Calceolaria

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Calceolaria is also a synonym of Cypripedium.

Calceolaria
C. bilatata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Calceolariaceae
Genus: Calceolaria
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Fagelia Schwencke
  • Porodittia G.Don ex Kraenzl.
  • Stemotria Wettst. & Harms
  • Trianthera Wettst.
C. biflora
C. uniflora

Calceolaria (/ˌkælsiəˈlɛəriə/[2][3][4]), also called lady's purse, slipper flower and pocketbook flower,[5] or slipperwort, is a genus of plants in the family Calceolariaceae, though classified in Scrophulariaceae by some authors. This genus consists of about 269 species[1] of shrubs, lianas and herbs, and the geographical range extends from Patagonia to central Mexico, with its distribution centre in Andean region.[6] Calceolaria species have usually yellow or orange flowers, which can have red or purple spots.[5] The Calceolaria Herbeohybrida group, also called C. herbeohybrida Voss, is a group of ornamental hybrids known only in cultivation, called florists' slipperwort.[7]

Species

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269 species are currently accepted.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Calceolaria L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Calceolaria". Calceolaria – Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. January 2003. ISBN 978-0-19-283098-2. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Calceolaria". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  4. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
  5. ^ a b "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", pp. 166-167 Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0
  6. ^ Stephan Andersson (2006). "On the phylogeny of the genus Calceolaria (Calceolariaceae) as inferred from ITS and plastid matK sequences". Taxon. 55 (1): 125–137. doi:10.2307/25065534. JSTOR 25065534.
  7. ^ USDA GRIN Taxonomy, retrieved 24 April 2016
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