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Serapias istriaca
Serapias istriaca
Istria Tongue Orchid
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 1115 1058 (2015-11-10)

Copyright © 2015 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  May 17, 2012
  • latitude 44.78839   longitude 13.90592     View on Google Maps.
  • location   East of the west dirt road along Kamenjak peninsula, near west coast of it, north of Polje bay (Istria, Croatia)
  • notes   Slo.: istrski ralovec, CR: istarska kukavica - syn.: Serapias neglecta subsp. apulica Landw. - Habitat: : Stony grassland; sandy, skeletal soil, calcareous ground; open, almost flat terrain, full sun, average temperatures 13-14 deg C, average precipitation 800-900 mm/year, elevation 15 m (50 feet), Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: Species of the genus Serapias are essentially plants of Mediterranean Sea region. Among them Serapias istriaca represents a rare, narrow-endemic named by Istria peninsula in Croatia, northwest Adriatic sea. Recent morphometric as well as molecular research showed that it is a well-established species (Ref.:2). It flourishes only on south part of Istria peninsula and neighboring island Lošinj and on the sea shore of northwest Greece. Species of genus Serapias are strange, almost bizarre looking orchids. To recognize plants of this genus is simple because of their unusual shape of flowers, however, to distinguish them to species level is a much more difficult task. Serapias istriaca doesn't grow in Slovenian Adriatic Sea shore region, so the only our member of this genus remains Serapias vomeraca and also this plant is a rare find in Slovenia. Ref.: (1) http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/DetaljiFrame.aspx?IdVrste=27626&taxon=Serapias+istriaca+Perko (2) V. Hršak, S. Brana, Z. Sedlar, I. Pejić, Morphometric and molecular (RAPD) analysis of six Serapias taxa from Croatia, J. Biologia, Vol. 66, 1. (2011), pp 55-63. http://link.springer.com/article/10.2478%2Fs11756-010-0132-5
  • camera   Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_618/2012_DSC3461
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

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  • common names   Istria Tongue Orchid (photographer)
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