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Ophrys holoserica  (BURM.F.) GREUTER  subsp. lorenae  (E.DE MARTINO & CENTUR.) KREUTZ
 

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys fuciflora  (F.W.SCHMIDT) MOENCH  subsp. lorenae  E.DE MARTINO & CENTUR.

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   BURM.F.:  Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734 - 1793), Dutch botanist, son of Johannes Burman
   GREUTER:  Werner Rodolfo Greuter (1938 - ), Swiss botanist
   E.DE MARTINO:  Eugenio de Martino (1948 - ), Italian orchid specialist
   CENTUR.:  Nicola Centurione, Italian orchid specialist
   KREUTZ:  Carolus (Carel) Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (1954 - ), Dutch orchid specialist
   F.W.SCHMIDT:  Franz Willibald Schmidt (1764 - 1796), botanist from Prague (Bohemia)
   MOENCH:  Conrad Moench (1744 - 1805), chemist and botanist from Marburg (Germany)
   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
   holoserica:   holo = totally, sericeus = silk-haired
   lorenae:   Franca Lorena Moruzzi (1946 - 2003), found the first stem of this species
   fuciflora:   bumblebee-flowered
 

The relative small flowered Ophrys holoserica s.l. which is at least occurring between Liguria and Emilia Romagna in Italy, has been described as Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae in Jour.Eur.Orch. 34 (3): 592 (2002). However most probably there is also an older name available for this wide spread clan of Ophrys holoserica s.l.
There are colleagues, who think that Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae is identical with Ophrys annae. Some assume, that also Ophrys untchjii from Istria belongs to the same species, and this name is much older than the two others.

 

Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 15.5.2004
Fig. 1:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 15.5.2004
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 15.5.2004
Fig. 2:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 15.5.2004
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 15.5.2004
Fig. 3:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 15.5.2004
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 15.5.2004
Fig. 4:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 15.5.2004
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 15.5.2004
Fig. 5:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 15.5.2004
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Ligur.Appennin, Guardiamonte 16.5.2004
Fig. 6:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Ligur.Appennin, Guardiamonte 16.5.2004
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Fig. 7:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Fig. 8:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Fig. 9:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Fig. 10:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Fig. 11:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae, I  Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Fig. 12:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae
I Liguria, Piana Crixia 21.5.2013
Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae (with Eucera spec.), I  Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 7.6.2003 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 13:  Ophrys holoserica subsp. lorenae (with Eucera spec.)
I Emilia Romagna, Rioveggio 7.6.2003 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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