Serapias

{{Short description|Genus of terrestrial orchids}}

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Serapias is a genus of terrestrial orchids that can be found all over southern Europe to Asia Minor.{{Cite journal |last1=Venhuis |first1=C. |last2=Venhuis |first2=P. |last3=Oostermeijer |first3=J. G. B. |last4=van Tienderen |first4=P. H. |date=2007-06-01 |title=Morphological systematics of Serapias L. (Orchidaceae) in Southwest Europe |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |language=en |volume=265 |issue=3 |pages=165–177 |doi=10.1007/s00606-007-0519-0 |issn=1615-6110|doi-access=free |bibcode=2007PSyEv.265..165V }}{{Cite journal |last1=Bellusci |first1=F. |last2=Pellegrino |first2=G. |last3=Palermo |first3=A. M. |last4=Musacchio |first4=A. |date=2008-06-01 |title=Phylogenetic relationships in the orchid genus Serapias L. based on noncoding regions of the chloroplast genome |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790308001176 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |language=en |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=986–991 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.019 |pmid=18434211 |bibcode=2008MolPE..47..986B |issn=1055-7903|url-access=subscription }} The genus was named after Serapis, a syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian god in Antiquity.

Serapias have spurless flowers and usually go dormant during the winter seasons.