PLANTS Profile for Cypripedium guttatum (spotted lady's slipper)

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PLANTS Profile

Cypripedium guttatum Sw.
spotted lady's slipper

Symbol:

CYGU

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

AK		N
CAN		N

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Cypripedium guttatum Sw.

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Synonyms:
Cypripedium guttatum Sw.

CYGUG

Cypripedium guttatum Sw. var. guttatum

spotted lady's slipper

Distribution:
Cypripedium guttatum Sw.


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USA (AK), CAN (NT, YT)

Related Taxa:
Cypripedium guttatum Sw.

View 126 genera in Orchidaceae, 15 species in Cypripedium

Classification:
Cypripedium guttatum Sw.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Orchidales
Family	Orchidaceae – Orchid family
Genus	Cypripedium L. – lady's slipper
Species	Cypripedium guttatum Sw. – spotted lady's slipper

More Accounts and Images:
Cypripedium guttatum Sw.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43544.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 10:50 AM CDT