Orchidaceae
Cymbidium

Cymbidium crassifolium Herb.

First published in Proc. Hort. Soc. London 1838: 42 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum.]
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2014). Flora of Thailand 12(2): 303-670. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok. [Cited as Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 4, 2007 Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-74868.000 No
Sep 3, 1986 Menzies, D.; Dupuy, D.J. [s.n.] Thailand Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K000838852 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thailand Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-47896.000 No
Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-44712.000 No
Seth [155] Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-47260.000 No
Thailand Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-47897.000 No
Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-14551.000 No
Cumberlege [712] Thailand Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-47254.000 No
India Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-49255.000 No
Rule, R. Burma Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-36225.000 No
Cumberlege, P.F. [712] Thailand Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-27661.000 No
Easton, A. Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-48296.000 No
Rule, R. [5388] Burma Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-38172.000 No
Thailand Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-49254.000 No
Menzies, D.; Dupuy, D. [120] Thailand Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-49684.000 No
Thailand Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-47889.000 No
Burma Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-49253.000 No
Cumberlege [712] Thailand Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-45538.000 No
Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum K:SPC-00617.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0