Cymbidium lowianum
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Cymbidium lowianum |
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Cymbidium lowianum View in CoL (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 332, 1879
Replaced synonym: Cymbidium giganteum Wall. ex Lindl. var. lowianum Rchb. f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 7: 685, 1877. Type :— MYANMAR. Without locality: cult. Low ex Boxall s.n. (holotype: W) .
Homotypic synonym: Cyperorchis lowiana (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 108, 1924.
Heterotypic synonyms: Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. var. concolor Rolfe, Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 10: 187, 1891. Type:—ORIGIN UNKNOWN (? Myanmar). Cult. Eastwood s.n. (holotype: K) [fide Du Puy & Cribb 2007: 207].
Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. var. superbissimum L.Linden , Lindenia 6: 19, 1893. Type:— MYANMAR. Without locality: cult. Linden s.n. (holotype: not located).
Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. var. flaveolum L.Linden , Lindenia 13: 43, t. 572, 1897. Type:—ORIGIN UNKNOWN (? Myanmar). Cult. Linden s.n. (holotype: not located). [type fide Du Puy & Cribb 2007: 207].
Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. var. viride Warner ex B.S.Williams, Orchid Album 11: t. 527, 1897. Type :— MYANMAR. Without locality: cult. Smee s.n. (lectotype: illustration in this reference, designated by Du Puy & Cribb 2007: 207) .
Specimens examined:—? MYANMAR. Types. SHAN. Hopang District: 1525 m, Apr 1938, Dickason & Ohn Tui 9220 ( AMES); same loc., 1830 m, 17 Apr 1940, Dickason 9710 ( AMES). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Types; 1877, cult., without collector s.n. ( E), det. D. J. Du Puy; Boxall s.n. ( K); Parish 361 (not located), fide Parish (1883: 197); 1220 m, 9 Apr 1913, Kingdon-Ward 206 ( E, K); cult. Mamyo Bot. Gard. ex Bogg s.n. ( K); without collector s.n. ( AMES). Reported from Yangon Region by Kress et al. (2003: 71) and from Putao District in Kachin State by Saw Lwin (2007: 247 & 255), but we have not seen material from these areas.
Distribution:— Myanmar, Thailand and southwestern China.
Note:— Sheet W-R 44989 is possibly the type of this species .
var. kalawense (Colyear) Govaerts, World Checklist Seed Pl. 3 (1): 21, 1999.
Basionym: Cymbidium grandiflorum Griff. var. kalawense Colyear, Orchid Rev. 42: 248, 1934. Type:— MYANMAR. Shan State: Taunggyi District , cult. Colyear s.n. (holotype: CAL?) .
Heterotypic synonyms: Cymbidium iansonii Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 8: 191, 1900. Cyperorchis iansonii (Rolfe) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 109, 1924. Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. var. iansonii (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb & Du Puy, Kew Bull. 40: 432, 1985. Type:— MYANMAR. Without locality: cult. Low s.n. (holotype: K).
Specimens examined:— SHAN. Taunggyi District : type. WITHOUT LOCALITY. Type; cult. Glasnevin Bot. Gard. s.n. ( K); cult. RBG Kew s.n. ( K) .
Distribution:— Myanmar and southwestern China.
Note:— Du Puy & Cribb (2007: 211) admitted that this seems to intergrade with the typical variety, so perhaps it should not be recognized.
Kress, W. J., DeFilipps, R. A., Farr, E. & Yin Yin Kyi (2003) A checklist of the trees, shrubs, herbs, and climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1 - 590.
Parish, C. S. P. (1883) Order Orchideae. In: Mason, F. (Ed.) Burma, its people and productions, vol. 2. Botany. Austin & Sons, Hertford, pp. 148 - 203.
Saw Lwin (2007) Orchids. In: Lasi Bawk Naw. Traditions, beliefs and practices: links with nature conservation in Kachin State. Privately published, pp. 247 - 258.
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