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		Listera ovata  (L.) R.BR.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Neottia ovata  (L.) BLUFF & FINGERH.

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
	BLUFF:		Mathias Joseph Bluff (1805 - 1837), German botanist
	FINGERH.:		Carl Anton Fingerhuth (1802 - 1876), German physician and botanist
	GUETT.:		Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715 - 1786), French naturalist

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

Fig. 1:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade Crete, Agia Irini 17.5.1991

Fig. 2:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Pforzheim 28.5.1984

Fig. 3:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Pforzheim 29.4.2017

Fig. 4:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 17.4.2018

Fig. 5:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 17.4.2018

Fig. 6:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020

Fig. 7:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Mosbach 12.5.2012

Fig. 8:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Heidelberg 19.5.2018

Fig. 9:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Heidelberg 19.5.2018

Fig. 10:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Heidelberg 19.5.2018

Fig. 11:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Oberlaudenbach 28.4.2018

Fig. 12:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Bruchsal 27.5.2020

Fig. 13:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Bruchsal 27.5.2020

Fig. 14:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Bruchsal 27.5.2020

Fig. 15:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Neuleiningen 25.5.2020

Fig. 16:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Neuleiningen 25.5.2020

Fig. 17:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Neuleiningen 25.5.2020

Fig. 18:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Black-Forest, Schiltach 22.5.2020

Fig. 19:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Tiefenbronn-Mühlhausen 12.6.2021

Fig. 20:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade D Zülpich-Juntersdorf 13.6.2019

Fig. 21:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade F Causse Noir 30.5.1990

Fig. 22:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade F Causse du Larzac 7.5.1984

Fig. 23:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade I Südtirol, Plätzwiese 5.7.2022

Fig. 24:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade GB Hampshire 13.6.1999

Fig. 25:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade IRL Burren, Killinaboy 15.6.2012

Fig. 26:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade IRL Burren, Fanore 9.8.2005

Fig. 27:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade Sardinia, Ogliastra,Ussassai 19.5.2001

Fig. 28:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade Croatia, Plitvicka 31.5.2008

Fig. 29:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade (seed stem) D Hüfingen 17.7.2005

Fig. 30:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade (seed stem) D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 19.6.2017

Fig. 31:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade (seed stem) D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 19.6.2017

Fig. 32:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade (seed stem) A Dachstein 20.7.2010

Fig. 33:  Listera ovata / Common Twayblade A Mürzsteg Rosslochklamm 3.7.2020

   

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