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== Etymology == The generic name ''Vanda'' is derived from the [[Sanskrit]] (वन्दाका)<ref>[http://www.spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=vandAkA&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning= vandAkA] Sanskrit English Dictionary, University of Koeln, Germany</ref> name for the species ''Vanda roxburghii'' (a synonym of ''[[Vanda tessellata]]'').<ref name="ATRFO">{{cite web |url=https://www.canbr.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/RFKOrchids/key/rfkorchids/Media/Html/genera/Vanda.htm |title=Vanda |author=Jones D.L. |display-authors=etal |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids |year=2006 |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), [[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation]] (CSIRO), [[Australian Government]] |access-date=16 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>Garay, L. (1972), On the systematics of the monopodial orchids, Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard University, 23(4): 149-212</ref>
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