''Serapias'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

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 flowerin ...

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