Phragmipedium boissierianum(Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Rolfe

Boissier's Phragmipedium

WFO wfo-0000269954 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Phragmipedium boissierianum, photographed by Thibaud Aronson
fig. a Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2006-07-24 / obs. 148748211
Phragmipedium boissierianum, photographed by Manuel Roncal
fig. b Manuel Roncal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177436591
Phragmipedium boissierianum, photographed by Thibaud Aronson
fig. c Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 97844309

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Phragmipedium boissierianum is native: Ecuador, Peru EcuadorPeru
Native distribution of Phragmipedium boissierianum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Ecuador ECU SOUTHERN AMERICA
Peru PER

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 23 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cypripedium boissierianum Rchb.f. & Warsz.
  • Cypripedium czerwiakowianum (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Kraenzl.
  • Cypripedium grandiflorum Pav. ex Rchb.f.
  • Cypripedium reticulatum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
  • Paphiopedilum boissierianum (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Stein
  • Paphiopedilum boissierianum Pfitzer
  • Paphiopedilum czerwiakowianum (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Pfitzer
  • Paphiopedilum reticulatum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer
  • Phragmipedium boisserianum var. reticulatum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer
  • Phragmipedium boissierianum var. boissierianum
  • Phragmipedium boissierianum var. czerwiakowianum (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) O.Gruss
  • Phragmipedium boissierianum var. reticulatum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer
  • Phragmipedium cajamarcae Schltr.
  • Phragmipedium czerwiakowianum (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Rolfe
  • Phragmipedium reticulatum (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  • Phragmipedium reticulatum (Rchb.f.) Garay
  • Phragmopedilum boissierianum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer
  • Phragmopedilum cajamarcae Schltr.
  • Phragmopedilum czerwiakowianum (Rchb.f.) Rolfe ex Pfitzer
  • Phragmopedilum reticulatum (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  • Selenipedium boissierianum Rchb.f. & Warsz.
  • Selenipedium czerwiakowianum Rchb.f. & Warsz.
  • Selenipedium reticulatum Rchb.f.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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