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Cymbidium elegans

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
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Internal ID UUID64403731cb815031284511
Scientific name Cymbidium elegans
Authority Lindl.
First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 163 (1833)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cymbidium elegans var. lutescens Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 6: 15. 1891
Cymbidium elegans var. obcordatum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. n.s., 13: 41. 1880
Cyperorchis elegans Blume Rumphia 4: 47 (1849)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic زورقان أنيق
Chinese 莎草兰

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Cymbidium elegans var. elegans Unknown
Cymbidium elegans var. lushuiense (Z.J.Liu, S.C.Chen & X.C.Shi) Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen Gen. Cymbidium China : 144 (2006)

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- Extinct
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  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • East Himalaya
      • Nepal
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000934372
Tropicos 23500142
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:624991-1
The Plant List kew-53151
Open Tree Of Life 1018623
NCBI Taxonomy 160529
IPNI 624991-1
iNaturalist 574596
GBIF 5305531
Freebase /m/0ztjlsm
EOL 11349032
Wikipedia Cymbidium_elegans

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of a chinese endangered species Cymbidium wenshanense Y. S. Wu et F. Y. Liu Wang X, Cheng L, Li Z, Zhang Z, Wang Y Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 03-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10402856
doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2241695
PMID:37545549
New Paradigms in Brassinosteroids, Strigolactones, Sphingolipids, and Nitric Oxide Interaction in the Control of Lateral and Adventitious Root Formation Altamura MM, Piacentini D, Della Rovere F, Fattorini L, Falasca G, Betti C Plants (Basel) 16-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9864901
doi:10.3390/plants12020413
PMID:36679126
Flowering agricultural landscapes enhance parasitoid biological control to Bemisia tabaci on tomato in south China Yang S, Dou W, Li M, Wang Z, Chen G, Zhang X PLoS One 02-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9345349
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0272314
PMID:35917374
Phylogenetic incongruence in Cymbidium orchids Zhang GQ, Chen GZ, Chen LJ, Zhai JW, Huang J, Wu XY, Li MH, Peng DH, Rao WH, Liu ZJ, Lan SR Plant Divers 09-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8720702
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2021.08.002
PMID:35024514
The best choices: the diversity and functions of the plants in the home gardens of the Tsang-la (Motuo Menba) communities in Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Southwest China Zhang Y, Yang LX, Li MX, Guo YJ, Li S, Wang YH J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 31-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7457371
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00395-z
PMID:32867802
Phalaenopsis pollinia storage at sub-zero temperature and its pollen viability assessment Yuan SC, Chin SW, Lee CY, Chen FC Bot Stud 03-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5752644
doi:10.1186/s40529-017-0218-2
PMID:29299696
Independent degradation in genes of the plastid ndh gene family in species of the orchid genus Cymbidium (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae) Kim HT, Chase MW PLoS One 15-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5695243
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187318
PMID:29140976
Genus: Calanthe to Cyrtosia Teoh ES Medicinal Orchids of Asia 05-Nov-2015
PMCID:PMC7123092
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24274-3_9
Collection and trade of wild-harvested orchids in Nepal Subedi A, Kunwar B, Choi Y, Dai Y, van Andel T, Chaudhary RP, de Boer HJ, Gravendeel B J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 31-Aug-2013
PMCID:PMC3846542
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-64
PMID:24004516
Comparative karyomorphological study of some Indian Cymbidium Swartz, 1799 (Cymbidieae, Orchidaceae) Sharma SK, Kumaria S, Tandon P, Satyawada RR Comp Cytogenet 27-Dec-2012
PMCID:PMC3834576
doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v6i4.3461
PMID:24260684
Asymbiotic seed germination and in vitro conservation of Coelogyne nervosa A. Rich. an endemic orchid to Western Ghats Abraham S, Augustine J, Thomas TD Physiol Mol Biol Plants 30-May-2012
PMCID:PMC3550512
doi:10.1007/s12298-012-0118-6
PMID:23814439

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