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Liparis

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genus of plants

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Liparis is a taxon that exists as a genus in two distinct biological contexts. In botany, it is a large cosmopolitan genus within the family Orchidaceae, with a parent taxon of Malaxidinae. Common names for this plant include Widelip orchid, Ласняк, Błyšćawka, and Липарис. The genus produces a fruit type known as a capsule.

In zoology, Liparis is an accepted genus of snailfishes within the family Liparidae. It belongs to the order Perciformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata, with an authority of Scopoli, 1777. These organisms inhabit marine and brackish environments. Records for the fish genus are held by institutions such as UWFC and INECOL, with occurrences documented in Russia, the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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Species

snailfishes

Genus

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassTeleostei
  3. OrderPerciformes
  4. 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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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,480
With media
1,409
Family
Liparidae
Collections
UWFC, INECOL
Recorded in
Russia, United States, Canada, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Malaxidinae
Image
Liparis crenulata OrchidsBln0906.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Liparis
Commons category
Liparis (Orchidaceae)
topic's main category
Category:Liparis (plant)
Commons gallery
Liparis (Orchidaceae)
taxon common name
grezovka
has fruit type
capsule
homonymous taxon
Liparis
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liparis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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