Paphiopedilum delenatii Guillaumin (1924:554)
Delanat's paphiopedilum
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Cypripedium delenatii (Guillaumin) C.H.Curtis in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 89: 208 (1931); Paphiopedilum delenatii f. albinum Braem in G.J.Braem, C.O.Baker & M.L.Baker, Gen. Paphiopedilum Nat. Hist. Cult. 1: 73 (1998); Paphiopedilum xichouense Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen in J. Fairylake Bot. Gard. 17: 2 (2006); Paphiopedilum delenatii f. vinicolor O.Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana 29: 4 (2007); Paphiopedilum delenatii f. lutescens Grell & Gunzenh. in Orchid Rev. 118: 160 (2010); Paphiopedilum delenatii var. funingensis Y.Y.Pan & W.H.Rao in Forest Sci. Technol. (S. Korea) 2020(8): 100 (2020)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in the Wild in: 1993 (Hágsater et al., 1996:44n)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Was listed as Extinct in the Wild by (WCMC, 1992:225).
Distribution & Habitat
China & Vietnam
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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