Biology:Cymbidium ensifolium

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Short description: Species of orchid


Four-season orchid
Cymbidium ensifolium '翠玉'.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cymbidium
Species:
C. ensifolium
Binomial name
Cymbidium ensifolium
(L.) Sw.
Subspecies
  • Cymbidium ensifolium ssp. ensifolium - Mt. Tu-Wu Fall Orchid
  • Cymbidium ensifolium ssp. haematodes
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum ensifolium L. (1753) (Basionym)
  • Jensoa ensata Raf. (1838)

Cymbidium ensifolium, the four-season orchid, is a species of orchid, also known as the golden-thread orchid, spring orchid, burned-apex orchid and rock orchid. It has a number of different cultivars of interest to orchid collectors.[1]

References

  1. Wang, Hui-Zhong; Lu, Jiang-Jie; Hu, Xu; Liu, Jun-Jun (2011-05-01). "Genetic variation and cultivar identification in Cymbidium ensifolium" (in en). Plant Systematics and Evolution 293 (1): 101–110. doi:10.1007/s00606-011-0429-z. ISSN 1615-6110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-011-0429-z. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2212913 entry