Cypripedium elegans
| Cypripedium elegans | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
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 | |
| 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
- ^ Rchb. f. Flora 69: 561 1886
- ^ Rchb. f. Flora 561 1886
- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org.
- ^ a b "Cypripedium elegans in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
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