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		Serapias lingua  L.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Serapias  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Serapias:		Greek plant name, according to the Egyptian god Serapis
	lingua:		tongue

Fig. 1:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid E Estremadura 22.4.1999

Fig. 2:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid F Draguignan 14.5.1999

Fig. 3:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid (with two solitary bees of genus Ceratina) F Corbières, Bugarach 3.6.2001

Fig. 4:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid P Coimbra 23.4.1988

Fig. 5:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid Corsica, Tizzano 31.5.2010

Fig. 6:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid Majorca, Ca'n Picafort 30.4.2011

Fig. 7:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid Sicily, Madonie 6.4.1998

Fig. 8:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid Cephalonia, Fiskardo 16.4.2024

Fig. 9:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid Cephalonia, Fiskardo 16.4.2024

Fig. 10:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid Cephalonia, Sami 22.4.2024

Fig. 11:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid Cephalonia, Pastra 23.4.2024

Fig. 12:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid Cephalonia, Pastra 23.4.2024

Fig. 13:  Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid GR Peloponnes, Gythio 30.3.2013

   

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