Cypripedium montanum is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium. It is commonly known as large lady's slipper, mountain lady's slipper, white lady's slipper as well as moccasin flower. This latter is also the common name of Cypripedium acaule.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 montanum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences6
eDNA detections5
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★rbcL3★rbcLa★ITS3★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 569 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 057
Museum / vouchered512
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO8 340 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 accuracy13% within 1 km
≤100 m 231≤1 km 40≤10 km 19>10 km 1 748
2 038 georeferenced · 19 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 057
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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 9≤1 km 93≤10 km 158>10 km 24
284 georeferenced · 228 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence512
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 institutions38 of 55 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Corvallis, US
57
WTUlocation not on record
55
Angwin, US
51
Pullman, US
46
Missoula, US
38
Moscow, US
28
Chicago, US
23
Vancouver, CA
22
Bronx, US
21
Philadelphia, US
19
Bozeman, US
12
Claremont, US
11
Arcata, US
11
Tacoma, US
10
Madison, US
9
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
7
Victoria, CA
7
Portland, US
5
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
5
Cheney, US
4
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
4
Wuzhou, CN
3
Santa Barbara, US
3
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
2
Tampa, US
2
Université Lavallocation not on record
2
Logan, US
2
Ashland, US
2
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Riverside, US
1
Toronto, CA
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
1
San Jose, US
1
STNFlocation not on record
1
Provo, US
1
KNFSClocation not on record
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Bothell, US
1
Walla Walla, US
1
San Diego, US
1
Austin, US
1
Caldwell, US
1
Pocatello, US
1
Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
1
BAYLUlocation not on record
1
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Fort Worth, US
1
SEFlocation not on record
1
Whitehorse, CA
1
Bloomington, US
1
55 institutions · 490 of 512 vouchered records shown · 21 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Cypripedium montanum 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 median12.5 °C 10.8–12.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.2 °C
Max temp (day)18.4 °C 13.9–18.7
Min temp (night)7.40 °C 7.40–8.10
Precipitation79.6 mm/mo 59.8–132
Air humidity57.3 % 55.7–63.0
Moisture balance-38.4 mm/mo -57.0–-5.00
Vapour deficit663 Pa 493–719
Wind speed2.70 m/s 1.70–5.20
Cloud cover38.9 % 37.1–42.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 569 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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