''Himantoglossum'' is a genus of
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. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...
s native to the
Canary Islands
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,
Europe
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,
southwest Asia
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and
northern Africa
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.
[ Its members generally have a labellum which is divided into three parts, of which the middle part is the longest.
The genera ''Comperia'' and ''Barlia'' are now included in ''Himantoglossum''.]
Species
, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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recognizes the following species:
*'' Himantoglossum adriaticum'' H.Baumann - Italy, Austria, Czech Republic
*'' Himantoglossum calcaratum'' (Beck) Schltr. - Greece, Bulgaria, European Turkey, former Yugoslavia
*'' Himantoglossum caprinum'' (M.Bieb.) Spreng.
**''Himantoglossum caprinum'' subsp. ''caprinum'' - Crimea, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Palestine, Israel
*'' Himantoglossum comperianum'' (Steven) P.Delforge (syn. ''Comperia comperianum'') - Crimea, Greek Islands, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel
*'' Himantoglossum formosum'' (Steven) K.Koch - Caucasus, Iran
*'' Himantoglossum galilaeum'' Shifman - Israel
*'' Himantoglossum hircinum'' (L.) Spreng. - Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Morocco
*'' Himantoglossum jankae'' Somlyay, Kreutz & Óvári -Balkans, Greek islands, Turkey, Hungary, Slovakia
**Himantoglossum jankae subsp. rumelicum (H.Baumann & R.Lorenz) J.Ponert - Czech Republic, former Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey
*'' Himantoglossum metlesicsianum'' (W.P.Teschner) P.Delforge (syn. ''Barlia metlesicsiana'') - Canary Islands
*'' Himantoglossum montis-tauri'' Kreutz & W.Lüders - Turkey, Greek Islands?
*'' Himantoglossum robertianum'' (Loisel.) P.Delforge (syn. ''Barlia robertianum'') - Mediterranean from Portugal and Morocco east to Turkey
*'' Himantoglossum × samariense'' C.Alibertis & A.Alibertis - Crete
References
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Orchideae genera
Orchids of Europe
Flora of North Africa
Flora of the Canary Islands
Flora of Turkey
Flora of Iran
Flora of Iraq
Flora of Israel
Flora of Palestine (region)
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