Serapias nurrica (Serapias nurrica)
Description
The Serapis of Nura ( Serapias nurrica Corrias, 1982 ) is a plant belonging to the family of Orchidaceae prevalent in Sardinia Corsica Sicily and CalabriaIt is a bulbous geophyte herbaceous plant with a stem 15-35 cm tall, greenish at the base and brownish red near the apex. The root system consists of two rhizotubes one sessile and the other briefly pedunculated.The leaves are lanceolate-linear, the basal ones reduced to dark membranaceous sheaths, enveloping the stem, the averages (4-5) 10-18 cm long and 0,8-1,6 cm broad, the upper bratteiforms The inflorescence groups from 3 to 9 flowers with sepals and petals gathered in a tepalic helmet that almost entirely contains the hypochylla of the labellum The main characteristic that distinguishes this species from the others of the genus Serapias is the whitish and rather undulating margin of the epicile. At the base of the labellum there are two glossy calluses, spaced apart and divergent, of a purple-blackish color. The ginostemio is red-violet with green-yellow pollen
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Serapias
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