Plant Details

Accepted name:: Calypso bulbosa var. americana (R.Br.) Luer [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes
Infraspecies:: 4

Calypso bulbosa var. bulbosa

Calypso bulbosa nothovar. kostiukiae Catling

Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis (Holz.) Cockerell

Calypso bulbosa var. speciosa (Schltr.) Makino

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fairyslipper orchid	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calypso americana R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 208 (1813).
Calypso bulbosa f. albiflora P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 17 (1995).
Calypso bulbosa f. americana (R.Br.) P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 17 (1995).
Calypso bulbosa subsp. americana (R.Br.) A.Haines Stantec Bot. Notes 13: 2 (2010).
Calypso bulbosa f. biflora P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 10: 35 (2004 publ. 2005).
Calypso bulbosa f. rosea P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 17 (1995).
Norna borealis var. americana (R.Br.) Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 2: 561 (1826).
Orchidium americanum (R.Br.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 222 (1841).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calypso bulbosa var. americana (R. Br. ex Ait. f.) Luer	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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