Cypripedium elegans

Cypripedium elegans

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Cypripedioideae
Genus: Cypripedium
Subgenus: Cypripedium subg. Cypripedium
Sectio: Cypripedium sect. Retinervia
Species: Cypripedium elegans

Name

Cypripedium elegans Rchb.f., Flora 69: 561. (1886)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Coelogyne elegans Rchb.f., Flora 69: 561 (1886), sphalm.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Tibet. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G. 1886. Flora 69: 561.

Additional references

• Cribb, P. 1997. The Genus Cypripedium. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press ("Botanical Magazine Monographs"); Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. ISBN 0-88192-403-2
• Eccarius, W. 2009. Die Orchideengattung Cypripedium. Phylogenie, Taxonomie, Morphologie, Biologie, Verbreitung, Ökologie, Hybridisation. Bürgel, Germany: EchinoMedia Verlag Dr. Kerstin Ramm, 384 pp. ISBN 978-3-937107-19-6 Reference page. 
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 1999. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 1: General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae; page 114 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-198505-13-2
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cypripedium elegans. Accessed: 2022 Apr 12.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cypripedium elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr 12. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cypripedium elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cypripedium elegans. 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 Apr 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cypripedium elegans. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cypripedium elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr 2022.

Vernacular names

العربية: خف السيدة الأنيق
Deutsch: Zierlicher Frauenschuh
English: Elegant Cypripedium
中文: 雅致杓兰
中文（简体）: 雅致杓兰

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