Cymbidium elegans Lindl.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 83

Cymbidium elegans Lindl. , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 163, 1833

Homotypic synonym: Cyperorchis elegans (Lindl.) Blume , Rumphia 4: 47, 1849.

Heterotypic synonym: Cymbidium longifolium D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 36, 1825, nom. rej.

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District : 2135−2745 m, 9 Jan 1962, Keenan et al. 3184 ( E) ; same loc., Dec 2015, Saw Lwin KSL 1056 & 1058 ( RAF) ; same loc., 2395 m, 26 Oct 2016, Armstrong et al. 2087 ( NY, SING) ; northeastern part: 2135 m, 10 Aug 1919, Kingdon-Ward 3478 ( E) ; same loc., 2440 m, Oct 1925, Forrest 27694 ( E, K) . CHIN. Unspecified: cult. Braine s.n. ( K) ; Falam District : 1980 m, Oct 1910, Venning 55 ( K) ; same loc., 1525−1830 m, comm. 9 Oct 1923, Daun 60 ( K) ; same loc., 2440 m, 17 Nov 1962, Maung Gale 9215 ( E) . WITHOUT LOCALITY. Cult. Low s.n. ( K) ; cult. Moore s.n. ( K) .

Distribution:— The Himalayas, northeastern India, Myanmar, Vietnam and southwestern China.

Note:— Cymbidium longifolium has also been applied to C. erythraeum Lindl. and was consequently rejected by Du Puy & Cribb (1988: 146), arguing that the use of both names would create confusion.