Orchis simia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Orchis simia']

• English: Monkey orchid
• العربية: سحلب سيمي
• مصرى: سحلب سيمى
• azərbaycanca: Meymun səhləbi
• تۆرکجه: مئیمون ثعلبی
• български: Маймунски салеп
• Cymraeg: Tegeirian y mwnci
• Deutsch: Affen-Knabenkraut
• Schweizer Hochdeutsch: Affen-Knabenkraut
• Ελληνικά: Όρχις η πιθηκοειδής
• فارسی: ثعلب میمونی
• français: Orchis singe
• Frysk: Aapkeskaaiblom
• עברית: סחלב הקוף
• hornjoserbsce: Zapadna pihawka
• magyar: Majomkosbor
• հայերեն: Խոլորձ կապիկի
• ქართული: მაიმუნის ჯადვარი
• Lëtzebuergesch: Afe-Bouwekraut
• Limburgs: Aeëpkesorchis
• norsk bokmål: Apeorkide
• Nederlands: Aapjesorchis
• norsk: Apeorkide
• polski: Storczyk małpi
• русский: Ятрышник обезьяний
• slovenščina: opičja kukavica
• тоҷикӣ: Саълаби маймунӣ
• Türkçe: Salep püskülü
• українська: Зозулинець мавпячий

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Orchis • Species: Orchis simia Lam. (1779)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Orchis militaris var. simia (Lam.) Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 5: 434 (1829) Heterotypic synonyms Orchis simia var. cercopitheca Georgi, Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich 3(5): 169 (1779) Orchis tephrosanthos Vill., Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 16 (1779) Orchis zoophora Thuill., Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2: 459 (1799) Orchis militaris Sm., Engl. Bot.: t. 1873 (1808) Strateuma militaris Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 290 (1812) Orchis smithii Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 381 (1826) Orchis simia var. laxiflora Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 63 (1882) Orchis simia f. rotundilobus Cortesi, Ann. Bot. (Rome) 1: 167 (1903) Orchis simia f. brevidens Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 135 (1912) Orchis linearis Tourlet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 50: 312 (1903)

Species

Images of the whole plant

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  Orchis simia
  France - Givet
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  Orchis simia
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Tauberland
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  Orchis simia
  France - Givet
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  Orchis simia
  Italia - Basilicata
  Parco Nazionale del Pollino
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  Orchis simia
  Turkey
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - NSG Springenhalde, Ersingen
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - NSG Springenhalde, Ersingen
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - NSG Springenhalde, Ersingen
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - NSG Springenhalde, Ersingen
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Kaiserstuhl
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Kaiserstuhl

Inflorescences

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  Orchis simia
  France - La Repentance
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  Orchis simia
  France - La Repentance
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  Orchis simia
  France - La Repentance
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  Orchis simia
  Switzerland
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  Orchis simia
  Bulgaria - Arapliyska River
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  Orchis simia
  Switzerland -Chancy
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   Orchis simia
  France - Givet
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  Orchis simia
  France - Givet
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  Orchis simia
  France - Givet
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Tauberland
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Neckar-Odenwald
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  Orchis simia
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Kaiserstuhl
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  Orchis simia
  France - Causse Méjean
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  Orchis simia
  France - Arnaville
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  Orchis simia
  Ukraine
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  Orchis simia
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  Orchis simia alba form
  France
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  Orchis simia alba form
  Switzerland - Chancy
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  Orchis simia alba form
  Ukraine
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Lilienthal (Kaiserstuhl)
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Lilienthal (Kaiserstuhl)
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Lilienthal (Kaiserstuhl)
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - NSG Springenhalde, Ersingen
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - NSG Springenhalde, Ersingen
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - NSG Springenhalde, Ersingen
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - NSG Springenhalde, Ersingen
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - NSG Springenhalde, Ersingen
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - NSG Springenhalde, Ersingen
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Kaiserstuhl
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Kaiserstuhl

Flowers

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  Orchis simia
  France - Givet
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  Orchis simia
  France - Givet
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  Orchis simia
  Germany - Lilienthal (Kaiserstuhl)
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  Orchis simia
  Bulgaria near Varna
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  Orchis simia
  France - Arnaville
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  Orchis simia
  France - Arnaville
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  Orchis simia

Leaves

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  Orchis simia
  Chancy, Geneva, Switzerland

Nothospecies

Orchis × angusticruris Franch. (1876) = (Orchis simia × Orchis purpurea)

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  Orchis × angusticruris
  flowers
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  Orchis × angusticruris
  flowers
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  Orchis × angusticruris
  flower

Orchis × beyrichii (Rchb. f.) A. Kern. (1865) = (Orchis simia × Orchis militaris)

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  Orchis × beyrichii
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  left: Orchis simia
  right: Orchis × beyrichii

Botanical illustrations

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  Orchis simia
  (as syn.
  Orchis tephrosanthos)
  plate 375 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 5,
  (1819)
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  Orchis simia
  (as syn.
  Orchis tephrosanthos
  var. densifolius)
  plate 3426 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 62,
  (1835)
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  Orchis simia
  plate 51 in:
  Henry Correvon:
  Album des orchidées de l'Europe centrale et septentrionale
  Genève (1899)
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  Orchis simia
  (as syn.
  Orchis tephrosanthos)
  Tafel 15 in:
  Walter Müller:
  Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten
  Berlin (1904)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Continental: Europe Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Regional: Middle Europe Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland. Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, France, Spain.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Orchis simia.

• Catalogue of Life link: Orchis simia Lam.
• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Orchis simia Lam. (1779)
• NCBI link: Orchis simia
• The Plant List link: Orchis simia Lam. (Source: KewGarden WCSP)
• Tropicos link: Orchis simia Lam. (+ sub-taxa)