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Liparis (plant)

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Liparis
Liparis crenulata
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Liparis

Type species
Liparis loeselii
(L.) Rich.
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Alipsea Hoffmanns.
  • Anistylis Raf.
  • Apation Blume
  • Cestichis Thouars
  • Diteilis Raf.
  • Empusa Lindl.
  • Empusaria Rchb. f.
  • Iebine Raf.
  • Leptorkis Thouars
  • Mesoptera Raf.
  • Paliris Dumort.
  • Platystylis Lindl.
  • Sturmia Rchb. f.

Liparis is a genus of orchids,[2] commonly known as widelip orchid[3] or false twayblade. It comprises over 200 species with cosmopolitan distribution, found on all continents except Antarctica and on many oceanic islands.[1] Most species bear dull-coloured, purplish flowers in a terminal spike.

Selected species

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Richard, Louis Claude Marie. 1817. De Orchideis Europaeis Annotationes 21, 30, 38.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Liparis​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  • Media related to Liparis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Liparis at Wikispecies
  • "Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • "Liparis" at the Encyclopedia of Life Edit this at Wikidata