Serapias parviflora

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 parviflora
Name

Serapias parviflora Parl., Giorn. Sci. Sicilia 59: 66 (1837)
Synonymy

Homotypic
Serapias longipetala var. parviflora (Parl.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 378 (1839)
Serapias laxiflora var. parviflora (Parl.) Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 13 (1850)
Serapias lingua var. parviflora (Parl.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 156 (1897)
Serapiastrum parviflorum (Parl.) A.A.Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 67 (1908)
Heterotypic
Serapias occultata J.Gay ex Cavalier, Deux Nouv. Esp.: s.p. (1848)
Serapias laxiflora Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 13 (1850)
Serapias elongata Tod., Hort. Bot. Panorm. 1: 25 (1876)
Serapias occultata f. albiflora E.G.Camus, Iconogr. Orchid. Europe: 65 (1928)
Serapias occultata f. knochei E.G.Camus, Iconogr. Orchid. Europe: 65 (1928)
Serapias parviflora f. lutescens Renz, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 261 (1930)
Serapias parviflora f. albiflora (E.G.Camus) Soó in G.Keller & al., Monogr. Iconogr. Orchid. Eur. 2: 91 (1931)
Serapias parviflora f. knochei (E.G.Camus) Soó in G.Keller & al., Monogr. Iconogr. Orchid. Eur. 2: 91 (1931)
Serapias parviflora f. sulphurea Lanza ex G.Keller in G.Keller & al., Monogr. Iconogr. Orchid. Eur. 2: 91 (1931)
Serapias parviflora subsp. occultata (J.Gay ex Cavalier) Maire & Weiller, Fl. Afrique N. 6: 318 (1959 publ. 1960)
Serapias parviflora var. lutescens (Renz) Kalop., Bot. Chron. 1: 55 (1981)
Serapias mascaensis H.Kretzschmar, G.Kretzschmar & Kreutz, Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 10: 34 (1993)
Serapias parviflora subsp. mascaensis (H.Kretzschmar, G.Kretzschmar & Kreutz) Kreutz, Kompend. Eur. Orchid.: 138 (2004)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Europe
Southwestern Europe
Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
Southeastern Europe
Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
Macaronesia
Canary Islands.
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Cyprus, East Aegean Islands.

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

Parlatore, F. 1837. Giornale de Scienze, Letteratura ed Arti per la Sicilia 59: 66.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Serapias parviflora 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 parviflora 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 parviflora. Published online. Accessed: 30 November 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Serapias parviflora in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 30.
Tropicos.org 2018. Serapias parviflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 30.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kleinblütiger Zungenstendel
English: Small-flowered serapias
español: Serapias de flor pequeña
français: Serapias de flor pequeña
italiano: Serapide minor
Nederlands: Kleine tongorchis
русский: Серапиас мелкоцветковый

Serapias parviflora, the small-flowered tongue-orchid,[1] is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean Basin and the Atlantic coast of Europe.

Description

Serapias parviflora grows to around 10–30 centimetres (4–12 in) high (occasionally up to 40 cm or 16 in). At the base of the stem, there are 4–7 keeled, linear leaves, and 1–3 bract-like leaves further up the stem. The 3–8 flowers (rarely up to 12) are arranged in a spike. The greyish-pink sepals and petals form a hood over the column and the lip, which is typically 14–19 mm (0.55–0.75 in) long.[2]
Distribution

Serapias parviflora is found natively across the Mediterranean Basin from the Iberian Peninsula to the Aegean Sea, as well as in the Canary Islands and along the Atlantic coast of France.[3] It was discovered in 1989 at Rame Head in Cornwall (United Kingdom), and may have dispersed there naturally.[2] That colony disappeared after 20 years, but in 2021, fifteen plants were discovered in the 11th-floor roof garden of Nomura International's office building in the City of London.[4]
References

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
Anne Harrap & Simon Harrap (2009). "Small-flowered tongue orchid, Serapias parviflora". Orchids of Britain and Ireland: a Field and Site Guide. A&C Black. pp. 314–316. ISBN 9781408127360.
"Serapias parviflora Parl., sérapias à petites fleurs". eFlore – fiches plantes (in French). Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
"Rare orchids found in City of London bank's rooftop garden". BBC News. 2021-06-15.