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Cymbidium aloifolium

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Species of orchid

Aloe-leafed cymbidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cymbidium
Species: C. aloifolium
Binomial name
Cymbidium aloifolium
(L.) Sw.
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum aloifolium L. (1753) (Basionym)
  • Epidendrum pendulum Roxb. (1795)
  • Epidendrum aloides Curtis (1797)
  • Cymbidium pendulum (Roxb.) Sw. (1799)
  • Aerides borassii Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. (1818)
  • Cymbidium erectum Wight (1851)
  • Cymbidium simulans Rolfe (1917)
  • Cymbidium intermedium H.G. Jones (1974)

Cymbidium aloifolium, the aloe-leafed cymbidium, is a species of orchid found in Asia, especially China and southeast Asia from Burma to Sumatra. It can be found growing between rocks or on another plant. The word cymbidium comes from the Greek kumbos meaning "hole, cavity" and the Latin specific name is just a translation of the English "aloe-leafed".

References

  1. "Iospe Photos".
  2. "Dictionary of Botanical Epithets".
Taxon identifiers
Cymbidium aloifolium
Epidendrum aloifolium
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