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The genus Cymbidium is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Cymbidium

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cymbidium acuminatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium aestivum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium aliciae Quisumb.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium atropurpureum (Lindl.) Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × ballianum Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium banaense Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × baoshanense F.Y.Liu & Perner	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium bicolor Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium borneense J.J.Wood	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium canaliculatum R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium changningense Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium chloranthum Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium cochleare Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium concinnum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium cyperifolium Wall. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium dayanum Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium defoliatum Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium devonianum Paxton	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium eburneum Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium elegans Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium elongatum J.J.Wood, Du Puy & Shim	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium ensifolium (L.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium erythraeum Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium erythrostylum Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium faberi Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium finlaysonianum Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium floribundum Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × florinda auct.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × gammieanum King & Pantl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium gaoligongense Z.J.Liu & J.Yong Zhang	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × glebelandense Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium goeringii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium haematodes Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium hartinahianum J.B.Comber & Nasution	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium hookerianum Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium insigne Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium iridioides D.Don	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium kanran Makino	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium lancifolium Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium longipes Z.J. Liu & J.N. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium madidum Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium maguanense F.Y.Liu	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium mannii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium mastersii Griff. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium micranthum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium multiradicatum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium munroanum King & Pantl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium nanulum Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × nomachianum T.Yukawa & Nob.Tanaka	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × nujiangense X.P.Zhou, S.P.Lei & Z.J.Liu	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × oblancifolium Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium omeiense Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium parishii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium paucifolium Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × purpuratum L.J.Chen, L.Q.Li & Z.J.Liu	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium qiubeiense K.M.Feng & H.Li	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium rectum Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium rhizomatosum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × rosefieldense auct.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium roseum J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium sanderae (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb & Du Puy	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium schroederi Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium serratum Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium sichuanicum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium sigmoideum J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium sinense (Jacks.) Willd.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium suave R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium suavissimum Sander ex C.H.Curtis	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium teretipetiolatum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium tigrinum C.S.P.Parish ex Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium tortisepalum Fukuy.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium tracyanum L.Castle	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium wenshanense Y.S.Wu & F.Y.Liu	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium whiteae King & Pantl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium wilsonii (Rolfe ex De Cock) Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cymbidium × woodlandense auct.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 383 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cymbidium. Of these 79 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 135 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cymbidium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 383 species names for the genus Cymbidium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	79	20.6%
◕	Synonym	264	68.9%
◕	Unplaced	29	7.6%
◕	Unassessed	11	2.9%

All names

The status of the 518 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cymbidium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	91	17.6%
◕	Synonym	387	74.7%
◕	Unplaced	29	5.6%
◕	Unassessed	11	2.1%

Of these names,

• 6 are recorded as invalid
• 16 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 383 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cymbidium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	78	251	0	0	329	85.9%
	Medium confidence	1	8	0	0	9	2.3%
	Low confidence	0	5	29	11	45	11.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cymbidium, are as follows: