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Internal ID UUID643fecc2f3339566903932
Scientific name Serapias lingua
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 950 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lonchitis oxyglottis Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 52 (1901)
Orchis lingua Scop. Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 2: 187 (1772)
Serapias brevibracteata St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 134 (1880)
Serapias columnae (Rchb.f.) H.Fleischm. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 75: 190. 1925 (1925)
Serapias excavata Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 38 (1923)
Serapias glabra Lapeyr. Hist. Pl. Pyrénées : 552 (1813)
Serapias laxiflora var. columnae Rchb.f. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 13. 1850
Serapias lingua var. flavescens Balayer Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Lett. Bot. 133: 280 (1986)
Serapias lingua var. oxyglottis (Willd.) E.G.Camus, Bergon & A.Camus Monogr. Orchid. 54 1908
Serapias lingua subsp. oxyglottis (Willd.) Soó Bot. Arch. 23: 85. 1928 (1928)
Serapias lingua f. pallidiflora E.G.Camus Monogr. Orchid. 54 1908
Serapias lingua var. rubescens Balayer Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Lett. Bot. 133: 280 (1986)
Serapias lingua subsp. veneris Balayer Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Lett. Bot. 133: 279 (1986)
Serapias oxyglottis Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 71 (1805)
Serapias oxyglottis var. pallescens Mutel Fl. Franç. Herbor. 3: 255. 1836
Serapias pallidiflora Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 32 (1909)
Serapiastrum lingua A.A.Eaton Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 21: 67 (1908)
Serapias lingua var. hirsuta Boiss. Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 598. 1842
Serapias lingua var. leucantha J.A.Guim. Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 53. 1887
Serapias lingua var. longibracteata J.A.Guim. Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 53. 1887
Serapias lingua f. leucantha (J.A.Guim.) F.M.Vázquez Folia Bot. Extremadur. 3: 208 2009
Serapias lingua f. humilis A.Terracc. Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1910: 27 1910
Serapias lingua f. nana E.G.Camus Iconogr. Orchid. Europe 1: 3 1921
Serapias lingua f. abnormis Cortesi Ann. Bot. (Rome) 1: 216 (1904)
Serapias lingua f. minima F.M.Vázquez Folia Bot. Extremadur. 3: 208 (2009)
Serapias lingua f. tenuis F.M.Vázquez Folia Bot. Extremadur. 3: 208 (2009)
Serapias pseudocordigera var. pallescens (Mutel) E.G.Camus Monogr. Orchid. 51 1908
Helleborine leucoglottis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. : 398 (1821)
Helleborine lingua Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 512 (1807)
Helleborine oxyglottis Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 512 (1807)
Damasonium lingua (L.) L. Amoen. Acad., Linnaeus ed. 4: 492 (1759)
Serapias lingua subsp. oranensis Kreutz, Ait-Hamm., Babali, Miara & Rebbas Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 30: 260 (2013)

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Language Common/alternative name
English tongue-orchid
German einschwieliger zungenstendel
French sérapias petite langue
Italian serapide lingua
Dutch gewone tongorchis
Punjab جیب رنگرتی
Chinese 长药兰

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Serapias lingua subsp. lingua Unknown
Serapias lingua subsp. stenopetala (Maire & T.Stephenson) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 6: 318 (1960)

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  • Europe
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000309419
Tropicos 23500529
INPN 122810
Flora of Italy 8155
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:657644-1
The Plant List kew-190640
Open Tree Of Life 1045039
NCBI Taxonomy 59355
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200003138
IPNI 657644-1
iNaturalist 203000
GBIF 5314814
Freebase /m/06wbdn5
EPPO SRJLI
EOL 1130759
Wikipedia Serapias_lingua

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Transcriptome data reveals the conservation genetics of Cypripedium forrestii, a plant species with extremely small populations endemic to Yunnan, China Lin L, Cai L, Huang H, Ming S, Sun W Front Plant Sci 31-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10864665
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1303625
PMID:38357270
Pollination mechanism in Serapias with no pollinaria reconfiguration Lanzino M, Palermo AM, Pellegrino G AoB Plants 16-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10601389
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plad054
PMID:37899971
Comparative Cytogenetic of the 36-Chromosomes Genera of Orchidinae Subtribe (Orchidaceae) in the Mediterranean Region: A Summary and New Data Turco A, Albano A, Medagli P, Wagensommer RP, D’Emerico S Plants (Basel) 28-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10421308
doi:10.3390/plants12152798
PMID:37570952
Orchidaceae in Puglia (Italy): Consistency, Distribution, and Conservation Turco A, Albano A, Medagli P, D’Emerico S, Wagensommer RP Plants (Basel) 05-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10255703
doi:10.3390/plants12112223
PMID:37299203
Traditional, Therapeutic Uses and Phytochemistry of Terrestrial European Orchids and Implications for Conservation Bazzicalupo M, Calevo J, Smeriglio A, Cornara L Plants (Basel) 05-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9863304
doi:10.3390/plants12020257
PMID:36678970
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9414419
doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425
The Plant Communities of the Class Isoëto-Nanojuncetea in Sicily Brullo S, Brullo C, Sciandrello S, Tavilla G, Cambria S, Tomaselli V, Ilardi V, Giusso del Galdo G, Minissale P Plants (Basel) 29-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9104982
doi:10.3390/plants11091214
PMID:35567216
Anthocyanin and Flavonol Glycoside Metabolic Pathways Underpin Floral Color Mimicry and Contrast in a Sexually Deceptive Orchid Wong DC, Perkins J, Peakall R Front Plant Sci 23-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8983864
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.860997
PMID:35401591
The Potential of Rhizoctonia-Like Fungi for the Biological Protection of Cereals against Fungal Pathogens Bleša D, Matušinský P, Sedmíková R, Baláž M Plants (Basel) 12-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7918712
doi:10.3390/plants10020349
PMID:33673058
Chemical composition, antimicrobial, and lipase enzyme activity of essential oil and solvent extracts from Serapias orientalis subsp. orientalis ERİK İ, KILIÇ G, ÖZTÜRK E, KARAOĞLU ŞA, YAYLI N Turk J Chem 16-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7763115
doi:10.3906/kim-2005-51
PMID:33488260
A Synopsis of Sardinian Studies: Why Is it Important to Work on Island Orchids? Lussu M, Marignani M, Lai R, Loi MC, Cogoni A, Cortis P Plants (Basel) 06-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7411895
doi:10.3390/plants9070853
PMID:32640731
Conservation Status of the Family Orchidaceae in Spain Based on European, National, and Regional Catalogues of Protected Species de la Torre Llorente D ScientificWorldJournal 30-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5830962
doi:10.1155/2018/7958689
PMID:29643757
Integrating restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) with morphological cladistic analysis clarifies evolutionary relationships among major species groups of bee orchids Bateman RM, Sramkó G, Paun O Ann Bot 09-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5786241
doi:10.1093/aob/mcx129
PMID:29325077
A perspective on orchid seed and protocorm development Yeung EC Bot Stud 04-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5544657
doi:10.1186/s40529-017-0188-4
PMID:28779349
Functional differentiation in pollination processes among floral traits in Serapias species (Orchidaceae) Pellegrino G, Bellusci F, Palermo AM Ecol Evol 02-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5606857
doi:10.1002/ece3.3264
PMID:28944008

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