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Himantoglossum caprinum  (M.BIEB.) SPRENG.
 

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Himantoglossum jankae  SOMLYAY, KREUTZ & OVARY

Genus:  Himantoglossum  SPRENG.
 

Authors:
   M.BIEB.:  Friedrich August Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein (1768 - 1826), German botanist
   SPRENG.:  Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766 - 1833), German physician and botanist at Halle
   SOMLYAY:  Lajos Somlyay (1964 - ), Hungarian botanist
   KREUTZ:  Carolus (Carel) Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (1954 - ), Dutch orchid specialist
   OVARY:  Miklós Óváry (fl. 2020), Hungarian botanist
 

Etymology:
   Himantoglossum:   himantos = belt, glossum = tongue
   caprinum:   goat
   jankae:   Viktor Janka von Bulcs (1837 - 1900), Hungarian botanist (JANKA)
 

According to the article Himantoglossum jankae (Orchidaceae: Orchideae), a new name for a long-misnamed lizard orchid written by Molnár, Kreutz, Bateman et al. published in Phytotaxa 73:8-12 in 2012 the orchid shown here shall now get the new name Himantoglossum jankae, since it has turned out that the name Himantoglossum caprinum means the further east growing orchid which up to now has been called Himantoglossum affine.
I didn't implement this change yet.

 

Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid, GR  Zagoria, Negades 4.6.2008
Fig. 1:  Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid
GR Zagoria, Negades 4.6.2008
Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid, GR  Zagoria, Negades 4.6.2008
Fig. 2:  Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid
GR Zagoria, Negades 4.6.2008
Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid, GR  Zagoria, Negades 4.6.2008
Fig. 3:  Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid
GR Zagoria, Negades 4.6.2008
Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid, GR  Zagoria, Negades 4.6.2008
Fig. 4:  Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid
GR Zagoria, Negades 4.6.2008
Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid, GR  Zagoria, Negades 4.6.2008
Fig. 5:  Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid
GR Zagoria, Negades 4.6.2008
Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid, GR  Zagoria, Negades 18.5.2008
Fig. 6:  Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid
GR Zagoria, Negades 18.5.2008
Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid, GR  Zagoria, Negades 18.5.2008
Fig. 7:  Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid
GR Zagoria, Negades 18.5.2008
Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid, TR  Emen - Bolu 14.6.2010 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 8:  Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid
TR Emen - Bolu 14.6.2010 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid, TR  Emen - Bolu 14.6.2010 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 9:  Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid
TR Emen - Bolu 14.6.2010 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid, TR  Emen - Bolu 14.6.2010 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 10:  Himantoglossum caprinum / Balkan Lizard Orchid
TR Emen - Bolu 14.6.2010 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
   
 


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