Cypripedium japonicum

Cypripedium japonicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Cypripedioideae
Genus: Cypripedium
Species:
C. japonicum
Binomial name
Cypripedium japonicum
Thunb. (1784)
Synonyms
  • Cypripedium cathayenum S.S.Chien (1930)
  • Cypripedium japonicum var. glabrum M. Suzuki (1980)

Cypripedium japonicum, known as the Japanese cypripedium and Korean lady's slipper,[1] is a species of orchid. It is native to Japan, Korea and China (Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang).[2]

  1. ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 432. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  2. ^ Flora of China, v 25 p 29, 扇脉杓兰 shan mai shao lan, Cypripedium japonicum