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		Gymnadenia conopsea  (L.) R.BR.  subsp. densiflora  (WAHLENB.) AVER.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Gymnadenia densiflora  A.DIETR.

Genus:  Gymnadenia  R.BR.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	R.BR.:		Robert Brown (1773 - 1858), British botanist
	WAHLENB.:		Georg (Göran) Wahlenberg (1780 - 1851), Swedish physician and naturalist
	AVER.:		Leonid Vladimirovich Averyanov (1955 - ), Russian botanist
	A.DIETR.:		Albert Gottfried Dietrich (1795 - 1856), German botanist

Etymology:
	Gymnadenia:		gymnos = naked, aden = gland
	conopsea:		looking like a fly
	densiflora:		dense-flowered

Fig. 1:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora / Dense-Flowered Fragrant Orchid GB South Wales, Kenfig 29.6.2009 (Photo: Michael J. Clark)

Fig. 2:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora / Dense-Flowered Fragrant Orchid GB South Wales, Kenfig 29.6.2009 (Photo: Michael J. Clark)

Fig. 3:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora / Dense-Flowered Fragrant Orchid GB South Wales, Kenfig 29.6.2009 (Photo: Michael J. Clark)

Fig. 4:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora / Dense-Flowered Fragrant Orchid GB South Wales, Kenfig 29.6.2009 (Photo: Michael J. Clark)

Fig. 5:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora / Dense-Flowered Fragrant Orchid GB Gloucestershire 15.6.1999

Fig. 6:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora / Dense-Flowered Fragrant Orchid GB Gloucestershire 15.6.1999

Fig. 7:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora / Dense-Flowered Fragrant Orchid IRL Burren, Fanore 9.8.2005

Fig. 8:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora / Dense-Flowered Fragrant Orchid IRL Burren, Fanore 15.6.2012

Fig. 9:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora / Dense-Flowered Fragrant Orchid IRL Burren, Killinaboy 15.6.2012

Fig. 10:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. densiflora / Dense-Flowered Fragrant Orchid F Le Monetier les Bains 29.6.1998

   

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