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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys tenthredinifera

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   WILLD.:  Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765 - 1812), German 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
   tenthredinifera:   bearing sawflies
 

Ophrys tenthredinifera in narrow sense are the early-flowering plants found in the western Mediterranean region in Spain including the Balearic Islands, Portugal and (very rarely) southern France. which are pollinated by Eucera nigrilabris subsp. nigrilabris. The closely related Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. villosa, in the eastern Mediterranean region are pollinated by another subspecies, Eucera nigrilabris subsp. rufitarsis.

 

Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, E  Catalunya L'Escala 9.4.2004
Fig. 1:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
E Catalunya L'Escala 9.4.2004
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, E  Mijas 30.3.2018 (Photo: Christian Schlomann)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
E Mijas 30.3.2018 (Photo: Christian Schlomann)
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, E  Alhaurin El Grande 25.3.2002
Fig. 3:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
E Alhaurin El Grande 25.3.2002
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, E  Alhaurin El Grande 25.3.2002
Fig. 4:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
E Alhaurin El Grande 25.3.2002
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, Majorca,  Andratx 3.4.2012
Fig. 5:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
Majorca, Andratx 3.4.2012
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, Majorca,  Andratx 3.4.2012
Fig. 6:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
Majorca, Andratx 3.4.2012
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, Majorca,  Port de Andratx 3.4.2012
Fig. 7:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
Majorca, Port de Andratx 3.4.2012
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, Majorca,  Port de Andratx 9.4.2012
Fig. 8:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
Majorca, Port de Andratx 9.4.2012
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, Majorca,  Andratx 23.4.2011
Fig. 9:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
Majorca, Andratx 23.4.2011
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, Majorca,  Andratx 23.4.2011
Fig. 10:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
Majorca, Andratx 23.4.2011
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, Majorca,  Andratx 23.4.2011
Fig. 11:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
Majorca, Andratx 23.4.2011
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid, F  S. Paul-de-Fenouillet 10.4.2004
Fig. 12:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera / Sawfly Orchid
F S. Paul-de-Fenouillet 10.4.2004
   
 


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