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Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica

Garganica has been described in 1962 by NELSON as a subspecies of Ophrys sphegodes, but according to the strict ICBN rules. The married couple DANESCH repeated the description in 1975 validly on material from Promontorio del Gargano in southeastern Italy. Its name is partly misleading, because one can find it in large parts of central and southern Italy, too, as well as in Sicily and Sardinia. As the similar western mediterranean Ophrys garganica subsp. passionis it is pollinated by Andrena pilipes (formerly: A. carbonaria).

Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica
I Toscana, Alberese 28.3.1998

Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica
I Promontorio del Gargano, Coppa di Mezzo 26.4.2003

Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica
left: I Lecce 8.4.1998
right: Sicily Godrano 30.3.1998

Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica
Sicily Gela 31.3.1998



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Arachnitiforme Ophrys in Western Europe

Introduction
Comparison of Stigmatic Caves



Ophrys ...
... sipontensis				x
... garganica				x	x	x
... passionis	x	x
... majellensis				x
... castri-caesaris		x		x
... incubacea	x	x		x	x	x
... brutia				x
... minipassionis				x
... classica				x
... sphegodes	x	x	x	x
... massiliensis		x		x
... araneola		x	x	?
... virescens	?	x		?
... argensonensis		x
... illyrica				?
... tommasinii				?
'small from Gargano'				x
'early near Naples'				x
... riojana	x
... argentaria				x
... tarquinia				x
'western arachnitif.'	x	x
... arachnitiformis		x		x
... splendida		x		x
... aveyronensis	x	x
... castellana	x
... tyrrhena				x
... cilentana				x
... archipelagi				x
... mateolana				x
... cephalonica
... exaltata				x		x
... panormitana						x
... praecox					x
... morisii					x
... provincialis		x
... panattensis					x
... lunulata						x
... tarentina				x
... promontorii				x
... melitensis



Arachnitiforme Ophrys in Western Europe