Cypripedium arietinum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Cypripedium

At a glance

Occurrence records1 001

Data sources10

Biological traits10

DNA specimens8

eDNA detections5

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Cypripedium arietinum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 001 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 001 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD8 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 20

01Narrative

Cypripedium arietinum, the ram's head lady's slipper, is a rare orchid that grows in lightly shaded areas with calcareous soils. It is characteristic of the alvars around the Great Lakes in North America, as well as in New England. In Canada, it is found from Quebec to Saskatchewan, plus an isolated population in Nova Scotia, where it grows on gypsum based soils, 330 km away from the nearest population in Maine. Cypripedium arietinum plants in the wild

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formrhizomatous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding8 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Cypripedium arietinum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens8

Marker genes4

eDNA detections5

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★rbcL★rbcLa★ITS★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Cypripedium arietinum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 20 n = 10

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records20–202n range20median20mode3records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 203×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · eflora

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Love, A. & D. Love. 1981c. In Chromosome number reports LXXIII. Taxon 30: 845–851.

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — LOEVE, A., & w. SIMON. 1968. Cytotaxonomical notes on some American orchids. southw. Naturalist 13: 335-342.

CCDB · eflora

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 001 records

Wild obs. + sensor777

Museum / vouchered224

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 180 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy4% within 1 km

≤100 m 16≤1 km 13≤10 km 2>10 km 738

769 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor777

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy30% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 25≤10 km 70>10 km 7

110 georeferenced · 114 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence224

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions22 of 28 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Ann Arbor, US	44
Chicago, US	25
Université Lavallocation not on record	23
Bloomington, US	22
Bronx, US	18
Philadelphia, US	16
WINlocation not on record	11
Toronto, CA	11
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	8
Madison, US	6
Montréal, CA	6
Tampa, US	5
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record	3
Québec, CA	3
Bangkok, TH	3
Fort Worth, US	2
Ypsilanti, US	1
Wuzhou, CN	1
Chicago, US	1
Dekalb, US	1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record	1
Cambridge, US	1
Missoula, US	1
University of Winnipeglocation not on record	1
Burlington, US	1
Montréal, CA	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Davenport, US	1

28 institutions · 218 of 224 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Cypripedium arietinum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found5

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median14.0 °C 12.6–16.5

Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.9 °C

Max temp (day)17.9 °C 17.1–19.7

Min temp (night)11.6 °C 8.70–14.2

Precipitation80.5 mm/mo 78.9–90.4

Air humidity59.2 % 57.5–61.0

Moisture balance-49.6 mm/mo -65.8–-30.9

Vapour deficit699 Pa 640–757

Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.60–5.00

Cloud cover41.2 % 38.0–43.0

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Cypripedium arietinum

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment6

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type1 001 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions22 of 28 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 001 records