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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. [1] The name is from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις orchis , meaning "testicle", from the appearance of the paired subterranean tuberoids .
This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according to The Families of Flowering Plants - L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz.This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the Orchid Research Newsletter which is published twice a year by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
An alliance is a group of taxa, at any taxonomic rank, but usually at the rank of genus or species, that are thought to be closely related. Alliances are designated provisionally and are not recognized in the ICNAFP .
The genus name comes from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis), literally meaning "testicle", because of the shape of the twin tubers in some species of Orchis. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The term "orchid" was introduced in 1845 by John Lindley in School Botany , [ 34 ] as a shortened form of Orchidaceae .
Orchis mascula is a perennial herbaceous plant with stems up to 50–60 centimetres (20–24 in) high, green at the base and purple on the apex. The root system consists of two tubers, rounded or ellipsoid.
Orchis okellyi (Druce) Druce (1915) × Rhizanthera somersetiensis (A.Camus) Soó (1966), not validly publ. Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. fuchsii , the common spotted orchid , is a subspecies of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae .
Ophrys apifera, known in Europe as the bee orchid, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Ophrys, in the family of Orchidaceae. It serves as an example of sexually deceptive pollination and floral mimicry, a highly selective and highly evolved plant–pollinator relationship.
The genus Platanthera belongs to the subfamily Orchidoideae of the family Orchidaceae, and comprises about 150 species of orchids.The members of this genus, known as the butterfly orchids [2] [3] or fringed orchids, [4] were previously included in the genus Orchis, which is a close relative (along with the genus Habenaria).