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Cymbilabia

Cymbilabia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae.

Taxonomy

The genus was established in 2020,[1] as a result of the discovery of the paraphyletic nature of the genus Vandopsis as then circumscribed. Vandopsis would not have formed a monophyletic group with the inclusion of Cymbilabia undulata.[2]

Species

As of January 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]

Distribution

Species of Cymbilabia are native from the Himalayas to China (west and south Yunnan) and northern Indo-China.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cymbilabia D.K.Liu & Ming H.Li", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-07-30
  2. ^ Liu, Dk; Tu, Xiong-De; Zhuang, Zhao; Zeng, Meng-Yao; Zhang, Sai; Ma, Liang; Zhang, Guo-Qiang; Wang, Miao-Miao; Liu, Zhong-Jian; Lan, Si-Ren; Chen, Shi-Pin & Li, Ming-he (2020), "Plastid phylogenomic data yield new and robust insights into the phylogeny of CleisostomaGastrochilus clades (Orchidaceae, Aeridinae)", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 145: 106729, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106729
  3. ^ a b "Cymbilabia D.K.Liu & Ming H.Li", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-07-30