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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   TEN.:  Michele Tenore (1780 - 1861), Italian botanist at Naples
   GREN.:  Jean Charles Marie Grenier (1808 - 1875), French botanist
   M.PHILIPPE:  Mathieu-Yves Philippe (1810 - 1869), French botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Ophrys:   Greek plant name, from ophrys = eyebrow
   exaltata:   raised
   arachnitiformis:   spider-like
   deformation:   deformation, abnormality
 

Ophrys exaltata subsp. arachnitiformis deformation / False Spider Orchid (3 columns, deformation due to vineyard chemicals?), F  Frontignan 7.3.1998
Fig. 1:  Ophrys exaltata subsp. arachnitiformis deformation / False Spider Orchid (3 columns, deformation due to vineyard chemicals?)
F Frontignan 7.3.1998
   
 


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