Cypripedium molle

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. Irapeana
Sectio: Cypripedium sect. Irapeana
Species: Cypripedium molle

Name

Cypripedium molle Lindl. in G.Bentham, Pl. Hartw.: 72 (1840)

• Type locality: "Mexico"
• Holotype: Hatweg 517 (K)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Cypripedium irapeanum subsp. molle (Lindl.) Eccarius, Orchideengattung Cypripedium: 303 (2009)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1840. Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis Mexicanas 72.

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 molle. Accessed: 2022 Jan 31.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cypripedium molle in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 31. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cypripedium molle in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cypripedium molle. 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 Jan 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cypripedium molle. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cypripedium molle. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Soft Cypripedium