''Cymbilabia'' is a

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s in the family

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aceae.

Taxonomy

The genus was established in 2020, as a result of the discovery of the

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nature of the genus '' Vandopsis'' as then

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. ''Vandopsis'' would not have formed a

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group with the inclusion of ''Cymbilabia undulata''.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 ''Cleisostoma''–''Gastrochilus'' clades (Orchidaceae, Aeridinae)", ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 145: 106729,

Species

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accepted the following species: *'' Cymbilabia shanica'' (Phillim. & W.W.Sm.) Ormerod *'' Cymbilabia sourioudongii'' Souvann. & Lanors. *'' Cymbilabia undulata'' (Lindl.) D.K.Liu & Ming H.Li

Distribution

Species of ''Cymbilabia'' are native from the Himalayas to China (west and south

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) and northern

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References

Aeridinae Epidendroideae genera {{Epidendroideae-stub