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Orchis caspia Trautv. Orchis mascula (L.) L. Orchis palustris Jacq. Orchis picta Loisel. Orchis simia Lam. Orchidaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

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Local Names

Azerbaijan: Orchis caspia: Xəzər səhləbi; Orchis mascula: Erкəк səhləb; Orchis palustris: Bataqlıq səhləbi; Orchis picta: Boyalı səhləb; Orchis simia: Meymun səhləbi; English: Salep orchid.

Botany and Ecology

Perennial plants with short roots. The sepals are oblong-ovate or elliptic-ovate, acuminate or obtuse, contiguous in a hood or the lateral spreading; petals linear or linear-oblong, forming the hood with the median sepal or all the sepals. 3 or 4 lobed, rarely entire, glabrous or minutely papillose above, sprurred at base. Spur straight or curved, pointed or obtuse, cylindric conical or saccate; column or short; a process of the rostellum at base between the locules; pollinia clavate, the caudicles attached to two glands contained in a common 2-celled bursicule; ovary sessile, twisted; tubers undivided, globose or often ovoid or ellipsoid, inflorescence spiciform, with thin membranous bracts (Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4).

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Orchis caspia (Orchidaceae). Azerbaijan (Photo:...

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References

  • Alekperov FU. Comparative analysis of medicinal plants of medieval (XIII–XVIII centuries) and modern Azerbaijan. Baku: Ornak; 1992 (in Russian).

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  • Fedorov AA. The herbs applied in traditional medicine of the Talysh. Baku: Publishing House of AS of USSR; 1949 (in Russian).

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  • Flora of Azerbaijan, vols. I–VIII. Baku: AS of Azerbaijani SSR; 1950–1961 (in Russian).

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  1. Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Naiba P. Mehdiyeva & Valida M. Alizade

  2. Instituto de EcologĂ­a-UMSA, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Cota Cota Calle 27, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana

  3. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166-0299, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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  1. Naiba P. Mehdiyeva
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Mehdiyeva, N.P., Alizade, V.M., Zambrana, N.Y.P., Bussmann, R.W. (2017). Orchis caspia Trautv. Orchis mascula (L.) L. Orchis palustris Jacq. Orchis picta Loisel. Orchis simia Lam. Orchidaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_83

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