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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Neottia cordata  (L.) RICH.

Genus:  Listera  R.BR.,  Neottia  GUETT.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   R.BR.:  Robert Brown (1773 - 1858), British botanist
   RICH.:  Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist
   GUETT.:  Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715 - 1786), French naturalist
 

Etymology:
   Listera:   Martin Lister (1638 - 1711), English physician and naturalist
   cordata:   heart shaped
   Neottia:   bird's nest (form of rizome)
 

This page is dedicated to the memory of my friend Manfred Fendler (Heidelberg), who shared my interest for orchids and other plants for 20 years. Not only this orchid species we "discovered" together in those times, when the photos from near Füssen came into being. In July 2007 he died of cancer at the larynx, only 53 years old.

 

Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, D  Füssen 14.7.1987
Fig. 1:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
D Füssen 14.7.1987
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, D  Füssen 8.6.1989
Fig. 2:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
D Füssen 8.6.1989
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, D  Füssen 8.6.1989
Fig. 3:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
D Füssen 8.6.1989
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, D  Black-Forest, Feldberg 29.6.2008
Fig. 4:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
D Black-Forest, Feldberg 29.6.2008
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, D  Black-Forest, Feldberg 29.6.2008
Fig. 5:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
D Black-Forest, Feldberg 29.6.2008
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, D  Black-Forest, Feldberg 29.6.2008
Fig. 6:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
D Black-Forest, Feldberg 29.6.2008
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, D  Black-Forest, Feldberg 29.6.2008
Fig. 7:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
D Black-Forest, Feldberg 29.6.2008
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, D  Black-Forest, Feldberg 18.8.2007
Fig. 8:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
D Black-Forest, Feldberg 18.8.2007
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, IRL  County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Fig. 9:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
IRL County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, IRL  County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Fig. 10:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
IRL County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, IRL  County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Fig. 11:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
IRL County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, IRL  County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Fig. 12:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
IRL County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, IRL  County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Fig. 13:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
IRL County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, IRL  County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Fig. 14:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
IRL County Donegal, Horn Head 18.6.2012
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, GR  Rhodopi, Kria Vrisi 17.6.1992 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 15:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
GR Rhodopi, Kria Vrisi 17.6.1992 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade, GR  Rhodopi, Kria Vrisi 17.6.1992 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 16:  Listera cordata / Lesser Twayblade
GR Rhodopi, Kria Vrisi 17.6.1992 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
   
 


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