Paphiopedilum venustum

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Paphiopedilum venustum']

• English: Charming Paphiopedilum
• 中文: 秀丽兜兰
• 中文（简体）: 秀丽兜兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Cypripedioideae • Genus: Paphiopedilum • Species: Paphiopedilum venustum (Wall. ex Sims) Pfitzer (1888)

Synonyms

Basionym Cypripedium venustum Wall. ex Sims, Bot. Mag. 47: t. 2129 (1820) Homotypic synonyms Stimegas venustum (Wall. ex Sims) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 46 (1838) Cordula venusta (Wall. ex Sims) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 20: 2 (1912) Heterotypic synonyms Cypripedium pardinum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 554 (1869) Cypripedium venustum var. measuresianum auct., Gard. Chron., III, 14: 756 (1893) Paphiopedilum pardinum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 40 (1894) Paphiopedilum venustum var. pardinum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 50(12): 82 (1903) Paphiopedilum venustum var. bhutanensis Pradhan, Indian Orchids: Guide Identif. & Cult. 2: 675 (1979) Paphiopedilum venustum var. rubrum Pradhan, Indian Orchids: Guide Identif. & Cult. 2: 675 (1979) Paphiopedilum venustum var. teestaensis Pradhan, Indian Orchids: Guide Identif. & Cult. 2: 675 (1979) Paphiopedilum venustum f. measuresianum (auct.) Braem, Orchidées Cult. Protect. 36: 35 (1998) Paphiopedilum venustum f. pardinum (Rchb.f.) Braem in G.J.Braem, C.O.Baker & M.L.Baker, Gen. Paphiopedilum Nat. Hist. Cult. 2: 274 (1999)

Flowers

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  Paphiopedilum venustum
  f. alba
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Botanical illustrations

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  Paphiopedilum venustum
  (as syn.
  Cypripedium venustum)
  plate 2129 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 47,
  (1820)
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  Paphiopedilum venustum
  (as syn.
  Cypripedium venustum)
  plate 788 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 10,
  (1824)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China Tibet. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Paphiopedilum venustum.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Paphiopedilum venustum