Cypripedium reginae

Cypripedium reginae

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 reginae

Name

Cypripedium reginae Walter, Fl. Carol.: 222 (1788)

• Type locality: "Carolina", United States
• Holotype: Walter s.n. (BM)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Calceolus reginae (Walter) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 117 (1913)
• Heterotypic
  • Cypripedium album Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 303 (1789)
  • Cypripedium spectabile Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 78 (1791)
  • Cypripedium canadense Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 261 (1803)
  • Cypripedium reginae var. album (Aiton) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 19: 208 (1911)
  • Cypripedium hirsutum f. album Ralph Hoffm., Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 246 (1922)
  • Cypripedium reginae f. album (Aiton) House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243–244: 37 (1923)
  • Cypripedium reginae f. albolabium Fernald & B.G.Schub., Rhodora 50: 230 (1948)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Western Canada Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia. Southeastern U.S.A. Arkansas, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. viii+263 pp., John Fraser, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.9458 Reference page. 

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 reginae. Accessed: 2022 Feb 1.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cypripedium reginae 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 reginae 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 reginae. 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 reginae. Published online. Accessed: 1 Feb 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cypripedium reginae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Feb 2022.

Vernacular names

العربية: خف السيدة الملكة
Deutsch: Königin-Frauenschuh
English: Showy lady's slipper
español: Gran zapatilla de dama blanca
suomi: Kruunutikankontti
français: Cypripède royal
latviešu: Cēlā dzegužkurpīte
русский: Башмачок королевы
中文: 皇后杓蘭

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