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		Neottia nidus-avis  (L.) RICH.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Neottia  GUETT.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	RICH.:		Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist
	GUETT.:		Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715 - 1786), French naturalist

Etymology:
	Neottia:		bird's nest (form of rizome)
	nidus-avis:		with roots similar to a bird's nest

Fig. 1:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid D Heidelberg 30.5.1997

Fig. 2:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid D Heidelberg 30.5.1997

Fig. 3:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid D Kaiserstuhl, Badberg 27.5.1985

Fig. 4:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid D Odenwald, Breuberg 11.6.2016

Fig. 5:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid D Odenwald, Nieder-Ramstadt 9.5.2006

Fig. 6:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid E Sierra del Moncayo 24.5.1990

Fig. 7:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid I Trento 7.6.1989

Fig. 8:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid I Alpi Bergamasche, Seriana-Valpiana 6.6.2017

Fig. 9:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid Croatia, Ucka 28.6.2010

Fig. 10:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid A Hainburg 10.5.2025

Fig. 11:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid A Carinthia, Kleinobir 2.8.2011

Fig. 12:  Neottia nidus-avis / Bird's-Nest Orchid (previous year's seed stem) A Carinthia, Kleinobir 2.8.2011

   

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