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calceolus

Taxon

Cypripedium calceolus L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 951. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
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Cypripedium calceolus--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 064.jpg

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Cypripedium calceolus--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 065.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Slovenia. Ljubljana Bot Garden. 21 May 08. 054.jpg

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Slovenia. Ljubljana Bot Garden. 21 May 08. 055.jpg

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Slovenia. Ljubljana Bot Garden. 21 May 08. 057.jpg

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Slovenia. Ljubljana Bot Garden. 21 May 08. 060.jpg

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Slovenia. Ljubljana Bot Garden. 21 May 08. 052.jpg

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Slovenia. Ljubljana Bot Garden. 21 May 08. 059.jpg

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Slovenia. Ljubljana Bot Garden. 21 May 08. 061.jpg

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Slovenia. Ljubljana Bot Garden. 21 May 08. 053.jpg

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Slovenia. Ljubljana Bot Garden. 21 May 08. 051.jpg

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Slovenia. Ljubljana Bot Garden. 21 May 08. 058.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 44 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; extinct in Belgium (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 17, 1992

Location

United States, Ohio (Holden Arboretum)

Location Remarks

9500 Sperry Road, Willoughby, Ohio.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 21, 2008

Location

Slovenia (Ljubljana Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Ljubljana

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

June 27, 2003

Location

United States, Connecticut (Highstead Arboretum)

Location Remarks

Redding Highstead Arboretum

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Cypripedium

Specific Epithet

calceolus

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#224,934 of 335,497

Top 68%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →