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)

Synonymy

• 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)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London 3: 303.

Additional references

• 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. Phylogenie, Taxonomie, Morphologie, Biologie, Verbreitung, Ökologie, Hybridisation. Bürgel, Germany: EchinoMedia Verlag Dr. Kerstin Ramm, 384 pp. ISBN 978-3-937107-19-6 Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cypripedium acaule. Accessed: 2023 Aug 28.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cypripedium acaule in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cypripedium acaule. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cypripedium acaule. Accessed: 28 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cypripedium acaule. Published online. Accessed: 28 Aug 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cypripedium acaule. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Aug 2023.

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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