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		Anacamptis papilionacea  (L.) R.M.BATEMAN, PRIDGEON & M.W.CHASE  subsp. expansa  (TEN.) AMARD. & DUSAK

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Orchis expansa  TEN.,  Vermeulenia papilionacea  (L.) A.LÖVE & D.LÖVE  var. expansa  (TEN.) P.DELFORGE

Genus:  Anacamptis  (L.) RICH.,  Orchis  L.,  Vermeulenia  A.LÖVE & D.LÖVE

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	R.M.BATEMAN:		Richard M. Bateman (1958 - ), British botanist
	PRIDGEON:		Alec Melton Pridgeon (1949 - ), British botanist
	M.W.CHASE:		Mark Wayne Chase (1951 - ), British orchid specialist
	TEN.:		Michele Tenore (1780 - 1861), Italian botanist at Naples
	AMARD.:		Jean-Pierre Amardeilh (fl. 2005), French orchid specialist
	DUSAK:		François Dusak (1938 - ), French orchid specialist
	A.LÖVE:		Áskell Löve (1916 - 1994), Icelandic botanist
	D.LÖVE:		Doris Benta Maria Löve (1918 - 2000), Swedish botanist, wife of Áskell Löve
	P.DELFORGE:		Pierre Delforge (1945 - ), Belgian orchid specialist
	RICH.:		Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist

Etymology:
	Anacamptis:		to recurve
	papilionacea:		butterfly-like
	expansa:		outspread
	Orchis:		testicle (Greek)
	Vermeulenia:		Pieter Vermeulen (1899 - 1981), Dutch orchid specialist (VERM.)

Fig. 1:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. expansa / Outspread Butterfly Orchid Sardinia, Luogosanto 3.4.2000

Fig. 2:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. expansa / Outspread Butterfly Orchid Sardinia, Luogosanto 3.4.2000

Fig. 3:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. expansa / Outspread Butterfly Orchid Sardinia, Nuxis 9.4.2000

Fig. 4:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. expansa / Outspread Butterfly Orchid (Color-Variant) Sardinia, Ogliastra,Ussassai 6.4.2000

Fig. 5:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. expansa / Outspread Butterfly Orchid Corsica, Scala di Santa Regina 27.5.2010

   

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