Paphiopedilum victoria-regina

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Paphiopedilum victoria-regina']

• English: Queen Victoria Paphiopedilum

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Cypripedioideae • Genus: Paphiopedilum • Species: Paphiopedilum victoria-regina (Sander) M.W. Wood (1976)

Synonyms

Basionym Cypripedium victoria-regina Sander, Gard. Chron., III, 11: 194 (1892) Heterotypic synonyms Cypripedium chamberlainianum O'Brien, Gard. Chron., III, 11: 234 (1892) Paphiopedilum chamberlainianum (O'Brien) Berthold Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 491 (1892) Paphiopedilum chamberlainianum var. latifolium Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45(104): 3 (1911) Cordula chamberlainiana (O'Brien) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 20: 2 (1912) Paphiopedilum victoria-regina subsp. chamberlainianum (O'Brien) M.W.Wood, Orchid Rev. 84: 135 (1976) Paphiopedilum kalinae Braem, Orchis 93: 20 (1995) Paphiopedilum victoria-regina var. kalinae (Braem) Koop., Orchid Digest 59: 183 (1995) Paphiopedilum victoria-regina var. latifolium (Schltr.) Beckner, Selbyana 23: 196 (2002)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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  yellow flower

Botanical illustrations

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  Paphiopedilum victoria-regina
  (as syn.
  Paphiopedilum chamberlainianum)
  plate 7578 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 124,
  (1898)
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  Paphiopedilum victoria-regina
  (as syn.
  Cypripedium chamberlainianum)
  plate 284 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 3
  (1900)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Malesia Sumatra (800–1600 m altitude)

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Paphiopedilum victoria-regina.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Paphiopedilum victoria-regina