Common name
English: Tongue orchid
German: Einschwielige Zungenstendel
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Orchidales (27)
Family: Orchidaceae (27)(family description)
Genus: Serapias (2)
Epithet: lingua L. (2)
Subspecies: duriaei (Rchb. ex Batt.) Soó
duriaei => in honor of Michel Charles Durieu de. Maisonneuve (1796–1878), french botanist
lingua => tongue-shaped
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple