Orchidaceae
Cypripedium

Cypripedium kentuckiense C.F.Reed

First published in Phytologia 48: 426 (1981)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Oklahoma to SE. U.S.A. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Cypripedioideae: e-monocot.org

  • Reed, C.F. Original description of Cypripedium kentuckiense. 48, (1981).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Cypripedioideae: e-monocot.org

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