Calypso

Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Calypsoeae
Genus: Calypso
Species: C. bulbosa

Name

Calypso Salisb., Parad. Lond.: t. 89 (1806), nom. cons.

• Type species: Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes, Cat. Vermont Pl.: 28 (1842)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Cytherea Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 301 (1812), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Calypsodium Link, Handbuch 1: 252. (1829)
  • Norna Wahlenb., Fl. Suecica 2: 561. (1826)
  • Orchidium Sw. in J. W. Palmstruch, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 8: t. 518. (1816)

Homonym

• Calypso Thouars, Plantes des Îles de l'Afrique Australe 29. (1804), nom. rej. - vide: Salacia L., Mantissa Plantarum 2: 159–160. (1771)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Finland, Sweden. Eastern Europe Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia. Asia-Temperate Siberia Buryatiya, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia. Russian Far East Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin. China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Tibet. Mongolia Mongolia. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Northern America Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont. Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Salisbury, R.A. 1806. The Paradisus Londinensis , ad pl. 89.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 93 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• 'eFloras 2009. Calypso in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Calypso
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Calypso. Accessed: 2023 Jan 19.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Calypso in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Calypso. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Calypso. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jan 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Calypso. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jan 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Norne
English: Fairy slipper
español: Zapatilla de Venus
suomi: Neidonkengät
日本語: ホテイラン属
русский: Калипсо луковичная
svenska: Norna
удмурт: Калипсо
中文: 布袋兰属
中文（简体）: 布袋兰属

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