Cypripedium acaule

Cypripedium acaule

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Cypripedioideae
Genus: Cypripedium
Subgenus: Cypripedium subg. Cypripedium
Sectio: Cypripedium sect. Acaulia
Species: Cypripedium acaule

Name

Cypripedium acaule Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 303 (1789)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Fissipes acaulis (Aiton) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 311 (1903)
• Heterotypic
  • Cypripedium hirsutum Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: 3 (1768), nom. rej.
  • Cypripedium humile Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 79 (1793)
  • Cypripedium acaule f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield, Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 154 (1894)
  • Calceolus hirsutus (Mill.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 118 (1913)
  • Fissipes hirsuta (Mill.) Farw., Druggists ' Circular 61: 230 (1917)
  • Fissipes acaulis f. lancifolia House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 219-220: 242 (1920)
  • Cypripedium acaule f. lancifolia House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 236 (1924)
  • Fissipes hirsuta f. albiflora (E.L.Rand & Redfield) Farw., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 23: 128 (1938)
  • Cypripedium acaule f.biflorum P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 197 (1995)

References

• Description of taxon
  • Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis, or, A catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 3: 303.
• Selected Bibliography
  • Cribb, P. 1997. The Genus Cypripedium. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press ("Botanical Magazine Monographs"); Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. ISBN 0-88192-403-2
  • Eccarius, W. 2009. Die Orchideengattung Cypripedium. Bürgel, Germany: EchinoMedia Verlag Dr. Kerstin Ramm. ISBN 978-3-93710-719-6
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 1999. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 1: General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae; page 114 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-198505-13-2
    
• Selected Weblinks
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Cypripedium acaule in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 April 8.
  • Emonocot.org 2013. Cypripedium acaule in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 May 10.
  • Tropicos.org 2012. Cypripedium acaule Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 April 8.
• International Plant Names Index. 2012. Cypripedium acaule. Published online. Accessed 8. April 2012.

• • The Plant List 2013. Cypripedium acaule in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 May 6.

Native distribution areas

Display the range areas:

Continental: Northern America  Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Masachusettes, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Isle, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Regional: Subarctic America Northwest Territories. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. References: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Gövdəsiz zöhəçiçəyi
Deutsch: Stängelloser Frauenschuh
English: Pink lady's slipper
español: Sandalias de la Virgen
فارسی: کیپریپدیوم اکوله
français: Cypripède acaule
русский: Башмачок бесстебельный

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