Cypripedium henryi

Henry's Cypripedium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Cypripedioideae
Tribe: Cypripedieae
Subtribe: Cypripediinae
Genus: Cypripedium
Species: C. henryi
Binomial name
Cypripedium henryi
Rolfe (1892)
Synonyms
  • Cypripedium chinense Franch. (1894)

The Henry's Cypripedium (Cypripedium henryi) is a species of orchid. It is endemic to central and southern China and found in southern Gansu, Guizhou, western Hubei, southern Shaanxi, southern Shanxi, Sichuan, and northwestern to southeastern Yunnan. It grown in humus-rich places in open forests, at forest margins, or on scrubby slopes at elevations of 800–2,800 m (2,600–9,200 ft) above sea level.[1]

References

  1. Xinqi Chen & Phillip J. Cribb. "Cypripedium henryi". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 17 January 2016.


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