Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cypripedium macranthos Sw. [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
敦盛草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蜈蚣七	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cypripedium calceolus var. rubrum Georgi Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich 1: 232 (1775).
Cypripedium macranthos var. albiflorum Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 27 (1926).
Cypripedium macranthos f. albiflorum (Makino) Ohwi Fl. Jap., ed. rev.: 322 (1965).
Cypripedium macranthos f. alboroseum Aver. Turczaninowia 2: 33 (1999).
Cypripedium macranthos f. albostriatum Aver. Turczaninowia 2: 23 (1999).
Cypripedium macranthos var. atropurpureum Aver. Turczaninowia 2: 18 (1999).
Cypripedium macranthos f. flavoroseum Aver. Turczaninowia 2: 23 (1999).
Cypripedium macranthos var. flavum Mandl Oesterr. Bot. Z. 73: 271 (1924).
Cypripedium macranthos var. maximum Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 16: 63 (1940).
Cypripedium macranthos var. rebunense (Kudô) Miyabe & Kudô Fl. Hokkaido 3: 355 (1953).
Cypripedium macranthos f. rebunense (Kudô) Ohwi Fl. Jap.: 342 (1953).
Cypripedium macranthos var. speciosum (Rolfe) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 336 (1926).
Cypripedium macranthos f. vulgare Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 145 (1861).
Cypripedium neoparviflorum Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 2: 31 (2002).
Cypripedium rebunense Kudô J. Jap. Bot. 2: 251 (1925).
Cypripedium speciosum Rolfe Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 207 (1911).
Cypripedium speciosum var. albiflorum Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 27 (1926).
Cypripedium thunbergii Blume Coll. Orchid.: 169 (1859).
Cypripedium thunbergii f. albiflorum (Makino) Okuyama J. Jap. Bot. 30: 42 (1955).
Sacodon macranthos (Sw.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 45 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cypripedium macranthon Sw.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cypripedium macranthos Sw.	Medicinal Orchids of Asia (Teoh, 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cypripedium macranthum Sw.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cypripedium macranthum Swartz	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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