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Ophrys penelopeae PAULUS |
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| Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family |
| Genus: Ophrys L. |
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| Hannes Franz Paulus (1943 - ), German biologist | |||
| 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 | ||
| penelopeae: | Penelope, Greek legendary figure, who is said to have lived on the Ionian island of Ithaki | ||
Ophrys penelopeae from the Ionian Islands has a smaller flower than Ophrys phryganae e.g. from Crete where it is pollinated by Andrena panurgimorpha. Ophrys penelopeae is pollinated by another bee, namely Andrena cinerea. The species has been described in 2014 by Prof. Paulus in Jour.Eur.Orch. 46 (2): 233-304. |
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Fig. 1: Ophrys penelopeae / Penelope Bee Orchid Cephalonia, Southeast 18.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser) |
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Fig. 2: Ophrys penelopeae / Penelope Bee Orchid Cephalonia, Southeast 18.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser) |
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Fig. 3: Ophrys penelopeae / Penelope Bee Orchid Cephalonia, South 18.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser) |
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Fig. 4: Ophrys penelopeae / Penelope Bee Orchid Cephalonia, South 18.4.2017 (Photo: Helmut Presser) |
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