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. Irapeana
Sectio: Cypripedium sect. Obtusiflora
Species: Cypripedium passerinum

Name

Cypripedium passerinum Richardson, Bot. App., ed. 2: 34 (1823)

  • Type locality: "Canada"
  • Holotype: J. Richardson s.n. (BM 000026065)

Synonymy

  • Heterotypic
    • Cypripedium passerinum var. minganense Vict., Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada III, 22(5): 168 (1929)
    • Cypripedium passerinum f. minganense (Vict.) P.M.Br., Wild Orchids Canad. Marit. & N. Gr. Lakes 284 (2006)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario, Québec.
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Montana.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Richardson, J. 1823. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea. Botanical Appendix. 2nd Ed. p. 762.

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. 
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 1999. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 1: General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae; page 114 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-198505-13-2

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Sperlingsei-Frauenschuh
English: Sparrow's-egg lady's-slipper
français: Cypripède oeuf-de-passereau

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