Calypso (Orchidaceae)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Calypso']

• English: Fairy slipper
• башҡортса: Калипсо
• Deutsch: Norne
• español: Zapatilla de Venus
• suomi: Neidonkengät
• 日本語: ホテイラン属
• norsk nynorsk: Norneslekta
• русский: Калипсо луковичная
• svenska: Norna
• удмурт: Калипсо
• українська: Каліпсо
• 中文: 布袋兰属
• 中文（中国大陆）: 布袋兰属
• 中文（简体）: 布袋兰属
• 中文（臺灣）: 布袋蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Calypsoeae • Genus: Calypso (Orchidaceae) Salisb. (1806)

Genus Calypso Salisb. (1806)

Synonyms
Homotypic synonyms Cytherea Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 301 (1812) Heterotypic synonyms 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)

1 Species

Monotypic taxon

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  Calypso bulbosa

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  Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis

Native distribution areas

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

References

Description of taxon

• Salisb. (1806) The Paradisus Londinensis, ad pl. 89.

Selected Bibliography

• 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 0198507127
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Calypso (Orchidaceae).

• eFloras (2009) link: Calypso in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Calypso
• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Calypso (Orchidaceae)
• eMonocot link: Calypso (Orchidaceae)
• Tropicos link: Calypso (Orchidaceae)
• International Plant Names Index link: Calypso (Orchidaceae)
• The Plant List link: Calypso (Orchidaceae)