Home  

Random  

Nearby  



Log in  



Settings  



Donate  



About Wikipedia  

Disclaimers  



Wikipedia





Orchis





Article  

Talk  



Language  

Watch  

Edit  





Orchis is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), occurring mainly in Europe and Northwest Africa, and ranging as far as Tibet, Mongolia, and Xinjiang.[1] The name is from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις orchis, meaning "testicle", from the appearance of the paired subterranean tuberoids.[2]

Orchis
Orchis italica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Orchis
Tourn.exL. 1753
Type species
Orchis militaris

L. Sp. Pl.: 943, 1753

Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Abrochis Neck.
  • Zoophora Bernh.
  • Strateuma Salisb.
  • Aceras R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
  • × Orchiaceras E.G.Camus
  • Androrchis D.Tyteca & E.Klein

Description

edit

These terrestrial orchids have root tubers instead of pseudobulbs. They are extremely diverse in appearance. They produce an erect stem. The inflorescence is a cylindrical to globular spike, 5–15 cm (2–6 in) long, with yellow, red to purple flowers. They start flowering at the base, slowly progressing upwards, except for the Monkey orchid (Orchis simia), which flowers in reverse order.

The original genus Orchis used to contain more than 1,300 names. Since it was polyphyletic, it has been divided by Pridgeon et al., into several new genera (see Reference): Ponerorchis, Schizodium, Steveniella. They can be found in tropical Rainforest and semi-desert regions, near the seashore and in the tundra. The majority of neotropical orchid species can be found in southern Central America, northwest South America

Taxonomy

edit

Species

edit

As of June 2014, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 21 species, along with a number of subspecies:[3]

Natural hybrids

edit

As of June 2014, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 37 hybrid species, along with a number of hybrid subspecies:[3]

Intergeneric hybrids

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  • ^ Alberta Native Plant Council Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta (2001), p. 52, at Google Books
  • ^ a b "Search for Orchis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  • edit

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orchis&oldid=1181873578"
     



    Last edited on 25 October 2023, at 18:59  





    Languages

     


    العربية
    Asturianu
    Azərbaycanca
    تۆرکجه
    Беларуская
    Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
    Български
    Bosanski
    Català
    Cebuano
    Čeština
    Dansk
    Deutsch
    Eesti
    Эрзянь
    Español
    Esperanto
    فارسی
    Français
    Հայերեն
    Hornjoserbsce
    Hrvatski
    Ирон
    Italiano
    עברית

    Қазақша
    Коми
    Кыргызча
    Кырык мары
    Lietuvių
    Magyar
    مصرى
    Bahasa Melayu
    Мокшень
    Nederlands
    Nedersaksies
    Norsk bokmål
    Norsk nynorsk
    Олык марий
    Перем коми
    Polski
    Português
    Русский
    Seeltersk
    Suomi
    Svenska
    Татарча / tatarça
    Тоҷикӣ
    Türkçe
    Удмурт
    Українська
    Vepsän kel
    Tiếng Vit
    Winaray
    Žemaitėška

     

    Wikipedia


    This page was last edited on 25 October 2023, at 18:59 (UTC).

    Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Terms of Use

    Desktop