The yellow cypripedium, ''Cypripedium flavum'', is a species of
orchid. It is endemic to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, found in the provinces of
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
,
Hubei,
Sichuan,
Xizang (
Tibet), and
Yunnan.
[Flora of China, v 25 p 25, 黄花杓兰 huang hua shao lan, ''Cypripedium flavum'' ](_blank)
/ref>
The species epithet
An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, di ...
''flavum'' is Latin for yellow and indicates its flower colour.[Sia Morhardt and Emil Morhardt ]
References
External links
*
*
flavum
Orchids of China
{{Cypripedioideae-stub