Serapias

Serapias
	Serapias istriaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Orchideae
Subtribe:	Orchidinae
Genus:	Serapias; L.

Serapias is a genus of terrestrial orchids that can be found all over southern Europe to Asia Minor.^[1]^[2] The genus was named after Serapis, a syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian god in Antiquity. Serapias have spurless flowers and usually go dormant during the winter seasons.

Species

Natural hybrids

Serapias × albertii (S. neglecta × S. vomeracea)
Serapias × ambigua (S. cordigera × S. lingua)
Serapias × ambigua nothosubsp ambigua (S. cordigera × S. lingua)
Serapias × ambigua nothosubsp panormosana (S. cordigera subsp. cretica × S. lingua)
Serapias × cypria (S. bergonii × S. orientalis subsp. levantina)
Serapias × euxina (S. bergonii × S. orientalis)
Serapias × garganica (S. orientalis × S. vomeracea)
Serapias × godferyi (S. cordigera × S. neglecta)
Serapias × halacsyana (S. bergonii × S. cordigera)
Serapias × halicarnassia (S. bergonii × S. orientalis subsp. carica)
Serapias × intermedia (S. lingua × S. vomeracea)
Serapias × kelleri (S. cordigera × S. vomeracea)
Serapias × lupiensis (S. lingua × S. politisii)
Serapias × meridionalis (S. lingua × S. neglecta)
Serapias × oulmesiaca (S. lingua × S. cordigera subsp. cordigera)
Serapias × provincialis (S. cordigera × S. olbia)
Serapias × pulae (S. istriaca × S. lingua)
Serapias × rainei (S. cordigera × S. parviflora)
Serapias × todaroi (S. lingua × S. parviflora)
Serapias × walravensiana (S. orientalis subsp. carica × S. lingua)

References

^ Venhuis, C.; Venhuis, P.; Oostermeijer, J. G. B.; van Tienderen, P. H. (2007-06-01). "Morphological systematics of Serapias L. (Orchidaceae) in Southwest Europe". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 265 (3): 165–177. Bibcode:2007PSyEv.265..165V. doi:10.1007/s00606-007-0519-0. ISSN 1615-6110.
^ Bellusci, F.; Pellegrino, G.; Palermo, A. M.; Musacchio, A. (2008-06-01). "Phylogenetic relationships in the orchid genus Serapias L. based on noncoding regions of the chloroplast genome". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (3): 986–991. Bibcode:2008MolPE..47..986B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.019. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 18434211.

External links

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[1] Venhuis, C.; Venhuis, P.; Oostermeijer, J. G. B.; van Tienderen, P. H. (2007-06-01). "Morphological systematics of Serapias L. (Orchidaceae) in Southwest Europe". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 265 (3): 165–177. Bibcode:2007PSyEv.265..165V. doi:10.1007/s00606-007-0519-0. ISSN 1615-6110.

[2] Bellusci, F.; Pellegrino, G.; Palermo, A. M.; Musacchio, A. (2008-06-01). "Phylogenetic relationships in the orchid genus Serapias L. based on noncoding regions of the chloroplast genome". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (3): 986–991. Bibcode:2008MolPE..47..986B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.019. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 18434211.

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