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Taxon: Paphiopedilum spp.*

Genus: Paphiopedilum
Family: Orchidaceae subfamily: Cypripedioideae. Also placed in: Cypripediaceae
Nomen number: 410948
Comment: *catch-all record for unidentified or unnamed plants of Paphiopedilum
Name verified on: 22-May-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 30-Oct-2003
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:


Distributional range:

Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan; Hong Kong
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal
    Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
    Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
  • PACIFIC
    Southwestern Pacific: Solomon Islands

References:

  • Cribb, P. 1998. The genus Paphiopedilum, second edition. (Gen Paphiopedilum 2)
More:

Check other databases for Paphiopedilum spp.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?410948 (22 November 2009)

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