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Aceras anthropophorum  (L.) R.BR.
D Pforzheim 7.5.1994
Aceras anthropophorum x Orchis militaris
= x Orchiaceras spurium  (RCHB.F.) E.G.CAMUS
D Oberlaudenbach 28.4.2018
Orchis militaris  L.
D Oberlaudenbach 31.5.2021
 
Genus:  Aceras  R.BR.
 
Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   R.BR.:  Robert Brown (1773 - 1858), British botanist
 

Etymology:
   Aceras:   without beak, meaning without spur
   anthropophorum:   carring man
 

Genus:  Orchiaceras  E.G.CAMUS
 
Authors:
   RCHB.F.:  Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823 - 1889), German botanist
   E.G.CAMUS:  Edmond Gustave Camus (1852 - 1915), French botanist with main focus on orchids
 

Etymology:
   Orchiaceras:   hybrid between Aceras and Orchis
   spurium:   false, bastard
 

Genus:  Orchis  L.
 
Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Orchis:   testicle (Greek)
   militaris:   soldier-like
 

Since genetic investigation of british scientists found that Aceras and the Orchis militaris group are closely related, this hybrid isn't taken as hybrid between different genera anymore. If this shall also be executed in the naming of Aceras anthropophorum its name becomes Orchis anthropophora.


 
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