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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   M.BIEB.:  Friedrich August Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein (1768 - 1826), German botanist
   VAN DE VIJVER:  Bart van de Vijver, Belgian botanist at Antwerpen
   W.LOOKEN:  Walter van Looken, Dutch orchid specialist
   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
   oestrifera:   bearing Giant Horseflies
   montis-gargani:   from Promontorio del Monte Gargano (Italy)
 

There are orchid specialists who believe that Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani is identical with Ophrys rhodostephane.

 

Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid, I  Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 30.4.1985
Fig. 1:  Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid
I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 30.4.1985
Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid, I  Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 30.4.1985
Fig. 2:  Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid
I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 30.4.1985
Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid, I  Promontorio del Gargano, Vieste 16.4.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid
I Promontorio del Gargano, Vieste 16.4.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid, I  Promontorio del Gargano, Vieste 16.4.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 4:  Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid
I Promontorio del Gargano, Vieste 16.4.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid, I  Promontorio del Gargano, Vieste 16.4.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 5:  Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid
I Promontorio del Gargano, Vieste 16.4.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid, I  Promontorio del Gargano, Vieste 16.4.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys oestrifera subsp. montis-gargani / Gargano Orchid
I Promontorio del Gargano, Vieste 16.4.2019 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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