Cymbidium elegans

Cymbidium elegans, the elegant cymbidium, is an orchid species in the genus Cymbidium found in South West China.

Cymbidium elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cymbidium
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cymbidium elegans
Lindl., 1833[1]
Varieties
  • Cymbidium elegans var. elegans
  • Cymbidium elegans var. lushuiense (Z. J. Liu, S. C. Chen & X. C. Shi) Z. J. Liu & S. C. Chen
Synonyms

Several, including:

  • Cyperorchis elegans (Lindley) Blume, 1848[2]

References
  1. Lindley, John: The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants, 163, 1833
  2. Blume, Carl (Karl) Ludwig von: Rumphia 4: 47, 1848


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