Orchis

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. The name is from the Ancient Greek (''''), meaning "testicle", from the appearance of the paired subterranean tuberoids.

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Orchis is a genus of plants within the family Orchidaceae. It belongs to the order Asparagales and the class Liliopsida, as well as the phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is Orchis Tourn. ex L., and its taxonomic type is Orchis militaris. The genus is classified under the subfamily Orchidinae. Common names for the genus include nycklar, Səhləb, Ятрышнік, and Каћун / Kaćun.

The taxon has an accepted status. Records for Orchis are held by institutions including CAS, USCH, and WIS. These records originate from countries such as Italy, France, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany. The genus is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language.

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Species

nycklar

Orchis

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is.

Observations recorded793,192

Die Knabenkräuter i. e. S. (Orchis) bilden eine Pflanzengattung in der Familie der Orchideengewächse (Orchidaceae). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beschreibung und Ökologie 1.1 Vegetative Merkmale 1.2 Generative Merkmale 2 Systematik 2.1 Etymologie 2.2 Arten nach Bateman 1997 und Bateman 2009 mit ihrer Verbreitung 2.3 Ausgliederung in andere Gattungen 3 Aberglaube, Heilkunde und Naturschutz 4 Literatur 5 Einzelnachweise 6 Weblinks Beschreibung und Ökologie In diesem Artikel oder Abschnitt fehlen noch folgende wichtige Informationen: Merkmale sind nur marginal beschrieben, von den meisten wichtigen Merkmalen fehlt die Beschreibung vollständig Hilf der Wikipedia, indem du sie recherchierst und Illustration des Affen-Knabenkrauts (Orchis simia) aus Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten, Tafel 15 Zygomorphe Blüten des Purpur-Knabenkrauts (Orchis purpurea) Vegetative Merkmale Die Knabenkraut-Arten sind ausdauernde krautige Pflanzen. Diese Geophyten bilden eirunde Knollen als Überdauerungsorgane. Eine der Knollen verwelkt zur Blütezeit, die andere ist für die nächste Blütezeit bestimmt (Wechselknolle). Es wurde in der Vergangenheit

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1,805
With media: 1,460
Family: Orchidaceae
Collections: CAS, USCH, WIS
Recorded in: Italy, France, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Russian Federation

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Orchidinae
Image: Lady orchid Orchis purpurea inflorescence.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Orchis
topic's main category: Category:Orchis
Commons gallery: Orchis
Commons category: Orchis
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8523
taxon common name: Salep
taxonomic type: Orchis militaris

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Species
Natural hybrids
Intergeneric hybrids
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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. The name is from the Ancient Greek (''), meaning "testicle", from the appearance of the paired subterranean tuberoids.

== Description == 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, 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.

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