Cypripedium elegans
Species of orchid
Cypripedium elegans | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
Genus: | Cypripedium |
Species: | C. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Cypripedium elegans Rchb.f. (1886)[1] | |
Synonyms[3] | |
Coelogyne elegans Rchb.f.[2] |
Cypripedium elegans is a lady's-slipper orchid found in Nepal, Bhutan, the Indian Himalayas, Tibet, and Yunnan.[4][3] It grows in thickets, forest margins and humus rich soil in forests.[4]
References
External links
Media related to Cypripedium elegans at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cypripedium elegans at Wikispecies
- Flowers of India, Elegant Slipper Orchid
- Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz
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