Cymbidium kanran

Cymbidium kanran

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Cymbidiinae
Genus: Cymbidium
Species: Cymbidium kanran

Name

Cymbidium kanran Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 10 (1902)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Cymbidium kanran f. purpurascens Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 10 (1902)
  • Cymbidium kanran var. latifolium Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1181 (1912)
  • Cymbidium kanran f. viridescens Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1181 (1912)
  • Cymbidium oreophilum Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 80 (1914)
  • Cymbidium purpureohiemale Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 81 (1914)
  • Cymbidium linearisepalum Yamam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 20: 40 (1930)
  • Cymbidium linearisepalum f. atrovirens Yamam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 20: 41 (1930)
  • Cymbidium linearisepalum f. atropurpureum Yamam., Icon. Pl. Formosan., Suppl. 5: 12 (1932)
  • Cymbidium linearisepalum var. atropurpureum (Yamam.) Masam., Trop. Hort. 3: 30 (1933)
  • Cymbidium linearisepalum var. atrovirens (Yamam.) Masam., Trop. Hort. 3: 30 (1933)
  • Cymbidium tosyaense Masam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 25: 14 (1935)
  • Cymbidium sinokanran T.C.Yen, Icon. Cymbid. Amoy.: G-1 (1964)
  • Cymbidium sinokanran var. atropurpureum T.C.Yen, Icon. Cymbid. Amoy.: G: 2 (1964)
  • Cymbidium kanran var. purpureohiemale (Hayata) S.S.Ying, Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 440 (1977)
  • Cymbidium nigrovenium Z.J.Liu & J.N.Zhang, J. S. China Agric. Univ. 19(3): 117 (1998)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indo-China Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Makino, T. 1902. Botanical Magazine, Tokyo 16: 10.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cymbidium kanran. Accessed: 2022 Jun 18.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cymbidium kanran in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 18. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cymbidium kanran in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cymbidium kanran. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cymbidium kanran. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jun 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cymbidium kanran. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jun 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Cold-growing Cymbidium
日本語: カンラン
한국어: 한란
中文: 寒蘭, 寒兰, 兰花, 兰花根, 蕙实, 化气兰, 虎头兰, 牛角三七, 兰花叶
中文（简体）: 寒兰

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