Cypripedium arietinum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cypripedium arietinum']

• English: Ram's head lady's slipper
• مصرى: سيبريديوم اريتينوم
• Deutsch: Widder-Frauenschuh
• français: Cypripède tête-de-bélier
• русский: Башмачок раноголовый

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Cypripedioideae • Genus: Cypripedium • Subgenus: Cypripedium subg. Cypripedium • Sectio: Cypripedium sect. Arietinum • Species: Cypripedium arietinum R. Br. (1813)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Criosanthes arietina (R.Br.) House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 374 (1905) Heterotypic synonyms Criosanthes borealis Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 268 (1818) Arietinum americanum L.C.Beck, Bot. North. Middle States: 352 (1833) Cypripedium arietinum f. albiflorum House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 48 (1923) Cypripedium arietinum f. biflorum P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 198 (1995)

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  Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan
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  Superior National Forest, Minnesota
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  Manitoulin Island, Ontario
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Botanical illustrations

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  plate 1569 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 38,
  (1813)
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  Cypripedium arietinum
  (as syn.
  Criosanthes arietina)
  page 66 in:
  Homer D. House:
  Wild Flowers of New York
  (Orchidaceae)
  New York (1918)
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  Cypripedium arietinum
  (as syn.
  Criosanthes arietina)
  page 67 in:
  Homer D. House:
  Wild Flowers of New York
  (Orchidaceae)
  New York (1918)
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  Cypripedium arietinum
  Painting by:
  Mary Vaux Walcottt

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern Canada Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Minnesota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Maine, Masachusettes, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont. Regional: Western Canada Manitoba, Saskatchewan.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cypripedium arietinum.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cypripedium arietinum