Cymbilabia

Cymbilabia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae.

Taxonomy

The genus was established in 2020, as a result of the discovery of the paraphyletic nature of the genus Vandopsis as then circumscribed. Vandopsis would not have formed a monophyletic group with the inclusion of Cymbilabia undulata.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

• Cymbilabia shanica <small>(Phillim. & W.W.Sm.) Ormerod</small>
• Cymbilabia sourioudongii <small>Souvann. & Lanors.</small>
• Cymbilabia undulata <small>(Lindl.) D.K.Liu & Ming H.Li</small>

Distribution

Species of Cymbilabia are native from the Himalayas to China (west and south Yunnan) and northern Indo-China.

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