Biology:Serapias lingua
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Short description: Species of orchid
| Serapias lingua | |
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| Flower of Serapias lingua | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Serapias |
| Species: | S. lingua
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| Binomial name | |
| Serapias lingua | |
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Serapias lingua, commonly known as tongue-orchid[3] or the tongue Serapias, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean.[4]
Habitat and distribution
Serapias lingua can be found in damp meadows, open fields, marshlands, and sometimes garrigue of Portugal, Spain, Malta, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, the Mediterranean islands west of Crete, and western North Africa. It has also been recorded from some sites in southern England, where it is unclear if it is naturally occurring.[5]
Flowering
Serapias lingua flowers from April to May or early June. The plant grows from 10 to 30 cm, with 2–8 flowers per spike. The labellum can be yellowish, pink, or magenta.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Serapias lingua was originally described and published in Species Plantarum 949. 1753. "Name - Serapias lingua". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/23500529. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "TPL, treatment of Serapias lingua". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-190640. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Serapias". Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/535295/Serapias#ref126231. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Serapias lingua". https://bsbi.org/taxa/2cd4p9h.3hx4dr/serapias-lingua?q=serapias%20lingua.
- ↑ Davies, Paul (1983). Wild Orchids of Britain and Europe. ISBN 0-7011-2642-6.
External links
Data related to Serapias lingua at Wikispecies
Wikidata ☰ Q1235327 entry
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