Orchidaceae
Cymbidium

Cymbidium sinense (Andrews) Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 111 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam to Japan (Yakushima). It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chowlu, K., Nanda, Y. & Rao, A.N. (2014). Four new additions to the orchid flora of Manipur, India. The Journal of the Orchid Society of India 28: 87-90.
  • 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.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2014). Flora of Thailand 12(2): 303-670. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chowlu, K., Nanda, Y. & Rao, A.N. (2014). Four new additions to the orchid flora of Manipur, India. The Journal of the Orchid Society of India 28: 87-90.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Metcalf, F.P. [17044] K:SPC-10986.000 No
Leung in, J. [Barretto 266] Hong Kong K:SPC-47253.000 No
Klehm, A.J. China K:SPC-46209.000 No
Barretto, G. Hong Kong K:SPC-47931.000 No
Leung, J. [269] Hong Kong K:SPC-47893.000 No
Barretto, G. [261] Hong Kong K:SPC-47320.000 No
Barretto, G. Hong Kong K:SPC-47874.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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