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Orchidaceae

Heart-flowered serapias

Serapias cordigera L.

Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Serapias

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Heart-flowered serapias (Serapias cordigera)
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Common names

By language (9)
arz
سيرابيس كورديجيرا
Corsican
Lingua di diavulu
Dutch
Brede tongorchis
English
Heart-flowered serapias
French
Sérapias en cœur, Sérapias en coeur
Galician
Crista de galo grande
German
Herzförmiger Zungenstendel
Italian
Serapide cuoriforme
Turkish
İri sağırkulağı, Iri sağırkulağı

Synonyms

  • Helleborine cordigera (L.) Pers.
  • Lonchitis cordigera (L.) Bubani
  • Serapias atlantica D.Rückbr. & U.Rückbr.
  • Serapias azorica Schltr.
  • Serapias cordigera f. ochrantha Landwehr
  • Serapias cordigera subsp. azorica (Schltr.) Soó
  • Serapias cordigera subsp. cordigera
  • Serapias cordigera subsp. cossyrensis (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) Kreutz
  • Serapias cordigera subsp. cretica B.Baumann & H.Baumann
  • Serapias cordigera subsp. gentilii C.Venhuis, P.Venhuis & Kreutz
  • Serapias cordigera subsp. lorenziana (H.Baumann & Künkele) Kreutz
  • Serapias cordigera subsp. lucana R.Lorenz & V.A.Romano
  • Serapias cordigera subvar. curvifolia (J.A.Guim.) E.G.Camus
  • Serapias cordigera subvar. leucantha (J.A.Guim.) E.G.Camus
  • Serapias cordigera var. cretica (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) P.Delforge
  • Serapias cordigera var. curvifolia J.A.Guim.
  • Serapias cordigera var. leucantha J.A.Guim.
  • Serapias cordigera var. mauritanica (E.G.Camus) E.Nelson ex P.Delforge
  • Serapias cossyrensis B.Baumann & H.Baumann
  • Serapias lingua var. cordigera (L.) Savi
  • Serapias lorenziana H.Baumann & Künkele
  • Serapias lucana (R.Lorenz & V.A.Romano) Biagioli, Kreutz & De Simoni
  • Serapias ovalis Rich.
  • Serapias pseudocordigera var. mauritanica E.G.Camus
  • Serapiastrum cordigerum (L.) A.A.Eaton

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.