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| Cymbidiinae | |
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| Cymbidium aloifolium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Cymbidiinae Benth. |
| Genera | |
Cymbidiinae is an orchid subtribe in the tribe Cymbidieae.[1][2] The subtribe is named after the genus Cymbidium, the boat orchids. It also contains the largest known species of orchids, Grammatophyllum speciosum.
- ^ Pridgeon, A.M.; Cribb, P.; Chase, M.W.; Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198507130.
- ^ Dariusz Szlachetko; Dariusz L. Szlachetko; Joanna Mytnik-Ejsmont (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-84-00-08725-8.