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Calypso  Salisb.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 43507

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): calypso orchid [English]
  
    fairy slipper [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderAsparagales   
                            FamilyOrchidaceae  – orchids  
                               GenusCalypso Salisb. – calypso orchid, fairy slipper  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes – fairyslipper, fairy-slipper orchid, fairyslipper orchid, fairy slipper 
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Calypso   
       
  Source: Orchidaceae of North America Update, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Calypso   
       
  Source: Plants of the World Online, website (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: POWO (2024). Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 24 January 2024   
  Reference for: Calypso   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Calypso   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Calypso   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pridgeon, Alec M., Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase, and Finn N. Rasmussen, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Epidendroideae (Part one)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera Orchidacearum, vol. 4   
  Page(s): 672   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: Oxford, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-850712-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Calypso   
       

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