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		Ophrys apifera  HUDS.  var. aurita  (MOGGR.) GREMLI

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	HUDS.:		William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
	MOGGR.:		Johann Traherne Moggridge (1842 - 1874), English botanist
	GREMLI:		August Gremli (1833 - 1899), Swiss physician and 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
	apifera:		bearing bees
	aurita:		long-eared

Fig. 1:  Ophrys apifera var. aurita / Bee Orchid D Kehl 18.6.2005

Fig. 2:  Ophrys apifera var. aurita / Bee Orchid D Pforzheim 26.6.2004

Fig. 3:  Ophrys apifera var. aurita / Bee Orchid D Deggingen 4.7.2004

Fig. 4:  Ophrys apifera var. aurita / Bee Orchid D Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 12.6.2021

Fig. 5:  Ophrys apifera var. aurita / Bee Orchid D Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 12.6.2021

Fig. 6:  Ophrys apifera var. aurita / Bee Orchid D Saarland Badstube 6.6.1998

Fig. 7:  Ophrys apifera var. aurita / Bee Orchid D Saarland Badstube 6.6.1998

Fig. 8:  Ophrys apifera var. aurita / Bee Orchid GB Kent Chatham 12.6.1999

   

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