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Cypripedium  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 43533

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): lady's slipper [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderAsparagales   
                            FamilyOrchidaceae  – orchids  
                               GenusCypripedium L. – lady's slipper  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Cypripedium acaule Aiton – pink lady's-slipper, pink lady's-slipper orchid, pink moccasin flower, pink ladyslipper, lady's-slipper orchid, moccasin flower 
                                  Species Cypripedium X alaskanum P.M. Br.  
                                  Species Cypripedium X andrewsii A.M. Fuller – Andrew's lady's slipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium arietinum R. Br. – ram's-head lady's-slipper, cypripède tête-de-bélier, ram's head lady's slipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium calceolus L.  
                                  Species Cypripedium californicum A. Gray – California lady's slipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd. – small white lady's slipper, white lady's slipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium X columbianum Sheviak  
                                  Species Cypripedium fasciculatum Kellogg ex S. Watson – clustered lady's slipper, clustered ladyslipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium guttatum Sw. – spotted lady's slipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium X herae Ewacha & Sheviak – Queen Hera's hybrid lady's slipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium kentuckiense C.F. Reed – southern lady's slipper, Kentucky lady's slipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl. – mountain lady's slipper, mountain ladyslipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. – lesser yellow lady's slipper, lesser yellow lady's-slipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium passerinum Richardson – sparrowegg lady's slipper 
                                  Species Cypripedium reginae Walter – showy lady's slipper, showy lady's-slipper, cypripède royal 
                                  Species Cypripedium yatabeanum Makino – spotted lady's slipper 
       

 References
       
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  Source: CITES Orchid Checklist, Vol. 1-3, CD-ROM (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 2002. CITES Orchid Checklist (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Printed volumes: Volume 1 first published in 1995 (ISBN 0 947643 87 7); Volume 2 first published in 1997 (ISBN 1 900347 34 2); Volume 3 first published in 2001 (ISBN 1 84246 033 1). Available online at http://www.kew.org/conservation/checklists/ and at http://www.kew.org/conservation/CITES_Checklists/CITES_Orchid_Checklists_1-3/PART_II_Names_in%20current%20use.pdf   
  Reference for: Cypripedium   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cypripedium   
       
  Source: Orchidaceae of North America Update, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Cypripedium   
       
  Source: Plants of the World Online, website (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: POWO (2024). Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 24 January 2024   
  Reference for: Cypripedium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cypripedium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cypripedium   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pridgeon, Alec M., Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase, and Finn N. Rasmussen, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera Orchidacearum, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 197   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: Oxford, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0 19 850513 2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cypripedium   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: CITES: Appendix II listed under Orchidaceae (CITES Orchid Checklist, Vol. 1-3)  
 

 

    

 
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