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Ophrys grandiflora  TEN.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys tenthredinifera  WILLD.  subsp. grandiflora  (TEN.) KREUTZ

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	TEN.:		Michele Tenore (1780 - 1861), Italian botanist at Naples
	WILLD.:		Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765 - 1812), German botanist
	KREUTZ:		Carolus (Carel) Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (1954 - ), Dutch orchid specialist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Ophrys:		Greek plant name, from ophrys = eyebrow
	grandiflora:		large-flowered
	tenthredinifera:		bearing sawflies

Fig. 1:  Ophrys grandiflora / Sicilian Sawfly Orchid Sicily, Ferla 1.4.1998

Fig. 2:  Ophrys grandiflora / Sicilian Sawfly Orchid Sicily, Ferla 1.4.1998

Fig. 3:  Ophrys grandiflora / Sicilian Sawfly Orchid Sicily, Godrano 30.3.1998

Fig. 4:  Ophrys grandiflora / Sicilian Sawfly Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 11.3.2002

Fig. 5:  Ophrys grandiflora / Sicilian Sawfly Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 11.3.2002

Fig. 6:  Ophrys grandiflora / Sicilian Sawfly Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 11.3.2002

Fig. 7:  Ophrys grandiflora / Sicilian Sawfly Orchid Sicily, Palermo,Monte Catalfano 30.3.1998

Fig. 8:  Ophrys grandiflora / Sicilian Sawfly Orchid Sicily, Palermo,Monte Catalfano 30.3.1998

   

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