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		Anacamptis sancta  (L.) R.M.BATEMAN, PRIDGEON & M.W.CHASE

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Orchis sancta  L.,  Herorchis sancta  (L.) D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN,  Anteriorchis sancta  (L.) E.KLEIN & STRACK

Genus:  Anacamptis  (L.) RICH.,  Orchis  L.,  Herorchis  D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN,  Anteriorchis  E.KLEIN & STRACK

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
	D.TYTECA:		Daniel Séraphin René Marie Tyteca (1950 - ), Belgian mathematician and orchid specialist
	E.KLEIN:		Erich Klein (1931 - 2016), Austrian mathematician and orchid specialist
	STRACK:		Dieter Strack (1945 - ), German biologist
	RICH.:		Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist

Etymology:
	Anacamptis:		to recurve
	sancta:		holy
	Orchis:		testicle (Greek)
	Herorchis:		heros = hero (upper petals inclined together like a helmet), genus Orchis
	Anteriorchis:		anterius = front, genus Orchis

Fig. 1:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid Rhodos, Embona 12.5.1991

Fig. 2:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.5.1987

Fig. 3:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid Rhodos, Kallithea Terme 3.5.1987

Fig. 4:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid (Color-Variant) Rhodos, Lardos 30.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 5:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid (Color-Variant) Rhodos, Lardos 30.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 6:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid (Color-Variant) Rhodos, Embona 12.5.1991

Fig. 7:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid Samos, Spatharei 17.4.2017

Fig. 8:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid Lesbos, Tarti 23.4.2014

Fig. 9:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid Lesbos, Tarti 23.4.2014

Fig. 10:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid Lesbos, Kalloni 18.4.2014

Fig. 11:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid Lesbos, Plomari 20.4.2014

Fig. 12:  Anacamptis sancta / Holy Orchid Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016

   

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