Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum ensifolium L., Sp. Pl.: 954 (1753)

• Homotypic
  • Limodorum ensatum Thunb., Fl. Jap.: 29 (1784), nom. superfl.
  • Jensoa ensata (Thunb.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 38 (1838), nom. superfl.

• Heterotypic
  • Cymbidium xiphiifolium Lindl., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 529 (1821).
  • Cymbidium ensifolium var. striatum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1976 (1837)
  • Cymbidium estriatum Lindl. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 460 (1840)
  • Cymbidium micans Schauer, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 433 (1843)
  • Cymbidium albomarginatum Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1183 (1912)
  • Cymbidium ensifolium f. flaccidior Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1179 (1912)
  • Cymbidium gyokuchin Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1181 (1912)
  • Cymbidium gyokuchin var. soshin Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1182 (1912)
  • Cymbidium koran Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1179 (1912)
  • Cymbidium niveomarginatum Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1183 (1912)
  • Cymbidium shimaran Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1183 (1912)
  • Cymbidium yakibaran Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1182 (1912)
  • Cymbidium arrogans Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 76 (1914)
  • Cymbidium misericors Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 79 (1914)
  • Cymbidium misericors var. oreophilum Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 81 (1914)
  • Cymbidium rubrigemmum Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 81 (1916)
  • Cymbidium gonzalesii Quisumb., Philipp. J. Sci. 72: 485 (1940)
  • Cymbidium ensifolium f. arcuatum T.C.Yen, Icon. Cymbid. Amoy.: D(e) 5 (1964)
  • Cymbidium ensifolium f. falcatum T.C.Yen, Icon. Cymbid. Amoy.: D(d) 1 (1964)
  • Cymbidium ensifolium var. susin T.C.Yen, Icon. Cymbid. Amoy.: D(b) 1 (1964)
  • Cymbidium ensifolium var. misericors (Hayata) T.P.Lin, Native Orchids Taiwan 2: 105 (1977)
  • Cymbidium gyokuchin var. arrogans (Hayata) S.S.Ying, Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 126 (1977)
  • Cymbidium kanran var. misericors (Hayata) S.S.Ying, Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 440 (1977)
  • Cymbidium ensifolium var. rubrigemmum (Hayata) T.S.Liu & H.J.Su, Fl. Taiwan 5: 940 (1978)
  • Cymbidium ensifolium var. yakibaran (Makino) Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 296 (1980)
  • Cymbidium ensifolium var. xiphiifolium (Lindl.) S.S.Ying, Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 30: 38 (1990)
  • Cymbidium prompovenium Z.J.Liu & J.N.Zhang, J. S. China Agric. Univ. 19(3): 114 (1998)
  • Cymbidium yongfuense Z.J.Liu & J.N.Zhang, J. S. China Agric. Univ. 19(3): 116 (1998)
  • Liuguishania taiwanensis Z.J.Liu & J.N.Zhang, J. S. China Agric. Univ. 19(1): 73 (1998)
  • Cymbidium ensifolium var. koran (Makino) K.Inoue, Fl. Japan 4b: 302 (2016)

Primary references

• Swartz, O.P. 1799. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, ser. 2 6: 77.

Links

• Emonocot.org 2018. Cymbidium ensifolium in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Cymbidium ensifolium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 8.
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Cymbidium ensifolium. Published online. Accessed 8 November 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Cymbidium ensifolium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 8.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Cymbidium ensifolium . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 8.