Cymbidium aloifolium
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Cymbidium aloifolium |
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Cymbidium aloifolium View in CoL (L.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 73, 1799
Basionym: Epidendrum aloifolium View in CoL L., Sp. Pl.: 953, 1753.
Heterotypic synonyms: Epidendrum pendulum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel View in CoL 1: 35, 1795. Cymbidium pendulum (Roxb.) Sw. View in CoL , Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 73, 1799.
Cymbidium simulans Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 25: 175, 1917.
Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Mohnyin District: 4 May 2010, Kurzweil & Saw Lwin KL 2778 ( SING); same loc., 4 May 2010, Kurzweil & Saw Lwin KL 2779 ( SING, SING [s]). SAGAING. Kale District: 180 m, 26 Mar 1938, Dickason 7179 ( AMES). CHIN. Unspecified: fide Nyan Tun (2014: 140) [as Cymbidium dayanum ]; Mindat District: fide Aung et al. (2020: 74). MANDALAY. Pyinoolwin District: 1065 m, Samuel 13548 ( K). SHAN. Illegible: 1220 m, Mar 1888, Manders 92 ( K). RAKHINE. Unspecified: fide Nyan Tun (2014: 140) [as C. dayanum ]. TENASSERIM. Parish 12 (not located), fide Parish (1883: 197). TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: fide Aung et al. (2020: 74); Myeik District: 30 m, 4 Jun 2016, Tagane et al. MY 243 ( TNS), det. N. Tanaka. WITHOUT LOCALITY. 3 Sep 1971, Ohtsuka s.n. ( TI); 5 Sep 1970, Ohtsuka & Hashimoto s.n. ( TI). Also reported from Putao District in Kachin State by Saw Lwin (2007: 255 & 256), but we have not seen material from this area.
Distribution:— Sri Lanka, India, the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southwestern and southern China and western Malesia.
Cymbidium × ballianum Rolfe , Orchid Rev. 12: 85, 1904. Type :— MYANMAR. Without locality: cult. Alexander s.n. for Holford s.n. (holotype: not located, possibly K)
Specimens examined:— WITHOUT LOCALITY. Type; spring 1910, cult. Sander s.n . (AMES).
Distribution:— Endemic.
Notes:— Supposedly a natural hybrid between C. eburneum Lindl. and C. mastersii Griff. ex Lindl. described from a specimen exhibited at a show and simply said to exhibit ‘four white flowers having more pointed segments than C. eburneum , and crest of lip yellow’.
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