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		Ophrys adonidis  A.CAMUS & GOMB.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys transhyrcana  CZERNIAK.  subsp. mouterdeana  (B.BAUMANN & H.BAUMANN) KREUTZ,  Ophrys mammosa  DESF.  subsp. mouterdeana  B.BAUMANN & H.BAUMANN

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	A.CAMUS:		Aimée Antoinette Camus (1879 - 1965), French botanist, daughter of E. G. Camus
	GOMB.:		René Gombault (1871 - 1971), French botanist with main focus on Middle East
	CZERNIAK.:		Ekaterina Georgiewna Czerniakowska (1892 - 1942), Russian botanist
	B.BAUMANN:		Brigitte Dorothee Baumann (1938 - ), pharmacist, wife of Helmut Baumann
	H.BAUMANN:		Helmut Adolf Baumann (1937 - 2014), pharmacist and orchid specialist from Boeblingen (Germany)
	KREUTZ:		Carolus (Carel) Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (1954 - ), Dutch orchid specialist
	DESF.:		René Louiche Desfontaines (1750 - 1833), French botanist
	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
	adonidis:		Adonis, Greek legendary figure
	transhyrcana:		beyond Hyrcania, a region in the South of the Caspian Sea, today Masanderan in Iran
	mouterdeana:		Paul Mouterde (1892 - 1972), French priest and botanist who partially worked in Beirut
	mammosa:		with large breasts

Fig. 1:  Ophrys adonidis / Adonis Orchid Israel, Northern Israel 26.2.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 2:  Ophrys adonidis / Adonis Orchid Israel, Northern Israel 26.2.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 3:  Ophrys adonidis / Adonis Orchid Israel, Northern Israel 26.2.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 4:  Ophrys adonidis / Adonis Orchid Israel, Northern Israel 26.2.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 5:  Ophrys adonidis / Adonis Orchid Israel, Northern Israel 26.2.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 6:  Ophrys adonidis / Adonis Orchid Israel, Northern Israel 26.2.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 7:  Ophrys adonidis / Adonis Orchid Israel, Northern Israel 26.2.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 8:  Ophrys adonidis / Adonis Orchid Israel, Northern Israel 26.2.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 9:  Ophrys adonidis / Adonis Orchid Israel, Northern Israel 26.2.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 10:  Ophrys adonidis / Adonis Orchid Israel, Northern Israel 26.2.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

   

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