Paphiopedilum Pfitzer, Morph. Stud. Orchideenbl. (1886) 11

Subfamily: Cypripedioideae

Tribe: Not used

Subtribe: Not used

Synonyms: Cordula Raf. , Menephora Raf. , Stimegas Raf.

A genus of c. 70 species; c. 50 species in Malesia.

Distribution: India, tropical East Asia, Malesia, Solomon islands

Cribb, P.J. 1998. The genus Paphiopedilum. Second edition. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. 

Braem, G.J., C.O. Baker, and  M.L. Baker. 1998. The genus Paphiopedilum: natural history and cultivation. Part 1. Botanical Publishers, Kissimmee, Florida. 

Braem, G.J., C.O. Baker, and  M.L. Baker. 1999. The genus Paphiopedilum: natural history and cultivation. Part 2. Botanical Publishers, Kissimmee, Florida.  

 

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Paphiopedilum supardii Braem & U.Loeb (section Coryopedilum), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden Paphiopedilum sanderianum (Rchb.f.) Stein (section Coryopedilum), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak Paphiopedilum hennisianum (M.W.Wood) Fowlie (section Barbata), in situ, the Philippines

last updated: 30 January 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera