Calypso bulbosa var. americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Calypsoeae
Genus: Calypso
Species: Calypso bulbosa
Varietas: Calypso bulbosa var. americana

Name

Calypso bulbosa var. americana (R.Br.) Luer, Native Orchids U.S. & Canada excluding Florida: 336 (1975)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Calypso americana R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 208 (1813)
• Homotypic
  • Orchidium americanum (R.Br.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 222 (1841)
  • Calypso bulbosa f. americana (R.Br.) P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 17 (1995)
  • Calypso bulbosa subsp. americana (R.Br.) A.Haines, Stantec Bot. Notes 13(add.): 2 (2010)
• Heterotypic
  • Calypso bulbosa f. albiflora P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 17 (1995)
  • Calypso bulbosa f. rosea P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 17 (1995)
  • Calypso bulbosa f. biflora P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 10: 35 (2004 publ. 2005)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont. Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Luer, C.A. 1975. The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada 336.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Calypso bulbosa var. americana. Accessed: 2022 Jul 16.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Calypso bulbosa var. americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 16. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Calypso bulbosa var. americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Calypso bulbosa var. americana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Calypso bulbosa var. americana. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jul 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Calypso bulbosa var. americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jul 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Fairy slipper