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		Anacamptis papilionacea  (L.) R.M.BATEMAN, PRIDGEON & M.W.CHASE  subsp. alibertis  (G.KRETZSCHMAR & H.KRETZSCHMAR) G.KRETZSCHMAR, ECCARIUS & H.DIETR.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Orchis papilionacea  L.  subsp. alibertis  G.KRETZSCHMAR & H.KRETZSCHMAR,  Vermeulenia papilionacea  (L.) A.LÖVE & D.LÖVE  var. alibertis  (G.KRETZSCHMAR & H.KRETZSCHMAR) 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
	G.KRETZSCHMAR:		Gisela Kretzschmar, wife of Horst Kretzschmar
	H.KRETZSCHMAR:		Horst Kretzschmar (1950 - 2021), German psychiatrist and orchid specialist
	ECCARIUS:		Wolfgang Eccarius, German orchid specialist
	H.DIETR.:		Helga Margareta Dietrich (1940 - 2018), German botanist
	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
	alibertis:		Chryssoula and Antonis Alibertis, Cretan orchid specialists
	Orchis:		testicle (Greek)
	Vermeulenia:		Pieter Vermeulen (1899 - 1981), Dutch orchid specialist (VERM.)

Fig. 1:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. alibertis / Aliberti's Butterfly Orchid Crete, Agia Warwara 7.5.1991

Fig. 2:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. alibertis / Aliberti's Butterfly Orchid Crete, Agia Warwara 7.5.1991

Fig. 3:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. alibertis / Aliberti's Butterfly Orchid Crete, Agia Warwara 7.5.1991

Fig. 4:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. alibertis / Aliberti's Butterfly Orchid GR Kythira, Potamos 4.4.2014 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 5:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. alibertis / Aliberti's Butterfly Orchid GR Kythira, Potamos 22.4.2014 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

   

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