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Cypripedium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 951 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000010482.

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Synonyms of Cypripedium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Arietinum L.C.Beck Bot. North. Middle States : 352 (1833) wfo-4000003035
Calceolaria Heist. ex Fabr. Enum. , ed. 2: 37 (1763) wfo-4000005988
Calceolus Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. : [s.p.] (1754) wfo-4000005989
Criosanthes Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 268 (1818) wfo-4000009703
Cypripedilon Rouy J. Bot. (Morot) 8: 58 (1894) wfo-4000010481
Fissipes Small Fl. S.E. U.S. : 311 (1903) wfo-4000014814
Sacodon Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 45 (1838) wfo-4000033759
Ciripedium Zumagl. Fl. Pedem. 1: 18 (1859) wfo-4000044496
Criogenes Salisb. Monthly Rev. 75: 81 (1814) wfo-4000044503
Schizopedium Salisb. Monthly Rev. 75: 81 (1814) wfo-4000044791
Hypodema Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch : 56 (1841) wfo-4100002806

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cypripedium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium adonis B.S.Williams Nursery Cat. (B.S.Williams) 1893: 7 (1893) wfo-0000935127
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium adrastus Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 11: 343 (1892) wfo-1000053647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium aeson Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 13: 80 (1893) wfo-1000053648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium ainsworthii Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 11: 748 (1879) wfo-0000935130
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium albanense (A.H.Kent) Measures Coll. Cyprip. ed. 2: 4 (1893) wfo-0000834354
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium albertianum Hye Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 12: 672 (1892) wfo-0000935132
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium albopurpureum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 8: 38 (1877) wfo-0000935133
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium album Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 1: 512 (1887) wfo-0000935136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium alcides Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 9: 40 (1891) wfo-0000935137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium alfredi N.E.Br. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 8: 294 (1890) wfo-0000935138
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium alice N.E.Br. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 8: 294 (1890) wfo-0000935139
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium allanianum Anon. Orchid Rev. 2: 22 (1894) wfo-1000053649
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium almum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 1: 512 (1887) wfo-0000935141
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium amabile Bleu Rev. Hort. (Paris) 63: 406 (1891) wfo-0000935143
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium amesianum B.S.Williams Nursery Cat. (B.S.Williams) 1887(1): 22 (1887) wfo-0000935145
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium amesianum unranked atratum Pitcher & Manda Proc. Annual Conv. Soc. Amer. Florists 8: 82 (1892) — wfo-1200065556
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium amesianum unranked grandiflorum Pitcher & Manda Proc. Annual Conv. Soc. Amer. Florists 8: 82 (1892) — wfo-1200065555
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium antigone Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 20: 716 (1896) wfo-0000935149
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium aphrodite A.H.Kent Man. Orchid. Pl. 4: 76 (1889) wfo-0000935150
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium apiculatum Veitch ex Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 25: 617 (1886) wfo-0000935151
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium argus var. moensii H.J.Veitch Man. Orchid. Pl. [H.J. Veitch] pt. 4: 11. 1889 [Jan 1889] wfo-0001399030
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium arnoldiae Anon. Gard. & Forest 8: 425 (1894) wfo-1000053651
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium arnoldianum Manda Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 8: 632 (1890) wfo-0000935159
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium arthurianum Rchb.f. Lindenia 3: 53 (1887) wfo-0000935160
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium arthurianum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 2: 676 (1874) wfo-1000054474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium ashburtoniae Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. 1871: 1647 (1871) wfo-0000935161
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium ashtonii Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 18: 721 (1895) wfo-1000053652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium ashworthiae B.S.Williams Orch.-Grow. Man. , ed. 7: 232 (1894) wfo-0000935163
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium atys Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 4: 6 (1888) wfo-0000935167
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium auroreum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 1: 179 (1887) wfo-0000935170
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium aylingii L.Castle J. Hort. Pract. Gard. 1896: 480 (1896) wfo-0000935171
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium baconis Kraenzl. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 11: 170 (1892) wfo-0000935172
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium barbati-veitchianum Bleu Lindenia 5: 75 (1889) wfo-0000935173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium barteti Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 58: 84 (1886) wfo-0000935182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium beatrice N.E.Br. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 6: 266 (1889) wfo-0000935183
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium beechense Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 15: 762 (1894) wfo-1000053653
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium behrensianum Sander Orchid Rev. 2: 111 (1894) wfo-0000935185
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium berenice Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 9: 136 (1891) wfo-0000935187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium berggrenianum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 3: 788 (1888) wfo-0000935188
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium beyrodtianum hort. ex Orchis v. 2 (1911), nomen, hybr. wfo-0001223548
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium boccardianum Cogn. Orchidaceae 1: 401 (1896) wfo-0000935192
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium bolerlaerianum Pauwels Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 18: 391 (1895) wfo-0000935194
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium bragaianum L.Linden Lindenia 6: 81 (1890) wfo-0000935197
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium brownii Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 10: 49 (1891) wfo-1000053655
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium bryanii Anon. Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 12: 138 (1892) wfo-1000053656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium brysa Anon. Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 12: 343 (1892) wfo-1000054266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium buchananianum Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 7: 73 (1890) wfo-0000935201
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium buchanianum Gower Garden (London, 1871-1927) 35: 8 (1889) wfo-0000935202
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium burfordiense Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 4: 724 (1888) wfo-0000935206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium burtonii Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 17: 800 (1895) wfo-1000053657
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium calanthum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 14: 652 (1880) wfo-0000935208
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium caligare Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 3: 264 (1888) wfo-0000935216
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium calophyllum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 15: 169 (1881) wfo-0000935219
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium calurum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 15: 41 (1881) wfo-0000935220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium calurum var. rougieri God.-Leb. Orchidophile (Argenteuil) 12: 175 (1892) wfo-0000834385
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium calypso B.S.Williams Orch.-Grow. Man. , ed. 7: 238 (1894) wfo-0000935221
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium cambridgeanum Anon. J. Hort. Pract. Gard. 14: 376 (1887) wfo-1000053658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium cambridgeanum hort. ex Journ. Hort. xiv. (1887) 376 t. 66; Will. Orch. Grow. Man. ed. 7 (1893) 238. wfo-0001223576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium canhamiae Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 2: 746 (1887) wfo-1000053659
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium cardinale Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 18: 488 (1882) wfo-0000935228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium carnusianum H.J.Veitch Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 18: 102 (1895) wfo-0000935231
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium carrierei Anon. Monit. Hort. Arboric. Vitic. Sci. Arts Industr. Hort. 1887: 54 (1887) wfo-1000053660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium cassiope Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 5: 200 (1889) wfo-0000935234
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium castleanum Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 9: 39 (1891) wfo-0000935235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium celia Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 9: 104 (1891) wfo-0000935239
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium ceres N.E.Br. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 9: 360 (1891) wfo-0000935240
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium charlesianum Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 16: 430 (1894) wfo-1000053662
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium chelseense Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 4: 407 (1888) wfo-0000935246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium chinensis Franch. J. Bot. (Morot) 8(13): 230–231 1894 — wfo-0001220636
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium chloroneurum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 14: 525 (1880) wfo-0000935250
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium chlorops Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 3: 584 (1888) wfo-0000935251
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium chrysocomes Rolfe Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 11: 781 (1892) wfo-0000834391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium claptonense Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 5: 168 (1889) wfo-0000935255
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium claudii L.Linden Lindenia 9: 29 (1893) wfo-0000935256
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium cleopatra O'Brien Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 11: 458 (1892) wfo-0000935257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium clinkaberryanum O'Brien Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 14: 86 (1893) wfo-0000935258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium clonius Anon. J. Hort. Pract. Gard. 2: 394 (1893) wfo-1000054263
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium compactum Measures Coll. Cyprip. ed. 2: 28 (1893) wfo-0000834387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium conchiferum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 15: 330 (1881) wfo-0000935261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium concinnum W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 1887: 16 (1887) wfo-0000935262
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium concolawre Anon. Orchid Rev. 2: 339 (1894) wfo-1000053663
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium conspicuum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 3: 521 (1888) wfo-0000935272
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium constableanum Anon. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 43: 75 (1893) wfo-1000053664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium constance N.E.Br. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 8: 294 (1890) wfo-0000935274
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium coppinianum Measures Coll. Cyprip. ed. 2: 28 (1893) wfo-1000054271
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium coppinianum hort. ex Gartenfl. (1892) 183 nomen. wfo-0000834416
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium corbeillense Maron Rev. Hort. (Paris) 65: 250 (1893) wfo-0000935275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium corndeanii Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 17: 627 (1895) wfo-1000053665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium corningianum Anon. Gard. Mag. (London) 1891: 495 (1891) wfo-1000053666
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium cowleyanum O'Brien Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 11: 72 (1892) wfo-0000935283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium creon B.S.Williams Orch.-Grow. Man. , ed. 7: 249 (1894) wfo-0000935285
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium cythera Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 7: 72 (1890) wfo-0000935293
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium daisyae Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 11: 301 (1892) wfo-1000053667
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium dallemagnei Anon. Lindenia 9: 57 (1894) wfo-1000053668
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium dauthieri Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. n.s., 17: 218, nomen; Kittel in Berl. Garten-Zeit. (1885) 272, 273. 1882 wfo-0000935301
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium dauthieri Rchb.f. ex Kittel Gart.-Zeitung (Berlin) 4: 272 (1885) wfo-1000053669
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium daviesianum Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 17: 82 (1895) wfo-1000053670
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium debosscherianum Desbois Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangère 18: 6 (1892) wfo-0000935305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium delicatulum Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 2: 552 (1887) wfo-0000935307
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cypripedium delicatum B.S.Williams Orch.-Grow. Man. ed. 7: 251 (1894) wfo-1000053671