Liparis (orchid)

false twayblade
Liparis crenulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): 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 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Richard, Louis Claude Marie. 1817. De Orchideis Europaeis Annotationes 21, 30, 38.

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