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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   VIERH.:  Friedrich Karl Max Vierhapper (1876 - 1932), Austrian botanist
   E.NELSON:  Erich Nelson (1897 - 1980), Austrian botanist
   H.KRETZSCHMAR:  Horst Kretzschmar (1950 - 2021), German psychiatrist and orchid specialist
   R.L.JAHN:  Ralf Leonhard Jahn (1961 - ), 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
   cretica:   from Crete
   bicornuta:   with two horns
 

Ophrys cretica subsp. bicornuta / Cretan Bee Orchid, Crete,  Stavrohori 23.4.2001
Fig. 1:  Ophrys cretica subsp. bicornuta / Cretan Bee Orchid
Crete, Stavrohori 23.4.2001
Ophrys cretica subsp. bicornuta / Cretan Bee Orchid, Crete,  Stavrohori 23.4.2001
Fig. 2:  Ophrys cretica subsp. bicornuta / Cretan Bee Orchid
Crete, Stavrohori 23.4.2001
Ophrys cretica subsp. bicornuta / Cretan Bee Orchid, Crete,  Stavrohori 23.4.2001
Fig. 3:  Ophrys cretica subsp. bicornuta / Cretan Bee Orchid
Crete, Stavrohori 23.4.2001
   
 


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