Cymbidium aloifolium

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cymbidium aloifolium']

• English: Aloe-leafed Cymbidium
• العربية: زورقان ألوي الأوراق
• مصرى: زورقان الوى الاوراق
• অসমীয়া: গেজেং কপৌ
• বাংলা: কুনছিছিরি
• русский: Цимбидиум алоелистный
• українська: Цимбідіум алоелистий
• Tiếng Việt: Lan kiếm
• 中文: 纹瓣兰, 紋瓣蘭, 树茭瓜, 硬叶吊兰
• 中文（简体）: 纹瓣兰
• 中文（臺灣）: 紋瓣蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Cymbidiinae • Genus: Cymbidium • Species: Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw. (1799)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum aloifolium L., Sp. Pl.: 953 (1753) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum pendulum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 35 (1795) Epidendrum aloides Curtis, Bot. Mag. 11: t. 387 (1797) Cymbidium pendulum (Roxb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 73 (1799) Aerides borassii Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39(1): n.º 8 (1818). Cymbidium erectum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.: t. 1753 (1851) Cymbidium simulans Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 25: 175 (1917) Cymbidium intermedium H.G.Jones, Reinwardtia 9: 71 (1974)

Type species

Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Cymbidium aloifolium
  vol. 1 plate 44 in:
  William Roxburgh:
  Plants of the coast of Coromandel
  (1795)
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  Cymbidium aloifolium
  plate 387 in:
  The Botanical Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 11,
  (1797)
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  Cymbidium aloifolium
  (as syn.
  Cymbidium pendulum)
  plate 25 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 26,
  (1840)
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  Cymbidium aloifolium
  (as syn.
  Cymbidium pendulum
  var. brevilabre)
  plate 24 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 26,
  (1844)
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  Cymbidium aloifolium
  (as syn.
  Cymbidium pendulum)
  Plate 437 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cymbidium aloifolium
  (as syn.
  Cymbidium pendulum)
  plate 607 in:
  Jean Jules Linden
  L. Linden & E. Rodigas:
  Lindenia
  (1885-1906)
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  Cymbidium aloifolium
  figure 367 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 4. Heft
  Leiden (1911)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cymbidium aloifolium.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cymbidium aloifolium