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		Orchis mascula  (L.) L.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Androrchis mascula  (L.) D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN

Genus:  Orchis  L.,  Androrchis  D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	D.TYTECA:		Daniel Séraphin René Marie Tyteca (1950 - ), Belgian mathematician and orchid specialist
	E.KLEIN:		Erich Klein (1931 - 2016), Austrian mathematician and orchid specialist

Etymology:
	Orchis:		testicle (Greek)
	mascula:		male
	Androrchis:		Male Orchis, i. e. the group of Orchis mascula

Fig. 1:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Odenwald, Lindenfels 10.4.2020

Fig. 2:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Odenwald, Lindenfels 10.4.2020

Fig. 3:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Odenwald, Lindenfels 10.4.2020

Fig. 4:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Odenwald, Lindenfels 10.4.2020

Fig. 5:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Odenwald, Lindenfels 10.4.2020

Fig. 6:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Odenwald, Lindenfels 10.4.2020

Fig. 7:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Odenwald, Lindenfels 10.4.2020

Fig. 8:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Bensheim 28.4.1990

Fig. 9:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Königheim 3.5.2021

Fig. 10:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Königheim 3.5.2021

Fig. 11:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Gruibingen 10.5.2005

Fig. 12:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Gruibingen 6.5.1990

Fig. 13:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Bad Ditzenbach 4.5.2014

Fig. 14:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Bad Ditzenbach 4.5.2014

Fig. 15:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid (Color-Variant) D Bad Ditzenbach 4.5.2014

Fig. 16:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid (Color-Variant) D Saarland Gersheim 16.5.1986

Fig. 17:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid (Color-Variant) D Saarland Gersheim 16.5.1986

Fig. 18:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Saarland Gersheim 16.5.1986

Fig. 19:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Spessart, Steinau 6.5.2006

Fig. 20:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Herborn 16.5.2015

Fig. 21:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Herborn 17.5.2014

Fig. 22:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Herborn 17.5.2014

Fig. 23:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Herborn 17.5.2014

Fig. 24:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Herborn 25.4.2019

Fig. 25:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Herborn 9.5.2018

Fig. 26:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Waldshut-Tiengen 1.5.2019

Fig. 27:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Thüringen, Drei Gleichen 7.5.2013

Fig. 28:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Thüringen, Drei Gleichen 7.5.2013

Fig. 29:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid D Thüringen, Drei Gleichen 7.5.2013

Fig. 30:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid I Alpi Bergamasche, Pizzo Arera 9.6.2017

Fig. 31:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid I Liguria, Abbazia Borzone 20.5.2015 (Photo: Eugen Schaub)

Fig. 32:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid I Assisi, Monte Subasio 17.5.2005

Fig. 33:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid F Brochon 28.4.2023

Fig. 34:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid F Caussols 2.5.2023

Fig. 35:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid F Caussols 2.5.2023

Fig. 36:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid F Causse du Larzac 4.6.2004

Fig. 37:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid F Pyrenees 30.5.2000

Fig. 38:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid IRL Burren, Killinaboy 15.6.2012

Fig. 39:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid IRL Burren, Killinaboy 15.6.2012

Fig. 40:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid Samos, Spatharei 17.4.2017

Fig. 41:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid Samos, Spatharei 17.4.2017

Fig. 42:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid Samos, Spatharei 17.4.2017

Fig. 43:  Orchis mascula / Early Purple Orchid S Gotland, Kallgatbruk 2.6.2005 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

   

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