Serapias

Serapias
	Serapias istriaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
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. 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)

External links

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

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