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Internal ID UUID6440373407dc7203063444
Scientific name Cymbidium lowianum
Authority Rchb.f.
First published in Gard. Chron. , n.s., 11: 332 (1879)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cymbidium lowianum var. superbissimum L.Linden Lindenia 9: 19, t. 392. 1893
Cymbidium lowianum var. viride Warner ex B.S.Williams Orchid Album 11: t. 527. 1897
Cymbidium giganteum var. lowianum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. n.s., 7: 685. 1877
Cymbidium hookerianum var. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 303 (1980)
Cyperorchis lowiana Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 108 (1924)

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Language Common/alternative name
English low's cymbidium
English low's boat orchid
Chinese 碧玉兰

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Cymbidium lowianum var. ailaoense X.M.Xu J. S. China Agric. Univ. 26(4): 121 (2005)
Cymbidium lowianum var. kalawense (Colyear) Govaerts World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 21 (1999)
Cymbidium lowianum var. kalawensis (Colyear) Govaerts World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 21 (1999):.
Cymbidium lowianum var. lowianum Unknown

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  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam

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World Flora Online wfo-0000934506
Tropicos 23513550
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:625076-1
The Plant List kew-53276
Open Tree Of Life 355606
NCBI Taxonomy 112613
IPNI 625076-1
iNaturalist 484123
GBIF 5305736
EPPO CMFLO
EOL 1092735
Wikipedia Cymbidium_lowianum

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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
Selection and Validation of Reference Genes for Quantitative Real-Time PCR Analysis of Development and Tissue-Dependent Flower Color Formation in Cymbidium lowianum Dong XM, Zhang W, Zhang SB Int J Mol Sci 10-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8776083
doi:10.3390/ijms23020738
PMID:35054922
Allometry Between Vegetative and Reproductive Traits in Orchids Feng JQ, Zhang FP, Huang JL, Hu H, Zhang SB Front Plant Sci 13-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8548613
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.728843
PMID:34721458
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
Plastid RNA editing reduction accompanied with genetic variations in Cymbidium, a genus with diverse lifestyle modes Zhe M, Zhang L, Liu F, Huang Y, Fan W, Yang J, Zhu A Plant Divers 12-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC9209865
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2021.07.002
PMID:35769591
Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of the endangered Chinese species Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. Cheng L, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Li Y, He F, Li Z Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 04-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7782137
doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1815603
PMID:33458150
Physiological diversity of orchids Zhang S, Yang Y, Li J, Qin J, Zhang W, Huang W, Hu H Plant Divers 25-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6137271
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2018.06.003
PMID:30740565
New Alkaloid and Aromatic Glucoside from the Flowers of Cymbidium Lunagrad Eternal Green Song LY, Huang F, Wang Y, Wu ZJ, Ouyang MA Molecules 03-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC6017434
doi:10.3390/molecules23010099
PMID:29301372
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
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
Comparative histology of floral elaiophores in the orchids Rudolfiella picta (Schltr.) Hoehne (Maxillariinae sensu lato) and Oncidium ornithorhynchum H.B.K. (Oncidiinae sensu lato) Davies KL, Stpiczyńska M Ann Bot 15-May-2009
PMCID:PMC2710904
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp119
PMID:19447811
A Rudimentary Labellar Speculum in Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. and Cymbidium devonianum Paxton (Orchidaceae) DAVIES KL, STPICZYŃSKA M, TURNER MP Ann Bot 01-Jun-2006
PMCID:PMC2803401
doi:10.1093/aob/mcl065
PMID:16574692

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