Paphiopedilum venustum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Paphiopedilum venustum']

English: Charming Paphiopedilum
中文: 秀丽兜兰
中文（中国大陆）: 秀丽兜兰
中文（简体）: 秀丽兜兰
中文（臺灣）: 秀麗兜蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Cypripedioideae • Genus: Paphiopedilum • Species: Paphiopedilum venustum (Wall. ex Sims) Pfitzer (1888)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Cypripedium venustum Wall. ex Sims, Bot. Mag. 47: t. 2129 (1820)
Homotypic synonyms
- Stimegas venustum (Wall. ex Sims) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 46 (1838)
- Cordula venusta (Wall. ex Sims) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 20: 2 (1912)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Cypripedium pardinum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 554 (1869)
- Cypripedium venustum var. measuresianum auct., Gard. Chron., III, 14: 756 (1893)
- Paphiopedilum pardinum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 40 (1894)
- Paphiopedilum venustum var. pardinum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 50(12): 82 (1903)
- Paphiopedilum venustum var. bhutanensis Pradhan, Indian Orchids: Guide Identif. & Cult. 2: 675 (1979)
- Paphiopedilum venustum var. rubrum Pradhan, Indian Orchids: Guide Identif. & Cult. 2: 675 (1979)
- Paphiopedilum venustum var. teestaensis Pradhan, Indian Orchids: Guide Identif. & Cult. 2: 675 (1979)
- Paphiopedilum venustum f. measuresianum (auct.) Braem, Orchidées Cult. Protect. 36: 35 (1998)
- Paphiopedilum venustum f. pardinum (Rchb.f.) Braem in G.J.Braem, C.O.Baker & M.L.Baker, Gen. Paphiopedilum Nat. Hist. Cult. 2: 274 (1999)

Flowers

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Paphiopedilum venustum
f. alba
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f. alba
Paphiopedilum venustum
f. alba
Paphiopedilum venustum
f. alba

Botanical illustrations

Paphiopedilum venustum
(as syn.
Cypripedium venustum)
plate 2129 in:
Curtis's Bot. Magazine
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 47,
(1820)
Paphiopedilum venustum
(as syn.
Cypripedium venustum)
plate 788 in:
The Botanical Register
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 10,
(1824)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China Tibet. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal.