''Cymboglossum'',

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''Ascidieria'', is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s from the orchid family,

Orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...

aceae. It is native to

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, the

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and

Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ...

Taxonomy

The genus was first described as a section of ''

Eria ''Eria'' is a genus of orchids with more than 50 species distributed in China, the Himalayas, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Species ''Eria'' species accepted by Plants of the World On ...

'', ''E.'' sect. ''Cymboglossum'', by

Rudolf Schlechter Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America an ...

in 1911. In 1981, Friedrich Gustav Brieger raised it to the rank of genus, but did not correctly cite the

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, so his name was not acceptable. In 1983,

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corrected Brieger's mistake, thus validating the genus name. In 1984,

Gunnar Seidenfaden Gunnar Seidenfaden (1908 – 9 February 2001) was a Denmark, Danish diplomat and botanist. He was Denmark, Danish ambassador in Thailand 1955–1959, and in the U.S.S.R. 1959–1961. He was an expert on Southeast Asia Orchidaceae. He published sev ...

established the genus ''Ascidieria''. A 2018

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study of the tribe

Podochileae Podochileae is an orchid tribe in the subfamily Epidendroideae. Genera Genera: *'' Aeridostachya'' (Hook.f.) Brieger *''Appendicula'' Blume *'' Ascidieria'' Seidenf. *'' Bambuseria'' Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen *'' Bryobium'' Lindl. *''Callo ...

showed that ''Ascidieria'' and ''Cymboglossum'' should be merged. However, the authors of this study were not aware of Rauschert's validation of the name ''Cymboglossum'', and incorrectly merged the two genera under the name ''Ascidieria''. some sources continue to use this name, while others use the correct ''Cymboglossum''.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: *'' Cymboglossum caricifolium'' (J.J.Wood) Ormerod & Cootes, syn. ''Ascidieria caricifolia'' *'' Cymboglossum cymbidiifolium'' (Ridl.) Ormerod & Cootes, syn. ''Ascidieria cymbidifolia'' *'' Cymboglossum cymbiforme'' (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert *''

Cymboglossum grande ''Cymboglossum'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Ascidieria'', is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Borneo, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sumatra. Taxonomy The genus was first described as a section ...

'' (Ridl.) Ormerod & Cootes, syn. ''Ascidieria grandis'' *'' Cymboglossum longifolium'' (Hook.f.) Rauschert, syn. ''Ascidieria longifolia'' *'' Cymboglossum maculiflorum'' (J.J.Wood) Ormerod & Cootes, syn. ''Ascidieria maculiflora'' *'' Cymboglossum maculosum'' (Cabactulan, Cootes, M.Leon & R.B.Pimentel) Ormerod & Cootes *'' Cymboglossum palawanense'' (Ames) Ormerod & Cootes, syn. ''Ascidieria palawanensis'' *'' Cymboglossum pseudocymbiforme'' (J.J.Wood) Ormerod & Cootes, syn. ''Ascidieria pseudocymbiformis'' *'' Cymboglossum zamboangense'' (Ames) Ormerod & Cootes, ''Ascidieria zamboangensis''

References

External links

* Podochileae genera Eriinae {{Epidendroideae-stub