Cypripedium reginae, known as the showy lady's slipper, pink-and-white lady's-slipper, or the queen's lady's-slipper, is a rare lady's-slipper orchid native to northern North America. Although never common, this plant has vanished from much of its historical range due to habitat loss.Sokolski et al. (1997). "Axenic Seed Culture and Micropropagation of Cypripedium reginae" Selbyana 18(2): 172-182. It is the state flower of Minnesota.
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 reginae has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens10
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections6
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.
★matK2★rbcL6★rbcLa★ITS2★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualCypripedium reginae 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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy41% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 171≤1 km 355≤10 km 123>10 km 2 066
3 715 georeferenced · 434 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 149
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 accuracy18% within 1 km
≤100 m 18≤1 km 46≤10 km 228>10 km 70
362 georeferenced · 375 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence737
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 1
1 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions41 of 54 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chicago, US
102
Ann Arbor, US
69
Madison, US
66
Université Lavallocation not on record
65
Philadelphia, US
54
Québec, CA
43
Toronto, CA
34
WINlocation not on record
33
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
24
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
24
Montréal, CA
23
Bronx, US
21
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
18
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
17
Tampa, US
15
Saint Louis, US
11
Wuzhou, CN
10
Knoxville, US
9
Vancouver, CA
8
Saint John, CA
8
Bloomington, US
7
Chicago, US
6
New Haven, US
6
Bangkok, TH
4
Montréal, CA
4
Trois-Rivières, CA
3
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
3
Fort Worth, US
3
Dekalb, US
2
Green Bay, US
2
Oskarshamn, SE
2
Ypsilanti, US
2
Austin, US
2
Christchurch, NZ
2
Moscow, US
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Davenport, US
1
Whitewater, US
1
Missoula, US
1
Burlington, US
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Denver, US
1
Berlin, DE
1
Dresden, DE
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Columbia, US
1
Universite de Montreal, L'Herbier Marie-Victorinlocation not on record
1
Harvard Universitylocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Millersville, US
1
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
1
Fargo, US
1
Paris, FR
1
54 institutions · 722 of 737 vouchered records shown · 13 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Cypripedium reginae 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 found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 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 median17.4 °C 14.4–18.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter27.5 °C
Max temp (day)22.9 °C 19.5–23.4
Min temp (night)13.1 °C 10.1–14.6
Precipitation86.9 mm/mo 82.0–99.8
Air humidity57.5 % 56.8–59.3
Moisture balance-41.6 mm/mo -58.0–-29.9
Vapour deficit828 Pa 756–911
Wind speed3.10 m/s 2.70–5.10
Cloud cover42.0 % 38.6–49.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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 Facility4 887 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗