Cymbidium lowianum

Cymbidium lowianum
Flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cymbidium
Species:
C. lowianum
Binomial name
Cymbidium lowianum
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Cymbidium hookerianum var. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen
    • Cymbidium iansonii Rolfe
    • Cymbidium lowianum f. concolor (Rolfe) O.Gruss & M.Wolff
    • Cymbidium lowianum var. concolor Rolfe
    • Cymbidium lowianum var. iansonii (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb & Du Puy
    • Cyperorchis iansonii (Rolfe) Schltr.
    • Cyperorchis lowiana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.

Cymbidium lowianum, called Low's boat orchid, is a species of orchid in the genus Cymbidium, native to Assam in India, Yunnan in China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]

  • Cymbidium lowianum var. ailaoense X.M.Xu
  • Cymbidium lowianum var. kalawense (Colyear) Govaerts
  • Cymbidium lowianum var. lowianum

References

  1. ^ Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 332 (1879)
  2. ^ a b c "Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Cymbidium lowianum Low's boat orchid". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 20 February 2021.


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