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Orchidaceae

Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum sallieri (God.-Leb.) Stein

First published in Orchid.-Buch: 482 (1892)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Myanmar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Taxonomy

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
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Other data

Native to:

Myanmar

Homotypic Synonyms

Cypripedium sallieri God.-Leb. in Les Cypriped.: t. [6] (1888)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Cypripedium sallieri var. aureum B.S.Williams in Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 7: 297 (1894)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Asparagales

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Family
Orchidaceae

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Genus
Paphiopedilum

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Species
Paphiopedilum sallieri

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

This taxon has a temporary IPNI identifier and therefore an IPNI link cannot be provided, read more about this on the about powo page.

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0