Cypripedium passerinum

Cypripedium passerinum

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. Obtusiflora
Species: Cypripedium passerinum

Name

Cypripedium passerinum Richardson, Bot. App., ed. 2: 34 (1823)

• Type locality: "Canada"
• Holotype: J. Richardson s.n. (BM 000026065)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Cypripedium passerinum var. minganense Vict., Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada III, 22(5): 168 (1929)
  • Cypripedium passerinum f. minganense (Vict.) P.M.Br., Wild Orchids Canad. Marit. & N. Gr. Lakes 284 (2006)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Subarctic America Alaska, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada Ontario, Québec. Northwestern U.S.A. Montana. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Richardson, J. 1823. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea. Botanical Appendix. 2nd Ed. p. 762.

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 passerinum. Accessed: 2022 Feb 1.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cypripedium passerinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 1. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cypripedium passerinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 1. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cypripedium passerinum. 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 Feb 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cypripedium passerinum. Published online. Accessed: 1 Feb 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cypripedium passerinum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Feb 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Sperlingsei-Frauenschuh
English: Sparrow's-egg lady's-slipper
français: Cypripède oeuf-de-passereau

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