Cypripedium elegans
| Elegant Slipper Orchid | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
| Tribe: | Cypripedieae |
| Subtribe: | Cypripediinae |
| Genus: | Cypripedium |
| Species: | C. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Cypripedium elegans Rchb.f. (1886) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Coelogyne elegans Rchb.f. | |
Cypripedium elegans is a lady's-slipper species in the genus Cypripedium found in Nepal, Bhutan, the Indian Himalayas, Tibet and Yunnan.[2][1]
References
External links
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Data related to Cypripedium elegans at Wikispecies - Flowers of India, Elegant Slipper Orchid
- Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz
- Flickr photo
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