The genus, which California macrophylla was formerly placed in, includes more species than this other genus. The flowering species Cymbidium suave is within this other genus.
Erodium is a genus of flowering plants in the botanical family Geraniaceae. 
 The genus includes about 60 species, native to North Africa, Indomalaya, The Middle East, and Australia. 
Cymbidium , or boat orchid, is a genus of 52 evergreen species in the orchid family Orchidaceae. 
 It was formerly placed in the genus "Erodium", but was later placed in a monotypic genus of its own named California. 
Cymbidium suave (R. Brown 1810), or the snake orchid, is an Australian orchid species that is part of the genus "Cymbidium" which consists of 52 species. 
