Cypripedium
Sign in to savethumb|Cypripedium, Pollination trap|trapping a bee so it goes through a narrow passage where it picks up the pollinia to perform pollination. Cypripedium is a genus of 58 species and nothospecies of hardy orchids; it is one of five genera that together compose the subfamily of lady's slipper orchids (Cypripedioideae). They are widespread across much of the Northern Hemisphere, including most of Europe and Africa (Algeria) (one species), Russia, China, Central Asia, Canada the United States, Mexico, and Central America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyOrchidaceae
Native toAlabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus
General: and analyses are lacking for most species of Cypripedium
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- Parent taxon
- Cypripedioideae
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- Frauenschuh Cypripedium calceolus.jpg
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Taxonomy
- Species and natural hybrids
- Subgenus Cypripedium
- Subgenus Irapeana
- Natural Hybrids
- Uses
- Conservation
- Awards
- References
- External links
thumb|Cypripedium, Pollination trap|trapping a bee so it goes through a narrow passage where it picks up the pollinia to perform pollination. Cypripedium is a genus of 58 species and nothospecies of hardy orchids; it is one of five genera that together compose the subfamily of lady's slipper orchids (Cypripedioideae). They are widespread across much of the Northern Hemisphere, including most of Europe and Africa (Algeria) (one species), Russia, China, Central Asia, Canada the United States, Mexico, and Central America.
They are most commonly known as slipper orchids, '''lady's slipper orchids, or ladyslippers; other common names include moccasin flower, camel's foot, squirrel foot, steeple cap, Venus' shoes, and whippoorwill shoe. An abbreviation used in trade journals is "Cyp.'" The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek (), an early reference in Greek myth to Aphrodite, and (), meaning "sandal".