Cypripedium calceolus L.
(Lady’s Slipper, Lady’s-slipper)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCypripedium calceolus (Lady’s Slipper, Lady’s-slipper)
GenusCypripedium (slipper orchids)
FamilyORCHIDACEAE (orchids)
OrderASPARAGALES (orchids, daffodils, onions & irises)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cypripedium calceolus (Lady’s Slipper, Lady’s-slipper) :
1: Cypripedium calceolus (Lady’s Slipper, Lady’s-slipper)
15 Jun 2010 OSGR: ZZ00 44° 40’ N, 10° 40’ E United Kingdom
plant grown under Natural England’s species recovery project
Image 1: Flower - side viewImage 2: Plant in pot - face viewImage 3: Plant in pot - face view (2)Image 4: Plant in pot - face view (3)Image 5: Plant in pot - side view
2: Cypripedium calceolus (Lady’s Slipper, Lady’s-slipper)
17 Jun 1974 OSGR: SD96 54° 10’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Image 1: Flower - face view - close-upImage 2: PlantsImage 3: Plants (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pearman, D. & Walker, K. 2004 Comment: Rare plant introductions in the UK: creative conservation or wildflower gardening? British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 3: 174-182.

Cypripedium calceolus (Lady’s Slipper, Lady’s-slipper) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cypripedium calceolus (Lady’s Slipper, Lady’s-slipper)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cypripedium calceolus (Lady’s Slipper, Lady’s-slipper)
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