Orchidaceae
Calypso
Calypso bulbosa

Calypso bulbosa var. americana (R.Br.) Luer

First published in Native Orchids U.S. & Canada excluding Florida: 336 (1975)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Subarctic America to W. Central & NE. U.S.A. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sandberg, J.H.; Macdougal, D.T.; Heller, A.A. [211] United States K000943522 Isotype Yes
Flatt, C. [s.n.] Sweden K000943523 Unknown Type Material Yes
Malmberg, A.J. [s.n.] Russia K000943521 Unknown Type Material Yes
Malmberg, A.J. [s.n.] K000943519 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wichstrum [s.n.] K000943520 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0