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''Serapias'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...
s that can be found all over southern Europe to Asia Minor. The genus was named after
Serapis Serapis or Sarapis is a Egyptian Greeks, Graeco-Egyptian god. A Religious syncretism, syncretic deity derived from the worship of the Egyptian Osiris and Apis (deity), Apis, Serapis was extensively popularized in the third century BC on the ord ...
, a syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian god in Antiquity. ''Serapias'' have spurless flowers and usually go dormant during the winter seasons.


Species

*'' Serapias bergonii'' *'' Serapias cordigera'' *'' Serapias cossyrensis'' *'' Serapias istriaca'' *'' Serapias levantina'' *'' Serapias lingua'' *'' Serapias neglecta'' *'' Serapias nurrica'' *'' Serapias olbia'' *'' Serapias orientalis'' *'' Serapias parviflora'' *'' Serapias perez-chiscanoi'' *'' Serapias politisii'' *'' Serapias strictiflora'' *'' Serapias vomeracea''


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'')


References


External links

* * Orchideae genera {{Orchidoideae-stub