''Cymboglossum'',

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...

''Ascidieria'', is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Borneo, the Philippines,

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and

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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 the Plants of the Worl ...

'', ''E.'' sect. ''Cymboglossum'', by Rudolf Schlechter in 1911. In 1981,

Friedrich Gustav Brieger Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...

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,

Stephan Rauschert Stephan may refer to: * Stephan, South Dakota, United States * Stephan (given name), a masculine given name * Stephan (surname), a Breton-language surname See also * Sankt-Stephan * Stefan (disambiguation) * Stephan-Oterma * Stephani * Stephe ...

corrected Brieger's mistake, thus validating the genus name. In 1984, Gunnar Seidenfaden 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. *'' Call ...

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 ''Cymboglossum'', 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 of ''Eria'', '' ...

'' (Ridl.) Ormerod & Cootes, syn. ''Ascidieria cymbidifolia'' *''

Cymboglossum cymbiforme ''Cymboglossum'', 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 of ''Eria'', '' ...

'' (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 ''Cymboglossum'', 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 of ''Eria'', '' ...

'' (Hook.f.) Rauschert, syn. ''Ascidieria longifolia'' *''

Cymboglossum maculiflorum ''Cymboglossum'', 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 of ''Eria'', '' ...

'' (J.J.Wood) Ormerod & Cootes, syn. ''Ascidieria maculiflora'' *''

Cymboglossum maculosum ''Cymboglossum'', 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 of ''Eria'', '' ...

'' (Cabactulan, Cootes, M.Leon & R.B.Pimentel) Ormerod & Cootes *''

Cymboglossum palawanense ''Cymboglossum'', 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 of ''Eria'', '' ...

'' (Ames) Ormerod & Cootes, syn. ''Ascidieria palawanensis'' *''

Cymboglossum pseudocymbiforme ''Cymboglossum'', 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 of ''Eria'', '' ...

'' (J.J.Wood) Ormerod & Cootes, syn. ''Ascidieria pseudocymbiformis'' *''

Cymboglossum zamboangense ''Cymboglossum'', 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 of ''Eria'', '' ...

'' (Ames) Ormerod & Cootes, ''Ascidieria zamboangensis''

References

External links

* Podochileae genera Eriinae {{Epidendroideae-stub