Herbarium specimen: Cypripedium calceolus
| Taxon: | Orchidaceae: Cypripedium calceolus L. ("Lady's-slipper") named by Shepherd 1876 |
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| Collected by: | Mr Shepherd |
| Collection date: | 1876 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC64 Mid-west Yorkshire, SD9371 |
| ex herb: | Mr Charles Bailey |
| Institution: | Manchester Museum (MANCH) |
| Accession number: | MANCH.320697.Kk803 |
| notes: | Extinct at this location. This species was collected in large numbers in Victorian times, and a great many were sold at Skipton Market. They are described by the great Victorian naturalist WH Hudson in 'The Book of a Naturalist'. The species is currently |
