Cymbidium aloifolium

Aloe-leafed cymbidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Cymbidium
Species:	C. aloifolium
Binomial name
Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.
Synonyms
Epidendrum aloifolium L. (1753) (Basionym) Epidendrum pendulum Roxb. (1795) Epidendrum aloides Curtis (1797) Cymbidium pendulum (Roxb.) Sw. (1799) Aerides borassii Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. (1818) Cymbidium erectum Wight (1851) Cymbidium simulans Rolfe (1917) Cymbidium intermedium H.G. Jones (1974)

Cymbidium aloifolium, the aloe-leafed cymbidium, is a species of orchid found in Asia, especially China and southeast Asia from Burma to Sumatra. It can be found growing between rocks or on another plant.^[1] The word cymbidium comes from the Greek kumbos meaning "hole, cavity" and the Latin specific name is just a translation of the English "aloe-leafed".^[2]

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