Serapias lingua, commonly known as tongue-orchid[3] or the tongue Serapias, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean.[4]
| 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 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Habitat and distribution
editSerapias lingua can be found in damp meadows and open fields of Portugal, Spain, Malta, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece and all the Mediterranean islands west of Crete and in western North Africa.[citation needed]
Flowering
editSerapias lingua flowers in spring to early summer with 2.5 cm flowers and then they go dormant in mid and late summer.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Serapias lingua was originally described and published in Species Plantarum 949. 1753. "Name - Serapias lingua". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^ a b "TPL, treatment of Serapias lingua". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Serapias". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
External links
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Data related to Serapias lingua at Wikispecies
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