Calypso

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Calypsoeae
Genus: Calypso
Species: C. bulbosa
Name

Calypso Salisb., Parad. Lond.: t. 89 (1806), nom. cons.

Type species: Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes, Cat. Vermont Pl.: 28 (1842)

Synonymy

Homotypic
Cytherea Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 301 (1812), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
Calypsodium Link, Handbuch 1: 252. (1829)
Norna Wahlenb., Fl. Suecica 2: 561. (1826)
Orchidium Sw. in J. W. Palmstruch, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 8: t. 518. (1816)

Homonym

Calypso Thouars, Plantes des Îles de l'Afrique Australe 29. (1804), nom. rej. - vide: Salacia L., Mantissa Plantarum 2: 159–160. (1771)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Europe
Northern Europe
Finland, Sweden.
Eastern Europe
Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia.
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Buryatiya, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia.
Russian Far East
Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin.
China
China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Tibet.
Mongolia
Mongolia.
Eastern Asia
Japan, Korea.
Northern America
Subarctic America
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
Western Canada
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
Eastern Canada
Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec.
Northwestern U.S.A.
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
North-Central U.S.A.
Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
Northeastern U.S.A.
Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
Southwestern U.S.A.
Arizona, California, Utah.
South-Central U.S.A.
New Mexico.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 93 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.
Salisbury, R.A. 1806. The Paradisus Londinensis , ad pl. 89.

Links

'eFloras 2009. Calypso in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Calypso
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Calypso. Accessed: 2021 Apr 5.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Calypso in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 5. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Calypso in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 5. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Calypso. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Calypso. Published online. Accessed: 5 Apr 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Calypso. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 5.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Norne
English: Fairy slipper
español: Zapatilla de Venus
suomi: Neidonkengät
日本語: ホテイラン属
русский: Калипсо луковичная
svenska: Norna
удмурт: Калипсо
中文: 布袋兰属