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		Ophrys explanata  (LOJAC.) P.DELFORGE

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	LOJAC.:		Michele Lojacono Pojero (1853 - 1919), Italian botanist
	P.DELFORGE:		Pierre Delforge (1945 - ), Belgian 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
	explanata:		outspread

Fig. 1:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Passo delle Pantanelle 31.3.1998

Fig. 2:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Passo delle Pantanelle 31.3.1998

Fig. 3:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Passo delle Pantanelle 31.3.1998

Fig. 4:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Passo delle Pantanelle 31.3.1998

Fig. 5:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Passo delle Pantanelle 11.3.2002

Fig. 6:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 2.4.1998

Fig. 7:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 2.4.1998

Fig. 8:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 12.4.1999

Fig. 9:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Niscemi 2.4.1998

Fig. 10:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Palermo,Monte Catalfano 30.3.1998

Fig. 11:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Palermo,Monte Catalfano 30.3.1998

Fig. 12:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Palermo,Monte Catalfano 30.3.1998

Fig. 13:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Palermo,Monte Catalfano 30.3.1998

Fig. 14:  Ophrys explanata / Outspread Bee Orchid Sicily, Palermo,Monte Catalfano 30.3.1998

   

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