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Boat Orchids
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Boat Orchids

Cymbidium

Cymbidium /sɪmˈbɪdiəm/, or boat orchid, is a genus of 52 evergreen species in the orchid family Orchidaceae. The new Latin genus name is derived from the Latin cymba meaning boat. Its first known use was in 1815.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cymbidium

subgenusCymbidium

Jensoa

subgenusJensoa

Cyperorchis

subgenusCyperorchis

Cymbidium daweishanense

speciesCymbidium daweishanense

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Boat Orchids in Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.40

Boat Orchids in Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.18

Boat Orchids in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 26)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 26)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.64

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 128976.