Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Orchidaceae/Orchidacées - Orchid Family
Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes var. americana (R.Br.) Luer
En: fairy-slipper, calypso, Venus' slipper
Fr: calypso d'Amérique, calypso bulbeux
Provincial Status: N
Range: Circumboreal; w/nw/neNfld., disj. in cLab.; mainly calc.

[=Calypso americana R.Br. (basionym)]
[=Calypso borealis (Sw.) Salisb., nom. illeg. superfl.]
[=Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes forma albiflora P.M.Br.]
[=Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes forma americana (R.Br.) P.M.Br.]
[=Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes forma biflora P.M.Br.]
[=Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes forma candida Hyl.]
[=Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes forma nivea P.M.Br.]
[=Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes forma rosea P.M.Br.]
[=Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes subsp. americana (R.Br.) A.Haines]
[=Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes var. americana (R.Br.) Luer]
[=Cytherea borealis (Salisb.) Salisb.]
[=Cymbidium boreale Sw.]
[=Norna borealis (Salisb.) Wahlenb.]
[=Orchidium americanum (R.Br.) Steud.]

[Previously classified as historically present (SH) in Nfld. (Bouchard et al., 1991), Calypso bulbosa was located at three sites in the mid 1990s: Burnt Cape, Cook's Harbour, and the Port au Port Peninsula (Meades 1994a). Some of the historic locations for C. bulbosa include Eddie's Cove East (Fernald 1933:60), Doctor Hill, and Barr'd Harbour Hill (Fernald 1926: 125). A recent location in swNfld., from near the Cape Anguille lighthouse, reported by Anne English and verified by H. Mann, was added in 2017. Reports of C. bulbosa from near Cape Norman have not been verified. There are no verified reports of C. bulbosa from Labrador. A specimen (NFM) collected by Ian Goudie, C. Jones, and M. McKenna (2000) from the Fig Lake area, SW of Goose Bay, identified as Calypso bulbosa, was corrected to Corallorhiza trifida (N. Djan-Chekar, pers. comm. 2018), while a specimen (GH) of Calypso bulbosa from seLabrador is actually from the Côte Nord, eQuébec.]

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