Calypso

Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Calypsoeae
Genus: Calypso
Species: C. bulbosa

Name

• Calypso Salisb., Parad. Lond.: t. 89 (1806), nom. cons.
• Type species:  Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes, Cat. Vermont Pl.: 28 (1842)
• monotypic taxon

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cytherea Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 301 (1812), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Calypsodium Link, Handbuch 1: 252. (1829)
  • Norna Wahlenb., Fl. Suecica 2: 561. (1826)
  • Orchidium Sw. in J. W. Palmstruch, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 8: t. 518. (1816)

Homonym

• Calypso Thouars, Plantes des Îles de l'Afrique Australe 29. (1804), nom. rej. - vide: Salacia L., Mantissa Plantarum 2: 159–160. (1771)

References

• Salisb. (1806). The Paradisus Londinensis , ad pl. 89.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 93 ff. Oxford University Press.
• Govaerts, R. & al. 2012. Calypso in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Aug. 4.
• Tropicos.org: 2012. Calypso Published on internet. Accessed: 2012 Aug. 4.
• International Plant Names Index: 2012. Calypso . Published on the Internet. Accessed Aug. 4 2012
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996-. Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2011 Jan 26.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Norne
English: Calypso Orchid
español: Zapatilla de Venus
français: Calypso
русский: Калипсо луковичная
suomi: Neidonkengät
svenska: Norna
удмурт: Калипсо
中文: 布袋兰属

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