Serapias orientalis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Serapias
Species: Serapias orientalis
Subspecies: (4)
S. o. subsp. apulica – S. o. subsp. levantina – S. o. subsp. orientalis – S. o. subsp. siciliensis
Name

Serapias orientalis (Greuter) H.Baumann & Künkele, Mitt. Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchid. Baden-Württemberg 20: 636 (1988)
Synonymy

Basionym
Serapias vomeracea subsp. orientalis Greuter, Flor. Rep. Cretan Area: 19 (1972)
Homotypic
Serapias cordigera subsp. orientalis (Greuter) H.Sund., Europ. Medit. Orchid., ed. 3: 39 (1980), no exact basionym page.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Tunisia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Caucasus
Transcaucasus.
Regional: Western Asia
Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Baumann, H. & Künkele, S. 1988. Mitteilungsblatt, Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen Baden-Württemberg 20: 636.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Serapias orientalis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Serapias orientalis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Serapias orientalis. Published online. Accessed: 30 November 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Serapias orientalis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 30.
Tropicos.org 2018. Serapias orientalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 30.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Orientalischer Zungenstendel
italiano: Serapide orientale

Serapias orientalis is a species of orchids occurring from the east-central and eastern Mediterranean to the western Transcaucasus.
Subspecies

Serapias orientalis subsp. apulica H.Baumann & Künkele, 1989
Serapias orientalis subsp. carica H. Baumann & Künkele, 1989
Serapias orientalis subsp. levantina (H. Baumann & Künkele) Kreutz, 2004
Serapias orientalis subsp. orientalis
Serapias orientalis subsp. siciliensis Bartolo & Pulv., 1993

References