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		Ophrys mirabilis  GENIEZ & MELKI

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	GENIEZ:		Philippe Geniez (1960 - ), French zoologist and botanist
	MELKI:		Fréderic Melki (1960 - ), French pharmacist 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
	mirabilis:		admirable

Geschichte der Art / Story of the species

Fig. 1:  Ophrys mirabilis / Wonderful Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Caltanissetta 28.4.1998

Fig. 2:  Ophrys mirabilis / Wonderful Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Caltanissetta 28.4.1998

Fig. 3:  Ophrys mirabilis / Wonderful Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Caltanissetta 28.4.1998

Fig. 4:  Ophrys mirabilis / Wonderful Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Caltanissetta 28.4.1998

Fig. 5:  Ophrys mirabilis / Wonderful Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Caltanissetta 28.4.1998

Fig. 6:  Ophrys mirabilis / Wonderful Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Caltanissetta 28.4.1998

Fig. 7:  Ophrys mirabilis / Wonderful Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Ragusa 30.4.1998

Fig. 8:  Ophrys mirabilis / Wonderful Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Ragusa 30.4.1998

Fig. 9:  Ophrys mirabilis / Wonderful Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Ragusa 30.4.1998

Fig. 10:  Ophrys mirabilis / Wonderful Bee Orchid Sicily, Prov. Ragusa 30.4.1998

   

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