Cypripedium reginae

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'showy lady slipper']

• English: Showy lady's slipper
• العربية: خف السيدة الملكة
• مصرى: خف السيدة الملكه
• български: кралска пантофка
• čeština: Střevíčník královnin
• Deutsch: Königin-Frauenschuh
• español: Gran zapatilla de dama blanca
• suomi: Kruunutikankontti
• français: Cypripède royal
• latviešu: cēlā dzegužkurpīte
• русский: Башмачок королевы
• 中文: 皇后杓蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Cypripedioideae • Genus: Cypripedium • Species: Cypripedium reginae Walter (1788)

Synonyms

Basionym Calceolus reginae (Walter) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 117 (1913) Heterotypic synonyms 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 R.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)

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Subspecies - Varietas - Forma

Accepted name by KEW: Cypripedium reginae

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Botanical illustrations

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  plate 216 in:
  The Botanical Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 6,
  (1793)
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  Cypripedium spectabile)
  plate 1666 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 20,
  (1835)
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  page 65 in:
  Homer D. House:
  Wild Flowers of New York
  (Orchidaceae)
  New York (1918)
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  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: Western Canada Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Arkansas, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cypripedium reginae.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cypripedium reginae