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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Liparis
|accepted_authority=Richard
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=De Orchid. Eur.,
|place=21, 30, 38. 1817
|year=1817
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Malaxideae;Liparis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Malaxideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Liparis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek liparos, fat, greasy, or shining, referring to the almost oily feel and luster of the leaves typical of plants in this genus
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 496, 497, 498
|treatment_page=page 624
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, terrestrial [lithophytic or epiphytic]. <b>Roots</b> slender, fibrous; pseudobulbs green, conic, ovoid, or ellipsoid, slightly compressed, soft (2 pseudobulbs typically present, parent pseudobulb enveloped in old leaf-bases, connected laterally by short rhizome to daughter pseudobulb, which gives rise to current year’s stem, parent pseudobulb often retaining dried stem of previous year). <b>Stems</b> somewhat angled, slender, glabrous; cauline bracts 2(–3), enclosing base of stem. <b>Leaves</b> 2 or 3–7, basal, sheathing pseudobulb and proximal part of stem, conduplicate or plicate, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, 3–40-flowered racemes, lax; peduncle and rachis glabrous; floral bracts subulate to triangular-lanceolate. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate, maroon-purple, yellowish green, or green, pedicellate; dorsal sepal oblong-elliptic, linear-oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, margins revolute, apex obtuse to acute; lateral sepals oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate, ovate-oblong, or elliptic, falcate or not, margins revolute or involute, apex obtuse to acute; petals filiform, linear, linear-oblanceolate, or narrowly spatulate, tubular or strongly revolute; lip strongly arcuate-recurved, obcordate, oblong-flabellate, or suborbiculate, base broadly cuneate, slightly auriculate, apex emarginate or subtruncate, mucronate or not, apical margins erose-serrulate to crenulate-wavy; column arcuate, slender to stout, weakly to strongly winged at apex; anther apical, anther cap yellow or green; pollinia 2 pairs, yellow, waxy. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, erect, ellipsoid to ovoid, obscurely to prominently winged, glabrous.</span><!--

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|distribution=Nearly worldwide.
|discussion=<p>Species 250 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves 3–7, membranaceous, plicate; anthers bright green; pedicels stout.
|[[Liparis nervosa|Liparis nervosa]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves 2, succulent, conduplicate; anthers yellow; pedicels slender.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Lip 8–12 mm, mauve purplish, rarely green; column 3–4 mm; pedicels of fruiting capsules 11–18 mm.
|[[Liparis liliifolia|Liparis liliifolia]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Lip 4–5.5 mm, green or yellowish green to yellowish white; column 2–3 mm; pedicels of fruiting capsules 3–7 mm.
|[[Liparis loeselii|Liparis loeselii]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Liparis
|author=Lawrence K. Magrath
|authority=Richard
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Nearly worldwide.
|reference=None
|publication title=De Orchid. Eur.,
|publication year=1817
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Malaxideae
|genus=Liparis
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