''Serapias'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of terrestrial

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

s that can be found all over southern Europe to Asia Minor. The genus was named after

Serapis Serapis or Sarapis is a Graeco-Egyptian deity. The cult of Serapis was promoted during the third century BC on the orders of Greek Pharaoh Ptolemy I Soter of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in his r ...

, a syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian god in Antiquity. ''Serapias'' have spurless flowers and usually go dormant during the winter seasons.

Species

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Serapias bergonii ''Serapias bergonii'' is a species of orchids found from Italy to western and southern Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mai ...

'' *'' Serapias cordigera'' *''

Serapias cossyrensis ''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 dorma ...

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Serapias istriaca ''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 dorma ...

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Serapias levantina ''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 dorma ...

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Serapias lingua ''Serapias lingua'', commonly known as tongue-orchid or the tongue ''Serapias'', is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean. Habitat and distribution ''Serapias lingua'' can be found in damp meadows and open fields of Portugal, Spain, Ma ...

'' *'' Serapias neglecta'' *''

Serapias nurrica ''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 dorma ...

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Serapias olbia ''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 dorma ...

'' *'' Serapias orientalis'' *''

Serapias parviflora ''Serapias parviflora'', the small-flowered tongue-orchid, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean Basin and the Atlantic coast of Europe. Description ''Serapias parviflora'' grows to around high (occasionally up to ). At the base ...

'' *'' Serapias perez-chiscanoi'' *''

Serapias politisii ''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 dorma ...

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Serapias strictiflora ''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 dorma ...

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Serapias vomeracea ''Serapias vomeracea'', common name long-lipped serapias or the plow-share serapias, is a species of orchid in the genus ''Serapias''. Etymology The name ''Serapias'' of the genus derives from the Greek ''Sarapis'', the Graeco-Egyptian god, al ...

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

* * Orchideae genera {{Orchidoideae-stub