Serapias

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.

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.

Species

• Serapias bergonii
• Serapias cordigera
• Serapias cossyrensis
• Serapias istriaca
• Serapias levantina
• Serapias lingua
• Serapias neglecta
• Serapias nurrica
• Serapias olbia
• Serapias orientalis
• Serapias parviflora
• Serapias perez-chiscanoi
• Serapias politisii
• Serapias strictiflora
• Serapias vomeracea

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

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.

External links

• Media related to Serapias at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Serapias at Wikispecies