''Liparis'' (plant)

Liparis
Liparis crenulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Epidendroideae
Tribe:Malaxideae
Genus:Liparis
Rich.
Type species
Liparis loeselii
(L.) Rich.
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Alipsea Hoffmanns.
  • Anistylis Raf.
  • Apation Blume
  • Cestichis Thouars
  • Diteilis Raf.
  • Empusa Lindl.
  • Empusaria Rchb. f.
  • Iebine Raf.
  • Leptorkis Thouars
  • Mesoptera Raf.
  • Paliris Dumort.
  • Platystylis Lindl.
  • Sturmia Rchb. f.

Liparis is a genus of orchids,[2] commonly known as widelip orchid[3] or false twayblade. It comprises over 200 species with cosmopolitan distribution, found on all continents except Antarctica and on many oceanic islands.[1] Most species bear dull-coloured, purplish flowers in a terminal spike.

Selected species

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Richard, Louis Claude Marie. 1817. De Orchideis Europaeis Annotationes 21, 30, 38.
  3. ↑ "Liparis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  • Media related to Liparis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Liparis at Wikispecies


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