Cymbidium

Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw. (There are two groups of people. One who thinks that a dark and complete band on petals and sepals from one end to other is Cymbidium aloifolium (leaves are narrower too). Others believe the other way around. The original illustration in Hortus Malabaricus of C. aloifolium has dark band.)
(Himalaya to W. Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)

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Cymbidium bicolor Lindl. (There are two groups of people. One who thinks that a dark and complete band on petals and sepals from one end to other is Cymbidium aloifolium (leaves are narrower too). Others believe the other way around. The original illustration in Hortus Malabaricus of C. aloifolium has dark band.)
(India, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands as per POWO)

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Cymbidium crassifolium Herb. (Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)

     


Cymbidium cyperifolium Wall. ex Lindl. (Himalaya to S. China and Philippines: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)

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Cymbidium cyperifolium var. szechuanicum (Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen) S.C.Chen & Z.J.Liu (Uttarakhand to S. Central China: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO)

  


Cymbidium dayanum Rchb.f. (Himalaya to Japan (S. Kyushu) and Malesia: Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)

  


Cymbidium devonianum Paxton (E. Nepal to China (SE. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)

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Cymbidium eburneum Lindl. (Himalaya to Hainan: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam as per POWO)

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Cymbidium elegans Lindl. (Himalaya to S. Central China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO)

  
  
    
  


Cymbidium ensifolium (L.) Sw. (Indo-China to Temp. E. Asia and Philippines (Luzon): Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)

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Cymbidium erythraeum Lindl. (Himalaya to S. Central China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)

   


Cymbidium goeringii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. (Himalaya to Korea and N. Indo-China, Japan: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)

  


Cymbidium haematodes Lindl. (S. India to China (SW. Yunnan) and W. Malesia: Borneo, China South-Central, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand as per POWO)

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Cymbidium hookerianum Rchb.f. (E. Nepal to S. China and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)

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Cymbidium iridioides D.Don (Himalaya to S. Central China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)

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Cymbidium lancifolium Hook. (Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)

     

     


Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. (Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)

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Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl. (N. Pakistan to E. India and Temp. E. Asia: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)

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Cymbidium tracyanum L.Castle (SE. Tibet to China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guizhou) and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)

  
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Cymbidium (Orchidaceae) page with comparative images:
Pl. go through‎ Cymbidium (Orchidaceae) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details.
I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genus (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice. Pl. circulate it widely, for the benefit of all concerned.
Thanks a lot, Pankaj Kumar ji, for most of the identifications.


Updated on December 24, 2024

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