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(Created page with "thumb|National floral emblem of the [[Republic of China (ROC).]] The '''Formosan Lady's Slipper''' or the '''Beautiful Cypripedium''' ''(Cypripedium formosanum)'', is a species of orchid endemic to Taiwan.<ref name="freetibet">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242316555 Flora of China, v 25 p 29, 台湾杓兰 tai wan shao lan, ''Cypripedium formosanum'' ]</ref><ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/...")
 
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The '''Formosan Lady's Slipper''' or the '''Beautiful Cypripedium''' ''(Cypripedium formosanum)'', is a species of [[orchid]] endemic to [[Taiwan]].<ref name="freetibet">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242316555 Flora of China, v 25 p 29, 台湾杓兰 tai wan shao lan, ''Cypripedium formosanum'' ]</ref><ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=54083 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
The '''Formosan Lady's Slipper''' or the '''Beautiful Cypripedium''' ''(Cypripedium formosanum)'', is a species of [[orchid]] endemic to [[Taiwan]].<ref name="freetibet">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242316555 Flora of China, v 25 p 29, 台湾杓兰 tai wan shao lan, ''Cypripedium formosanum'' ]</ref><ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=54083 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>


This species is restricted to the central mountains of Taiwan, where it grows in several types of habitat in mountain forests and [[bog]]s. It is associated with species of [[fern]]s, ''[[Epimedium]]'', ''[[Trillium]]'', and ''[[Podophyllum]]'', and ''[[Diphyllea grayi]]''. It is also cultivated, being attractive and easy to grow and propagate.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />
This species is restricted to the central mountains of Taiwan, where it grows in several types of habitat in mountain forests and [[bog]]s. It is associated with species of [[fern]]s, ''[[Epimedium]]'', ''[[Trillium]]'', and ''[[Podophyllum]]'', and ''[[Diphyllea grayi]]''. It is also cultivated, being attractive and easy to grow and propagate.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> Within the [[Republic of China (ROC)]] it is the designate '''State flower of the Tai [[Republic of China]]'''{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official designated National flower and Awarded floral emblem of [[Republic of China (ROC)]]” respectively''}}.


==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:Endemic flora of Taiwan]]
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