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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   HUDS.:  William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
   S.SCHWEGLER:  Stefan Schwegler, Swiss botanist at Basel
   MATTHIES:  Diethart Matthies, German 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
   basiliensis:   from Basel
 

This variety of the bee orchid has been described by S.SCHWEGLER and D.MATTHIES in 2004 in Orchid Review 112 (no. 1258): 214-217 + 153-154(figs.).

 

Ophrys apifera var. basiliensis / Basel Bee Orchid, CH Basel 13.6.2001
Fig. 1:  Ophrys apifera var. basiliensis / Basel Bee Orchid
CH Basel 13.6.2001
Ophrys apifera var. basiliensis / Basel Bee Orchid, CH Basel 13.6.2001
Fig. 2:  Ophrys apifera var. basiliensis / Basel Bee Orchid
CH Basel 13.6.2001
   
 


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