Serapias cordigera

Serapias cordigera

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
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 cordigera
Subspecies: (5)
S. c. subsp. azorica – S. c. subsp. cordigera – S. c. subsp. cossyrensis – S. c. subsp. cretica – S. c. subsp. lucana

Name edit

Serapias cordigera L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1345 (1763)

Synonymy edit

  • Homotypic
    • Serapias lingua var. cordigera (L.) Savi, Fl. Pis. 2: 304 (1798)
    • Helleborine cordigera (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 512 (1807)
    • Lonchitis cordigera (L.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 50 (1901)
    • Serapiastrum cordigerum (L.) A.A.Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 67 (1908)

Homonym edit

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria.
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
  • Africa
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores.
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands, Turkey.

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

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Vernacular names edit

corsu: Lingua di diavulu
Deutsch: Herzförmiger Zungenstendel
English: Heart-flowered serapias
español: Serapias en corazón
français: Sérapias en cœur
galego: Crista de galo grande
italiano: Serapide cuoriforme
Nederlands: Brede tongorchis
Türkçe: İri sağırkulağı


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