12853.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [47] Malaysia K000220045 Type Yes
Collenette, I.S. [47] Malaysia K:SPC-29462.000 Type No
Collenette, I.S. [47] Malaysia K000220046 Type No
Clemens, J. [50] Malaysia K000482282 No
K:SPC-49623.000 No
K:SPC-50218.000 No
Lamb, A. [AL43/83] Malaysia K:SPC-47629.000 No
K:SPC-48152.000 No
K:SPC-45535.000 No
K:SPC-45512.000 No
K:SPC-50216.000 No
K:SPC-45511.000 No
Gunsalam, A. [1] Malaysia K:SPC-56497.000 No
Thailand K:SPC-47900.000 No
Lamb, A. [AL807/87] Malaysia K:SPC-52321.000 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 7357] K001127227 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sanders, N. Nepal K:SPC-34602.000 No
K:SPC-51373.000 No
De Silva, F.; Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 7353] K001127218 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-14979.000 No
Trudel, N. [522] India K:SPC-52487.000 No
Seth, C.J. Burma K:SPC-47248.000 No
Easton, A. K:SPC-49672.000 No
China K:SPC-48257.000 No
Malaysia K:SPC-47960.000 No
K:SPC-47898.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7355] Nepal K001127223 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-37623.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132577 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7352] K001127215 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-47962.000 No
Taiwan K:SPC-49470.000 No
K:SPC-49622.000 No
K:SPC-14548.000 No
Australia K:SPC-50217.000 No
Kong [(Kong in) Ba] Hong Kong K:SPC-47904.000 No
K:SPC-53954.000 No
K:SPC-48287.000 No
Taiwan K:SPC-48256.000 No
K:SPC-45555.000 No
K:SPC-12854.000 No
K:SPC-12852.000 No
K:SPC-14980.000 No
K:SPC-14541.000 No
K:SPC-48041.000 No
K:SPC-45618.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images