Cypripedium wumengense S.C.Chen
  • Acta Phytotax. Sin. 23: 372 (1985) 


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2025): Cypripedium wumengense S.C.Chen. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000935759. Accessed on: 04 Jun 2025'

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Plants ca. 22 cm tall. Stem ca. 10 cm, covered by 3 subtubular sheaths, apex with an ascending subopposite leaf and bract. Leaf blade green, spotted with purple, ovate-elliptic, 11-13 × 6.5-7 cm, glabrous, apex mucronate. Inflorescence terminal, with a solitary flower, ebracteate; pedicel 10-12 cm, glabrous; ovary ca. 9 mm, glabrous. Flower with purple spots and stripes, 6-7 cm in diam. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, ca. 3.5 × 2.8 cm, both surfaces glabrous, ciliate, apex mucronate; synsepal elliptic, ca. 4.1 × 2 cm, both surfaces glabrous, ciliate, apex bidentate. Petals obliquely ovate-oblong, ca. 3.8 × 1.5 cm, both surfaces glabrous, ciliate, apex slightly mucronate; lip deeply pouched, subglobose, ca. 1.6 × 1.6 cm, minutely papillate on front surface. Staminode broadly ovate, ca. 5 × 7.5 mm. Fl. May.

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    Flora of China @ efloras.orgGeneral Information

    Plants ca. 22 cm tall. Stem ca. 10 cm, covered by 3 subtubular sheaths, apex with an ascending subopposite leaf and bract. Leaf blade green, spotted with purple, ovate-elliptic, 11-13 × 6.5-7 cm, glabrous, apex mucronate. Inflorescence terminal, with a solitary flower, ebracteate; pedicel 10-12 cm, glabrous; ovary ca. 9 mm, glabrous. Flower with purple spots and stripes, 6-7 cm in diam. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, ca. 3.5 × 2.8 cm, both surfaces glabrous, ciliate, apex mucronate; synsepal elliptic, ca. 4.1 × 2 cm, both surfaces glabrous, ciliate, apex bidentate. Petals obliquely ovate-oblong, ca. 3.8 × 1.5 cm, both surfaces glabrous, ciliate, apex slightly mucronate; lip deeply pouched, subglobose, ca. 1.6 × 1.6 cm, minutely papillate on front surface. Staminode broadly ovate, ca. 5 × 7.5 mm. Fl. May.

    Distribution Map

     
    • Native distribution
    Found in
    • Asia-Temperate China China South-Central

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