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		Anacamptis papilionacea  (L.) R.M.BATEMAN, PRIDGEON & M.W.CHASE  subsp. aegaea  (P.DELFORGE) L.LEWIS & KREUTZ

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Anacamptis papilionacea  (L.) R.M.BATEMAN, PRIDGEON & M.W.CHASE  subsp. heroica  (E.D.CLARKE) KREUTZ,  Orchis papilionacea  L.  subsp. heroica  (E.D.CLARKE) H.BAUMANN,  Orchis heroica  E.D.CLARKE,  Vermeulenia papilionacea  (L.) A.LÖVE & D.LÖVE  var. aegaea  P.DELFORGE

Genus:  Anacamptis  (L.) RICH.,  Orchis  L.,  Vermeulenia  A.LÖVE & D.LÖVE

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	R.M.BATEMAN:		Richard M. Bateman (1958 - ), British botanist
	PRIDGEON:		Alec Melton Pridgeon (1949 - ), British botanist
	M.W.CHASE:		Mark Wayne Chase (1951 - ), British orchid specialist
	P.DELFORGE:		Pierre Delforge (1945 - ), Belgian orchid specialist
	L.LEWIS:		Leslie Lewis, British orchid specialist
	KREUTZ:		Carolus (Carel) Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (1954 - ), Dutch orchid specialist
	E.D.CLARKE:		Edward Daniel Clarke (1769 - 1822), English botanist
	H.BAUMANN:		Helmut Adolf Baumann (1937 - 2014), pharmacist and orchid specialist from Boeblingen (Germany)
	A.LÖVE:		Áskell Löve (1916 - 1994), Icelandic botanist
	D.LÖVE:		Doris Benta Maria Löve (1918 - 2000), Swedish botanist, wife of Áskell Löve
	RICH.:		Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist

Etymology:
	Anacamptis:		to recurve
	papilionacea:		butterfly-like
	aegaea:		from the Aegean
	heroica:		heroic (alluding to the ancient Greek heros)
	Orchis:		testicle (Greek)
	Vermeulenia:		Pieter Vermeulen (1899 - 1981), Dutch orchid specialist (VERM.)

Fig. 1:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Crete, Knossos 3.4.1990

Fig. 2:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015

Fig. 3:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015

Fig. 4:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Crete, Rodovani 6.4.1990

Fig. 5:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Rhodos, Kattavia 23.3.2005

Fig. 6:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Rhodos, Kolymbia 20.3.2005

Fig. 7:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Rhodos, Kolymbia 18.3.2023

Fig. 8:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Rhodos, Lindos 22.3.2005

Fig. 9:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Rhodos, Lindos 22.3.2005

Fig. 10:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Rhodos, Lindos 20.3.2023

Fig. 11:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Rhodos, Profitis Ilias 2.5.1987

Fig. 12:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Rhodos, Asklipio 24.3.2019

Fig. 13:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019

Fig. 14:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019

Fig. 15:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Chios, Viki 31.3.2016

Fig. 16:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Chios, Viki 31.3.2016

Fig. 17:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Chios, Sidirounda tower 19.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 18:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Chios, Sidirounda tower 19.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 19:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid GR Kythira, Avlemonas 17.3.2014 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 20:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid GR Kythira, Avlemonas 17.3.2014 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 21:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid (Color-Vvariant) Rhodos, Kattavia 23.3.2005

Fig. 22:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid (Color-Vvariant) Rhodos, Kattavia 23.3.2005

Fig. 23:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid (Color-Vvariant) Rhodos, Lardos 24.3.2005

Fig. 24:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Cephalonia, Road 50 n Fragkata 18.4.2024

Fig. 25:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Cephalonia, Road 50 n Fragkata 20.4.2024

Fig. 26:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. aegaea / Pink Butterfly Orchid Cephalonia, Road 50 n Fragkata 20.4.2024

   

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