Liparis

genus of plants

Species

snailfishes

Genus

PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderPerciformes
FamilyLiparidae

Habitatmarine, brackish

Native toAlabama, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States

General: Liparis is a large cosmopolitan genus of over 460

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Image: Liparis crenulata OrchidsBln0906.jpg

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taxon name: Liparis
Commons category: Liparis (Orchidaceae)
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6877
Commons gallery: Liparis (Orchidaceae)
taxon common name: grezovka
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL: naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Liparis

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Liparis, commonly known as widelip orchids, sphinx orchids or 羊耳蒜属 (yáng'ěrsuàn shǔ) is a cosmopolitan genus of more than 350 species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are terrestrial, lithophytic or epiphytic herbs with a wide range of forms. The flowers are usually resupinate and small to medium sized, yellow, yellow-green or purplish with spreading sepals and petals. The labellum is usually larger than the sepals and petals and is lobed, sometimes with a toothed or wavy margin and one or two calli at its base.

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