Cypripedium elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
Genus: | Cypripedium |
Species: | C. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Cypripedium elegans | |
Synonyms[3] | |
Coelogyne elegans Rchb.f.[2] |
Cypripedium elegans is a lady's-slipper orchid found in Nepal, Bhutan, the Indian Himalayas, Tibet, and Yunnan.[4][3] It grows in thickets, forest margins and humus rich soil in forests.[4]