Serapias lingua Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 950. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in Italia, Lusitania." RCN: 6866.

Lectotype (Baumann & al. in Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskr. Heim. Orchid. Baden-Württemberg 21: 558, Abb. 47. 1989): [icon] " Orchis macrophylla " in Colonna, Ekphr.: 321, 322. 1606.

Generitype of Serapias Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Serapias lingua L. ( Orchidaceae).

Note: Wood (in Kew Mag. 3: 25. 1986) indicated 1057.7 (LINN) as the holotype, but this is an Alströmer collection, not received by Linnaeus until after 1753 and hence not original material for the name.