Cypripedium guttatum

Cypripedium guttatum, the spotted lady's slipper[2] or Alaskan lady's slipper,[3] is a species of orchid found on three continents. It is native to Belarus, Russia (European Russia, Siberia and Russian Far East) as well as China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, and Yunnan), Korea, Mongolia, Bhutan, Alaska (including the Aleutians) and northern Canada (Yukon and Northwest Territories).[1][4][5][6]

Cypripedium guttatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Cypripedioideae
Genus: Cypripedium
Species:
C. guttatum
Binomial name
Cypripedium guttatum
Sw. (1800)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypripedium orientale Spreng. (1826)
  • Cypripedium variegatum Georgi (1775)
  • Cypripedium guttatum var. redowskii Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach 1851
  • Cypripedium guttatum f. latifolium Rouy ex E.G.Camus in E.G.Camus, P.Bergon & A.A.Camus 1908
  • Cypripedium guttatum var. koreanum Nakai (1952)
  • Cypripedium guttatum f. redowskii (Rchb.f.) Soó 1969
  • Cypripedium guttatum f. albiflorum Aver. (1999)
  • Cypripedium guttatum f. punicum Y.N.Lee 2005
  • Cypripedium bouffordianum Yong H.Zhang & H.Sun 2006
  • Cypripedium guttatum f. bouffordianum (Yong H.Zhang & H.Sun) J.M.H.Shaw 2012

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Go Orchids, North American Orchid Conservation Center
  3. Vermont Ladyslipper Company
  4. Flora of China, v 25 p 29, 紫点杓兰 zi dian shao lan, Cypripedium guttatum
  5. US Department of Agriculture plants profile
  6. US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Meet The Ladies: The Slipper Orchids

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