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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Cymbidium

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Orchidaceae

Six species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Cymbidium faberi

Native to China and Taiwan.

 

Cymbidium formosanum

Native to China and Taiwan.

 

Cymbidium goeringii

[= Cymbidium virescens]

Native to China and Japan.

 

Cymbidium lancifolium

Native from India to Japan.

 

Cymbidium pendulum

Native to India and Burma.

 

Cymbidium tortisepalum

Native to Taiwan.