Cypripedium
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cypripedium

American valerian
lady's slipper
moccasin flower
ram's head orchid

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cypripedium

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Orchidales Raf.
pub. Anal. Nat.: 197. Apr-Jul 1815.
  
   Subordo  Orchidineae Rchb.
pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: xxxviii. Jul 1841.
  
   Familia  Orchidaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 64. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Orchids
  
   Subfamilia  Cypripedioideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl.: 233. Mai 1831.
  
   Tribus  Cypripedieae Lindl.
pub. Orchid. Select.: 7, 18. Jan 1826.
  
   Subtribus  Cypripediinae (Lindl.) Meisn.
pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Comm. 289. 17-20 Aug 1842.
  
   Genus  Cypripedium L.
pub. (1753)
common name: lady's slipper
  

Named members of the Genus Cypripedium

1
   Species  acaule Ait.
common name: moccasin flower
  
2
   Species  arietinum Ait. f.
common name: ram's head lady's slipper, ram's head orchid
  
3
   Species  calceolus L.
common name: lady's slipper
  
 
4
   Subspecies  parviflorum (Salisb.) Hult�n
syn. Cypripedium parviflorum
5
   Varietas  parviflorum (Salisb.) Fern.
syn. Cypripedium parviflorum
6
   Varietas  planipetalum (Fern.) Victorin & Rouss.
syn. Cypripedium pubescens var. pubescens
7
   Varietas  pubescens (Willd.) Correll
syn. Cypripedium pubescens var. pubescens
8
   Species  californicum Gray
common name: California lady's slipper
9
   Species  candidum Muhl. ex Willd.
common name: white lady's slipper
  
10
   Species  fasciculatum Kellogg ex S. Wats.
common name: clustered lady's slipper
11
   Species  furcatum Raf.
syn. Cypripedium pubescens var. pubescens
12
   Species  guttatum Sw.
 
13
   Varietas  guttatum
common name: spotted lady's slipper
14
   Subspecies  yatabeanum (Makino) Hult�n
syn. Cypripedium guttatum var. yatabeanum
15
   Varietas  yatabeanum (Makino) Pfitzer
common name: spotted lady's slipper
16
   Species  kentuckiense C.F. Reed
common name: Kentucky lady's slipper
17
   Species  montanum Dougl. ex Lindl.
common name: mountain lady's slipper
  
18
   Species  parviflorum Salisb.
common name: yellow moccasin flower
  
 
19
   Varietas  makasin (Farw.) Sheviak
syn. Cypripedium pubescens var. makasin
20
   Varietas  pubescens (Willd.) Knight
syn. Cypripedium pubescens var. pubescens
21
   Species  passerinum Richards.   
 
22
   Varietas  minganense Victorin
syn. Cypripedium passerinum
23
   Species  planipetalum (Fern.) Morris & Eames
syn. Cypripedium pubescens var. pubescens
24
   Species  pubescens Willd.
common name: American valerian, lady's slipper
  
 
25
   Varietas  makasin Farw.
common name: greater yellow lady's slipper
26
   Varietas  pubescens
common name: greater yellow lady's slipper
27
   Species  reginae Walt.
common name: showy lady's slipper
28
   Species  x andrewsii A.M. Fuller
 
29
   Varietas  favillianum (J.T. Curtis) Boivin (pro nm.)
syn. Cypripedium �favillianum
30
   Varietas  landonii (Garay) Boivin (pro nm.)
syn. Cypripedium �andrewsii
31
   Species  x favillianum J.T. Curtis
32
   Species  yatabeanum Makino
syn. Cypripedium guttatum var. yatabeanum

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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