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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   DESF.:  René Louiche Desfontaines (1750 - 1833), French 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
   mammosa:   with large breasts
   farbvariante_color-variant:   color variant
 

Ophrys mammosa farbvariante_color-variant / Bosom Orchid, Cyprus,  Souni 11.3.2002 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Fig. 1:  Ophrys mammosa farbvariante_color-variant / Bosom Orchid
Cyprus, Souni 11.3.2002 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)
Ophrys mammosa farbvariante_color-variant / Bosom Orchid, GR  Larissa 19.4.2003 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 2:  Ophrys mammosa farbvariante_color-variant / Bosom Orchid
GR Larissa 19.4.2003 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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